From 7dec717e03ebfd2f896ba5c098fc1925868239e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christoph Urlacher <christoph.urlacher@protonmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:29:02 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Enclose libiwasm.a objects with _start/_end symbols

---
 targets/linker.ld | 90 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 90 insertions(+)

diff --git a/targets/linker.ld b/targets/linker.ld
index ccbd533..c0891f4 100644
--- a/targets/linker.ld
+++ b/targets/linker.ld
@@ -48,26 +48,116 @@ SECTIONS {
 
         /* place before .text, otherwise they'll be caught by the wildcard */
 
+        /* AOT binary array */
         _wamr_aot_start = .;
         *(".text.wamr_aot")
         _wamr_aot_end = .;
 
+        /* The mmap_space memory used by os_mmap in baremetal platform */
         _wamr_mmap_start = .;
         *(".text.wamr_mmap")
         _wamr_mmap_end = .;
 
+        /* The runtime memory pool used by Alloc_With_Usage */
         _wamr_runtime_pool_start = .;
         *(".text.wamr_runtime_pool")
         _wamr_runtime_pool_end = .;
 
+        /* The linear memory pool used by Alloc_With_Usage */
         _wamr_linear_pool_start = .;
         *(".text.wamr_linear_pool")
         _wamr_linear_pool_end = .;
 
+        /* The memory pool used by Alloc_With_Pool */
         _wamr_global_heap_start = .;
         *(".text.wamr_global_heap")
         _wamr_global_heap_end = .;
 
+        /*
+        The libiwasm.a contains the following objects:
+
+        aot_intrinsic.c.obj
+        aot_loader.c.obj
+        aot_reloc_x86_32.c.obj
+        aot_runtime.c.obj
+        bh_assert.c.obj
+        bh_bitmap.c.obj
+        bh_common.c.obj
+        bh_hashmap.c.obj
+        bh_leb128.c.obj
+        bh_list.c.obj
+        bh_log.c.obj
+        bh_queue.c.obj
+        bh_vector.c.obj
+        ems_alloc.c.obj
+        ems_gc.c.obj
+        ems_hmu.c.obj
+        ems_kfc.c.obj
+        invokeNative_ia32.s.obj
+        libc_builtin_wrapper.c.obj
+        mem_alloc.c.obj
+        platform_init.c.obj
+        runtime_timer.c.obj
+        wasm_application.c.obj
+        wasm_blocking_op.c.obj
+        wasm_c_api.c.obj
+        wasm_exec_env.c.obj
+        wasm_interp_classic.c.obj
+        wasm_loader.c.obj
+        wasm_loader_common.c.obj
+        wasm_memory.c.obj
+        wasm_native.c.obj
+        wasm_runtime.c.obj
+        wasm_runtime_common.c.obj
+        wasm_shared_memory.c.obj
+        */
+
+        /* Put the .text section from aot_runtime.c.obj from libiwasm.a here */
+        _iwasm_aot_runtime_start = .;
+        *aot_runtime.c.obj(.text .text.*)
+        _iwasm_aot_runtime_end = .;
+
+        /* Put the utility library here */
+        _iwasm_bh_start = .;
+        *bh_*.c.obj(.text .text.*)
+        _iwasm_bh_end = .;
+
+        /* Put the allocator here */
+        _iwasm_mem_alloc_start = .;
+        *mem_alloc.c.obj(.text .text.*)
+        _iwasm_mem_alloc_end = .;
+
+        /* Put the baremetal platform here */
+        _iwasm_platform_init_start = .;
+        *platform_init.c.obj(.text .text.*)
+        _iwasm_platform_init_end = .;
+
+        /* Put the exec_env here */
+        _iwasm_exec_env_start = .;
+        *wasm_exec_env.c.obj(.text .text.*)
+        _iwasm_exec_env_end = .;
+
+        /* Put the classic interpreter here */
+        _iwasm_interp_classic_start = .;
+        *wasm_interp_classic.c.obj(.text .text.*)
+        _iwasm_interp_classic_end = .;
+
+        /* Put the wasm memory here */
+        _iwasm_memory_start = .;
+        *wasm_memory.c.obj(.text .text.*)
+        _iwasm_memory_end = .;
+
+        /* Put the wasm native here */
+        _iwasm_native_start = .;
+        *wasm_native.c.obj(.text .text.*)
+        _iwasm_native_end = .;
+
+        /* Put the wasm runtime here */
+        _iwasm_runtime_start = .;
+        *wasm_runtime.c.obj(.text .text.*)
+        *wasm_runtime_common.c.obj(.text .text.*)
+        _iwasm_runtime_end = .;
+
         _text_start = .;
         *(".text*")
         _text_end = .;