Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/5] add execute in place support

[Carsten Otte <cotte@de.ibm.com>]

Jörn Engel wrote:

>On Wed, 1 June 2005 14:06:03 +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
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>>On Middeweken 01 Juni 2005 12:12, Coywolf Qi Hunt wrote:
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>>>>As I'd like to aim for integration into -mm and vanilla later on,
>>>>I'd like to encourage everyone to give it a read and provide
>>>>feedback. All patches apply against git-head as of today.
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>>>I feel the name "execute in place" misleading. This is not the real
>>>XIP, IMHO. Invent another term or be tolerant?
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>>If this is not real execute in place, then what is? The term seems to
>>describe the patch rather well and we don't have this ability for Linux
>>applications anywhere else, at least not in official kernels.
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>We can execute the kernel in place, thanks to Nicolas Pitre.  For
>userspace I have seen to preparation patches, but nothing serious.
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Given that execute in place describes the ability to run code at
the very same location where it is permanently stored, and that
this is exactly what the patch enables, I think the wording is
correct.