linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCHSET v2] allowing exports in *.S

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Message-ID: <57B2A920.5000802@suse.com>
Date:	Tue, 16 Aug 2016 07:48:16 +0200
From:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.com>
To:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCHSET v2] allowing exports in *.S

Dne 2.8.2016 v 16:01 Michal Marek napsal(a):
> On 2016-02-03 22:19, Al Viro wrote:
>> Shortlog:
>> Al Viro (13):
>>       [kbuild] handle exports in lib-y objects reliably
>>       EXPORT_SYMBOL() for asm
>>       x86: move exports to actual definitions
>>       alpha: move exports to actual definitions
>>       m68k: move exports to definitions
>>       s390: move exports to definitions
>>       arm: move exports to definitions
>>       ppc: move exports to definitions
>>       ppc: get rid of unreachable abs() implementation
>>       sparc: move exports to definitions
>>       [sparc] unify 32bit and 64bit string.h
>>       sparc32: debride memcpy.S a bit
>>       ia64: move exports to definitions
> 
> After several pings by Al (sorry about that!), I got around to review a
> rebased version of this patchset at
> 
>   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs.git asm-exports
> 
> The kbuild commits are good, but since we are close to the end of the
> merge window, I will apply them to my kbuild branch after 4.8-rc1.

The rebased patchset is now in kbuild.git#kbuild. Before pushing, I
noticed one issue: For some reason,
drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/lib-ksyms.o is regenerated each time,
leading to relink of vmlinux. I'm looking into this.

Michal