X-Git-Url: http://www.pilppa.org/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=lib%2FKconfig.debug;h=0d385be682db021dccc6482f385d8bb6f30fa75e;hb=d6fbfa4fce607254c081d7f58227281d08419d4c;hp=d090d7201086e478a7a88635baf837f81141b218;hpb=470a81ae15ed8c037afa0466e2731566a111c134;p=linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug index d090d720108..0d385be682d 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