[llvm-commits] [llvm] r125526 - in /llvm/trunk: lib/CodeGen/TargetLoweringObjectFileImpl.cpp lib/MC/MCSectionELF.cpp test/CodeGen/X86/global-sections.ll test/CodeGen/X86/pic_jumptable.ll tools/gold/gold-plugin.cpp

[Rafael Avila de Espindola]

On 11-02-14 05:40 PM, Anton Korobeynikov wrote:
> Hi Rafael,
>
>> Switch llvm to using comdats. For now always use groups with a single
>> section.
> This definitely imposes some constraints on the version of binutils
> which should be used to link the stuff.
> Could you please clarify this?
>
> I'd prefer to have both comdat and section-name style linkonce stuff.
> This way we can switch between them and hook into configure-time check
> inside llvm-gcc to this option, for example.

comdats have been available ever since I started working on system 
software. A git log in binutils shows that their are available since 
1999 at least.

Cheers,
Rafael