header filenames in .rodata section of gcc-arm-linux object files

[Ray L]

hi folks

i have a question about gcc-2.95.3, host=i686-linux, target=arm-linux.

i'm compiling a linux-2.4.5 kernel, and gcc seems to be inserting the names of a
few (only a few...) header files into the .rodata section of the object files
it creates.

using the -S option, i see that it is creating (in linux/kernel/user.s, for
example)

.section	.rodata
	.align	2
.LC0:
	.ascii	"/home/rayl/arm/src/linux/include/linux/dcache.h\000"
	.align	2
.LC1:
	.ascii	"/home/rayl/arm/src/linux/include/linux/sched.h\000"


i cannot see where these LC symbols are ever used in this file, however.

can someone clue me in here?  why the hell are the names of these files
showing up in my .rodata section??


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