sdt.h vs comdat

[Frank Ch. Eigler]

Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com> writes:

> [...]  So we could theoretically use it for .probes style (which is
> an allocated section), but then we'd both go back to the text bloat
> that .note.stapsdt avoids, and we'd have to use a different method
> of avoiding generating PIC relocs (which might be hard to manage
> with C initializers).  [...]

The text bloat does not seem like a serious impediment.  How many
relocs would survive upon a return to an allocated section scheme?

- FChE