From: Michael Matz <matz@suse.de>
To: Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
Cc: binutils@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: RFC: GAS: Add option to generate unused section symbols
Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2022 16:19:24 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.LSU.2.20.2203041615370.19749@wotan.suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87czj1vhlf.fsf@redhat.com>
Hello,
On Fri, 4 Mar 2022, Nick Clifton via Binutils wrote:
> With the 2.36 release of the binutils we stopped generating section
> symbols if they were not needed by relocations. This helps to reduce
> object file size and enhances compatibility with the LLVM compiler.
> But I have received some bug reports about this feature, most notably
> from kernel maintainers who have found that the new behaviour breaks
> the recordmcount tool.
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?
Ciao,
Michael.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-03-04 16:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-03-04 15:54 Nick Clifton
2022-03-04 16:05 ` H.J. Lu
2022-03-04 16:19 ` Michael Matz [this message]
2022-03-07 12:32 ` Nick Clifton
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