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> So, clearly the optimization is making things worse. Would it be okay to delete > this code and eliminate the isBaseAddressKnownZero? I would like to get rid of > it. I think it is OK. I can see ld/gdb expecting a relocation, but if that is the case we should just have a flag saying it is needed. If you are really motivated to check it, run the gdb testsuite with your patch, but on

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I was looking into the AsmPrinter and the method EmitSectionOffset which contains this code: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- // If the section in question will end up with an address of 0 anyway, we can // just emit an absolute reference to save a relocation. if (Section.isBaseAddressKnownZero()) { OutStreamer.EmitSymbolValue(Label, 4,