[RFC] SHF_GNU_RETAIN ELF Section Flag

[Florian Weimer]

* Jozef Lawrynowicz:

> Unless we are trying to be protective of the remaining operating
> system-specific section flag bits, I don't really see any downside to
> going the route of SHF_GNU_RETAIN. It is very simple, the linker
> implementation requires only one additional line of code, and the
> definition precisely describes how the section should be treated.
>
> SHF_GNU_RETAIN
>   The link editor should not garbage collect the section if it is
>   unused.

I don't have any objections to this wording.

Thanks,
Florian
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