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From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: Alessio Igor Bogani <abogani@kernel.org>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Ian Lance Taylor <ian@airs.com>, Tim Bird <tim.bird@am.sony.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Replace the linear search with a binary search for locate the symbols
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 21:04:19 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110326200419.GR21838@one.firstfloor.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinYY0vRzVHKqaZghiK=SvFUAVbM5s3Hf6H9C5Pv@mail.gmail.com>

> I have felt sure to have sorted both: indeed the linker sorts symbols
> *before* it writes down their addresses (and not after). But I could
> have made a mistake, obviously.

I was refering to the address the symbol points to, not the address of
the ksymtab entry. 

-Andi

-- 
ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.

  reply	other threads:[~2011-03-26 20:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-03-23 21:00 [PATCH 0/2] Speed up the symbols' resolution process Alessio Igor Bogani
2011-03-23 21:00 ` [PATCH 1/2] Let Linker sort the symbols Alessio Igor Bogani
2011-03-23 21:00 ` [PATCH 2/2] Replace the linear search with a binary search for locate " Alessio Igor Bogani
2011-03-24 15:54   ` Andi Kleen
2011-03-25  5:14     ` Rusty Russell
2011-03-25 15:41       ` Andi Kleen
2011-03-25 16:30         ` Alessio Igor Bogani
2011-03-25 19:49           ` Andi Kleen
2011-03-25 21:31             ` Alessio Igor Bogani
2011-03-26 20:04               ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2011-03-28  8:22                 ` Alessio Igor Bogani
2011-03-28 15:59                   ` Andi Kleen

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