Re: [RFC] LSM fix for stupid "empty" functions

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On Sunday 01 December 2002 10:26, Greg KH wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 05:21:56PM +0000, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 10:12:27AM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> > > Does the kernel work if data structures are in ROM?  I would think that
> > > lots of variables in the kernel would have this problem :)
> >
> > The nommu ports support .text in rom.
>
> But doesn't initialized variables live in .bss?  So we should be ok,
> right?

Greg-

not that I am trying to be a PITA but where did you get the information that 
initialized variables live in .bss?

Initialized variables live in .data, the .bss (Block Started by Symbol) is 
reserved for non-initialized variables.

Look:
visitor@satelite:~> cat a.c
int first_var;
int second_var = 5;
visitor@satelite:~> gcc -S a.c
visitor@satelite:~> cat a.s
        .file   "a.c"
.globl second_var
        .data
        .align 4
        .type   second_var,@object
        .size   second_var,4
second_var:
        .long   5
        .comm   first_var,4,4
        .ident  "GCC: (GNU) 3.2"
visitor@satelite:~>

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