Memory section handling error
- by Basilevs
I'm getting a link time error:
WARNING: /home/gulevich/development/camac-fedorov/camac/linux/k0607-lsi6/camac-k0607-lsi6.o (.ctors): unexpected non-allocatable section.
Did you forget to use "ax"/"aw" in a .S file?
Note that for example <linux/init.h> contains
section definitions for use in .S files.
The code causing the error (assembly in C source):
# if defined(__ELF__)
# define __SECTION_FLAGS ", \"aw\" , @progbits"
/* writable flag needed for ld ".[cd]tors" sections bug workaround) */
# elif defined(__COFF__)
# define __SECTION_FLAGS ", \"dr\""
/* untested, may be writable flag needed */
# endif
asm
(
".section .ctors" __SECTION_FLAGS "\n"
".globl __ctors_begin__\n"
"__ctors_begin__:\n"
".previous\n"
);
Is there any way to fix this? The idea is to put a varaible __ctors_begin__ at the beginning of a certain memory section. This code is a legacy that worked fine using a different build system and older compiler.
Meaning of this assembly code explained in an answer to my previous question.