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From: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Tim Abbott <tabbott@mit.edu>,
	Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Anders Kaseorg <andersk@mit.edu>, Waseem Daher <wdaher@mit.edu>,
	Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>,
	Jeff Arnold <jbarnold@mit.edu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Jon Masters <jonathan@jonmasters.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] Add support for compiling with -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:20:56 +0930	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200904211520.57861.rusty@rustcorp.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.0904201637280.2199@localhost.localdomain>

On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:10:58 am Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 20 Apr 2009, Tim Abbott wrote:
> >
> > Is there a problem that is preventing this -ffunction-sections patch 
> > series from being merged?
> 
> Quite frankly, every time I see something like this, I shudder.

It's the section name cleanup which is the invasive part, and I'd like to
see merged now.

I don't care so much about actually flipping the option on.

Thanks,
Rusty.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-04-21  5:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 99+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-04-05 23:14 [PATCH v2 0/4] Add support for compiling with -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections Tim Abbott
2009-04-05 23:14 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] Make section names compatible " Tim Abbott
2009-04-05 23:14   ` [PATCH v2 2/4] modpost: Check the section flags, not name, to catch missing "ax"/"aw" Tim Abbott
2009-04-05 23:14     ` [PATCH v2 3/4] modpost: Support objects with more than 64k sections Tim Abbott
2009-04-05 23:14       ` [PATCH v2 4/4] x86: Add an option to compile with -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections Tim Abbott
2009-04-08  0:34 ` [PATCH v2 0/4] Add support for compiling " Tim Abbott
2009-04-08  5:22   ` Rusty Russell
2009-04-20 20:26   ` Tim Abbott
2009-04-20 23:40     ` Linus Torvalds
2009-04-21  0:26       ` Tim Abbott
2009-04-21  0:35         ` Linus Torvalds
2009-04-21  1:25           ` H. Peter Anvin
2009-04-21  1:49             ` Denys Vlasenko
2009-04-21  3:18           ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-04-21  3:26             ` Anders Kaseorg
2009-04-21 10:26             ` Andi Kleen
2009-04-21  6:01           ` Tim Abbott
2009-04-21 10:24           ` Andi Kleen
2009-04-23 20:48           ` [PATCH v3 0/3] " Tim Abbott
2009-04-23 20:49             ` [PATCH v3 1/3] Make section names compatible " Tim Abbott
2009-04-23 20:49               ` [PATCH v3 2/3] modpost: Check the section flags, not name, to catch missing "ax"/"aw" Tim Abbott
2009-04-23 20:49                 ` [PATCH v3 3/3] modpost: Support objects with more than 64k sections Tim Abbott
2009-04-24  0:16               ` [PATCH v3 1/3] Make section names compatible with -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections Paul Mundt
2009-04-24 17:23               ` Sam Ravnborg
2009-04-26  2:10                 ` Tim Abbott
2009-04-26  2:10                   ` [PATCH 01/15] Add new HEAD_TEXT_SECTION macro Tim Abbott
2009-04-26  2:10                     ` [PATCH 02/15] xtensa: convert to use __HEAD and HEAD_TEXT macros Tim Abbott
2009-04-26  2:10                       ` [PATCH 03/15] alpha: " Tim Abbott
2009-04-26  2:10                         ` [PATCH 04/15] frv: convert frv " Tim Abbott
2009-04-26  2:11                           ` [PATCH 05/15] arm: convert " Tim Abbott
2009-04-26  2:11                             ` [PATCH 06/15] ia64: " Tim Abbott
2009-04-26  2:11                               ` [PATCH 07/15] m32r: " Tim Abbott
2009-04-26  2:11                                 ` [PATCH 08/15] m68k: " Tim Abbott
2009-04-26  2:11                                   ` [PATCH 09/15] mn10300: " Tim Abbott
2009-04-26  2:11                                     ` [PATCH 10/15] powerpc: " Tim Abbott
2009-04-26  2:11                                       ` [PATCH 11/15] s390: " Tim Abbott
2009-04-26  2:11                                         ` [PATCH 12/15] sh: " Tim Abbott
2009-04-26  2:11                                           ` [PATCH 13/15] sparc: " Tim Abbott
2009-04-26  2:11                                             ` [PATCH 14/15] x86: " Tim Abbott
2009-04-26  2:11                                               ` [PATCH 15/15] modpost: convert modpost to use HEAD_TEXT_SECTION macro Tim Abbott
2009-04-26 11:30                                                 ` Sam Ravnborg
2009-04-26 22:18                                                   ` Anders Kaseorg
2009-04-26 11:28                                               ` [PATCH 14/15] x86: convert to use __HEAD and HEAD_TEXT macros Sam Ravnborg
2009-04-26 16:40                                               ` Linus Torvalds
2009-04-26 17:12                                                 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-04-26 18:34                                                   ` Sam Ravnborg
2009-04-26 18:56                                                     ` Linus Torvalds
2009-04-26 19:23                                                       ` Sam Ravnborg
2009-04-26 21:07                                                         ` [PATCH] x86: beautify vmlinux_64.lds.S Sam Ravnborg
2009-04-27  4:54                                                           ` [tip:x86/kbuild] " tip-bot for Sam Ravnborg
2009-04-27  4:59                                                         ` [PATCH 14/15] x86: convert to use __HEAD and HEAD_TEXT macros Ingo Molnar
2009-04-27  6:42                                                           ` Sam Ravnborg
2009-04-27  7:19                                                             ` Ingo Molnar
2009-04-27  7:37                                                               ` Sam Ravnborg
2009-04-26 20:50                                                       ` Andi Kleen
2009-04-27  3:47                                                       ` Ingo Molnar
2009-04-30 10:39                                                   ` [tip:x86/kbuild] x86: boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S: fix build of bzImage with 64 bit compiler tip-bot for Sam Ravnborg
2009-04-30 14:52                                                     ` H. Peter Anvin
2009-04-30 15:09                                                       ` Sam Ravnborg
2009-04-30 16:29                                                         ` H. Peter Anvin
2009-04-30 17:52                                                           ` Sam Ravnborg
2009-04-30 19:02                                                             ` H. Peter Anvin
2009-04-26 11:24                                             ` [PATCH 13/15] sparc: convert to use __HEAD and HEAD_TEXT macros Sam Ravnborg
2009-04-26 11:24                                           ` [PATCH 12/15] sh: " Sam Ravnborg
2009-04-26 11:23                                         ` [PATCH 11/15] s390: " Sam Ravnborg
2009-04-26 11:23                                       ` [PATCH 10/15] powerpc: " Sam Ravnborg
2009-04-26 11:22                                     ` [PATCH 09/15] mn10300: " Sam Ravnborg
2009-04-26 11:22                                   ` [PATCH 08/15] m68k: " Sam Ravnborg
2009-04-26 11:21                                 ` [PATCH 07/15] m32r: " Sam Ravnborg
2009-04-28  3:34                                   ` Hirokazu Takata
2009-04-26 11:21                               ` [PATCH 06/15] ia64: " Sam Ravnborg
2009-04-26 11:19                             ` [PATCH 05/15] arm: " Sam Ravnborg
2009-04-27 16:46                               ` Tim Abbott
2009-04-27 17:00                                 ` Russell King
2009-04-27 17:06                                 ` Linus Torvalds
2009-04-27 17:29                                   ` Luck, Tony
2009-04-28  8:56                                   ` Ralf Baechle
2009-04-26 11:16                           ` [PATCH 04/15] frv: convert frv " Sam Ravnborg
2009-04-26 11:15                         ` [PATCH 03/15] alpha: convert " Sam Ravnborg
2009-04-26 11:13                       ` [PATCH 02/15] xtensa: " Sam Ravnborg
2009-04-26 16:29                     ` [PATCH 01/15] Add new HEAD_TEXT_SECTION macro Linus Torvalds
2009-04-26  2:42                   ` [PATCH v3 1/3] Make section names compatible with -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections Paul Mundt
2009-04-26  9:15                     ` Sam Ravnborg
2009-04-26  9:20                     ` [PATCH] kbuild: fix comment in modpost.c Sam Ravnborg
2009-04-26 17:28                       ` Tim Abbott
2009-04-26  9:09                   ` [PATCH v3 1/3] Make section names compatible with -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections Sam Ravnborg
2009-04-26 21:53                     ` Tim Abbott
2009-04-26 13:09                 ` Rusty Russell
2009-04-24  0:14             ` [PATCH v3 0/3] Add support for compiling " Paul Mundt
2009-04-24 14:19             ` Masami Hiramatsu
2009-04-24 15:32               ` Tim Abbott
2009-04-25  1:49                 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2009-04-21  1:05       ` [PATCH v2 0/4] " Denys Vlasenko
2009-04-21  5:50       ` Rusty Russell [this message]
2009-04-22 12:47         ` Paul Mundt
2009-04-21 14:02 ` Américo Wang
2009-04-21 17:40   ` Anders Kaseorg
2009-04-22 11:38     ` Masami Hiramatsu
2009-04-22 17:13       ` Tim Abbott

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