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norman
norman

Reputation: 11

how can i build large mounts of global data to a specific section?

I have a c source file with lots of global variables, and i want to build a object file with these global Variables in a specific section. add __attribute__((section("section-name"))) for each variable is a large work, except add one by one,how can i build these variables to a specific section?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 67

Answers (2)

MSalters
MSalters

Reputation: 180145

The easiest solution would be objcopy --rename-section afterwards. Another option is a linker script:

SECTIONS {
  .YourSection { YourFile.c(COMMON) }
}

Upvotes: 0

Jim Balter
Jim Balter

Reputation: 16426

You could make your global variables members of one or several global structs instead. You might also want to consider your design and whether you really need to have a large number of global variables. Finally ... consider what you're actually trying to achieve; you haven't provided a reason why they should all be in a specific section.

Upvotes: 1

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