Re: [arm-gnu] .ARM.exidx and .ARM.extab

[42Bastian <list-bastian.schick@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Carlos O'Donell schrieb:

>> 1) Can I places those sections in RO-memory ?
> 
> Yes, you may place them in read-only memory.

Fine.

>> 2) I thought it is C++ but libgcc.a(_divdi3.o) pulls .ARM.exidx in.
>> I wonder why? Or is it a bug ?
> 
> It's not a bug. Your program does a division which pulls in a
> low-level compiler helper routine to compute the division, and that

That far ok.

> low-level compiler helper routine contains minimal unwind information 
> (8 bytes).

Why does a C function need unwind information ?
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42Bastian