Hi, this patch solves problem where comdat symbols are incorrectly optimized out even if used from object file. With V1 plugin API this will lead to unnecesary symbols kept in the object file. I am not sure how important it is, since they are not that common.
I will backport this to 4.7 if Mozilla will build well with V1 API. Honza Bootstrapped/regtested x86_64-linux, comitted. PR lto/53572 * cgraph.h (varpool_can_remove_if_no_refs): Fix handling of used symbols. --- trunk/gcc/cgraph.h 2012/06/26 10:13:11 188981 +++ trunk/gcc/cgraph.h 2012/06/26 10:15:18 188982 @@ -1126,7 +1126,8 @@ if (DECL_EXTERNAL (node->symbol.decl)) return true; return (!node->symbol.force_output && !node->symbol.used_from_other_partition - && (DECL_COMDAT (node->symbol.decl) + && ((DECL_COMDAT (node->symbol.decl) + && !symtab_used_from_object_file_p ((symtab_node) node)) || !node->symbol.externally_visible || DECL_HAS_VALUE_EXPR_P (node->symbol.decl))); }