Re: [RFC] Add __initbss section

[Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>]

On Sun, Oct 14, 2007 at 09:42:08PM +0200, Franck Bui-Huu wrote:

> > .exit.data and .exit.text may reference each other.  __exit functions
> > generally get compiled into .exit.text but some constructs such as jump
> > tables for switch() constructs may be compiled into address tables which
> > gcc unfortunately will put into .rodata, so .rodata will end up
> > referencing function addresses in .exit.text which makes ld unhappy if
> > .exit.text was discarded.  So until this is fixed in gcc we can't
> > discard exit code, unfortunately.
> > 
> 
> Thanks for the details.
> 
> I actually don't see any point to move these tables in .rodata since
> they're part of the code...

As I recall the argumentation was they should go there because that section
can be marked no-exec.  Which isn't terribly useful on MIPS where only
very few processors have the no-exec capability.

Anyway, I guess it takes somebody to cook a patch :-)

  Ralf