[llvm-dev] LLD : __start_ and __end_ symbols for orphan sections

[Moshtaghi, Alireza via llvm-dev]

You are right it creates them but sets the protected flag (STV_PROTECTED) which seems to be the cause of my problem.
How can I tell it to set the flag as STV_DEFAULT?

Thanks
A

On 5/28/20, 11:30 PM, "Fangrui Song" <maskray at google.com> wrote:

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    On 2020-05-28, Moshtaghi, Alireza via llvm-dev wrote:
    >lld does not seem to create the __start and __end symbols for orphan sections.
    >I would like to keep my linker script as generic as possible so how can I tell lld to create these symbols without having to add them in the linker script?
    >
    >Thanks
    >A

    It works for me.

    SECTIONS {
       data : { *(data) }
    }

    .section data,"aw"
    .quad __start_orphan
    .quad __stop_orphan

    .section orphan,"aw"
    .quad __start_data
    .quad __stop_data


    Can you give an example __start_ or __end_ symbols are not defined for orphan sections?