linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3] build system: section garbage collection

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Date:	Sat, 24 Nov 2007 15:17:00 -0800
From:	Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com>
To:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] build system: section garbage collection - rename sections

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@...glemail.com>
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