Hello Martin, attached is a proof of concept. I am not sure how I can make the new section read-only. Currently, it is writable:         .section        .gcov_info,"aw"         .align 2         .type   .LPBX2, @object         .size   .LPBX2, 4 .LPBX2:         .long   .LPBX0 I probably need also a patch for the GCC options documentation, test cases, a GCC bootstrap on Linux, release notes, ...? Do I have to wait for the GCC 11 development start? -- embedded brains GmbH Sebastian HUBER Dornierstr. 4 82178 Puchheim Germany email: sebastian.huber@embedded-brains.de Phone: +49-89-18 94 741 - 16 Fax: +49-89-18 94 741 - 08 PGP: Public key available on request. embedded brains GmbH Registergericht: Amtsgericht München Registernummer: HRB 157899 Vertretungsberechtigte Geschäftsführer: Peter Rasmussen, Thomas Dörfler Unsere Datenschutzerklärung finden Sie hier: https://embedded-brains.de/datenschutzerklaerung/