Hari Bathini <hbathini at linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes: > Get rid of multiple definitions of append_elf_note() & final_note() > functions. Reuse these functions compiled under CONFIG_CRASH_CORE > Also, define Elf_Word and use it instead of generic u32 or the more > specific Elf64_Word. > > Signed-off-by: Hari Bathini <hbathini at linux.vnet.ibm.com> > --- > > Changes from v3: > * Dropped hard-coded values and used DIV_ROUND_UP(). > > Changes from v2: > * Added a definition for Elf_Word. > * Used IA64 version of append_elf_note() and final_note() functions. > > > arch/ia64/kernel/crash.c | 22 ---------------------- > include/linux/crash_core.h | 4 ++++ > include/linux/elf.h | 2 ++ > kernel/crash_core.c | 34 ++++++++++++++-------------------- > kernel/kexec_core.c | 28 ---------------------------- > 5 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 70 deletions(-) Do the powerpc patches later in the series actually depend on this one? Or is this just an unrelated cleanup? As it is I can't merge the series until we at least get an ack on this from the ia64 folks. If you can just split this out as a separate patch that would make it a lot easier to get the rest merged. cheers
