Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 3/5] x86/link: Reduce the number of sections created

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

>>> On 05.06.15 at 15:31, <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> There is no need for top level sections for each of these, so they are
> subsumed into more-generic sections.
> 
>   .data.read_mostly and .lockprofile.data are moved to .data
> 
>   .init.setup, .initcall.init, .xsm_initcall.init are moved to .init.data
> 
> This will simplify the later adjustments to use superpages.

I'm curious, as I wouldn't expect the section count to matter there
at all. Generally, especially when having to disassemble a xen-syms
I find it quite useful if e.g. not all data is lumped together into one
big .data section.

Jan


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