overhead of bfd_{get,put}*()

[David Miller]

From: Rafael Espindola <espindola@google.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:21:02 -0500

>> No linker script.
>>
>> I assume you are testing exclusively on sparc like I am ;-)
>>
> 
> 32 or 64 bits?  Could you try the --keep-files-mapped option?

32-bit GOLD linking 64-bit object, same situation as I'm
using with the BFD linker.

I'm going to analyze the situation, sit tight.  Right now I'm fighting
a bug in the 'perf' tool's symbol handling that triggers when I use it
on GOLD.