Messages in this thread | | | From | Matthieu CASTET <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/3] build system: section garbage collection - rename sections | Date | Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:29:50 +0000 (UTC) |
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Hi,
Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux <at> googlemail.com> writes:
> > On Saturday 24 November 2007 15:14, Denys Vlasenko wrote: > > 1.fixname: > > Rename all special sections with names like .text.xxxx, .data.xxxx and > > .rodata.xxxx to .xxxx.text/data/rodata. This makes it possible to > > not mix up these sections with gcc-generated ones > > when gcc -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections is used. > > .bss.xxxx cannot be treated this way, because for section names > > linke .xxxx.bss gcc won't create section with correct attribute. > > Thus .bss.xxxxx sections are renamed .bss.k.xxxxx. > > Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux <at> googlemail.com> Why not rename all the section to .type.k.xxxxx ? This will be more consistent between bss and other section. Also I find it cleaner to have the section type first.
Matthieu
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