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Date:   Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:49:59 -0700
From:   David Daney <ddaney.cavm@gmail.com>
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To:     Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/5] scripts: Add sortextable to sort the kernel's
 exception table.
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On 04/20/2012 07:59 AM, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 02:59:55PM -0700, David Daney wrote:
>> From: David Daney<david.daney@cavium.com>
>>
>> Using this build-time sort saves time booting as we don't have to burn
>> cycles sorting the exception table.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: David Daney<david.daney@cavium.com>
>> ---
>>   scripts/.gitignore    |    1 +
>>   scripts/Makefile      |    1 +
>>   scripts/sortextable.c |  273 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>   scripts/sortextable.h |  168 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> If there is only a single file including the .h file - then there is no gain.
> Just fold it into the .c file.
>

s/single file/single site/, and I am in complete agreement.  However 
this patch doesn't meet that criterion.  In this particular case, there 
is more to the patch than just the diffstat.

David Daney