On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 11:33 AM Florian Weimer <fwei...@redhat.com> wrote: > > * Segher Boessenkool: > > > On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 01:54:11PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: > >> * Richard Biener: > >> > >> > Of course adding sth like a .robss section would be nice. > >> > >> I think this is strictly a link editor issue because a read-only PT_LOAD > >> directive with a memory size larger than the file size already produces > >> read-only zero pages, without requiring a file allocation. > > > > But .rodata normally is not the last thing in its segment (the .eh* > > things are after it, and those are usually not all zero). > > If you don't mind the proliferation of load segments (we've add many of > them in recent years), placement does not matter.
Btw, besides being a link editor issue the issue also shows in object file size. Not sure if a similar trick exists for those (.rodata with NOBITS?) Richard. > Thanks, > Florian
