The TargetLayout class puts two sections into the same segment if they
have equal segment types and the same section flags (SHF_xxx). To be
able to merge some sort of sections into the same segment we drop some
flags before comparison. For example to merge string sections into Data
segment we drop SHF_STRINGS and SHF_MERGE flags.
The patch allows TargetLayout descendants to drop some target specific
section flags. MIPS target needs that to merge .MIPS.options section
which has SHF_MIPS_NOSTRIP flag into the LOAD segment.
http://reviews.llvm.org/D9160
llvm-svn: 235487
The `OutputSection::appendSection()` method always gets a pointer
to the `Section` class descendants. So it is not necessary to keep them
in the vector of `Chunk` pointers.
No functional changes.
llvm-svn: 235392
Benjamin Kramer