From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from pasmtpa.tele.dk ([80.160.77.114]:60006 "EHLO pasmtpA.tele.dk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1761279AbYBBUqk (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Feb 2008 15:46:40 -0500 From: Sam Ravnborg Subject: [PATCH] kbuild: Spelling/grammar fixes for config DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2008 21:46:36 +0100 Message-Id: <1201985204-26589-2-git-send-email-sam@ravnborg.org> In-Reply-To: <20080202203503.GA26415@uranus.ravnborg.org> References: <20080202203503.GA26415@uranus.ravnborg.org> Sender: linux-kbuild-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: kbuild Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven From: Geert Uytterhoeven Including additional fixes from Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg --- lib/Kconfig.debug | 12 ++++++------ 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug index d090d72..0d385be 100644 --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug @@ -90,19 +90,19 @@ config DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH most likely result in an oops. In the code functions and variables are annotated with __init, __devinit etc. (see full list in include/linux/init.h) - which result in the code/data being placed in specific sections. - The section mismatch anaylsis are always done after a full - kernel build but enabling this options will in addition + which results in the code/data being placed in specific sections. + The section mismatch analysis is always done after a full + kernel build but enabling this option will in addition do the following: - Add the option -fno-inline-functions-called-once to gcc When inlining a function annotated __init in a non-init - function we would loose the section information and thus + function we would lose the section information and thus the analysis would not catch the illegal reference. - This options tell gcc to inline less but will also + This option tells gcc to inline less but will also result in a larger kernel. - Run the section mismatch analysis for each module/built-in.o When we run the section mismatch analysis on vmlinux.o we - looses valueable information about where the mismatch was + lose valueble information about where the mismatch was introduced. Running the analysis for each module/built-in.o file will tell where the mismatch happens much closer to the -- 1.5.4.rc3.14.g44397