From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Subject: Re: [RFC v2 1/7] sections.h: add sections header to collect all section info Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 21:06:03 +0100 Message-ID: <20160219200603.GR25240@wotan.suse.de> References: <1455889559-9428-1-git-send-email-mcgrof@kernel.org> <1455889559-9428-2-git-send-email-mcgrof@kernel.org> <20160219162329.GA24924@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mx2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:35096 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751400AbcBSUGR (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Feb 2016 15:06:17 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20160219162329.GA24924@kroah.com> Sender: linux-arch-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Greg KH Cc: "Luis R. Rodriguez" , hpa@zytor.com, tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com, bp@alien8.de, x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, luto@amacapital.net, boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com, rusty@rustcorp.com.au, david.vrabel@citrix.com, konrad.wilk@oracle.com, mcb30@ipxe.org, jgross@suse.com, ming.lei@canonical.com, arnd@arndb.de, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux@arm.linux.org.uk, benh@kernel.crashing.org, jbaron@akamai.com, ananth@in.ibm.com, anil.s.keshavamurthy@intel.com, davem@davemloft.net, masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com, andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com, dwmw2@infradead.org, xen-devel@lists.xensource.com On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 08:23:29AM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 05:45:53AM -0800, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > > Linux makes extensive use of custom ELF header sections, > > documentation for these are well scatterred. Unify this > > documentation in a central place. > > Minor questions: > > > + > > + You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public > > + License along with this documentation; if not, write to the Free > > + Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, > > + MA 02111-1307 USA > > + > > Unless you are willing to personally track the office moves of the FSF > for the next 20+ years, just drop this paragraph please :) Sure. > > +++ b/include/linux/sections.h > > @@ -0,0 +1,224 @@ > > +#ifndef _LINUX_SECTIONS_H > > +#define _LINUX_SECTIONS_H > > +/* > > + * Linux ELF sections > > + * > > + * Copyright (C) 2016 Luis R. Rodriguez > > + * > > + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify > > + * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by > > + * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or > > + * (at your option) any later version. > > Do you really mean "any later version"? Yes. > > + * Due to this file being licensed under the GPL there is controversy over > > + * whether this permits you to write a module that #includes this file > > + * without placing your module under the GPL. Please consult a lawyer for > > + * advice before doing this. > > Interesting wording, This was copied from security.h. > I don't think there's any "controversy" here, so I'd drop that word if at all > possible. Change it for something else? Any preference? Luis