On 05/14/2010 09:34 PM, Denys Vlasenko wrote: > 2010/5/14 Timo Teräs <[email protected]>: >> On 05/14/2010 09:22 AM, Rob Landley wrote: >>> On Sunday 09 May 2010 09:19:58 Denys Vlasenko wrote: >>>> On Sunday 09 May 2010 07:31, Rob Landley wrote: >> >> While at it, we could get rid of include/applets.h too. One very nice >> way would be to use linker section. You can use gcc __attribute__ >> section("sectionname") [1] to put the applet definitions to separate >> memory area. It is after that possible to iterate over the structures >> in that special section using __start_sectionname and __stop_sectionname >> symbols which are autocreated [2]. This is also roughly how Linux kernel >> initcalls work [3]. > > This will break ld --gc-sections.
I think ld handles --gc-sections properly if __start_sectionname symbol is referenced. If not, using __attribute__((used)) should work. - Timo _______________________________________________ busybox mailing list [email protected] http://lists.busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/busybox
