Re: [PATCH v8 8/8] livepatch: Detect offset for the ftrace location during build

From	Torsten Duwe <duwe@lst.de>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH v8 8/8] livepatch: Detect offset for the ftrace location during build
Date	2016-02-24 10:30 +0100
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On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 05:55:35PM +1100, Balbir Singh wrote:
> <snip>
> 
> We need to remove the SQUASH_TOC_SAVE_INSNS bits as well, now that the ppc64_profile_stub_insns does not save r2

Sure -- this was meant to _replace_ the changes from patch 2/8, not on top.
And yes, it exposes duplicate definitions, but does not cause them AFAICS.
The two unasked questions about it were: Is Michael's solution on a similar
basis? Is this worth any further effort e.g. put into v9?

	Torsten

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Re: [PATCH v8 8/8] livepatch: Detect offset for the ftrace  location during build Torsten Duwe <duwe@lst.de> - 2016-02-23 18:10 +0100
  Re: [PATCH v8 8/8] livepatch: Detect offset for the ftrace location  during build Balbir Singh <bsingharora@gmail.com> - 2016-02-24 07:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v8 8/8] livepatch: Detect offset for the ftrace location  during build Balbir Singh <bsingharora@gmail.com> - 2016-02-24 08:00 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v8 8/8] livepatch: Detect offset for the ftrace  location during build Torsten Duwe <duwe@lst.de> - 2016-02-24 10:30 +0100
        Re: [PATCH v8 8/8] livepatch: Detect offset for the ftrace location  during build Balbir Singh <bsingharora@gmail.com> - 2016-02-24 12:30 +0100
  Re: [PATCH v8 8/8] livepatch: Detect offset for the ftrace location  during build Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-02-24 09:00 +0100

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