[PATCH] D16924: [ELF] - Linker script expressions, ASSERT() command.

Sean Silva via llvm-commits llvm-commits at lists.llvm.org
Mon Feb 8 20:20:48 PST 2016


On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 2:10 PM, George Rimar via llvm-commits <
llvm-commits at lists.llvm.org> wrote:

> grimar added a comment.
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> In http://reviews.llvm.org/D16924#345138, @ruiu wrote:
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> > If you want to start working on the linker script support, can you start
> from writing a proposal about the overall design? It needs to be simple,
> easy to implement, and fast. I have a few > ideas for that, but I don't
> have enough time to think deeply about them. Feel free to discuss your idea
> with me.
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> I am not sure I can write good overall design for LS. I just hoped to go
> step by step.
> For example I thought about implementation of location counter basing on
> this one patch.
> But I have no global idea how this should work, linker script is very huge
> and I am not familiar with it it actually. I just can't imagine the whole
> picture right now.
> If you have any ideas with what I can help with (not only LS, but actually
> any linker relative tasks), please feel free to share with me, I probably
> will be able to work on something.
>

Years back I did a write-up of the linker script functionality used by the
linux kernel linker scripts:

http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-dev/2012-December/057390.html

-- Sean Silva


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