Re: [PATCH] Re: crc32 and lib.a (was Re: [PATCH] nbd in 2.5.3 does

[Jeff Garzik]

On Sat, Feb 02, 2002 at 02:42:36AM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> One piece of the necessary compiler help would be -ffunction-sections. 
> If they are in the same section in the same object file, they simply
> can not be removed safely.

Such as the patch that was mentioned earlier in this thread :)

> Relocation information for calls to local
> functions is not reliably available at link time.

With a smarter toolchain it could be.

One will need a smarter toolchain in order to re-order functions
anyway, which is an area where benchmarks on other compilers are
showing benefits.  (ie. moving "cold" functions to the end of the
module, given profiling feedback)

	Jeff