llvm dev - May 2018 - Start/end of .text section

Hi,
Is there a way to retrieve the start/end of .text section (at runtime)
without having to add additional PROVIDE() variables to the linker script?

Thanks
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Hello Sumonto,

As far as I know, the only way to retrieve the start/end of the .text
section is via the linker script. LLD will define __start_<section
name> and __stop_<section name> symbols if <section name> is a
valid C
identifier, which unfortunately doesn't cover sections starting with a
'.' like .text. I think Gold and ld.bfd behave this way as well but I
haven't checked the finer details.

Peter

On 8 May 2018 at 19:38, Sumonto Ghosh via llvm-dev
<llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> Hi,
> Is there a way to retrieve the start/end of .text section (at runtime)
> without having to add additional PROVIDE() variables to the linker script?
>
> Thanks
>
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