From: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
To: John Reiser <jreiser@BitWagon.com>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>,
Hirokazu Takata <takata@linux-m32r.org>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>,
Greg Ungerer <gerg@uclinux.org>,
Mikael Starvik <starvik@axis.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: STT_FUNC for assembler checksum and semaphore ops
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 20:22:59 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080107192259.GC16710@uranus.ravnborg.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <47826019.9040607@BitWagon.com>
On Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 09:23:37AM -0800, John Reiser wrote:
> Dear $ARCH Maintainers,
>
> This patch adds Elf32_Sym .st_info (STT_FUNC) and .st_size for hand-coded
> checksum and semaphore subroutines. I needed this info when writing a
> static analyzer for stack depth [grovel over ./vmlinux] on the um
> (UserModeLinux) $ARCH for i386. The changes work on i386. Other $ARCH
> are analogous but not tested. Other arch/x86/lib/*.S are not used by um
> currently. [Should analogous changes be made anyway?]
>
> Comments?
I do not know the assembly stuff in question,
but the code you add would be nicer if packed in a macro.
You may even use _GLOBAL and/or ENTRY for your purpose.
Sam
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-01-07 19:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-01-07 17:23 STT_FUNC for assembler checksum and semaphore ops John Reiser
2008-01-07 19:22 ` Sam Ravnborg [this message]
2008-01-08 9:35 ` Ingo Molnar
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