linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] compiler.h: avoid escaped section names

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Date:   Wed, 30 Sep 2020 08:40:11 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Arvind Sankar <nivedita@...m.mit.edu>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>,
        Luc Van Oostenryck <luc.vanoostenryck@...il.com>,
        Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>,
        linux-sparse@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        clang-built-linux <clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] compiler.h: avoid escaped section names

On Tue, 2020-09-29 at 13:25 -0700, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> And I don't remember what ever happened to Joe's script for treewide
> conversion of __section.

Nor do I but here (attached) is the script.

My recollection is there was some problem with mscros
with ## concatenation in some converted uses.


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