Re: [RFC][PATCH 05/16] objtool: Optimize find_symbol_by_index()

Josh Poimboeuf
2020-03-15T16:09:31Z

On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 02:41:12PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> The symbol index is object wide, not per section, so it makes no sense
> to have the symbol_hash be part of the section object. By moving it to
> the elf object we avoid the linear sections iteration.

I remember there was a specific reason for this oddity, but it eludes me
now.

This does make sense, assuming it doesn't break anything.

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Josh