> I wrote a tool[0] for manipulating elf files to support inline assembly for a compiler that doesn’t support it (based on a similar python tool). That required knowing any of the ELF sections that were being changed and how those changes would impact other sections.

Would this normally be something the compiler would handle, or would it be the linker? I guess I’m curious how this would impact any optimizations the compiler implements.

Also I’m guessing for your use case (elf edits) you would be looking at both SELECT and INSERT type operations?