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| From | Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.kernel, linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from asm |
| Date | 2016-12-14 11:40 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <sOePg-5dC-39@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
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On 2016-12-14 11:02, Dodji Seketeli wrote: > Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.com> a écrit: > >>> Libabigail does a "whole binary" analysis of types. >>> >>> So, consider the point of use of the type 'struct s1*'. Even if 'struct >>> s' is just forward-declared at that point, the declaration of struct s1 >>> is "resolved" to its definition. Even if the definition comes later in >>> the binary. >> >> But there isn't any definition of struct s1 in t1.o. Does abidiff >> "steal" the definition from the other object file? That would be >> legitimate, I'm just curious. > > If there is another translation unit in the *same* binary that defines > struct s1, then yes, it's "stolen", as you say. > > But if in the entire binary, struct s1 is just declared (not defined), > then it'll compare equal to any struct s1 that is defined in the > *second* binary. That makes sense, thanks. Michal
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Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from asm Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.com> - 2016-12-14 00:10 +0100
Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from asm Dodji Seketeli <dodji@seketeli.org> - 2016-12-14 10:20 +0100
Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from asm Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.com> - 2016-12-14 10:40 +0100
Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from asm Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.com> - 2016-12-14 11:00 +0100
Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from asm Dodji Seketeli <dodji@seketeli.org> - 2016-12-14 11:00 +0100
Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from asm Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.com> - 2016-12-14 11:10 +0100
Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from asm Dodji Seketeli <dodji@seketeli.org> - 2016-12-14 11:20 +0100
Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from asm Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.com> - 2016-12-14 11:40 +0100
Re: [PATCH] x86/kbuild: enable modversions for symbols exported from asm Dodji Seketeli <dodji@seketeli.org> - 2016-12-14 11:20 +0100
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