Hi Cary, Now that Input_merge_map has an Output_section_data, we can use it in implementing find_merge_section and replace the only use of is_merge_section_for with it. This simplifies the code a bit and is faster. Linking chromium goes from 6173.193320 task-clock (msec) # 0.999 CPUs utilized ( +- 0.62% ) to 5693.481663 task-clock (msec) # 0.999 CPUs utilized ( +- 0.49% ) Cheers, Rafael