| Summary: | ld does not produce magic symbols with names like __start_* and __stop_*, | ||
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| Product: | binutils | Reporter: | Petr.Salinger |
| Component: | ld | Assignee: | unassigned |
| Status: | RESOLVED INVALID | ||
| Severity: | normal | CC: | bug-binutils |
| Priority: | P2 | ||
| Version: | 2.18 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Host: | Target: | ||
| Build: | Last reconfirmed: | ||
Since 2007-03-24, ld has only provided these symbols if they are referenced. So you'll need some reference in an object file or via -u on the command line if you want to see them. |
The previous versions of ld used to produce symbols __start_foo and __stop_foo visible in "readelf -a a.out" output for following snippet: .text .globl _start .type _start,@function .section "foo" _start: ret This does not work anymore, it breaks building of kernel modules in FreeBSD. Petr