Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754481Ab0AHXv2 (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Jan 2010 18:51:28 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754441Ab0AHXvY (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Jan 2010 18:51:24 -0500 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:60999 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754432Ab0AHXvX (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Jan 2010 18:51:23 -0500 Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 15:51:11 -0800 From: Andrew Morton To: Andi Kleen Cc: Sam Ravnborg , linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, ebiederm@xmission.com, paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] [2/9] Add a kernel_address() that works for data too Message-Id: <20100108155111.980b7fd4.akpm@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <20100105191503.GH1778@basil.fritz.box> References: <20100105315.789846878@firstfloor.org> <20100105021527.1AB19B17C2@basil.firstfloor.org> <20100105085853.GA28126@merkur.ravnborg.org> <20100105190455.GE30868@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <20100105191503.GH1778@basil.fritz.box> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.8 (GTK+ 2.12.9; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 644 Lines: 16 On Tue, 5 Jan 2010 20:15:03 +0100 Andi Kleen wrote: > > I'd suggest the only way to identify the data segment in a generic way > > is to have everyone define _sdata, or more preferably _data (to be > > consistent with _text), to be the start of the data segment. > > I agree. I'll take a look at that. > I'll merge this as-is for now. Please send updates when convenient. -- 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/