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RE: as memory use for large bss arrays
On 11 January 2008 16:51, Andi Kleen wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 04:37:47PM -0000, Dave Korn wrote:
>> On 11 January 2008 16:33, Andi Kleen wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> .type alloc_bm, @object
>>> .size alloc_bm, 4503599627370368
>>> alloc_bm:
>>> .zero 4503599627370368
>>
>>> Question is why does it even seek for generating BSS? That is just a
>>> number isn't it?
>>
>> Surely in the absence of any section directive, that's not going to be
>> treated as @nobits?
>
> There is
>
> .section .init.data
> .align 32
>
> before it in my case.
Doesn't that mean "initialised data"?
cheers,
DaveK
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