Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752541Ab1BVI1G (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Feb 2011 03:27:06 -0500 Received: from vpn.id2.novell.com ([195.33.99.129]:57653 "EHLO vpn.id2.novell.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751685Ab1BVI1D convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Feb 2011 03:27:03 -0500 Message-Id: <4D6381630200007800033136@vpn.id2.novell.com> X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 8.0.1 Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 08:26:59 +0000 From: "Jan Beulich" To: , , , Cc: , Subject: [PATCH, v2 0/3] generalize exception table implementation to deal with relative pointers Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 736 Lines: 18 This will allow x86-64 to shrink its exception tables by half, and ia64 to drop its custom implementation. v2: Adjust arch/x86/kernel/test_nx.c (leading to some tests no longer getting run on x86-64) and indent some pre-processor directives in patch #2. 1/3: x86-64: use macros to generate exception table entries 2/3: x86-64: use relative 32-bit pointers in exception tables 3/3: ia64: drop custom exception table implementation Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich -- 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/