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Date:   Wed, 21 Oct 2020 21:18:38 +0000
From:   David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:     'Ard Biesheuvel' <ardb@...nel.org>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
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Subject: RE: [PATCH -next] treewide: Remove stringification from __alias macro
 definition

From: Ard Biesheuvel
> Sent: 21 October 2020 20:03
> 
> On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 at 20:58, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
> >
> > Like the __section macro, the __alias macro uses
> > macro # stringification to create quotes around
> > the section name used in the __attribute__.
> >
> > Remove the stringification and add quotes or a
> > stringification to the uses instead.
> >
> 
> Why?

It allows the section name be made up of two concatenated strings.

	David

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