Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2017 23:28:58 +0200 From: Dimitry Andric <dim@FreeBSD.org> To: Hans Petter Selasky <hps@selasky.org> Cc: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r317215 - head/lib/clang Message-ID: <0E80DA66-5D0B-4DC2-8AF9-F2136C1D627E@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <21e86609-e5f6-48ae-b391-38e5e14fc29b@selasky.org> References: <201704202100.v3KL0938093345@repo.freebsd.org> <21e86609-e5f6-48ae-b391-38e5e14fc29b@selasky.org>
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--Apple-Mail=_737E4804-0F46-41B5-908C-ABDF0C75DFCE Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On 20 Apr 2017, at 23:03, Hans Petter Selasky <hps@selasky.org> wrote: >=20 > On 04/20/17 23:00, Dimitry Andric wrote: >> Author: dim >> Date: Thu Apr 20 21:00:09 2017 >> New Revision: 317215 >> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/317215 >>=20 >> Log: >> Add function and data sections when building llvm, clang, lld and = lldb, >> and allow the linker to garbage collect them. This shaves off up to = a >> few MB from the final executables. >>=20 >> MFC after: 3 days >>=20 >=20 > Hi, >=20 > Just curious. Does the i386 and amd64 built "ld" utility support = garbage collection, or is this feature only intended for arm and = friends? As far as I know, GNU ld (ours is from ~2007) has supported GC'ing sections since a very long time. OTOH, if you meant LLVM's lld, then yes, that also supports --gc-sections. -Dimitry --Apple-Mail=_737E4804-0F46-41B5-908C-ABDF0C75DFCE Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: Message signed with OpenPGP -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.30 iEYEARECAAYFAlj5KCQACgkQsF6jCi4glqOTqwCfQyA9PAYf0I48KRt6tCq+8TbH VvIAn376GFS6OekSQ/374cwu4yZ2SR3S =9aIm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Apple-Mail=_737E4804-0F46-41B5-908C-ABDF0C75DFCE--
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