linux-kernel - Re: [regression] 72042a8c7b01 x86/purgatory: Make functions and variables static

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Message-ID: <20170309203248.ee2w2nxa2gefgot6@pd.tnic>
Date:   Thu, 9 Mar 2017 21:32:48 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>, "Tobin C. Harding" <me@...in.cc>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [regression] 72042a8c7b01 x86/purgatory: Make functions and
 variables static

On Thu, Mar 09, 2017 at 08:11:03PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > git@...er:..kexec-tools/kexec-tools-2.0.5> grep -IR 'elf_rel_.*symbol' . | egrep 'backup_|digest'|grep x86_64
> > ./kexec/arch/x86_64/kexec-x86_64.c:     elf_rel_set_symbol(&info->rhdr, "backup_src_start",
> > ./kexec/arch/x86_64/kexec-x86_64.c:     elf_rel_set_symbol(&info->rhdr, "backup_src_size",
> > ./kexec/arch/x86_64/kexec-x86_64.c:             elf_rel_set_symbol(&info->rhdr, "backup_start",
> 
> Came so far as well. Lovely undocumented dependencies.....

Maybe that'll help a little:

https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170103153814.GC29807@redhat.com

And yap, that thing needs a bunch of text ontop saying sh*t and why it
is magical.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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