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Re: RFC: Add SHT_GNU_PHDRS
- From: Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com>
- To: "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>
- Cc: gnu-gabi at sourceware dot org, Binutils <binutils at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2018 07:01:54 +0200
- Subject: Re: RFC: Add SHT_GNU_PHDRS
- References: <CAMe9rOoqcxZxPKgJn1JwG+ux4YRVbfWQBR=d9BOR3cfQgRn9QA@mail.gmail.com>
* H. J. Lu:
> I am proposing
>
> #define SHT_GNU_PHDRS 0x6ffffff4 /* Dummy section for program header */
>
> This is a special read-only SHF_ALLOC zero-size data section. It is the
> first output section, which will force a data PT_LOAD segment with program
> header before the code-only PT_LOAD segment,
Is it actually a requirement in the ELF specification that all bits
loaded via segments are covered by sections as well?
Thanks,
Florian