From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 01/14] generic-sections: add section core helpers Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2017 12:09:02 +0100 Message-ID: <20170119110902.GH28024@kroah.com> References: <20170109145833.11502-1-mcgrof@kernel.org> <20170115211057.17167-1-mcgrof@kernel.org> <20170115211057.17167-2-mcgrof@kernel.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20170115211057.17167-2-mcgrof@kernel.org> Sender: sparclinux-owner@vger.kernel.org To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Cc: bp@alien8.de, bp@suse.de, hpa@zytor.com, acme@redhat.com, tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com, jpoimboe@redhat.com, npiggin@gmail.com, mhiramat@kernel.org, masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com, jbaron@akamai.com, heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com, ananth@linux.vnet.ibm.com, anil.s.keshavamurthy@intel.com, davem@davemloft.net, realmz6@gmail.com, dalias@libc.org, linux@arm.linux.org.uk, x86@kernel.org, luto@amacapital.net, keescook@chromium.org, linux@roeck-us.net, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, rusty@rustcorp.com.au, gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, alan@linux.intel.com, dwmw2@infradead.org, arnd@arndb.de, ming.lei@canonical.com, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, benh@kernel.crashing.org, pebolle@tiscali.nl, fontana@sharpeleven.org, david.vrabel@citrix.com, konrad.wilk@oracle.com, mcb30@ipxe.org List-Id: linux-arch.vger.kernel.org On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 01:10:44PM -0800, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > Linux makes extensive use of custom ELF header sections, > documentation for these are well scattered. Unify this > documentation in a central place and provide helpers to > build custom Linux sections. > > This also generalizes sections code to enable avoiding When you say "also" in a changelog, that's a huge flag you need to split this up. There's no reason the documentation for elf header sections has to be in the same patch as code. Please break it up. thanks, greg k-h From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:36592 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752055AbdASLJF (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Jan 2017 06:09:05 -0500 Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2017 12:09:02 +0100 From: Greg KH Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 01/14] generic-sections: add section core helpers Message-ID: <20170119110902.GH28024@kroah.com> References: <20170109145833.11502-1-mcgrof@kernel.org> <20170115211057.17167-1-mcgrof@kernel.org> <20170115211057.17167-2-mcgrof@kernel.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20170115211057.17167-2-mcgrof@kernel.org> Sender: linux-arch-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Cc: bp@alien8.de, bp@suse.de, hpa@zytor.com, acme@redhat.com, tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com, jpoimboe@redhat.com, npiggin@gmail.com, mhiramat@kernel.org, masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com, jbaron@akamai.com, heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com, ananth@linux.vnet.ibm.com, anil.s.keshavamurthy@intel.com, davem@davemloft.net, realmz6@gmail.com, dalias@libc.org, linux@arm.linux.org.uk, x86@kernel.org, luto@amacapital.net, keescook@chromium.org, linux@roeck-us.net, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, rusty@rustcorp.com.au, gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, alan@linux.intel.com, dwmw2@infradead.org, arnd@arndb.de, ming.lei@canonical.com, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, benh@kernel.crashing.org, pebolle@tiscali.nl, fontana@sharpeleven.org, david.vrabel@citrix.com, konrad.wilk@oracle.com, mcb30@ipxe.org, jgross@suse.com, andrew.cooper3@citrix.com, andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com, paul.gortmaker@windriver.com, xen-devel@lists.xensource.com, ak@linux.intel.com, pali.rohar@gmail.com, dvhart@infradead.org, platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org, mmarek@suse.com, linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk, jkosina@suse.cz, korea.drzix@gmail.com, linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, tony.luck@intel.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-sh@vger.kernel.org, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, catalin.marinas@arm.com, will.deacon@arm.com, rostedt@goodmis.org, jani.nikula@intel.com, mchehab@osg.samsung.com, markus.heiser@darmarit.de, jolsa@kernel.org, msalter@redhat.com, chris@zankel.net, jcmvbkbc@gmail.com, linux-xtensa@linux-xtensa.org, adrian.hunter@intel.com, dsahern@gmail.com, namhyung@kernel.org, wangnan0@huawei.com, dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com, joro@8bytes.org, paulus@samba.org, mpe@ellerman.id.au, James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com Message-ID: <20170119110902.WwWVZLcVT2GXchnojztV6fGJ4ov_EHhSqysriFrCM58@z> On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 01:10:44PM -0800, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > Linux makes extensive use of custom ELF header sections, > documentation for these are well scattered. Unify this > documentation in a central place and provide helpers to > build custom Linux sections. > > This also generalizes sections code to enable avoiding When you say "also" in a changelog, that's a huge flag you need to split this up. There's no reason the documentation for elf header sections has to be in the same patch as code. Please break it up. thanks, greg k-h