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On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 11:30:20PM -0800, Chris Wedgwood wrote: > A really smart linker (if given enough compiler help) could build a > directional graph and still remove this code even if blem called foo. Agreed and this has been my objection to the function-sections patch. There is no need for it if you make the toolchain smarter. For example I would love to see a !CONFIG_MODULES build rip out all the code that was not actively referenced, such as EXPORT_SYMBOL functions which are never called. Jeff - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||||
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