RFC: How should the LTO plugin handle object files containing both LTO and non-LTO data ?

[H.J. Lu]

On Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 6:51 AM Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> wrote:
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> Hi H.J.
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> > See:
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> > https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12291
> > https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12430
> > https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13298
> >
> > and try ld in
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> > https://gitlab.com/x86-binutils/binutils-gdb/-/commits/users/hjl/lto-mixed/master
> >
> > to generate .o files with LTO binary data and non-LTO binary data.
> >
>
> Thanks H.J.  I should have known that you have already discovered this problem and worked out a solution. :-)
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> I will have a look at your branch and see if it solves the specific problem I am trying to fix.
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> Quick question - the PDF document in this comment has disappeared:
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>   https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12291#c2
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I put my proposal at:

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12291#c6

My implementation doesn't update readelf since readelf doesn't support
LTO plugin.

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H.J.