Using linker script to mark .debug_frame allocatable

Daniel Jacobowitz drow@false.org
Wed Jul 29 14:18:00 GMT 2009


On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 03:00:01PM +0100, Matt Fleming wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've had a look through the ld manual but so far have been unable to
> find a way to mark the .debug_frame section of an ELF as allocatable. I
> want to do this is because I'm writing a DWARF unwinder in the Linux
> kernel. A DWARF unwinder is particularly useful for architectures, like
> SH, that can't unwind their stacks using only a frame pointer.
> 
> Is it possible to do this with a linker script?

No, it has to be in the object files.  Why not use .eh_frame instead?

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Daniel Jacobowitz
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