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This file documents the GNU linker LD
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(GNU Toolchain for the A-profile Architecture 9.2-2019.12 (arm-9.10))
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version 2.33.1.
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Copyright (C) 1991-2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
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under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3
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or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
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with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no
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<a name="Orphan-Sections"></a>
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Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="Location-Counter.html#Location-Counter">Location Counter</a>,
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<h4 class="subsection">3.10.4 Orphan Sections</h4>
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<p><a name="index-orphan-566"></a>Orphan sections are sections present in the input files which
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are not explicitly placed into the output file by the linker
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script. The linker will still copy these sections into the
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output file by either finding, or creating a suitable output section
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in which to place the orphaned input section.
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<p>If the name of an orphaned input section exactly matches the name of
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an existing output section, then the orphaned input section will be
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placed at the end of that output section.
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<p>If there is no output section with a matching name then new output
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sections will be created. Each new output section will have the same
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name as the orphan section placed within it. If there are multiple
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orphan sections with the same name, these will all be combined into
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one new output section.
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<p>If new output sections are created to hold orphaned input sections,
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then the linker must decide where to place these new output sections
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in relation to existing output sections. On most modern targets, the
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linker attempts to place orphan sections after sections of the same
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attribute, such as code vs data, loadable vs non-loadable, etc. If no
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sections with matching attributes are found, or your target lacks this
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support, the orphan section is placed at the end of the file.
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<p>The command-line options ‘<samp><span class="samp">--orphan-handling</span></samp>’ and ‘<samp><span class="samp">--unique</span></samp>’
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(see <a href="Options.html#Options">Command-line Options</a>) can be used to control which
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output sections an orphan is placed in.
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