[PATCH] D24725: [ELF] - Linkerscript: implemented --orphan-handling command line option.

George Rimar via llvm-commits llvm-commits at lists.llvm.org
Wed Sep 21 01:28:21 PDT 2016


>> I can see that it could be a useful option in some situation, and I
>> understand that this is not a large patch, but still I think I'd like to
>> hold on until someone comes to us and says that *I* want this option and
>> convince us of a need. It shouldn't be too late to add this feature after we
>> understand the need and who wants it.
>
>This option would have been useful during the FreeBSD-with-lld
>bring-up to track down orphan sections. Now we know what they are so
>don't need it any longer, but it would have been very useful before.

I am thinking about what if we just add a message about orphans for --verbose option.
That should fit possible needs and does not bring more code that just a 2-3 lines.
Though I am fine with putting this on hold fully for now.

George.


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