Jiri Kosina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, 11 Feb 2008, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > >> > Now, the question is whether it is valid for ELF binary to not have the end >> > of .bss section (if present at all) not page-aligned. >> Why wouldn't it be? It would, however, be valid to the kernel to round it up >> to the next boundary. > > I wasn't immediately sure if there is nothing in ELF specification that > would forbid that.
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