Visibility=hidden for x86_64 Xen builds -- problems?

[Menezes, Evandro]

Jan, 

> Xen gets compiled with -fPIC, and we recently added a global 
> visibility
> pragma to avoid the cost of going through the GOT for all access to
> global data objects (PIC isn't really needed here, all we need is
> sufficient compiler support to get the final image located outside the
> +/-2Gb ranges, but large model support is neither there in older
> compilers nor do we really need all of it either).

Have you tried protected visibility?  Internal accesses are direct, but they still use GOT slots...

HTH

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