On Mon, 14 Jun 2010, Matt Fleming wrote: > Do these special kernel sections include things like the parisc > .text.do_softirq, .text.sys_exit, etc? James raised a good objection to > the parisc patch of this series. I'm guessing most people saw it already > but I'll paste it here for reference, > > This would destroy all of the named parisc text ordering we do above the > removed line because now you'd have swept up all the function sections > before we get to them, won't it? > > The ordering is an execution speed up on 32 bit systems because our > relative jump is so short. > > Will you changes handle this OK? I think I addressed this in my reply to James just now, but to be super clear, this -ffunction-sections plan involves renaming .text.do_softirq to .text..do_softirq (etc.) first. -Tim Abbott -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arch" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
