uint64_t old_dot_value = *dot_value;
uint64_t old_load_address = *load_address;
+ // If input section sorting is requested via --section-ordering-file or
+ // linker plugins, then do it here. This is important because we want
+ // any sorting specified in the linker scripts, which will be done after
+ // this, to take precedence. The final order of input sections is then
+ // guaranteed to be according to the linker script specification.
+ if (this->output_section_ != NULL
+ && this->output_section_->input_section_order_specified())
+ this->output_section_->sort_attached_input_sections();
+
// Decide the start address for the section. The algorithm is:
// 1) If an address has been specified in a linker script, use that.
// 2) Otherwise if a memory region has been specified for the section,
uint64_t address = *dot_value;
address = align_address(address, this->os_->addralign());
+ // If input section sorting is requested via --section-ordering-file or
+ // linker plugins, then do it here. This is important because we want
+ // any sorting specified in the linker scripts, which will be done after
+ // this, to take precedence. The final order of input sections is then
+ // guaranteed to be according to the linker script specification.
+ if (this->os_ != NULL
+ && this->os_->input_section_order_specified())
+ this->os_->sort_attached_input_sections();
+
// For a relocatable link, all orphan sections are put at
// address 0. In general we expect all sections to be at
// address 0 for a relocatable link, but we permit the linker