linux-kernel - Re: [RFC -next] linux/linkage.h: fix symbol prefix handling

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Date:	Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:07:31 +1030
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	James Hogan <james.hogan@...tec.com>
Cc:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>,
	uclinux-dist-devel@...ckfin.uclinux.org,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org,
	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [RFC -next] linux/linkage.h: fix symbol prefix handling

James Hogan <james.hogan@...tec.com> writes:
> On 14/03/13 04:00, Rusty Russell wrote:
>> From: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
>> Subject: CONFIG_SYMBOL_PREFIX: cleanup.
...
> Reviewed-by: James Hogan <james.hogan@...tec.com>
> Tested-by: James Hogan <james.hogan@...tec.com> (metag)

Thanks.

> The only other special case of symbol prefixing I'm aware of is in
> scripts/genksyms/genksyms.c. It makes the decision at runtime based
> on the --arch=$ARCH argument, and is the only use of the arch argument:
>
>> 	if ((strcmp(arch, "h8300") == 0) || (strcmp(arch, "blackfin") == 0) ||
>> 	    (strcmp(arch, "metag") == 0))
>> 		mod_prefix = "_";
>
> Does the patch below look reasonable in addition to your patch?
> (Note: I'm not sure if genksyms is only used internally or whether
> it's API should be kept stable?).
>
> Thanks
> James
>
> Subject: [PATCH] genksyms: pass symbol-prefix instead of arch

Agreed, I've applied this.

Thanks,
Rusty.
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