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From: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] module: Use the binary search for symbols resolution
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:07:43 +0930
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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.