Re: [PATCH v9 4/6] init: allow initcall tables to be emitted using relative references

From: James Morris
Date: Tue Jun 26 2018 - 15:17:04 EST


On Tue, 26 Jun 2018, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:

> Allow the initcall tables to be emitted using relative references that
> are only half the size on 64-bit architectures and don't require fixups
> at runtime on relocatable kernels.
>
> Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: James Morris <jmorris@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/linux/init.h | 44 +++++++++++++++-----
> init/main.c | 32 +++++++-------
> kernel/printk/printk.c | 16 +++----
> security/security.c | 17 ++++----
> 4 files changed, 68 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)


Acked-by: James Morris <james.morris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>


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