[0/5] handle multiple .debug_types sections

Tom Tromey tromey at redhat.com
Tue Mar 20 20:30:54 UTC 2012


>>>>> "Roland" == Roland McGrath <roland at hack.frob.com> writes:

Roland> Can you start with some background on why the sections aren't
Roland> joined at link time?

Sure, sorry.

There may not be a link time -- you can "pahole something.o".  If the .o
was made with -fdebug-types-section, then it may have multiple such
sections.  This is just a consequence of the use of different comdat
sections for each type unit.

Patch #5 adds a test case along these lines.

Tom


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