Am 19.12.2009 10:07, schrieb Jeffi Edward.J:
Hi, I compiled a huge application using powerpc gcc cross compiler. When I parsed my .out file, using readelf program, it displays multiple entry for .text section. NAME TYPE ADDR OFFSET SIZE .text.func1 PROGBITS ........ .text.func2 PROGBITS ........ .text.func3 PROGBITS ........ ... ... .rodata._ZTIN10 PROGBITS ........ .rodata._ZTVSt9ty PROGBITS ........ .... .... Certain symbols displayed in text section ( e.g func1, func2 functions) are part of my application. But symbols displayed in .rodata section (_ZTIN10, _ZTVSt9ty,..) are not at all part of my application. I really don't have any clue. Could you please explain the reason why its displayed? Is there any problem in compilation/linking? best regards, Jeffi Edward
The _ in front of the symbols indicates that they are generated by gcc. Usually rodata also contains the string literals (which don't have an explicit symbol name but still need to be in the binary as data). It could also be caused by optimizations.
Best regards.
