linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] arc: rename xCCM sections so they are not merged in global .data/.text

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Date:   Mon, 9 Jan 2017 15:08:06 +0000
From:   Alexey Brodkin <Alexey.Brodkin@...opsys.com>
To:     Vineet Gupta <Vineet.Gupta1@...opsys.com>
CC:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Igor Guryanov" <Igor.Guryanov@...opsys.com>,
        "linux-snps-arc@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-snps-arc@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] arc: rename xCCM sections so they are not merged in
 global .data/.text

Hi Vineet,

On Thu, 2016-12-22 at 16:25 -0800, Vineet Gupta wrote:
> On 12/22/2016 06:09 AM, Alexey Brodkin wrote:
> > diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/linkage.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/linkage.h
> > index b29f1a9fd6f7..3a5f13d65ee1 100644
> > --- a/arch/arc/include/asm/linkage.h
> > +++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/linkage.h
> > @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
> >  /* annotation for data we want in DCCM - if enabled in .config */
> >  .macro ARCFP_CODE
> >  #ifdef CONFIG_ARC_HAS_ICCM
> > -	.section .text.arcfp, "ax",@progbits
> > +	.section .text..arcfp, "ax",@progbits
> 
> Why not turn this around and call it arcfp.text and arcfp.data etc - just like
> done for other special sections such as sched, cpuidle, lock... Just so we are
> consistent with normal kernel convention !

Right that looks much better!
Will do so in v2.

-Alexey