Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 2 Feb 2002 03:08:47 -0500 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Re: crc32 and lib.a (was Re: [PATCH] nbd in 2.5.3 does |
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On Sat, Feb 02, 2002 at 02:42:36AM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > One piece of the necessary compiler help would be -ffunction-sections. > If they are in the same section in the same object file, they simply > can not be removed safely.
Such as the patch that was mentioned earlier in this thread :)
> Relocation information for calls to local > functions is not reliably available at link time.
With a smarter toolchain it could be.
One will need a smarter toolchain in order to re-order functions anyway, which is an area where benchmarks on other compilers are showing benefits. (ie. moving "cold" functions to the end of the module, given profiling feedback)
Jeff
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