[ELF] Split RW PT_LOAD on the PT_GNU_RELRO boundary

Summary:
Based on Peter Collingbourne's suggestion in D56828.

Before D56828: PT_LOAD(.data PT_GNU_RELRO(.data.rel.ro .bss.rel.ro) .bss)
Old:           PT_LOAD(PT_GNU_RELRO(.data.rel.ro .bss.rel.ro) .data .bss)
New:           PT_LOAD(PT_GNU_RELRO(.data.rel.ro .bss.rel.ro)) PT_LOAD(.data. .bss)

The new layout reflects the runtime memory mappings.
By having two PT_LOAD segments, we can utilize the NOBITS part of the
first PT_LOAD and save bytes for .bss.rel.ro.

.bss.rel.ro is currently small and only used by copy relocations of
symbols in read-only segments, but it can be used for other purposes in
the future, e.g. if a relro section's statically relocated data is all
zeros, we can move it to .bss.rel.ro.

Reviewers: espindola, ruiu, pcc

Reviewed By: ruiu

Subscribers: nemanjai, jvesely, nhaehnle, javed.absar, kbarton, emaste, arichardson, llvm-commits

Tags: #llvm

Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D58892

git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/lld/trunk@356226 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8
21 files changed
tree: 233d950f1f06f541bed7e3800a66fef9698c1493
  1. cmake/
  2. COFF/
  3. Common/
  4. docs/
  5. ELF/
  6. include/
  7. lib/
  8. MinGW/
  9. test/
  10. tools/
  11. unittests/
  12. utils/
  13. wasm/
  14. .arcconfig
  15. .clang-format
  16. .gitignore
  17. CMakeLists.txt
  18. CODE_OWNERS.TXT
  19. LICENSE.TXT
  20. README.md
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