[Bug ld/22831] ld causes massive thrashing if object files are not fully memory-resident: new algorithm needed

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https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22831

--- Comment #12 from H.J. Lu <hjl.tools at gmail dot com> ---
(In reply to Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton from comment #11)
> (In reply to H.J. Lu from comment #10)
>  there are two issues:
> 
>  1.  32-bit system
>  2.  64-bit system
> 
>  both 32-bit and 64-bit are affected by this issue.
> 
>  the patch that you wrote however looks like it only addresses
>  32-bit.

True.  My patch is a starting point.  I'd like to know if it helps
32-bit system or not.  If it doesn't address the issue for 32-bit
system, my approach won't for 64-bit system.

>  that leaves 64-bit systems still affected.

You can always and should get more RAM for 64-bit system. But 32-bit
system is limited by address space.

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