From: Geert Uytterhoeven Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:13:23 +0000 (+0100) Subject: kbuild: Spelling/grammar fixes for config DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH X-Git-Tag: v2.6.25-rc1~1062^2~10 X-Git-Url: https://err.no/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d6fbfa4fce607254c081d7f58227281d08419d4c;p=linux-2.6 kbuild: Spelling/grammar fixes for config DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH Including additional fixes from Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg --- diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug index d090d72010..0d385be682 100644 --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug @@ -90,19 +90,19 @@ config DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH most likely result in an oops. In the code functions and variables are annotated with __init, __devinit etc. (see full list in include/linux/init.h) - which result in the code/data being placed in specific sections. - The section mismatch anaylsis are always done after a full - kernel build but enabling this options will in addition + which results in the code/data being placed in specific sections. + The section mismatch analysis is always done after a full + kernel build but enabling this option will in addition do the following: - Add the option -fno-inline-functions-called-once to gcc When inlining a function annotated __init in a non-init - function we would loose the section information and thus + function we would lose the section information and thus the analysis would not catch the illegal reference. - This options tell gcc to inline less but will also + This option tells gcc to inline less but will also result in a larger kernel. - Run the section mismatch analysis for each module/built-in.o When we run the section mismatch analysis on vmlinux.o we - looses valueable information about where the mismatch was + lose valueble information about where the mismatch was introduced. Running the analysis for each module/built-in.o file will tell where the mismatch happens much closer to the