[Bug binutils/11133] gc-sections deletes sections with __start/__stop reference

[hjl dot tools at gmail dot com]

------- Additional Comments From hjl dot tools at gmail dot com  2010-01-07 
14:03 -------
(In reply to comment #7)
> 
> So my concern that HJ's idea might affect some existing app is probably not
> valid.  I still don't particularly like a reference to __start_somesection
> meaning that we should keep all "somesection" input sections.  It would be

Isn't it this bug all about?

> better if there were a more explicit way to mark input sections.  I also note
> that HJ's patch is incorrect since marking a section with gc_mark and 
> returning
> NULL from gc_mark_hook will result in no mark phase recursion for that 
> section.
> 

The updated patch is posted at

http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2010-01/msg00137.html


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