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extern _etext;
extern _edata;
extern _end;
These names refer neither to routines nor to locations with interesting contents; only their addresses are meaningful.
The address of _etext is the first location after the program text.
The address of _edata is the first location after the initialized data region.
The address of _end is the first location after the uninitialized data region.
When execution begins, the program break (the first location beyond the data) coincides with _end, but the program break may be reset by the brk(2), malloc(3C), and the standard input/output library (see stdio(3C)), functions by the profile (-p) option of cc(1B), and so on. Thus, the current value of the program break should be determined by sbrk ((char *)0).
References to end, etext, and edata, without a preceding underscore will be aliased to the associated symbol that begins with the underscore.
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