Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:16:58 +0900 | From | Paul Mundt <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] Make section names compatible with -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections |
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On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 04:49:32PM -0400, Tim Abbott wrote: > The purpose of this patch is to make it possible to build the kernel > with "gcc -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections". This is a key step > towards being able to compile the kernel using the --gc-sections > linker option, which can be used to decrease the vmlinux size by > garbage collecting unused functions. Also, Ksplice's 'run-pre > matching' process is much simpler if the original kernel was compiled > with -ffunction-sections and -fdata-sections. > [snip]
> Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott <tabbott@mit.edu> > Signed-off-by: Anders Kaseorg <andersk@mit.edu>
As this is the only really invasive part of the patch, it would certainly be good to see this merged early.
Acked-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
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