Re: [PATCH] ld: Don't ignore bfd_gc_sections failure
Project / Subsystem
binutils / ld
Date
2026-08-01
Proposer
"H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@gmail.com>
Source type
public_inbox
Consensus
Proposed
Sentiment
—/10
Technical tradeoffs
- • Deciding whether linker section garbage collection failures should be fatal or recoverable.
- • Ensuring that bug fixes do not introduce regressions or unintended side effects.
- • Revising the approach to fixing PR ld/34448 based on feedback or further analysis.
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- subsystem
- ld
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- CAMe9rOpUPG-XS=XThOx1SbzP96kCumDaMVmBzgxZCZBenJOJLQ@mail.gmail.com
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- title
- Re: [PATCH] ld: Don't ignore bfd_gc_sections failure
- headline
- ld: Don't ignore bfd_gc_sections failure
- tldr
- The author withdraws a patch that would make bfd_gc_sections failures fatal, planning a different fix.
- proposer
- "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@gmail.com>
- consensus
- Proposed
- outcome
- proposed
- sentiment_score
- —
- technical_tradeoffs
-
- • Deciding whether linker section garbage collection failures should be fatal or recoverable.
- • Ensuring that bug fixes do not introduce regressions or unintended side effects.
- • Revising the approach to fixing PR ld/34448 based on feedback or further analysis.
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- • binutils
- • ld
- • linker
- • bugfix
- • patch
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- date
- 2026-08-01T00:00:00.000Z
Re: [PATCH] ld: Don't ignore bfd_gc_sections failure
H.J. Lu withdraws a patch intended to make failures in bfd_gc_sections fatal for the linker. He states that he will post a different fix for the underlying issue (PR ld/34448), without elaborating on the reasons for withdrawal or the nature of the new fix.