Re: [PATCH v8 0/6] add support for relative references in special sections

2018-03-15 Thread Ard Biesheuvel
On 11 March 2018 at 12:38, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > This adds support for emitting special sections such as initcall arrays, > PCI fixups and tracepoints as relative references rather than absolute > references. This reduces the size by 50% on 64-bit architectures, but >

Re: [PATCH v8 0/6] add support for relative references in special sections

2018-03-11 Thread Kees Cook
On Sun, Mar 11, 2018 at 5:44 AM, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > On 11 March 2018 at 12:38, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: >> Cc: James Morris > > Note when replying: this ^^^ email address no longer works. James updated

Re: [PATCH v8 0/6] add support for relative references in special sections

2018-03-11 Thread Ard Biesheuvel
On 11 March 2018 at 12:38, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: ... > Cc: Arnd Bergmann > Cc: Kees Cook > Cc: Will Deacon > Cc: Michael Ellerman > Cc: Thomas Garnier > Cc: Thomas

[PATCH v8 0/6] add support for relative references in special sections

2018-03-11 Thread Ard Biesheuvel
This adds support for emitting special sections such as initcall arrays, PCI fixups and tracepoints as relative references rather than absolute references. This reduces the size by 50% on 64-bit architectures, but more importantly, it removes the need for carrying relocation metadata for these