Does -gc-section (garbage collection) works only with static linking ?

[Dave Korn]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: binutils-owner On Behalf Of Valery Pykhtin
> Sent: 08 September 2004 09:55

> Sorry if I bother you, but how this situation differs from 
> the static link
> case ? Would the linker remove such function with static linking ?
> 
> (i386 Intel syntax)
> 
> mov eax,myfxptr
> ...
> call [eax]    // in user's program
> 
> Does GCC compiler tells the linker in this case that myfx is called ?

  The linker will find a reloc pointing at the "mov eax" instruction above,
and so can deduce that myfx is referred to and knows not to discard it.


    cheers, 
      DaveK
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