[linker] relaxation question

M R Swami Reddy MR.Swami.Reddy@nsc.com
Thu Jul 30 13:16:00 GMT 2009


Hi Nick,
> What should happen is that in the assembler the references from the 
> .gcc_except_table section to symbols in the .text section are converted 
> into relocations against those symbols.  Then in the linker when 
> relaxation is performed, (which must be before the relocations are 
> resolved), any symbols which point into the .text section must be 
> adjusted as the section is relaxed.  That way when the relocations are 
> eventually resolved in the .gcc_except_table section they will get the 
> correct values.
>
>   
Is there any target has adopted the above implementation?

Thanks
Swami





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