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Xen already does generate a custom .reloc > > section without the IMAGE_SCN_MEM_DISCARDABLE attribute when using > > the mkreloc utility, and hence the .reloc section should never be > > marked as discardable? > > mkreloc is used only when we recognize the linker to be incapable of > producing (correct) base relocations. As a modern linker is required for > the desired IMAGE_SCN_MEM_DISCARDABLE handling for .reloc, mkreloc > wouldn't normally be used there. Hence no .reloc section with the wanted > property. I see, MKRELOC becomes ":" then, I didn't catch that. Acked-by: Roger Pau Monné Thanks, Roger.