Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v4 07/16] tables.h: add linker table support

2016-08-22 Thread Luis R. Rodriguez
On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 03:02:07PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote: > On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 2:32 PM, wrote: > > diff --git a/arch/c6x/include/asm/tables.h b/arch/c6x/include/asm/tables.h > > new file mode 100644 > > index ..09a9e31c573a > > --- /dev/null > > +++ b/arch/c6x/include/asm/tables

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v4 07/16] tables.h: add linker table support

2016-08-19 Thread Kees Cook
On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 2:32 PM, wrote: > From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" > > A linker table is a data structure that is stitched together from items > in multiple object files. Linux has historically implicitly used linker > tables for ages, however they were all built in an adhoc manner which > requ

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v4 07/16] tables.h: add linker table support

2016-08-19 Thread mcgrof
From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" A linker table is a data structure that is stitched together from items in multiple object files. Linux has historically implicitly used linker tables for ages, however they were all built in an adhoc manner which requires linker script modifications, per architecture. T

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v4 07/16] tables.h: add linker table support

2016-08-19 Thread mcgrof
From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" A linker table is a data structure that is stitched together from items in multiple object files. Linux has historically implicitly used linker tables for ages, however they were all built in an adhoc manner which requires linker script modifications, per architecture. T