Make linker fill alignment gaps with bkpt instruction #1305
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revisit when we do some cleanup of linker scripts |
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This came out from https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?p=2089017#p2088888.
The linker fills in some gaps that result from alignment. But it filled in just zeros. Would it be better if those filler bytes would trigger a breakpoint or fault in case they are ever executed?
(and thanks to alastairpatrick for suggesting bkpt instead of udf)