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diff --git a/gold/layout.cc b/gold/layout.cc
index 9d4b644..d72b7e7 100644
--- a/gold/layout.cc
+++ b/gold/layout.cc
@@ -337,6 +337,58 @@ Layout::create_initial_dynamic_sections(const Input_objects* input_objects,
this->dynamic_section_->add_output_section_data(this->dynamic_data_);
}
+// For each output section whose name can be represented as C symbol,
+// define __start and __stop symbols for the section. This is a GNU
+// extension.
+
+void
+Layout::define_section_symbols(Symbol_table* symtab, const Target* target)
+{
+ for (Section_list::const_iterator p = this->section_list_.begin();
+ p != this->section_list_.end();
+ ++p)
+ {
+ const char* const name = (*p)->name();
+ if (name[strspn(name,
+ ("0123456789"
+ "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPWRSTUVWXYZ"
+ "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
+ "_"))]
+ == '\0')
+ {
+ const std::string name_string(name);
+ const std::string start_name("__start_" + name_string);
+ const std::string stop_name("__stop_" + name_string);
+
+ symtab->define_in_output_data(target,
+ start_name.c_str(),
+ NULL, // version
+ *p,
+ 0, // value
+ 0, // symsize
+ elfcpp::STT_NOTYPE,
+ elfcpp::STB_GLOBAL,
+ elfcpp::STV_DEFAULT,
+ 0, // nonvis
+ false, // offset_is_from_end
+ false); // only_if_ref
+
+ symtab->define_in_output_data(target,
+ stop_name.c_str(),
+ NULL, // version
+ *p,
+ 0, // value
+ 0, // symsize
+ elfcpp::STT_NOTYPE,
+ elfcpp::STB_GLOBAL,
+ elfcpp::STV_DEFAULT,
+ 0, // nonvis
+ true, // offset_is_from_end
+ false); // only_if_ref
+ }
+ }
+}
+
// Find the first read-only PT_LOAD segment, creating one if
// necessary.