[llvm-dev] RFC - a proposal to support additional symbol metadata in ELF object files in the ARM compiler

[John Reagan via llvm-dev]

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>> In ARM embedded applications, there are some compilers that support useful function and variable attributes that help the compiler communicate information about symbols to downstream object consumers (i.e. linkers).
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>> One such attribute is the “location” attribute. This attribute can be applied to a global or local static data object or a function to indicate to the linker that the definition of the data object or function should be placed at a specific address in memory.
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Can that be applied to a section as well?

Would putting it in an ABS section be a way to communicate it?




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