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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 0/8] clean up vdso-layout.lds.S
Petr Tesarik wrote:
>>>
>> *(COMMON) is BSS, not data...
>
> Very true, but for the vDSO we decided to put both writeable and
> read-only data into one section (called .data for that matter), probably
> to reduce the number of sections and hence also the size of the
> resulting binary.
>

BSS is neither, but I guess for the vDSO there really isn't any such
thing as uninitialized content.

I have to admit feeling funny about that, and I'm wondering if we
shouldn't compile the vDSO with -fno-common.

-hpa



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