On Wed, Oct 02, 2024 at 04:34:02PM -0700, Rong Xu wrote: > When the -ffunction-sections compiler option is enabled, each function > is placed in a separate section named .text.function_name rather than > putting all functions in a single .text section. > > However, using -function-sections can cause problems with the > linker script. The comments included in include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h > note these issues.: > “TEXT_MAIN here will match .text.fixup and .text.unlikely if dead > code elimination is enabled, so these sections should be converted > to use ".." first.” > > It is unclear whether there is a straightforward method for converting > a suffix to "..". This patch modifies the order of subsections within the > text output section when the -ffunction-sections flag is enabled. > Specifically, it repositions sections with certain fixed patterns (for > example .text.unlikely) before TEXT_MAIN, ensuring that they are grouped > and matched together. > > Note that the limitation arises because the linker script employs glob > patterns instead of regular expressions for string matching. While there > is a method to maintain the current order using complex patterns, this > significantly complicates the pattern and increases the likelihood of > errors. Is there a down-side to using the new order unconditionally?
