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Re: sdt.h vs comdat
- From: fche at redhat dot com (Frank Ch. Eigler)
- To: Roland McGrath <roland at redhat dot com>
- Cc: systemtap at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:27:06 -0400
- Subject: Re: sdt.h vs comdat
- References: <20100811085240.07486402C8@magilla.sf.frob.com>
Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com> writes:
> [...] So we could theoretically use it for .probes style (which is
> an allocated section), but then we'd both go back to the text bloat
> that .note.stapsdt avoids, and we'd have to use a different method
> of avoiding generating PIC relocs (which might be hard to manage
> with C initializers). [...]
The text bloat does not seem like a serious impediment. How many
relocs would survive upon a return to an allocated section scheme?
- FChE