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| author | Matthieu Longo <matthieu.longo@arm.com> | 2025-09-12 17:26:38 +0100 |
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| committer | Matthieu Longo <matthieu.longo@arm.com> | 2026-03-06 10:33:21 +0000 |
| commit | fe4a952931334dee80378c9f0606745976d8b30f (patch) | |
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ld: clarify comments on /DISCARD/ output section behavior
The previous comments made it difficult to understand how the /DISCARD/
output section interacts with non-contiguous regions.
In summary, the general rule is that the first (top-most) clause takes
precedence over subsequent ones:
- If /DISCARD/ appears first, the section is dropped. There is no need
to warn about potential behavior changes with non-contiguous regions
when the section is already discarded.
- If /DISCARD/ follows clauses that assign the input section to an output
section, /DISCARD/ is ignored. If the input section can't be assigned
to the output section for a later reason, an error will be raised.
Otherwise the input section will be assigned as intended to an output
section specified by one of the matching clauses previous to /DISCARD/.
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