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On Thu, Mar 30, 2023 at 11:15:23AM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > Make sure that the .text section is not divided in multiple overlapping
> > sections. This is not supported by kexec_file.

And?

What is the failure scenario? Why are you fixing it? Why do we care?

This is way too laconic.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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