From: Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
To: Etienne Lorrain <etienne_lorrain@yahoo.fr>
Cc: binutils@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: `.sym' referenced in section `reloc_sym' of file.o: defined in discarded section `.text.sym' of file.o
Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 22:39:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060516150145.GI19700@bubble.grove.modra.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060516113425.43587.qmail@web26913.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
On Tue, May 16, 2006 at 01:34:25PM +0200, Etienne Lorrain wrote:
> My problem is when the function (for instance) linux_set_params is not used
> at all in the link process, and is discarded because I am using GCC -ffunction-sections
> and LD --gc-sections, it is still referenced in ".section reloc_paramcode_section"
What is special about reloc_paramcode_section? ie. How are you managing
to confuse the linker into thinking the reference in that section is not
a normal use, which should result in linux_set_params being kept?
Do you have a small self-contained testcase?
--
Alan Modra
IBM OzLabs - Linux Technology Centre
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-05-16 15:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-05-16 15:28 Etienne Lorrain
2006-05-16 22:39 ` Alan Modra [this message]
2006-05-16 22:47 ` Etienne Lorrain
2006-05-17 11:34 ` Alan Modra
2006-05-17 15:32 ` Fix regression introduced 2006-04-21 Alan Modra
2006-05-17 16:19 ` `.sym' referenced in section `reloc_sym' of file.o: defined in discarded section `.text.sym' of file.o Etienne Lorrain
2006-05-19 11:50 ` Alan Modra
2006-05-19 15:30 ` Etienne Lorrain
2006-05-19 15:37 ` Alan Modra
2006-05-19 15:57 ` Etienne Lorrain
2006-05-20 13:56 ` Alan Modra
2006-05-16 22:37 Etienne Lorrain
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