linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] powerpc/boot: Use address-of operator on section symbols

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Date:   Wed, 24 Jun 2020 19:22:28 -0700
From:   Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>
To:     Geoff Levand <geoff@...radead.org>
Cc:     Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com, Joel Stanley <joel@....id.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc/boot: Use address-of operator on section symbols

Hi Geoff,

On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 06:18:48PM -0700, Geoff Levand wrote:
> Hi Nathan,
> 
> On 6/23/20 8:59 PM, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> > These are not true arrays, they are linker defined symbols, which are
> > just addresses.  Using the address of operator silences the warning
> > and does not change the resulting assembly with either clang/ld.lld
> > or gcc/ld (tested with diff + objdump -Dr).
> 
> Thanks for your patch.  I tested this patch applied to v5.8-rc2 on a
> PS3 and it seems OK.
> 
> Tested-by: Geoff Levand <geoff@...radead.org>

Thanks a lot for the quick response and testing, I really appreciate it!

Cheers,
Nathan