linux-kernel - Re: [RFC v2 4/7] asm/sections: add a generic push_section

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Date:	Sun, 21 Feb 2016 18:55:05 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>, schwidefsky@...ibm.com,
	heiko.carstens@...ibm.com, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org
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Subject: Re: [RFC v2 4/7] asm/sections: add a generic push_section_tbl()

On 02/19/16 13:06, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote:
>>
>> I think the \n\t is unnecessary.
> 
> Super! I wonder if we we can just use this on s390 as well without it pooping?
> I ask as this would set a precedent.
> 

Ask Heike, but I think just ; or \n ought be be fine.  I do not know of
*any* case where \t at the end of a string would ever be necessary, and
it would *always* be possible to replace it with a space in a pinch.

	-hpa