On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 8:19 AM Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
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> I am still not convinced we need this change, as I don't see how the
> concerns regarding __section apply to __alias. But if we do, can we
> please use the same approach, i.e., revert the current patch, and
> queue it again after v5.11-rc1
(+ Russell)
On Thu, 22 Oct 2020 at 18:20, Joe Perches wrote:
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> On Thu, 2020-10-22 at 09:33 +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 11:58:25AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > > Like the __section macro, the __alias macro uses
> > > macro # stringification to create quotes around
>
On Thu, 2020-10-22 at 09:33 +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 11:58:25AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > Like the __section macro, the __alias macro uses
> > macro # stringification to create quotes around
> > the section name used in the __attribute__.
> >
> > Remove the string
On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 11:58:25AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> Like the __section macro, the __alias macro uses
> macro # stringification to create quotes around
> the section name used in the __attribute__.
>
> Remove the stringification and add quotes or a
> stringification to the uses instead.
From: Ard Biesheuvel
> Sent: 21 October 2020 20:03
>
> On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 at 20:58, Joe Perches wrote:
> >
> > Like the __section macro, the __alias macro uses
> > macro # stringification to create quotes around
> > the section name used in the __attribute__.
> >
> > Remove the stringification a
On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 9:07 PM Joe Perches wrote:
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> Using quotes in __section caused/causes differences
> between clang and gcc.
Yeah, it is a good cleanup get.
Thanks!
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/9/29/2187
Can you please put this in a Link: like Ard suggested? (and ideally
find the messag
On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 at 21:07, Joe Perches wrote:
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> On Wed, 2020-10-21 at 21:02 +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> > On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 at 20:58, Joe Perches wrote:
> > > Like the __section macro, the __alias macro uses
> > > macro # stringification to create quotes around
> > > the section name us
On Wed, 2020-10-21 at 21:02 +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 at 20:58, Joe Perches wrote:
> > Like the __section macro, the __alias macro uses
> > macro # stringification to create quotes around
> > the section name used in the __attribute__.
> >
> > Remove the stringification a
On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 at 20:58, Joe Perches wrote:
>
> Like the __section macro, the __alias macro uses
> macro # stringification to create quotes around
> the section name used in the __attribute__.
>
> Remove the stringification and add quotes or a
> stringification to the uses instead.
>
Why?
>
