Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754220AbYCVEhF (ORCPT ); Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:37:05 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751320AbYCVEgx (ORCPT ); Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:36:53 -0400 Received: from hs-out-0708.google.com ([64.233.178.250]:3673 "EHLO hs-out-0708.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751305AbYCVEgx (ORCPT ); Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:36:53 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=TwtdLlT9IGQ4rHNtDLpVLotgZk01gdkLTmexvUjabEjffAgoEgluy9eC1lenBcq9efHtnZLKODvr8FmNTfp5f3RZlkbJtPZGacBy0IGtdfmG1ktk9Z4wSgIUvvOCORm+kqbJx9+o9CKd9oxDconitsEUd+k5f2JAnj26PlF7JTY= Message-ID: Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:36:51 -0700 From: "Ulrich Drepper" To: "Andi Kleen" Subject: Re: [PATCH prototype] [0/8] Predictive bitmaps for ELF executables Cc: "Andrew Morton" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org In-Reply-To: <20080321172644.GG2346@one.firstfloor.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20080318003620.d84efb95.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20080318095715.27120788.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20080318172045.GI11966@one.firstfloor.org> <20080318104437.966c10ec.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20080319083228.GM11966@one.firstfloor.org> <20080319020440.80379d50.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20080320090005.GA25734@one.firstfloor.org> <20080321172644.GG2346@one.firstfloor.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 700 Lines: 15 On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 10:26 AM, Andi Kleen wrote: > Concrete suggestions please. I already spelled it out. Add a new program header entry, point it to a bit array large enough to cover all loadable segments. It is not worth creating problems with this invalid extension just for old binaries. Just let those go. New binaries can automatically get the array and then there are no extra seeks, the format is well defined, etc. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/