I used the simple program provided in the gcc help pages.
i am using gcc-4.2.0 cross compiler for ARM (I think the problem
should persist in native compilers as well)

------------a.c--------
#include <stdio.h>
int main(void) {
static int  a __attribute__ ((section (".offsets"))) = 0;
static int myname __attribute__ ((section (".offsets"))) =  0 ;
//static char stack[10000] __attribute__ ((section (".stack"))) =
{ 0 };
static int init_data __attribute__ ((section (".prems"))) = 0;

        printf("Hellow world %d\n", 0);
        return 0;
}

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---------------a.cc----------------
#include <stdio.h>
int main(void) {
static int  a __attribute__ ((section (".offsets"))) = 0;
static int myname __attribute__ ((section (".offsets"))) =  0 ;
//static char stack[10000] __attribute__ ((section (".stack"))) =
{ 0 };
static int init_data __attribute__ ((section (".prems"))) = 0;

        printf("Hellow world %d\n", 0);
        return 0;
}

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The files 'a.c' and 'a.cc' are the same except that the 'a.cc' is
treated as c++ file.
in a.o created from 'a.c' has the sections. but the a.o created from
'a.cc' doesn't have

command used:
arm-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc -c a.c

arm-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc -c a.cc

Please let me know if I am wrong here, or let me know if there is a
workaround to make the 'a.cc' to have the sections compiled in.

/Prem