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

From	Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH v3 5/5] kernel: tracepoints: add support for relative references
Date	2017-08-30 20:30 +0200
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> On 30 Aug 2017, at 19:13, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote:
> 
> 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>
> 

Thanks!

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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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