On 4/15/05, Andreas Krebbel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > on S/390 we have currently a plenty of testsuite failures > due to inlining effects. > > ld complains about testcases which try to link two files containing the same > function > in .gnu.linkonce sections but with different code sizes. The sizes differ due > to different inlining decisions. The problem is that inlining maybe > prevented by global limits which maybe exceeded for one file but not for > the other. > The actual problem occurred with the "inline-unit-growth" limit which > may prevent inlining for a function in one file and allow it for the same > function in another. > > I'm not sure how to fix that issue. To my mind the whole concept of per unit > limits influencing local inlining decisions seems a bit questionable.
Why does the linker not just pick either of the functions? The size difference should not matter. Richard.
