From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: mulyadi.santosa@gmail.com (Mulyadi Santosa) Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 00:40:28 +0700 Subject: Incremental Linking In-Reply-To: <1337680595.36648.YahooMailNeo@web161202.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> References: <1337680595.36648.YahooMailNeo@web161202.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org List-Id: kernelnewbies.lists.kernelnewbies.org On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 4:56 PM, somanath sahoo wrote: > Hi, > > As newbie in linux kernel,?I would like to?understand?the concept of > "incremental linking?" w.r.t to linux kernel module. > > I have read that?kernel loadable modules are?being generated and > inserted?into a running kernel?due to this?"incremental linking " > technology. > > If anyone can provide me some pointers to understand the "incremental > linking" concept, it will be needful. perhaps you meant lazy binding? same thing like what glibc does in user space I believe. In short, symbols (functions etc) are not resolved right away, but looked up and referenced when needed only. Hopefully I point you the correct meaning. If not, feel free to CMIIW. -- regards, Mulyadi Santosa Freelance Linux trainer and consultant blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com