linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] kbuild: add OBJSIZE variable for the size tool

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Date:   Wed, 7 Aug 2019 10:01:39 +0200
From:   Vasily Gorbik <gor@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
Cc:     Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] kbuild: add OBJSIZE variable for the size tool

On Wed, Aug 07, 2019 at 11:32:04AM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 7:56 PM Vasily Gorbik <gor@...ux.ibm.com> wrote:
> >
> > Define and export OBJSIZE variable for "size" tool from binutils to be
> > used in architecture specific Makefiles (naming the variable just "SIZE"
> > would be too risky). In particular this tool is useful to perform checks
> > that early boot code is not using bss section (which might have not been
> > zeroed yet or intersects with initrd or other files boot loader might
> > have put right after the linux kernel).
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Vasily Gorbik <gor@...ux.ibm.com>
> 
> I think you want to apply both to the s390 tree. If so,
> 
> Acked-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
> 
> Thanks.

Yes, I would take it via s390 tree. Thank you!