link.x.in has this for placing the vector table members:

 .vector_table ORIGIN(FLASH) : { __vector_table = .; /* Initial Stack Pointer (SP) value. */ LONG(_stack_start & 0xFFFFFFF8); /* Reset vector */ KEEP(*(.vector_table.reset_vector)); __reset_vector = .; 

However when looking at the contents of the elf with nm, we see this at the start:

10000100 R __vector_table 10000104 00000004 R __RESET_VECTOR 10000108 00000038 R __EXCEPTIONS 10000108 R __reset_vector 10000140 00000080 R __INTERRUPTS 

Here, __RESET_VECTOR is correctly placed at offset 4, but __reset_vector is placed at offset 8.

I tried adding an NMI (which should be at offset 8), and it was placed correctly, so I don't think there is any problem with layout, but the lowercase symbol is misleading.

Also this assert just looks wrong to me:

/* ## .vector_table */ ASSERT(__reset_vector == ADDR(.vector_table) + 0x8, " BUG(cortex-m-rt): the reset vector is missing"); 

The vector table should be:

• 0x0: Stack Pointer
• 0x4: Reset Vector
• 0x8: NMI Vector
• ...