Re: [PATCH v10 02/15] livepatch: avoid position-based search if `-z unique-symbol` is available

[Josh Poimboeuf]

On Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 05:31:11PM +0100, Alexander Lobakin wrote:
> it took 2 minutes to generate the whole map (instead of a split
> second) (on 64-core CPU, but I guess nm runs in one thread).
> I guess it can be optimized? I'm no a binutils master (will take a
> look after sending this), is there a way to do it manually skipping
> this nm lag or maybe make nm emit filenames without such delays?

Hm, yeah, adding 2 minutes to the link time isn't going to fly ;-)  It
probably takes a while to parse all the DWARF.

Based on ther other discussions I think just using the basename (main.o)
in STT_FILE would be good enough.  Some duplicates are probably ok.

-- 
Josh