SPARC Assembly Language Reference Manual

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Updated: July 2014
 
 

2.1.3 Predefined Non-User Sections

Table 2–4 lists sections that are predefined and not under user control. Therefore, these section names are reserved by the assembler and should be avoided.

Table 2-4  Reserved Sections
Section Name
Description
".dynamic"
Section contains dynamic linking information.
.dynstr
Section contains strings needed for dynamic linking.
.dynsym
Section contains the dynamic linking symbol table.
.got
Section contains the global offset table.
.hash
Section contains a symbol hash table.
.interp
Section contains the path name of a program interpreter.
.plt
Section contains the procedure linking table.
.relname & .relaname
Section containing relocation information. name is the section to which the relocations apply, that is, ".rel.text", ".rela.text".
.shstrtab
String table for the section header table names.
.strtab
Section contains the string table.
.symtab
Section contains a symbol table.