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From: Wanlong Gao <wanlong.gao@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] module: Use the binary search for symbols resolution
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:44:20 +0800
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To: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Cc: Alessio Igor Bogani <abogani@kernel.org>, Tim Abbott <tabbott@ksplice.com>, Anders Kaseorg <andersk@ksplice.com>, Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>, Tim Bird <tim.bird@am.sony.com>, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, Linux Embedded <linux-embedded@vger.kernel.org>

  2011-4-19 9:37, Rusty Russell wroted:
> On Sat, 16 Apr 2011 22:32:08 +0800, Wanlong Gao<wanlong.gao@gmail.com>  wrote:
>>> +	sym = bsearch(fsa->name, syms->start, syms->stop - syms->start,
>> As the bsearch func, why not change the syms->stop to syms->end ?
>> Hmm..Just a stupid suggestion.
>
>
> The names are derived from the linker symbols for end of sections, which
> is __stop_<sectionname>.
>
> Cheers,
> Rusty.
As this , why not change the bsearch's "end" to "stop", too ? It will be 
more readable.

Thanks
Wanlong