Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754805AbZDXAWT (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:22:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752043AbZDXAWK (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:22:10 -0400 Received: from 124x34x33x190.ap124.ftth.ucom.ne.jp ([124.34.33.190]:40442 "EHLO master.linux-sh.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750859AbZDXAWI (ORCPT ); Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:22:08 -0400 Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:16:58 +0900 From: Paul Mundt To: Tim Abbott Cc: Linus Torvalds , Linux kernel mailing list , Anders Kaseorg , Waseem Daher , Denys Vlasenko , Rusty Russell , Andi Kleen , "H. Peter Anvin" , Stephen Rothwell , Jeff Arnold , Andrew Morton , Jon Masters , Masami Hiramatsu , "Theodore Ts'o" , Nikanth Karthikesan , Arjan van de Ven , Am??rico Wang Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] Make section names compatible with -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections Message-ID: <20090424001658.GB27897@linux-sh.org> Mail-Followup-To: Paul Mundt , Tim Abbott , Linus Torvalds , Linux kernel mailing list , Anders Kaseorg , Waseem Daher , Denys Vlasenko , Rusty Russell , Andi Kleen , "H. Peter Anvin" , Stephen Rothwell , Jeff Arnold , Andrew Morton , Jon Masters , Masami Hiramatsu , Theodore Ts'o , Nikanth Karthikesan , Arjan van de Ven , Am??rico Wang References: <1240519774-20307-1-git-send-email-tabbott@mit.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1240519774-20307-1-git-send-email-tabbott@mit.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1025 Lines: 23 On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 04:49:32PM -0400, Tim Abbott wrote: > The purpose of this patch is to make it possible to build the kernel > with "gcc -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections". This is a key step > towards being able to compile the kernel using the --gc-sections > linker option, which can be used to decrease the vmlinux size by > garbage collecting unused functions. Also, Ksplice's 'run-pre > matching' process is much simpler if the original kernel was compiled > with -ffunction-sections and -fdata-sections. > [snip] > Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott > Signed-off-by: Anders Kaseorg As this is the only really invasive part of the patch, it would certainly be good to see this merged early. Acked-by: Paul Mundt -- 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/