| Date | Sun, 15 Mar 2020 11:09:19 -0500 | From | Josh Poimboeuf <> | Subject | Re: [RFC][PATCH 05/16] objtool: Optimize find_symbol_by_index() |
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On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 02:41:12PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > The symbol index is object wide, not per section, so it makes no sense > to have the symbol_hash be part of the section object. By moving it to > the elf object we avoid the linear sections iteration.
I remember there was a specific reason for this oddity, but it eludes me now.
This does make sense, assuming it doesn't break anything.
-- Josh
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