Re: [PATCH 3/12] i386: Force section size to be non-zero to prevent a symbol becoming absolute

>    /* writeable */
> @@ -64,6 +66,7 @@ SECTIONS
>  	*(.data.nosave)
>    	. = ALIGN(4096);
>    	__nosave_end = .;
> +	LONG(0)
>    }
>  
>    . = ALIGN(4096);

You're wasting one full page once for each of these LONG(0)s because
of the following 4096 alignment.

Isn't there some way to do this less wastefull?

-Andi
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