Re: [patch] flag .persistent.bss sections as bss

2014-09-19 Thread Olivier Hainque
On Sep 19, 2014, at 01:22 , Jeff Law wrote: >> * varasm.c (default_section_type_flags): Flag .persistent.bss >> sections as SECTION_BSS. > Ok. > > Jeff Thanks for this review and the other ones Jeff :-)

Re: [patch] flag .persistent.bss sections as bss

2014-09-18 Thread Jeff Law
On 09/16/14 10:54, Olivier Hainque wrote: Hello, Some target loaders (on VxWorks 653 for example) handle the ".persistent.bss" section as an area to reset during the initial startup of applications but not during warm restarts. We need these to be treated as bss sections by the compiler, in par

[patch] flag .persistent.bss sections as bss

2014-09-16 Thread Olivier Hainque
Hello, Some target loaders (on VxWorks 653 for example) handle the ".persistent.bss" section as an area to reset during the initial startup of applications but not during warm restarts. We need these to be treated as bss sections by the compiler, in particular to prevent the use of executable fil