Re: [PATCH] Re: crc32 and lib.a (was Re: [PATCH] nbd in 2.5.3 does

[Jeff Garzik]

On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 11:30:20PM -0800, Chris Wedgwood wrote:
> A really smart linker (if given enough compiler help) could build a
> directional graph and still remove this code even if blem called foo.

Agreed and this has been my objection to the function-sections patch.
There is no need for it if you make the toolchain smarter.

For example I would love to see a !CONFIG_MODULES build rip out all the
code that was not actively referenced, such as EXPORT_SYMBOL functions
which are never called.

	Jeff