Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] Make section names compatible with -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections

[Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>]

On Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:53:58 am Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> > ---
> >  Documentation/mutex-design.txt              |    4 +-
> >  arch/alpha/kernel/head.S                    |    2 +-
> ...
> >  include/linux/linkage.h                     |    4 +-
> >  include/linux/spinlock.h                    |    2 +-
> >  kernel/module.c                             |    2 +-
> >  scripts/mod/modpost.c                       |   12 ++++----
> >  scripts/recordmcount.pl                     |    6 ++--
> >  141 files changed, 356 insertions(+), 348 deletions(-)
> 
> This patch touches far too many files.
> We should try to work out a method so we are in better control
> of the section names, so renaming in the end is a simple patch
> touching only a few files.

Completely disagree.  You'll end up touching all these files, and leaving
us with now-unnecessary a level of indirection.  Also, you'll have performed
a giant pile of make-work, and bothered all the maintainers.

Just get Linus to apply the damn patch already; it's been sitting around too
long.  Then do any cleanups which are actual cleanups.

Rusty.