Re: [PATCH v3 5/5] kernel: tracepoints: add support for relative references

From	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH v3 5/5] kernel: tracepoints: add support for relative references
Date	2017-08-30 20:20 +0200
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On Sat, 19 Aug 2017 19:10:35 +0100
Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> wrote:

> To avoid the need for relocating absolute references to tracepoint
> structures at boot time when running relocatable kernels (which may
> take a disproportionate amount of space), add the option to emit
> these tables as relative references instead.
> 
> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>

I ran this through various tests (not my full test suite mind you), and
it appears to work as it has before.

Acked-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>

-- Steve

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Re: [PATCH v3 5/5] kernel: tracepoints: add support for relative  references Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2017-08-30 20:20 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v3 5/5] kernel: tracepoints: add support for relative references Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> - 2017-08-30 20:30 +0200

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