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Re: why isn't the .eh_frame section marked READONLY?
- To: jbuck at synopsys dot com (Joe Buck), egcs at cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: why isn't the .eh_frame section marked READONLY?
- From: Jason Merrill <jason at cygnus dot com>
- Date: 02 Jun 1998 03:06:12 -0700
- References: <199806020107.SAA21580.cygnus.egcs@atrus.synopsys.com>
>>>>> Joe Buck <jbuck@synopsys.com> writes:
> Some folks in comp.os.linux.development.system are asking why
> the .eh_frame section isn't readonly. It's never changed at
> runtime, is it? Is there some other reason it must be writable?
Because it has relocations, so the dynamic loader needs to fix it up.
Jason