Re: [PATCH v5 1/8] arch: enable relative relocations for arm64, power, x86, s390 and x86

2017-12-25 Thread Sam Ravnborg
Hi Ard. On Mon, Dec 25, 2017 at 08:54:33PM +, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > Before updating certain subsystems to use place relative 32-bit > relocations in special sections, to save space and reduce the > number of absolute relocations that need to be processed at runtime > by relocatable

Re: [PATCH v5 1/8] arch: enable relative relocations for arm64, power, x86, s390 and x86

2017-12-25 Thread Ard Biesheuvel
On 25 December 2017 at 21:05, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > Hi Ard. > > On Mon, Dec 25, 2017 at 08:54:33PM +, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: >> Before updating certain subsystems to use place relative 32-bit >> relocations in special sections, to save space and reduce the >> number of

[PATCH v5 1/8] arch: enable relative relocations for arm64, power, x86, s390 and x86

2017-12-25 Thread Ard Biesheuvel
Before updating certain subsystems to use place relative 32-bit relocations in special sections, to save space and reduce the number of absolute relocations that need to be processed at runtime by relocatable kernels, introduce the Kconfig symbol and define it for some architectures that should