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Re: PATCH: PR ld/11133: Static linking with gc-sections deletes sections with __start/__stop reference
- From: Ian Lance Taylor <iant at google dot com>
- To: "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>
- Cc: binutils at sourceware dot org
- Date: Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:11:08 -0800
- Subject: Re: PATCH: PR ld/11133: Static linking with gc-sections deletes sections with __start/__stop reference
- References: <20100105173221.GA4820@lucon.org>
"H.J. Lu" <hongjiu.lu@intel.com> writes:
> __start_XXX and __stop_XXX symbols may reference the start address and
> end address of the orphaned section. We need to search all input files
> for section XXX. OK to install?
I see code in lang_insert_orphan which defines the __start and __stop
symbols. Why does that code not work?
Ian