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SubjectRe: [PATCH] livepatch: Let compiler put module initialized function to section ".init.text"
On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 02:10:32PM +0800, Minfei Huang wrote:
> From: Minfei Huang <mnfhuang@gmail.com>
>
> Usually we prefer to let compiler put the module initialized function to
> section ".init.text". Thus this text in memory will be freed in future.
>
> Once we add the "__init" preceding function name, we can use following
> command to find it in specfied section.
>
> $ objdump -t -j .init.text built-in.o
>
> built-in.o: file format elf64-x86-64
>
> SYMBOL TABLE:
> 0000000000000000 l d .init.text 0000000000000000 .init.text
> 0000000000000000 l F .init.text 000000000000004e klp_init
>
> Signed-off-by: Minfei Huang <mnfhuang@gmail.com>

The patch looks good but can you make the subject more concise? Maybe
something like:

livepatch: annotate klp_init() with __init

Thanks.

--
Josh


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