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--strict_symbols, --no_strict_symbols
Checks whether or not a mapping symbol type matches an ABI symbol type.
Usage
The option --strict_symbols
checks that the mapping symbol type matches
ABI symbol type. The linker displays a warning if the types do not match.
A mismatch can occur only if you have hand-coded your own assembler.
Default
The default is --no_strict_symbols
.
Example
In the following assembler code the symbol sym
has type STT_FUNC
and is A32:
.section mycode,"x" .word sym + 4 .code 32 .type sym, "function" sym: mov r0, r0 .code 16 mov r0, r0 .end
The difference in behavior is the meaning of .word sym + 4
:
- In pre-ABI linkers the state of the symbol is the state of the mapping symbol at that location. In this example, the state is T32.
- In ABI linkers the type of the symbol is the state of the location of symbol plus the offset.