Re: [patch x64 SEH]: Sort pdata section ascending

[Kai Tietz <ktietz70 at googlemail dot com>]

2010/9/14 Richard Henderson <rth@redhat.com>:
> On 09/14/2010 11:34 AM, Kai Tietz wrote:
>> Well, I just did the complete comparison here. Other possible thing
>> here would be an abort, if we see to entries with same begin_address,
>> I would assume it could be unnecessary (and maybe we should even abort
>> if end-address/handler-data aren't equal, but start address is equal),
>> but I am not sure if SEH would allow here different handler-types for
>> same region, and so sorting could be still required.
>
> Well, aborting in the linker due to user input is discouraged.
> But if you recall, I did suggest that we diagnose bad pdata
> sections in objdump.
>
> That said, I think the only thing we need to sort on is the
> start address.
>
>
> r~
>

Well, so it shall be. Adjusted patch attached.

Kai

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