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Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 10:40:14 +0100
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ftrace, powerpc64: fix math to calculate offset in TOC
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* Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote:

> 
> Paul,
> 
> I found the bug that was causing large modules to fail in setting
> up dynamic ftrace. It wound up being a simple math error. To calculate
> the offset in the TOC, I had used an OR, but the bottom half was
> a signed extended short, and it should have been an addition.
> The fix is in my tree below, as well as posted here.

Looks like a .29 candidate?

	Ingo