Re: [RFC PATCH 13/13] of: Remove unused variable overlay_symbols

From: Frank Rowand
Date: Thu Oct 27 2016 - 12:58:44 EST


On 10/27/16 09:53, Frank Rowand wrote:
> On 10/27/16 09:27, Frank Rowand wrote:
>> On 10/27/16 07:41, Pantelis Antoniou wrote:
>>> Hi Frank,
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Oct 25, 2016, at 23:59 , frowand.list@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>>>
>>>> From: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>
>>>> This unused variable is a reminder that symbols in overlays are
>>>> not available to subsequent overlays. If such a feature is
>>>> desired then there are several ways it could be implemented.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Please donât apply that. Thereâs a patch that actually imports
>>> the symbol table from overlays that subsequent operations
>>> work.
>>>
>>> Please see:
>>>
>>> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9104701/
>>
>> Thanks for the pointer! When the import symbols patch is applied
>> then the comment in my patch header becomes incorrect. I will
>> change the patch comment to act is if the import symbols patch
>> is in place.
>>
>> But the node pointer that my patch removes is still not used
>> for anything, even if the import symbols patch is applied.
>>
>> Am I missing something?
>
> I was missing a later patch in the symbol import patch set that
> updated resolver.c to use the imported symbols. I'll go look
> at that.

Crap. I misread the file name in the patch that I thought was
updating resolver.c. It was actually overlay.c. So I am back
to my question of:

Am I missing something?