From: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>, Jonas Bonn <jonas@southpole.se>
Cc: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 14/19] OpenRISC: Module support
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 20:36:31 +0930 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <874o3f8p54.fsf@rustcorp.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201106241205.32037.arnd@arndb.de>
On Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:05:31 +0200, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
> On Friday 24 June 2011, Jonas Bonn wrote:
> > I noticed that kernel/module.c already has this:
> >
> > unsigned int __weak arch_mod_section_prepend(struct module *mod,
> > unsigned int section)
> >
> >
> > Is using a __weak attribute on the default (generic) implementations a
> > better approach?
>
> I normally don't like using __weak, because it more easily confuses
> readers about which version is actually used.
I share your reluctance with __weak, but as fewer people want to touch
multiple archs it is becoming the norm.
Would happily accept patches...
Thanks,
Rusty.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-06-25 5:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-06-19 11:43 OpenRISC Architecture: Request for review Jonas Bonn
2011-06-19 11:43 ` [PATCH 01/19] OpenRISC: Boot code Jonas Bonn
2011-06-19 17:14 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-06-19 11:43 ` [PATCH 02/19] OpenRISC: Device tree Jonas Bonn
2011-06-19 17:19 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-06-19 11:43 ` [PATCH 03/19] OpenRISC: Memory management Jonas Bonn
2011-06-19 18:35 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-06-19 11:43 ` [PATCH 04/19] OpenRISC: Signal handling Jonas Bonn
2011-06-19 11:43 ` [PATCH 05/19] OpenRISC: Build infrastructure Jonas Bonn
2011-06-19 18:57 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-06-19 11:43 ` [PATCH 06/19] OpenRISC: PTrace Jonas Bonn
2011-06-19 11:43 ` [PATCH 07/19] OpenRISC: DMA Jonas Bonn
2011-06-19 19:02 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-06-19 11:43 ` [PATCH 08/19] OpenRISC: Timekeeping Jonas Bonn
2011-06-19 19:06 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-06-19 11:43 ` [PATCH 09/19] OpenRISC: IRQ Jonas Bonn
2011-06-19 19:09 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-06-19 11:43 ` [PATCH 10/19] OpenRISC: System calls Jonas Bonn
2011-06-19 15:09 ` richard -rw- weinberger
2011-06-19 15:51 ` Jonas Bonn
2011-06-19 21:11 ` Andi Kleen
2011-06-19 11:43 ` [PATCH 11/19] OpenRISC: Idle/Power management Jonas Bonn
2011-06-20 8:20 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-06-19 11:43 ` [PATCH 12/19] OpenRISC: Scheduling/Process management Jonas Bonn
2011-06-19 19:12 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-06-19 21:17 ` Andi Kleen
2011-06-19 11:43 ` [PATCH 13/19] OpenRISC: GPIO Jonas Bonn
2011-06-19 11:43 ` [PATCH 14/19] OpenRISC: Module support Jonas Bonn
2011-06-21 20:03 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2011-06-22 14:26 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-06-22 19:08 ` [PATCH 1/1] Add default implementations for moduleloader hooks Jonas Bonn
2011-06-22 19:14 ` [PATCH 14/19] OpenRISC: Module support Jonas Bonn
2011-06-22 19:58 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-06-22 20:05 ` Jonas Bonn
2011-06-22 20:46 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-06-24 8:52 ` Jonas Bonn
2011-06-24 10:05 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-06-24 11:06 ` Rusty Russell [this message]
2011-06-19 11:43 ` [PATCH 15/19] OpenRISC: Traps Jonas Bonn
2011-06-19 11:43 ` [PATCH 16/19] OpenRISC: Headers Jonas Bonn
2011-06-19 19:39 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-06-19 19:43 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-06-19 20:19 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2011-06-19 11:43 ` [PATCH 17/19] OpenRISC: Library routines Jonas Bonn
2011-06-19 11:43 ` [PATCH 18/19] OpenRISC: Miscellaneous Jonas Bonn
2011-06-19 11:43 ` [PATCH 19/19] OpenRISC: Add MAINTAINERS entry Jonas Bonn
2011-06-19 17:06 ` OpenRISC Architecture: Request for review Arnd Bergmann
2011-06-22 21:23 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-06-23 9:10 ` Jonas Bonn
2011-06-23 9:54 ` Julius Baxter
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