[lld] [LLD] Add CLASS syntax to SECTIONS (PR #95323)
Daniel Thornburgh via llvm-commits
llvm-commits at lists.llvm.org
Fri Jun 28 16:29:39 PDT 2024
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@@ -198,13 +198,52 @@ the current location to a max-page-size boundary, ensuring that the next
LLD will insert ``.relro_padding`` immediately before the symbol assignment
using ``DATA_SEGMENT_RELRO_END``.
+Section Classes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+``SECTIONS`` commands can define classes of input sections:
+
+::
+
+ SECTIONS {
+ CLASS(class_name) {
+ input-section-description
+ input-section-description
+ ...
+ }
+ }
+
+Input section descriptions can refer to a class using ``CLASS(class_name)``
+instead of the usual filename and section name patterns. For example:
+
+::
+
+ SECTIONS {
+ CLASS(c) { *(.rodata.earlier) }
+ .rodata { *(.rodata) CLASS(c) (*.rodata.later) }
+ }
+
+Input sections that are assigned to a class cannot be matched by later
+wildcards, just as if they had been assigned to an earlier output section. If a
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mysterymath wrote:
Ah, nice catch. Also updated the wording for `--enable-non-contiguous-regions` to match.
https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/95323
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