> In certain scenarios, like data centers, it can be useful to > statically link all your dependencies to avoid dll hell. Yes but it won't be loaded into memory if not used. Executable loading is all lazy. Maybe look a page fault trace for loading perf if you don't believe me. So you're trying to optimize disk space here? I didn't see that in the cover letter. It doesn't seem like a very good reason for such an intrusive patch kit. If it's a serious concern maybe investigate an executable compressor? > The X86 > disassembler alone in libllvm is of a size comparable to the perf tool I agree that LLVM is a serious bloat and DLL hell concern, but I don't think dlopen is the answer here. -Andi
