PATCH: requesting feedback on dead function optimisation

[Graham Stoney]

Alan Modra writes:
> Graham, I suspect that if you create a custom linker script that tells ld
> where to put your .init.* sections, then you won't need the patch.

I'm not sure how that would help. The problem is that the order of the
individual .text.__FUNCTION__ sections is different to the order of the
combined entries in the __ex_table section. The .init.* stuff is something
else entirely.

Regards,
Graham

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