On Mon, 10 Jul 2000, Philipp Rumpf wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 08, 2000 at 09:50:38PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > My idea was to replace empty and most simple functions by predefined dummy(),
> > dummy_zeros(), dummy_ones() and dummy_einval() functions, so they appear only
> > once in a kernel image. But is it worth the effort? Note that you don't compile
> > all code into your favorite kernel image, only the parts you need for your
> > hardware, so you won't catch all empty functions at once.
>
> This really should be a gcc/ld thing. If/when we moved to -ffunction-sections,
> all that would be required is a "merge identical read-only ELF sections"
> option to ld (or a standalone hack to do the same thing).
Sounds indeed like a better idea, and can easily be combined with the ongoing
work for dead function elimination.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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Geert Uytterhoeven -- Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP} -- geert@linux-m68k.org
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