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.ident and SHF_MERGE
- To: binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
- Subject: .ident and SHF_MERGE
- From: Jakub Jelinek <jakub at redhat dot com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 18:47:37 +0200
- Reply-To: Jakub Jelinek <jakub at redhat dot com>
Hi!
Resending with proper subject, sorry.
Just a follow-up of the SHF_MERGE patch, I'm wondering whether
.ident directive in obj-elf.c shouldn't be directed into
.comment.strtab (SHF_MERGE|SHF_STRINGS, sh_entsize 1) section which would be
merged into .comment section on final link.
.ident is usually either used for GCC version strings, or for claiming
copyright, but in both cases I think nobody relies on the same string beeing
present in .comment section 250 times, just one copy would suffice.
E.g. my glibc's .comment section is almost 55KB filled just with multitudes of
identical strings.
Jakub