> > Is there a rationale for the list of bss patterns matched by > > default_section_type_flags_1 ? > > That is how bss sections are named?!
Part of the question is "how bss sections are named" according to evolution, or some crystal clear standard, or what ??? > > Would matching, say, ".bss" anywhere-in or at-the-end-of name be > > appropriate? > > No, the standard is to be prefix based, this simplifies the impact on > the linker scripts. Ok. So a new category of bss sections could be matched by "X.bss" or "X.bss."*. Would that be reasonable?