Re: [PATCH 3/23] make section names compatible with -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections: arm

From: Roberto A. Foglietta
Date: Wed Jul 02 2008 - 02:22:59 EST


2008/7/2 Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> The purpose of this patch is to make kernel buildable
> with "gcc -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections".
> This patch fixes arm architecture.
>

Hi Denys,

I see your patchset. may I suggest you to take a look to this tools?

http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/

I think it could simplify this kind of patching for the future.
I found it reading the kernel janitors m-list and I hope it helps.

Cheers,
--
/roberto
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