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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] x86: clean up vdso-layout.lds.S
    On Tue, Jun 09, 2009 at 11:16:57AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
    > Sam Ravnborg wrote:
    > >>
    > >>> Why do we need *(.data .data.*) rather than *(.data*)?
    > >>> *(.dynbss*)?
    > >> I don't have any strong opinion here, but the former is exactly what the
    > >> default linker script has.
    > >
    > > My general take on this is that we should know and deal with what the linker produces.
    > > So if we only expect .data then .data.* could go into .broken so we catch it.
    > >
    >
    > That will break if we change to per-function sections.

    But adding it to .broken would catch this at first build which would
    have told us so.
    We shall try to make it -ffunction-sections compatible in first try though.

    Sam


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