On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 4:48 AM, Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Moreover, __weak is positively harmful when you consider it adds bloat > and dead code - the overriden __weak function is left behind in the > resulting final image. Huh, I didn't realize that. Is that a linker bug, or is there some reason the weak function has to be in the final image? I tried a trivial test on x86 with gcc-4.8.2/ld-2.24, and I think the weak function text was omitted, but a string constant used only by the weak function was included. Bjorn -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
