Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:13:11 +0100 | From | Sam Ravnborg <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/2] strip generated symbols from *.ko |
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On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 11:28:14AM +0000, Jan Beulich wrote: > This patch changes the way __crc_ symbols are being resolved from > using ld to do so to using the assembler, thus allowing these symbols > to be marked local (the linker creates then as global ones) and hence > allow stripping (for modules) or ignoring (for vmlinux) them. While at > this, also strip other generated symbols during module installation. > > One potentially debatable point is the handling of the flags passeed > to gcc when translating the intermediate assembly file into an object: > passing $(c_flags) unchanged doesn't work as gcc passes --gdwarf2 to > gas whenever is sees any -g* option, even for -g0, and despite the > fact that the compiler would have already produced all necessary debug > info in the C->assembly translation phase. I took the approach of just > filtering out all -g* options, but an alternative to such negative > filtering might be to have a positive filter which might, in the ideal > case allow just all the -Wa,* options to pass through. > > Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com>
Both patches are encoded so I end up with "=20", "=3D" in the saved file. Can you please resend as attachment or fix your mailer.
Thanks, Sam
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