Re: [PATCH] x86: clean up vdso-layout.lds.S

[H. Peter Anvin]

Sam Ravnborg wrote:
>>
>>> Why do we need *(.data .data.*) rather than *(.data*)?
>>> *(.dynbss*)?
>> I don't have any strong opinion here, but the former is exactly what the
>> default linker script has.
> 
> My general take on this is that we should know and deal with what the linker produces.
> So if we only expect .data then .data.* could go into .broken so we catch it. 
> 

That will break if we change to per-function sections.

	-hpa
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