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Date:	Thu, 9 Apr 2015 07:57:24 +0300
From:	Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@...il.com>
To:	Chris Zankel <chris@...kel.net>
Cc:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
	"linux-xtensa@...ux-xtensa.org" <linux-xtensa@...ux-xtensa.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] xtensa: Fix fix linker script transformation for
 .text / .text.fixup

On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 2:24 AM, Chris Zankel <chris@...kel.net> wrote:
> It would seem Guenter's fix addresses the issue. Are there any additional
> benefits in your patch (better localized code, etc.?)

It's a bit more generic. Maybe it's not an advantage.

Also we have a rule for .text already, in the first line.
Instead of adding new line, closing parenthesis could
be removed there:

> diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/Makefile b/arch/xtensa/kernel/Makefile
> index 18d962a..d3a0f0f 100644
> --- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/Makefile
> @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ AFLAGS_head.o += -mtext-section-literals
>   sed-y = -e 's/\*(\(\.[a-z]*it\|\.ref\|\)\.text)/*(\1.literal \1.text)/g' \
>          -e 's/\.text\.unlikely/.literal.unlikely .text.unlikely/g'       \
> +       -e 's/\*(\(\.text .*\))/*(.literal \1)/g'                       \

-- 
Thanks.
-- Max
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