Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 15 Feb 2021 09:58:06 -0600 | From | Josh Poimboeuf <> | Subject | Re: [tip: objtool/urgent] objtool: Fix seg fault with Clang non-section symbols |
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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@redhat.com> 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
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