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Date:   Thu, 6 May 2021 16:44:49 +0100
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
To:     "Madhavan T. Venkataraman" <madvenka@linux.microsoft.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v3 3/4] arm64: Handle miscellaneous functions in
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On Thu, May 06, 2021 at 10:32:30AM -0500, Madhavan T. Venkataraman wrote:
> On 5/6/21 10:30 AM, Madhavan T. Venkataraman wrote:

> > OK. I could make the section an argument to SYM_CODE*() so that a developer
> > will never miss that. Some documentation may be in order so the guidelines
> > are clear. I will do the doc patch separately, if that is alright with
> > you all.

> There is just one problem with this. Sometimes, there is some data in the
> same text section. That data will not get included when we do the SYM_CODE(section)
> change.

Yes, data would need to be handled separately still.  That doesn't seem
insurmountable though?

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