diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'ld/ld.texinfo')
| -rw-r--r-- | ld/ld.texinfo | 19 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ld/ld.texinfo b/ld/ld.texinfo index 84d03ac..71273f4 100644 --- a/ld/ld.texinfo +++ b/ld/ld.texinfo @@ -4995,6 +4995,25 @@ of @code{ALIGN} is used to defines the value of a symbol. The builtin function @code{NEXT} is closely related to @code{ALIGN}. +@item ALIGNOF(@var{section}) +@kindex ALIGNOF(@var{section}) +@cindex section alignment +Return the alignment in bytes of the named @var{section}, if that section has +been allocated. If the section has not been allocated when this is +evaluated, the linker will report an error. In the following example, +the alignment of the @code{.output} section is stored as the first +value in that section. +@smallexample +@group +SECTIONS@{ @dots{} + .output @{ + LONG (ALIGNOF (.output)) + @dots{} + @} +@dots{} @} +@end group +@end smallexample + @item BLOCK(@var{exp}) @kindex BLOCK(@var{exp}) This is a synonym for @code{ALIGN}, for compatibility with older linker |