[ELF] Place .note in the first page to ensure they are available in core files

Summary:
Other large sections (e.g. .rela.dyn .dynstr) may push .note.* off the
first page. They won't be available in core files if RLIMIT_CORE is
limited.

This patch gives priority to alloctable SHT_NOTE sections so that they
are assuredly in the first page and will be available in core files.
They are small and contain important information (e.g. .note.gnu.build-id
identifies the origin of the core, .note.tag stores NT_FREEBSD_ABI_TAG).

Note: gold Output_section_order has a similar rule:

  // Loadable read-only note sections come next so that the PT_NOTE
  // segment is on the first page of the executable.
  ORDER_RO_NOTE,

Reviewers: ruiu, pcc, espindola

Subscribers: emaste, arichardson, llvm-commits

Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D55800

git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/lld/trunk@349524 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8
2 files changed
tree: 6f99bf26f77b83dcdd8cc88b3528e1d7c4d64036
  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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