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Re: Loading an elf file

From: Alan Modra <amodra at gmail dot com>
To: Bahadir Balban <bahadir at l4dev dot org>
Cc: Tristan Gingold <gingold at adacore dot com>, binutils <binutils at sourceware dot org>
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 00:47:12 +0930
Subject: Re: Loading an elf file
References: <4BBEF849.50703@l4dev.org> <F78200D5-C12F-4422-91B2-BDB9145FA6D6@adacore.com> <4BBF3E24.5030305@l4dev.org>

On Fri, Apr 09, 2010 at 05:48:04PM +0300, Bahadir Balban wrote:
> Here's an excerpt from the linker script we use, could you please
> comment on what's missing?

Lacks page alignment gaps.  Your hardware can't change memory
protection on byte boundaries.  The linker knows this, so if you mash
RW sections up against RE sections you'll get a RWE segment.

-- 
Alan Modra
Australia Development Lab, IBM

References:
- Loading an elf file
  - From: Bahadir Balban
- Re: Loading an elf file
  - From: Tristan Gingold
- Re: Loading an elf file
  - From: Bahadir Balban

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