linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] x86 LTO changes for v3.15

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Message-ID: <533A17FD.70005@zytor.com>
Date:	Mon, 31 Mar 2014 18:35:57 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>,
	Gleb Natapov <gleb@...hat.com>, hubicka@....cz,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
	Jaroslav Kysela <perex@...ex.cz>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] x86 LTO changes for v3.15

On 03/31/2014 06:09 PM, Andi Kleen wrote:
> 
> I think SYSCALL_DEFINE actually doesn't need it, as the syscall
> tables are visible in C. Only the syscall table itself
> needs to be visible.
> 

I was just going to ask about that.  That really means most asmlinkage
instances don't need it at all.

It is also no secret that I wouldn't mind if we could completely get rid
of asmlinkage, but that requires someone to be willing to dig through
all the i386 assembly code.

	-hpa

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