[GHC] #5139: Output ELF .size directives

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#5139: Output ELF .size directives
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  Reporter:  tibbe            |          Owner:  tibbe           
      Type:  feature request  |         Status:  closed          
  Priority:  normal           |      Milestone:  7.2.1           
 Component:  Compiler         |        Version:  7.0.3           
Resolution:  fixed            |       Keywords:                  
  Testcase:                   |      Blockedby:                  
Difficulty:                   |             Os:  Unknown/Multiple
  Blocking:                   |   Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
   Failure:  None/Unknown     |  
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Comment(by simonmar):

 For future reference: the problem is almost certainly that the addition of
 `.type` and/or `.size` in some combination has triggered the generation of
 `R_COPY` relocations, which are bad news for the tables-next-to-code
 layout that GHC uses.  More details in
 [wiki:Commentary/PositionIndependentCode].

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