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Author SHA1 Message Date
Fangrui Song 962b29d716 ELFObjectWriter: Don't sort non-local symbols
As we don't sort local symbols, don't sort non-local symbols.  This makes
non-local symbols appear in their register order, which matches GNU as. The
register order is nice in that you can write tests with interleaved CHECK
prefixes, e.g.

```
// CHECK: something about foo
.globl foo
foo:
// CHECK: something about bar
.globl bar
bar:
```

With the lexicographical order, the user needs to place lexicographical smallest
symbol first or keep CHECK prefixes in one place.
2021-02-13 10:32:27 -08:00
Fangrui Song 4e80c768c2 [ELF] Support -r --gc-sections
-r --gc-sections is usually not useful because it just makes intermediate output
smaller. https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46700#c7 mentions a use case:
validating the absence of undefined symbols ealier than in the final link.

After D84129 (SHT_GROUP support in -r links), we can support -r
--gc-sections without extra code. So let's allow it.

Reviewed By: grimar, jhenderson

Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D84131
2020-07-23 08:16:01 -07:00