linux-kernel - Re: [git pull] signal.git, pile 2 (was Re: [RFC][CFT][CFReview] execve and kernel

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Date:	Fri, 12 Oct 2012 16:32:48 +1100
From:	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
To:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
Subject: Re: [git pull] signal.git, pile 2 (was Re: [RFC][CFT][CFReview]
 execve and kernel_thread unification work)

On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 02:09:58AM +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> 
> How granular are you planning to make that?  I mean, we are talking about
> 3 objects here - init/main.o, kernel/kthread.o and kernel/kmod.o.  Do they
> get TOC separate from that of arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.o?

Potentially, yes, it would be up to the linker.

> Anyway, if ppc folks can live with that stuff in its current form for now,

Yes, we can.

Paul.
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