Re: [RFC] linkage: new macros for functions and data

Jiri Slaby
2017-03-16T08:13:22Z

On 03/16/2017, 09:02 AM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> * Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz> wrote:
>
>> SYM_LOCAL_ALIAS_START -- use where there are two local names for one code
>> SYM_ALIAS_START -- use where there are two global names for one code
>> SYM_LOCAL_FUNC_START -- use for local functions
>> SYM_FUNCTION_START -- use for global functions
>> SYM_WEAK_FUNC_START -- use for weak functions
>> SYM_ALIAS_END -- the end of LOCALALIASed or ALIASed code
>> SYM_FUNCTION_END -- the end of SYM_LOCAL_FUNC_START, SYM_FUNCTION_START, SYM_WEAK_FUNC_START, ...
>> SYM_DATA_START -- global data symbol
>> SYM_DATA_END -- the end of SYM_DATA_START symbol
>
> This looks mostly good to me, with minor details:
>
> - The mixed 'FUNC' and 'FUNCTION' naming looks a bit confusing - I'd pick one and
> use that consistently.

Of course, I did it later after sending the RFC. I stuck to FUNC.

...
> Does this look good to everyone?

Fine by me. I will send patches for that, so that you can comment on
that on real uses.

thanks,
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js
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