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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
@@ -301,11 +301,14 @@ Changes in version 2.7: Changes in version 2.6: * When an ELF section name is representable as a C identifier (this is not true - of most ELF section names), *and* the section is not explicitly handled by - the linker script (ie it is an orphaned section) then the linker will - automatically PROVIDE symbols __start_SECNAME and __stop_SECNAME, where - SECNAME is the section name, at the beginning and the end of the section. - This is used by glibc. +of most ELF section names), the linker will automatically define symbols +__start_SECNAME and __stop_SECNAME, where SECNAME is the section name, at the +beginning and the end of the section. This is used by glibc. + + Addendum: Current versions of the linker (at least for version 2.18 onwards +and possibly much earlier as well) place two restrictions on this feature: The +symbols are only implemented for orphaned sections, not for explicitly placed +sections and they are PROVIDEd rather than being defined. * When an ELF section named .gnu.warning is encountered in an input file, the contents of the section are displayed as an error message, and the section is |