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+<a name="Dividing-the-Output-into-Sections-_0028Texts_002c-Data_002c-_2026_0029"></a>
+<h3 class="section">18.18 Dividing the Output into Sections (Texts, Data, &hellip;)</h3>
+
+<p>An object file is divided into sections containing different types of
+data. In the most common case, there are three sections: the <em>text
+section</em>, which holds instructions and read-only data; the <em>data
+section</em>, which holds initialized writable data; and the <em>bss
+section</em>, which holds uninitialized data. Some systems have other kinds
+of sections.
+</p>
+<p><samp>varasm.cc</samp> provides several well-known sections, such as
+<code>text_section</code>, <code>data_section</code> and <code>bss_section</code>.
+The normal way of controlling a <code><var>foo</var>_section</code> variable
+is to define the associated <code><var>FOO</var>_SECTION_ASM_OP</code> macro,
+as described below. The macros are only read once, when <samp>varasm.cc</samp>
+initializes itself, so their values must be run-time constants.
+They may however depend on command-line flags.
+</p>
+<p><em>Note:</em> Some run-time files, such <samp>crtstuff.c</samp>, also make
+use of the <code><var>FOO</var>_SECTION_ASM_OP</code> macros, and expect them
+to be string literals.
+</p>
+<p>Some assemblers require a different string to be written every time a
+section is selected. If your assembler falls into this category, you
+should define the <code>TARGET_ASM_INIT_SECTIONS</code> hook and use
+<code>get_unnamed_section</code> to set up the sections.
+</p>
+<p>You must always create a <code>text_section</code>, either by defining
+<code>TEXT_SECTION_ASM_OP</code> or by initializing <code>text_section</code>
+in <code>TARGET_ASM_INIT_SECTIONS</code>. The same is true of
+<code>data_section</code> and <code>DATA_SECTION_ASM_OP</code>. If you do not
+create a distinct <code>readonly_data_section</code>, the default is to
+reuse <code>text_section</code>.
+</p>
+<p>All the other <samp>varasm.cc</samp> sections are optional, and are null
+if the target does not provide them.
+</p>
+<dl>
+<dt><a name="index-TEXT_005fSECTION_005fASM_005fOP"></a>Macro: <strong>TEXT_SECTION_ASM_OP</strong></dt>
+<dd><p>A C expression whose value is a string, including spacing, containing the
+assembler operation that should precede instructions and read-only data.
+Normally <code>&quot;\t.text&quot;</code> is right.
+</p></dd></dl>
+
+<dl>
+<dt><a name="index-HOT_005fTEXT_005fSECTION_005fNAME"></a>Macro: <strong>HOT_TEXT_SECTION_NAME</strong></dt>
+<dd><p>If defined, a C string constant for the name of the section containing most
+frequently executed functions of the program. If not defined, GCC will provide
+a default definition if the target supports named sections.
+</p></dd></dl>
+
+<dl>
+<dt><a name="index-UNLIKELY_005fEXECUTED_005fTEXT_005fSECTION_005fNAME"></a>Macro: <strong>UNLIKELY_EXECUTED_TEXT_SECTION_NAME</strong></dt>
+<dd><p>If defined, a C string constant for the name of the section containing unlikely
+executed functions in the program.
+</p></dd></dl>
+
+<dl>
+<dt><a name="index-DATA_005fSECTION_005fASM_005fOP"></a>Macro: <strong>DATA_SECTION_ASM_OP</strong></dt>
+<dd><p>A C expression whose value is a string, including spacing, containing the
+assembler operation to identify the following data as writable initialized
+data. Normally <code>&quot;\t.data&quot;</code> is right.
+</p></dd></dl>
+
+<dl>
+<dt><a name="index-SDATA_005fSECTION_005fASM_005fOP"></a>Macro: <strong>SDATA_SECTION_ASM_OP</strong></dt>
+<dd><p>If defined, a C expression whose value is a string, including spacing,
+containing the assembler operation to identify the following data as
+initialized, writable small data.
+</p></dd></dl>
+
+<dl>
+<dt><a name="index-READONLY_005fDATA_005fSECTION_005fASM_005fOP"></a>Macro: <strong>READONLY_DATA_SECTION_ASM_OP</strong></dt>
+<dd><p>A C expression whose value is a string, including spacing, containing the
+assembler operation to identify the following data as read-only initialized
+data.
+</p></dd></dl>
+
+<dl>
+<dt><a name="index-BSS_005fSECTION_005fASM_005fOP"></a>Macro: <strong>BSS_SECTION_ASM_OP</strong></dt>
+<dd><p>If defined, a C expression whose value is a string, including spacing,
+containing the assembler operation to identify the following data as
+uninitialized global data. If not defined, and
+<code>ASM_OUTPUT_ALIGNED_BSS</code> not defined,
+uninitialized global data will be output in the data section if
+<samp>-fno-common</samp> is passed, otherwise <code>ASM_OUTPUT_COMMON</code> will be
+used.
+</p></dd></dl>
+
+<dl>
+<dt><a name="index-SBSS_005fSECTION_005fASM_005fOP"></a>Macro: <strong>SBSS_SECTION_ASM_OP</strong></dt>
+<dd><p>If defined, a C expression whose value is a string, including spacing,
+containing the assembler operation to identify the following data as
+uninitialized, writable small data.
+</p></dd></dl>
+
+<dl>
+<dt><a name="index-TLS_005fCOMMON_005fASM_005fOP"></a>Macro: <strong>TLS_COMMON_ASM_OP</strong></dt>
+<dd><p>If defined, a C expression whose value is a string containing the
+assembler operation to identify the following data as thread-local
+common data. The default is <code>&quot;.tls_common&quot;</code>.
+</p></dd></dl>
+
+<dl>
+<dt><a name="index-TLS_005fSECTION_005fASM_005fFLAG"></a>Macro: <strong>TLS_SECTION_ASM_FLAG</strong></dt>
+<dd><p>If defined, a C expression whose value is a character constant
+containing the flag used to mark a section as a TLS section. The
+default is <code>'T'</code>.
+</p></dd></dl>
+
+<dl>
+<dt><a name="index-INIT_005fSECTION_005fASM_005fOP"></a>Macro: <strong>INIT_SECTION_ASM_OP</strong></dt>
+<dd><p>If defined, a C expression whose value is a string, including spacing,
+containing the assembler operation to identify the following data as
+initialization code. If not defined, GCC will assume such a section does
+not exist. This section has no corresponding <code>init_section</code>
+variable; it is used entirely in runtime code.
+</p></dd></dl>
+
+<dl>
+<dt><a name="index-FINI_005fSECTION_005fASM_005fOP"></a>Macro: <strong>FINI_SECTION_ASM_OP</strong></dt>
+<dd><p>If defined, a C expression whose value is a string, including spacing,
+containing the assembler operation to identify the following data as
+finalization code. If not defined, GCC will assume such a section does
+not exist. This section has no corresponding <code>fini_section</code>
+variable; it is used entirely in runtime code.
+</p></dd></dl>
+
+<dl>
+<dt><a name="index-INIT_005fARRAY_005fSECTION_005fASM_005fOP"></a>Macro: <strong>INIT_ARRAY_SECTION_ASM_OP</strong></dt>
+<dd><p>If defined, a C expression whose value is a string, including spacing,
+containing the assembler operation to identify the following data as
+part of the <code>.init_array</code> (or equivalent) section. If not
+defined, GCC will assume such a section does not exist. Do not define
+both this macro and <code>INIT_SECTION_ASM_OP</code>.
+</p></dd></dl>
+
+<dl>
+<dt><a name="index-FINI_005fARRAY_005fSECTION_005fASM_005fOP"></a>Macro: <strong>FINI_ARRAY_SECTION_ASM_OP</strong></dt>
+<dd><p>If defined, a C expression whose value is a string, including spacing,
+containing the assembler operation to identify the following data as
+part of the <code>.fini_array</code> (or equivalent) section. If not
+defined, GCC will assume such a section does not exist. Do not define
+both this macro and <code>FINI_SECTION_ASM_OP</code>.
+</p></dd></dl>
+
+<dl>
+<dt><a name="index-MACH_005fDEP_005fSECTION_005fASM_005fFLAG"></a>Macro: <strong>MACH_DEP_SECTION_ASM_FLAG</strong></dt>
+<dd><p>If defined, a C expression whose value is a character constant
+containing the flag used to mark a machine-dependent section. This
+corresponds to the <code>SECTION_MACH_DEP</code> section flag.
+</p></dd></dl>
+
+<dl>
+<dt><a name="index-CRT_005fCALL_005fSTATIC_005fFUNCTION"></a>Macro: <strong>CRT_CALL_STATIC_FUNCTION</strong> <em>(<var>section_op</var>, <var>function</var>)</em></dt>
+<dd><p>If defined, an ASM statement that switches to a different section
+via <var>section_op</var>, calls <var>function</var>, and switches back to
+the text section. This is used in <samp>crtstuff.c</samp> if
+<code>INIT_SECTION_ASM_OP</code> or <code>FINI_SECTION_ASM_OP</code> to calls
+to initialization and finalization functions from the init and fini
+sections. By default, this macro uses a simple function call. Some
+ports need hand-crafted assembly code to avoid dependencies on
+registers initialized in the function prologue or to ensure that
+constant pools don&rsquo;t end up too far way in the text section.
+</p></dd></dl>
+
+<dl>
+<dt><a name="index-TARGET_005fLIBGCC_005fSDATA_005fSECTION"></a>Macro: <strong>TARGET_LIBGCC_SDATA_SECTION</strong></dt>
+<dd><p>If defined, a string which names the section into which small
+variables defined in crtstuff and libgcc should go. This is useful
+when the target has options for optimizing access to small data, and
+you want the crtstuff and libgcc routines to be conservative in what
+they expect of your application yet liberal in what your application
+expects. For example, for targets with a <code>.sdata</code> section (like
+MIPS), you could compile crtstuff with <code>-G 0</code> so that it doesn&rsquo;t
+require small data support from your application, but use this macro
+to put small data into <code>.sdata</code> so that your application can
+access these variables whether it uses small data or not.
+</p></dd></dl>
+
+<dl>
+<dt><a name="index-FORCE_005fCODE_005fSECTION_005fALIGN"></a>Macro: <strong>FORCE_CODE_SECTION_ALIGN</strong></dt>
+<dd><p>If defined, an ASM statement that aligns a code section to some
+arbitrary boundary. This is used to force all fragments of the
+<code>.init</code> and <code>.fini</code> sections to have to same alignment
+and thus prevent the linker from having to add any padding.
+</p></dd></dl>
+
+<dl>
+<dt><a name="index-JUMP_005fTABLES_005fIN_005fTEXT_005fSECTION"></a>Macro: <strong>JUMP_TABLES_IN_TEXT_SECTION</strong></dt>
+<dd><p>Define this macro to be an expression with a nonzero value if jump
+tables (for <code>tablejump</code> insns) should be output in the text
+section, along with the assembler instructions. Otherwise, the
+readonly data section is used.
+</p>
+<p>This macro is irrelevant if there is no separate readonly data section.
+</p></dd></dl>
+
+<dl>
+<dt><a name="index-TARGET_005fASM_005fINIT_005fSECTIONS"></a>Target Hook: <em>void</em> <strong>TARGET_ASM_INIT_SECTIONS</strong> <em>(void)</em></dt>
+<dd><p>Define this hook if you need to do something special to set up the
+<samp>varasm.cc</samp> sections, or if your target has some special sections
+of its own that you need to create.
+</p>
+<p>GCC calls this hook after processing the command line, but before writing
+any assembly code, and before calling any of the section-returning hooks
+described below.
+</p></dd></dl>
+
+<dl>
+<dt><a name="index-TARGET_005fASM_005fRELOC_005fRW_005fMASK"></a>Target Hook: <em>int</em> <strong>TARGET_ASM_RELOC_RW_MASK</strong> <em>(void)</em></dt>
+<dd><p>Return a mask describing how relocations should be treated when
+selecting sections. Bit 1 should be set if global relocations
+should be placed in a read-write section; bit 0 should be set if
+local relocations should be placed in a read-write section.
+</p>
+<p>The default version of this function returns 3 when <samp>-fpic</samp>
+is in effect, and 0 otherwise. The hook is typically redefined
+when the target cannot support (some kinds of) dynamic relocations
+in read-only sections even in executables.
+</p></dd></dl>
+
+<dl>
+<dt><a name="index-TARGET_005fASM_005fGENERATE_005fPIC_005fADDR_005fDIFF_005fVEC"></a>Target Hook: <em>bool</em> <strong>TARGET_ASM_GENERATE_PIC_ADDR_DIFF_VEC</strong> <em>(void)</em></dt>
+<dd><p>Return true to generate ADDR_DIF_VEC table
+or false to generate ADDR_VEC table for jumps in case of -fPIC.
+</p>
+<p>The default version of this function returns true if flag_pic
+equals true and false otherwise
+</p></dd></dl>
+
+<dl>
+<dt><a name="index-TARGET_005fASM_005fSELECT_005fSECTION"></a>Target Hook: <em>section *</em> <strong>TARGET_ASM_SELECT_SECTION</strong> <em>(tree <var>exp</var>, int <var>reloc</var>, unsigned HOST_WIDE_INT <var>align</var>)</em></dt>
+<dd><p>Return the section into which <var>exp</var> should be placed. You can
+assume that <var>exp</var> is either a <code>VAR_DECL</code> node or a constant of
+some sort. <var>reloc</var> indicates whether the initial value of <var>exp</var>
+requires link-time relocations. Bit 0 is set when variable contains
+local relocations only, while bit 1 is set for global relocations.
+<var>align</var> is the constant alignment in bits.
+</p>
+<p>The default version of this function takes care of putting read-only
+variables in <code>readonly_data_section</code>.
+</p>
+<p>See also <var>USE_SELECT_SECTION_FOR_FUNCTIONS</var>.
+</p></dd></dl>
+
+<dl>
+<dt><a name="index-USE_005fSELECT_005fSECTION_005fFOR_005fFUNCTIONS"></a>Macro: <strong>USE_SELECT_SECTION_FOR_FUNCTIONS</strong></dt>
+<dd><p>Define this macro if you wish TARGET_ASM_SELECT_SECTION to be called
+for <code>FUNCTION_DECL</code>s as well as for variables and constants.
+</p>
+<p>In the case of a <code>FUNCTION_DECL</code>, <var>reloc</var> will be zero if the
+function has been determined to be likely to be called, and nonzero if
+it is unlikely to be called.
+</p></dd></dl>
+
+<dl>
+<dt><a name="index-TARGET_005fASM_005fUNIQUE_005fSECTION"></a>Target Hook: <em>void</em> <strong>TARGET_ASM_UNIQUE_SECTION</strong> <em>(tree <var>decl</var>, int <var>reloc</var>)</em></dt>
+<dd><p>Build up a unique section name, expressed as a <code>STRING_CST</code> node,
+and assign it to &lsquo;<samp>DECL_SECTION_NAME (<var>decl</var>)</samp>&rsquo;.
+As with <code>TARGET_ASM_SELECT_SECTION</code>, <var>reloc</var> indicates whether
+the initial value of <var>exp</var> requires link-time relocations.
+</p>
+<p>The default version of this function appends the symbol name to the
+ELF section name that would normally be used for the symbol. For
+example, the function <code>foo</code> would be placed in <code>.text.foo</code>.
+Whatever the actual target object format, this is often good enough.
+</p></dd></dl>
+
+<dl>
+<dt><a name="index-TARGET_005fASM_005fFUNCTION_005fRODATA_005fSECTION"></a>Target Hook: <em>section *</em> <strong>TARGET_ASM_FUNCTION_RODATA_SECTION</strong> <em>(tree <var>decl</var>, bool <var>relocatable</var>)</em></dt>
+<dd><p>Return the readonly data or reloc readonly data section associated with
+&lsquo;<samp>DECL_SECTION_NAME (<var>decl</var>)</samp>&rsquo;. <var>relocatable</var> selects the latter
+over the former.
+The default version of this function selects <code>.gnu.linkonce.r.name</code> if
+the function&rsquo;s section is <code>.gnu.linkonce.t.name</code>, <code>.rodata.name</code>
+or <code>.data.rel.ro.name</code> if function is in <code>.text.name</code>, and
+the normal readonly-data or reloc readonly data section otherwise.
+</p></dd></dl>
+
+<dl>
+<dt><a name="index-TARGET_005fASM_005fMERGEABLE_005fRODATA_005fPREFIX"></a>Target Hook: <em>const char *</em> <strong>TARGET_ASM_MERGEABLE_RODATA_PREFIX</strong></dt>
+<dd><p>Usually, the compiler uses the prefix <code>&quot;.rodata&quot;</code> to construct
+section names for mergeable constant data. Define this macro to override
+the string if a different section name should be used.
+</p></dd></dl>
+
+<dl>
+<dt><a name="index-TARGET_005fASM_005fTM_005fCLONE_005fTABLE_005fSECTION"></a>Target Hook: <em>section *</em> <strong>TARGET_ASM_TM_CLONE_TABLE_SECTION</strong> <em>(void)</em></dt>
+<dd><p>Return the section that should be used for transactional memory clone
+tables.
+</p></dd></dl>
+
+<dl>
+<dt><a name="index-TARGET_005fASM_005fSELECT_005fRTX_005fSECTION"></a>Target Hook: <em>section *</em> <strong>TARGET_ASM_SELECT_RTX_SECTION</strong> <em>(machine_mode <var>mode</var>, rtx <var>x</var>, unsigned HOST_WIDE_INT <var>align</var>)</em></dt>
+<dd><p>Return the section into which a constant <var>x</var>, of mode <var>mode</var>,
+should be placed. You can assume that <var>x</var> is some kind of
+constant in RTL. The argument <var>mode</var> is redundant except in the
+case of a <code>const_int</code> rtx. <var>align</var> is the constant alignment
+in bits.
+</p>
+<p>The default version of this function takes care of putting symbolic
+constants in <code>flag_pic</code> mode in <code>data_section</code> and everything
+else in <code>readonly_data_section</code>.
+</p></dd></dl>
+
+<dl>
+<dt><a name="index-TARGET_005fMANGLE_005fDECL_005fASSEMBLER_005fNAME"></a>Target Hook: <em>tree</em> <strong>TARGET_MANGLE_DECL_ASSEMBLER_NAME</strong> <em>(tree <var>decl</var>, tree <var>id</var>)</em></dt>
+<dd><p>Define this hook if you need to postprocess the assembler name generated
+by target-independent code. The <var>id</var> provided to this hook will be
+the computed name (e.g., the macro <code>DECL_NAME</code> of the <var>decl</var> in C,
+or the mangled name of the <var>decl</var> in C++). The return value of the
+hook is an <code>IDENTIFIER_NODE</code> for the appropriate mangled name on
+your target system. The default implementation of this hook just
+returns the <var>id</var> provided.
+</p></dd></dl>
+
+<dl>
+<dt><a name="index-TARGET_005fENCODE_005fSECTION_005fINFO"></a>Target Hook: <em>void</em> <strong>TARGET_ENCODE_SECTION_INFO</strong> <em>(tree <var>decl</var>, rtx <var>rtl</var>, int <var>new_decl_p</var>)</em></dt>
+<dd><p>Define this hook if references to a symbol or a constant must be
+treated differently depending on something about the variable or
+function named by the symbol (such as what section it is in).
+</p>
+<p>The hook is executed immediately after rtl has been created for
+<var>decl</var>, which may be a variable or function declaration or
+an entry in the constant pool. In either case, <var>rtl</var> is the
+rtl in question. Do <em>not</em> use <code>DECL_RTL (<var>decl</var>)</code>
+in this hook; that field may not have been initialized yet.
+</p>
+<p>In the case of a constant, it is safe to assume that the rtl is
+a <code>mem</code> whose address is a <code>symbol_ref</code>. Most decls
+will also have this form, but that is not guaranteed. Global
+register variables, for instance, will have a <code>reg</code> for their
+rtl. (Normally the right thing to do with such unusual rtl is
+leave it alone.)
+</p>
+<p>The <var>new_decl_p</var> argument will be true if this is the first time
+that <code>TARGET_ENCODE_SECTION_INFO</code> has been invoked on this decl. It will
+be false for subsequent invocations, which will happen for duplicate
+declarations. Whether or not anything must be done for the duplicate
+declaration depends on whether the hook examines <code>DECL_ATTRIBUTES</code>.
+<var>new_decl_p</var> is always true when the hook is called for a constant.
+</p>
+<a name="index-SYMBOL_005fREF_005fFLAG_002c-in-TARGET_005fENCODE_005fSECTION_005fINFO"></a>
+<p>The usual thing for this hook to do is to record flags in the
+<code>symbol_ref</code>, using <code>SYMBOL_REF_FLAG</code> or <code>SYMBOL_REF_FLAGS</code>.
+Historically, the name string was modified if it was necessary to
+encode more than one bit of information, but this practice is now
+discouraged; use <code>SYMBOL_REF_FLAGS</code>.
+</p>
+<p>The default definition of this hook, <code>default_encode_section_info</code>
+in <samp>varasm.cc</samp>, sets a number of commonly-useful bits in
+<code>SYMBOL_REF_FLAGS</code>. Check whether the default does what you need
+before overriding it.
+</p></dd></dl>
+
+<dl>
+<dt><a name="index-TARGET_005fSTRIP_005fNAME_005fENCODING"></a>Target Hook: <em>const char *</em> <strong>TARGET_STRIP_NAME_ENCODING</strong> <em>(const char *<var>name</var>)</em></dt>
+<dd><p>Decode <var>name</var> and return the real name part, sans
+the characters that <code>TARGET_ENCODE_SECTION_INFO</code>
+may have added.
+</p></dd></dl>
+
+<dl>
+<dt><a name="index-TARGET_005fIN_005fSMALL_005fDATA_005fP"></a>Target Hook: <em>bool</em> <strong>TARGET_IN_SMALL_DATA_P</strong> <em>(const_tree <var>exp</var>)</em></dt>
+<dd><p>Returns true if <var>exp</var> should be placed into a &ldquo;small data&rdquo; section.
+The default version of this hook always returns false.
+</p></dd></dl>
+
+<dl>
+<dt><a name="index-TARGET_005fHAVE_005fSRODATA_005fSECTION"></a>Target Hook: <em>bool</em> <strong>TARGET_HAVE_SRODATA_SECTION</strong></dt>
+<dd><p>Contains the value true if the target places read-only
+&ldquo;small data&rdquo; into a separate section. The default value is false.
+</p></dd></dl>
+
+<dl>
+<dt><a name="index-TARGET_005fPROFILE_005fBEFORE_005fPROLOGUE"></a>Target Hook: <em>bool</em> <strong>TARGET_PROFILE_BEFORE_PROLOGUE</strong> <em>(void)</em></dt>
+<dd><p>It returns true if target wants profile code emitted before prologue.
+</p>
+<p>The default version of this hook use the target macro
+<code>PROFILE_BEFORE_PROLOGUE</code>.
+</p></dd></dl>
+
+<dl>
+<dt><a name="index-TARGET_005fBINDS_005fLOCAL_005fP"></a>Target Hook: <em>bool</em> <strong>TARGET_BINDS_LOCAL_P</strong> <em>(const_tree <var>exp</var>)</em></dt>
+<dd><p>Returns true if <var>exp</var> names an object for which name resolution
+rules must resolve to the current &ldquo;module&rdquo; (dynamic shared library
+or executable image).
+</p>
+<p>The default version of this hook implements the name resolution rules
+for ELF, which has a looser model of global name binding than other
+currently supported object file formats.
+</p></dd></dl>
+
+<dl>
+<dt><a name="index-TARGET_005fHAVE_005fTLS"></a>Target Hook: <em>bool</em> <strong>TARGET_HAVE_TLS</strong></dt>
+<dd><p>Contains the value true if the target supports thread-local storage.
+The default value is false.
+</p></dd></dl>
+
+
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