Hi, On Mon, 29 Jan 2018, H.J. Lu wrote: > And your patch doesn't work for: > > https://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2018-01/msg00421.html Yes, that's by intention, see my other followup. The app when not linked against a __start_S provider that doesn't itself contain references to __start_S doesn't need to work. Ciao, Michael.