Re: [PATCH 3/12] i386: Force section size to be non-zero to prevent a symbol becoming absolute

Andi Kleen
2006-10-04T11:03:14Z

> /* writeable */
> @@ -64,6 +66,7 @@ SECTIONS
> *(.data.nosave)
> . = ALIGN(4096);
> __nosave_end = .;
> + LONG(0)
> }
>
> . = ALIGN(4096);

You're wasting one full page once for each of these LONG(0)s because
of the following 4096 alignment.

Isn't there some way to do this less wastefull?

-Andi