[Bug ld/2893] New: "ld -Map" memory map disordered

[burgess at impulse dot net]

GNU ld version 2.16.1, compiled as arm-elf-ld for Darwin/OS X:  called with 
"-Map filename.map", ld 
produces memory map text (listed under "Linker script and memory map")  that is 
ordered neither 
alphabetically by symbol nor sequentially by absolute location, although 
entries are grouped together 
by .o object file.  Lack of ordering makes the memory map much more difficult 
to use as an index, 
which I believe is the intended application.

I spent two hours looking at ld/ldlang.c and bfd/linker.c but could not even 
figure out where exactly 
each address/symbol pair is added to the for-printing statement list, much less 
where the sorting (or 
lack thereof) is taking place and how one might introduce a sorting algorithm.

This is not a bug, but it is not a feature either.  I can't find any other 
mention of this problem which 
makes me wonder if perhaps I am misusing ld.  I would think this behavior would 
annoy just about 
everyone.

Thanks, --Bill

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           Summary: "ld -Map" memory map disordered
           Product: binutils
           Version: 2.16
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: ld
        AssignedTo: unassigned at sources dot redhat dot com
        ReportedBy: burgess at impulse dot net
                CC: bug-binutils at gnu dot org


http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2893

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