linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/4] build system: section garbage collection for vmlinux

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Date:	11 Sep 2007 23:03:28 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com>
Cc:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] build system: section garbage collection for vmlinux

Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com> writes:
> 
>    text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
> 5159478 1005139  406784 6571401  644589 linux-2.6.23-rc4.org/vmlinux
> 5131822  996090  401439 6529351  63a147 linux-2.6.23-rc4.gc/vmlinux
> 
> In this particular case, 402 objects were discarded, saving 42 kb.

I wonder how many of those are 100% unused on all configurations? 
That could be an useful janitor task to clean up

-Andi
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