What is 'Linker created' and 'Lc','Gb','Wk' in the .map file?

Technical Note 81528

Arkitekturer:

ARM, RiscV, RH850, RL78, RX, SH, STM8

Komponent:

linker

Uppdaterad:

2020-08-31 12:40

Introduction

This Technical Note applies to:

IAR Embedded Workbench
ARM
SH
STM8
RH850
RX
RL78
RiscV

Versions
5.10 and later
2.10 and later
1.10 and later
1.10 and later
2.10 and later
2.10 and later
1.10 and later

1. What is 'Linker created' ?

Answer

These are the extra allocations done by the IAR ILINK Linker.

Example

This is a extract from an example linker file:

  Module           ro code    ro data    rw data
  ------           -------    -------    -------
...
...
  Linker created       140        123      2 980
 -----------------------------------------------
  Grand Total:      76 888      3 800      5 716

Explanation

The 3 different headings correspond to these addtions made by the IAR ILINK Linker:

Kind of section	Section type	Explanation
`ro code`	`Veneer`	These are "helpers" used in order to achive jumps in the whole address area, i.e. longer than +-4 MB / +-32 MB (Thumb/Arm mode).
`ro data`	`.iar.init_table`	The table which is used during start-up to control the initialization.
`ro data`	`Initializer bytes`	If any symbols placed in RAM are to be initialized manually, then "Initializer bytes' are created by the linker.
`rw data` `ro data`	`uninit`	If the `define block` directive is combined with the parameter size in the `.icf` file, this will order the linker to create a block of the specified size. So when linking, each such block will be filled by the linker. The linker directive for a block that holds a stack must use the `size` parameter. The whole block is marked `uninit`, (as a stack is an empty when it comes to linking). A `block` that is not a stack (and marked with the size parameter) can more or less filled with defined variables in the block. All unused bytes in the block become marked with "`uninit`".
`rw data`	`.iar.dynexit`	Holds the table of calls to be made at exit.

2. What is 'Lc','Gb','Wk' ?

Answer

There are four variants of properties defined in the ELF that may appear in this column:

Lc = local.
Gb = global.
Wk = weak.
?? = unknown.

Example

Extracts from example linker files:

Undefined_Handler     0x00000274          Code   Wk   vectortrap.o [4]

Region$$Table$$Base   0x08002d2c          --     Gb   - Linker created -
Region$$Table$$Limit  0x08002d50          --     Gb   - Linker created -

SysTick_Config        0x08002667   0x32   Code   Lc   main.o [1]

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What is 'Linker created' and 'Lc','Gb','Wk' in the .map file?

Technical Note 81528

Introduction

1. What is 'Linker created' ?

Answer

Example

Explanation

2. What is 'Lc','Gb','Wk' ?

Answer

Example

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