On Thu, 26 Mar 2020 17:09:51 -0700 Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Provide more information about __ex_table sorting post link. > > The exception tables and fixup tables use a commonly recurring pattern > in the kernel of storing the address of labels as date in custom ELF > sections, then finding these sections, iterating elements within them, > and possibly revisiting them or modifying the data at these addresses. > > Sorting readonly arrays to minimize runtime penalties is quite clever. > > Suggested-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx> I've applied this, thanks. jon
