On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 09:53:07AM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Feb 2021 09:51:47 -0600
> Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Steve, looks like recordmcount avoids referencing weak symbols directly
> > by their function symbol. Maybe it can just skip weak symbols which
> > don't have a section symbol, since this seems like a rare scenario.
>
> When does the .text.unlikely section disappear? During the creation of the
> object, or later in the linker stage?
The section is there, but the symbol associated with the section
(".text.unlikely" symbol) isn't generated by the assembler.
--
Josh
