On Wed, Nov 20, 2024 at 08:03:10AM -0800, Josh Poimboeuf wrote: > On Wed, Nov 20, 2024 at 09:52:54AM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 19, 2024 at 05:04:24PM -0800, Josh Poimboeuf wrote: > > > On Tue, Nov 19, 2024 at 04:31:25PM -0800, Josh Poimboeuf wrote: > > > > On Sat, Nov 16, 2024 at 10:33:31AM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Nov 15, 2024 at 10:38:28AM -0800, Josh Poimboeuf wrote: > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 11, 2024 at 12:59:36PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > > > > > > > +#define ASM_ANNOTATE(x) \ > > > > > > > + "911:\n\t" \ > > > > > > > + ".pushsection .discard.annotate,\"M\",@progbits,8\n\t" \ > > > > > > > + ".long 911b - .\n\t" \ > > > > > > > + ".long " __stringify(x) "\n\t" \ > > > > > > > + ".popsection\n\t" > > > > > > > > > > > > Why mergeable and progbits? > > > > > > > > > > In order to get sh_entsize ? > > > > > > > > Is that a guess? If so, it's not very convincing as I don't see what > > > > entsize would have to do with it. > > > > > > Oh, nevermind... I see it's a gas syntax issue. > > > > Not a guess, only mergable gets entsize, and progbits is a required > > argument per the syntax in order to specify entsize. > > If you look at "readelf -WS vmlinux" there are plenty of non-mergeable > sections with entsize. Er, vmlinux.o -- Josh
