Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] x86-64: reduce symbol table size

[Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/07/2009 15:26, "Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> /* Keep these useful absolute symbols */
> -  if (strcmp(sym, "__kernel_syscall_via_break") &&
> -      strcmp(sym, "__kernel_syscall_via_epc") &&
> -      strcmp(sym, "__kernel_sigtramp") &&
> -      strcmp(sym, "__gp"))
> +  if (strcmp(sym, "__gp"))

Is '__gp' useful? What is it?

> static char *special_symbols[] = {
> -  "symbols_addresses",
> -  "symbols_num_syms",
> -  "symbols_names",
> -  "symbols_markers",
> -  "symbols_token_table",
> -  "symbols_token_index",
> -
> /* Exclude linker generated symbols which vary between passes */
> "_SDA_BASE_",  /* ppc */
> "_SDA2_BASE_",  /* ppc */

Can we just kill the special_symbols[] thing altogether? Loosk like it only
contains (unsupported) ppc stuff now?

 -- Keir



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