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From: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
To: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org,
	David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Subject: Re: [git pull] signal.git, pile 2 (was Re: [RFC][CFT][CFReview] execve and kernel_thread unification work)
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 16:32:48 +1100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121012053248.GA24293@drongo> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20121012010958.GG2616@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>

On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 02:09:58AM +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> 
> How granular are you planning to make that?  I mean, we are talking about
> 3 objects here - init/main.o, kernel/kthread.o and kernel/kmod.o.  Do they
> get TOC separate from that of arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.o?

Potentially, yes, it would be up to the linker.

> Anyway, if ppc folks can live with that stuff in its current form for now,

Yes, we can.

Paul.

  reply	other threads:[~2012-10-12  5:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-10-01 21:38 [RFC][CFT][CFReview] execve and kernel_thread unification work Al Viro
2012-10-05 16:07 ` Catalin Marinas
2012-10-06 16:19   ` Al Viro
2012-10-09 19:48 ` Chris Metcalf
2012-10-10  4:51   ` Al Viro
2012-10-11  9:00 ` Paul Mackerras
2012-10-11 12:53   ` Al Viro
2012-10-12  0:16     ` Paul Mackerras
2012-10-12  1:09       ` [git pull] signal.git, pile 2 (was Re: [RFC][CFT][CFReview] execve and kernel_thread unification work) Al Viro
2012-10-12  5:32         ` Paul Mackerras [this message]
2012-10-12  7:55         ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2012-10-15  1:30 ` [RFC][CFT][CFReview] execve and kernel_thread unification work Al Viro
2012-10-17  6:16   ` Greg Ungerer
2012-10-17 14:02   ` Catalin Marinas
2012-10-17 16:34     ` Al Viro
2012-10-17 16:40       ` Catalin Marinas

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