linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] RISC-V: pi: Force hidden visibility for all symbol references

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Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2024 11:21:33 +0200
From: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@...osinc.com>
To: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@...rochip.com>
Cc: Jesse Taube <jesse@...osinc.com>, linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, 
	Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>, Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>, 
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] RISC-V: pi: Force hidden visibility for all symbol references

Hi Jesse,

On Thu, Jun 27, 2024 at 12:35 PM Conor Dooley
<conor.dooley@...rochip.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jun 26, 2024 at 01:16:50PM -0400, Jesse Taube wrote:
> > Eliminate all GOT entries in the .pi section, by forcing hidden
> > visibility for all symbol references, which informs the compiler that
> > such references will be resolved at link time without the need for
> > allocating GOT entries.
> >
> > Include linux/hidden.h in Makefile, like arm64, for the
> > hidden visibility attribute.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jesse Taube <jesse@...osinc.com>
>
> Did you forget to add --cover-letter to your format-patch incantation?

I admittedly don't understand all the details but it makes the GOT
entry disappear and arm64 uses it too, so:

Reviewed-by: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@...osinc.com>

Thanks,

Alex