Ok, Cary's explanation makes sense. Please update the comments to make it clearer.
http://codereview.appspot.com/5416043/diff/1/gcc/config/i386/i386.c File gcc/config/i386/i386.c (right): http://codereview.appspot.com/5416043/diff/1/gcc/config/i386/i386.c#newcode10927 gcc/config/i386/i386.c:10927: + is later renamed to '<section_name>' by ix86_elf_asm_named_section(). */ Probably better to change the comment to something like -- we emit a unique section name for the back pointer section. This is needed because otherwise the 'get_section' call may return an existing non-comdat section with the same name, leading to references from non-comdat section to comdat functions. http://codereview.appspot.com/5416043/
