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Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] symbols: prefer symbols which have a type
- To: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>, "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- From: Jason Andryuk <jason.andryuk@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2025 21:07:50 -0400
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On 2025-04-02 10:00, Jan Beulich wrote:
... and thus typically also a size. Using global vs local is undesirable
in certain situations, e.g. when a "real" symbol is local and at the
same address as a section start/end one (which are all global).
Note that for xen.efi the checking for "Function" is only forward-
looking at this point: The function-ness of symbols (much like their
size) is lost when linking PE/COFF binaries from ELF objects with GNU ld
up to at least 2.44.
Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Jason Andryuk <jason.andryuk@xxxxxxx>
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