From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.133.124]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 965C53858D35 for ; Mon, 7 Mar 2022 12:32:35 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 965C53858D35 Received: from mail-wr1-f72.google.com (mail-wr1-f72.google.com [209.85.221.72]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-592-OqFZ5KH5OVG2dYc9VNJdZg-1; Mon, 07 Mar 2022 07:32:34 -0500 X-MC-Unique: OqFZ5KH5OVG2dYc9VNJdZg-1 Received: by mail-wr1-f72.google.com with SMTP id p18-20020adfba92000000b001e8f7697cc7so4501972wrg.20 for ; Mon, 07 Mar 2022 04:32:33 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:date:mime-version:user-agent:subject :content-language:to:cc:references:from:in-reply-to :content-transfer-encoding; bh=eHg+BJOb7FRvkycZkoeZkj9BmuiSg94dScIKOEH0OYs=; b=YqRGtG3kwDojPpJ9Jxxg6/lFOy4IW0XBCFXH3fyA/oOtAfIZ9lwjUSgNZgm/GUFUTU tKUZQ232R/KQeoUzxiZfrEwIYePmgJYl8dHtSCnBaimDOeSENW6KRxqo4yROnvD2eGBN KutclCxiV3ouh/u5jAYp5eMBH+WMfqStI1DLvjyMLc5TDCLY6iXGRoqlajgGBbaG5dBm ezR50AYvvpd6WD72ZfQtgWTigA2JbRHbBZ7/gW1CECppe1kPJw6Dvdf2NmbLNxAff49J TvjY1dovXgQaa5N2cLtD7egiZDMo/hs6ACQaLEETMHlT/RsEBFyJUf1dtTID+CicjYiI k33w== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532XmIZYA9uDbgDgzdrByEu4kxvwfuPTB8szRwQFMyxTaJ/ctafF bTXUwo4vsSCcgXPqMrCjfxGkkHRRxgwyVeAl1Y7xA+IYiBZMdPFqoG6F4JVHXhsKUWakfUjqDbd yEz01RXST6e7bhY6WnA== X-Received: by 2002:a05:600c:3584:b0:382:ab9c:32e6 with SMTP id p4-20020a05600c358400b00382ab9c32e6mr18355916wmq.5.1646656352831; Mon, 07 Mar 2022 04:32:32 -0800 (PST) X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyMKXZ+qTK6UivouK14rXsbGvk49YpkZffQH/dcPGshGD4HdzpwhGmqtmQfiJ0VqSk1WyUDlQ== X-Received: by 2002:a05:600c:3584:b0:382:ab9c:32e6 with SMTP id p4-20020a05600c358400b00382ab9c32e6mr18355900wmq.5.1646656352637; Mon, 07 Mar 2022 04:32:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.6] (adsl-2-solo-173-39.claranet.co.uk. [80.168.173.39]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id e15-20020a5d6d0f000000b001ef7dca67fasm12496574wrq.114.2022.03.07.04.32.32 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 07 Mar 2022 04:32:32 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <8797eece-ccb6-5c2e-0313-81e95f98d90d@redhat.com> Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2022 12:32:31 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.5.0 Subject: Re: RFC: GAS: Add option to generate unused section symbols To: Michael Matz Cc: binutils@sourceware.org References: <87czj1vhlf.fsf@redhat.com> From: Nick Clifton In-Reply-To: X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Language: en-GB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H5, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NONE, TXREP, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: binutils@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Binutils mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2022 12:32:36 -0000 Hi Guys, On 3/4/22 16:19, Michael Matz wrote: > This problem was fixed in the kernel (and backported by distros to their > kernels if binutils was updated); it's fairly simplistic changes. > > I don't see the need for returning (optionally) to the old behaviour > again. I mean, at the time, when 2.36 came out, sure, the patch might > have made sense, but now? Great - I was actually hoping that this would be the response. But I was not sure how the kernel folks felt about the issue, so I thought that it would be worth generating a patch just in case. (Besides it was fun to write). I am quite happy to set it aside however. Cheers Nick