linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 4/6] init: allow initcall tables to be emitted using relative references

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Date:   Wed, 27 Jun 2018 05:13:31 +1000 (AEST)
From:   James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:     Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@...gle.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>,
        Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Nicolas Pitre <nico@...aro.org>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 4/6] init: allow initcall tables to be emitted using
 relative references

On Tue, 26 Jun 2018, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:

> Allow the initcall tables to be emitted using relative references that
> are only half the size on 64-bit architectures and don't require fixups
> at runtime on relocatable kernels.
> 
> Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
> Cc: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>
> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> Cc: James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
> Cc: "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
> ---
>  include/linux/init.h   | 44 +++++++++++++++-----
>  init/main.c            | 32 +++++++-------
>  kernel/printk/printk.c | 16 +++----
>  security/security.c    | 17 ++++----
>  4 files changed, 68 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)


Acked-by: James Morris <james.morris@...rosoft.com>


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James Morris
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