Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 04/14] tables.h: add linker table support

2017-01-09 Thread Luis R. Rodriguez
On Fri, Jan 06, 2017 at 10:43:59PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 10:00 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 04, 2017 at 11:47:14AM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > >> On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 11:25 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez > >> wrote: > >> > On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 03:

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 04/14] tables.h: add linker table support

2017-01-06 Thread Andy Shevchenko
On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 10:00 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > On Wed, Jan 04, 2017 at 11:47:14AM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote: >> On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 11:25 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: >> > On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 03:58:18PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote: >> >> On Wed, 2016-12-21 at 18:38 -0800,

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 04/14] tables.h: add linker table support

2017-01-06 Thread Luis R. Rodriguez
On Wed, Jan 04, 2017 at 11:47:14AM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 11:25 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 03:58:18PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > >> On Wed, 2016-12-21 at 18:38 -0800, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > >> > +#define LINKTABLE_FOR_EACH(poin

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 04/14] tables.h: add linker table support

2017-01-04 Thread Andy Shevchenko
On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 11:25 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 03:58:18PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote: >> On Wed, 2016-12-21 at 18:38 -0800, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: >> > +#define LINKTABLE_FOR_EACH(pointer, tbl) >> >> Hmm... SOMEONE LIKES CAPITAL LETTERS FOR everything, righ

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 04/14] tables.h: add linker table support

2017-01-03 Thread Luis R. Rodriguez
On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 03:58:18PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > On Wed, 2016-12-21 at 18:38 -0800, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > > +#define LINKTABLE_FOR_EACH(pointer, tbl) > > Hmm... SOMEONE LIKES CAPITAL LETTERS FOR everything, right? :-) > > I would expect more standa

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 04/14] tables.h: add linker table support

2016-12-22 Thread Andy Shevchenko
On Wed, 2016-12-21 at 18:38 -0800, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > 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 link