Hi, The following patch substantially reduces the memory requirements of GCC compiled C++ programs on AIX.
Currently there are two different pieces of code to decide if a read-only or a read-write section is required for exception information: - If the target supports named sections, there is good logic which considers the dwarf encoding types, flag_pic and also has a target hook for override. - If the target doesn't support named sections, the only consideration is flag_pic. The key part of this patch is removing the second sub-optimal code and using the optimal logic on all targets. I understand David has approved the target specifics, and this just needs a review for the dwarf changes. I believe I have CCed the dwarf maintainers on this email. https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2014-09/msg01897.html Thanks, Andrew
