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Wed Jan 28 14:10:01 1998 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
* ld.texinfo (Options): Clarify --export-dynamic a bit.
Thu Jan 22 16:07:23 1998 Richard Henderson <rth@cygnus.com>
* ldlex.l (<SCRIPT>{WILDCHAR}*): Take care for the comments this

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@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
@ifinfo
This file documents the @sc{gnu} linker LD.
Copyright (C) 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Copyright (C) 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ notice identical to this one except for the removal of this paragraph
@end tex
@vskip 0pt plus 1filll
Copyright @copyright{} 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Copyright @copyright{} 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
@ -328,9 +328,17 @@ entry point.
@item -E
@itemx --export-dynamic
When creating a dynamically linked executable, add all symbols to the
dynamic symbol table. Normally, the dynamic symbol table contains only
symbols which are used by a dynamic object. This option is needed for
some uses of @code{dlopen}.
dynamic symbol table. The dynamic symbol table is the set of symbols
which are visible from dynamic objects at run time.
If you do not use this option, the dynamic symbol table will normally
contain only those symbols which are referenced by some dynamic object
mentioned in the link.
If you use @code{dlopen} to load a dynamic object which needs to refer
back to the symbols defined by the program, rather than some other
dynamic object, then you will probably need to use this option when
linking the program itself.
@kindex -f
@kindex --auxiliary
@ -351,6 +359,9 @@ Thus the shared object @var{name} may be used to provide an alternative
implementation of certain functions, perhaps for debugging or for
machine specific performance.
This option may be specified more than once. The DT_AUXILIARY entries
will be created in the order in which they appear on the command line.
@kindex -F
@kindex --filter
@item -F @var{name}
@ -783,6 +794,16 @@ instead optimize for memory usage, by rereading the symbol tables as
necessary. This may be required if @code{ld} runs out of memory space
while linking a large executable.
@kindex --no-warn-mismatch
@item --no-warn-mismatch
Normally @code{ld} will give an error if you try to link together input
files that are mismatched for some reason, perhaps because they have
been compiled for different processors or for different endiannesses.
This option tells @code{ld} that it should silently permit such possible
errors. This option should only be used with care, in cases when you
have taken some special action that ensures that the linker errors are
inappropriate.
@kindex --no-whole-archive
@item --no-whole-archive
Turn off the effect of the @code{--whole-archive} option for subsequent
@ -1025,6 +1046,15 @@ Display the version number for @code{ld} and list the linker emulations
supported. Display which input files can and cannot be opened. Display
the linker script if using a default builtin script.
@kindex --version-script=@var{version-scriptfile}
@cindex version script, symbol versions
@itemx --version-script=@var{version-scriptfile}
Specify the name of a version script to the linker. This is typically
used when creating shared libraries to specify additional information
about the version heirarchy for the library being created. This option
is only meaningful on ELF platforms which support shared libraries.
@xref{Version Script}.
@kindex --warn-comon
@cindex warnings, on combining symbols
@cindex combining symbols, warnings on
@ -1253,6 +1283,7 @@ object or archive format, nor as a linker script, it reports an error.
* SECTIONS:: SECTIONS Command
* PHDRS:: PHDRS Command
* Entry Point:: The Entry Point
* Version Script:: Version Script
* Option Commands:: Option Commands
@end menu
@ -1825,11 +1856,38 @@ names. Use distinct names to specify multiple regions.
@cindex memory region attributes
@item (@var{attr})
is an optional list of attributes, permitted for compatibility with the
AT&T linker but not used by @code{ld} beyond checking that the
attribute list is valid. Valid attribute lists must be made up of the
characters ``@code{LIRWX}''. If you omit the attribute list, you may
omit the parentheses around it as well.
is an optional list of attributes that specify whether to use a
particular memory to place sections that are not listed in the linker
script. Valid attribute lists must be made up of the characters
``@code{ALIRWX}'' that match section attributes. If you omit the
attribute list, you may omit the parentheses around it as well. The
attributes currently supported are:
@table @samp
@item @code{Letter}
@code{Section Attribute}
@item @code{R}
Read-only sections.
@item @code{W}
Read/write sections.
@item @code{X}
Sections containing executable code.
@item @code{A}
Allocated sections.
@item @code{I}
Initialized sections.
@item @code{L}
Same as @code{I}.
@item @code{!}
Invert the sense of any of the following attributes.
@end table
@kindex ORIGIN =
@kindex o =
@ -1849,15 +1907,18 @@ The keyword @code{LENGTH} may be abbreviated to @code{len} or @code{l}.
@end table
For example, to specify that memory has two regions available for
allocation---one starting at 0 for 256 kilobytes, and the other
starting at @code{0x40000000} for four megabytes:
allocation---one starting at 0 for 256 kilobytes, and the other starting
at @code{0x40000000} for four megabytes. The @code{rom} memory region
will get all sections without an explicit memory register that are
either read-only or contain code, while the @code{ram} memory region
will get the sections.
@smallexample
@group
MEMORY
@{
rom : ORIGIN = 0, LENGTH = 256K
ram : org = 0x40000000, l = 4M
rom (rx) : ORIGIN = 0, LENGTH = 256K
ram (!rx) : org = 0x40000000, l = 4M
@}
@end group
@end smallexample
@ -1932,9 +1993,10 @@ SECTIONS @{ @dots{}
@noindent
@var{secname} is the name of the output section, and @var{contents} a
specification of what goes there---for example, a list of input files or
sections of input files (@pxref{Section Placement}). As you might
assume, the whitespace shown is optional. You do need the colon
@samp{:} and the braces @samp{@{@}}, however.
sections of input files (@pxref{Section Placement}). The whitespace
around @var{secname} is required, so that the section name is
unambiguous. The other whitespace shown is optional. You do need the
colon @samp{:} and the braces @samp{@{@}}, however.
@var{secname} must meet the constraints of your output format. In
formats which only support a limited number of sections, such as
@ -2000,10 +2062,10 @@ statement.
@item @var{filename}( @var{section} )
@itemx @var{filename}( @var{section} , @var{section}, @dots{} )
@itemx @var{filename}( @var{section} @var{section} @dots{} )
You can name one or more sections from your input files, for
insertion in the current output section. If you wish to specify a list
of input-file sections inside the parentheses, you may separate the
section names by either commas or whitespace.
You can name one or more sections from your input files, for insertion
in the current output section. If you wish to specify a list of
input-file sections inside the parentheses, separate the section names
with whitespace.
@cindex input sections to output section
@kindex *(@var{section})
@ -2254,15 +2316,20 @@ same value as @code{abs2}.
@kindex SHORT(@var{expression})
@kindex LONG(@var{expression})
@kindex QUAD(@var{expression})
@kindex SQUAD(@var{expression})
@cindex direct output
@item BYTE(@var{expression})
@itemx SHORT(@var{expression})
@itemx LONG(@var{expression})
@itemx QUAD(@var{expression})
@itemx SQUAD(@var{expression})
By including one of these four statements in a section definition, you
can explicitly place one, two, four, or eight bytes (respectively) at
the current address of that section. @code{QUAD} is only supported when
using a 64 bit host or target.
can explicitly place one, two, four, eight unsigned, or eight signed
bytes (respectively) at the current address of that section. When using
a 64 bit host or target, @code{QUAD} and @code{SQUAD} are the same.
When both host and target are 32 bits, @code{QUAD} uses an unsigned 32
bit value, and @code{SQUAD} sign extends the value. Both will use the
correct endianness when writing out the value.
@ifclear SingleFormat
Multiple-byte quantities are represented in whatever byte order is
@ -2343,10 +2410,13 @@ an expression.
@cindex prevent unnecessary loading
@cindex loading, preventing
@item (NOLOAD)
Use @samp{(NOLOAD)} to prevent a section from being loaded into memory
each time it is accessed. For example, in the script sample below, the
@code{ROM} segment is addressed at memory location @samp{0} and does not
need to be loaded into each object file:
The @samp{(NOLOAD)} directive will mark a section to not be loaded at
run time. The linker will process the section normally, but will mark
it so that a program loader will not load it into memory. For example,
in the script sample below, the @code{ROM} section is addressed at
memory location @samp{0} and does not need to be loaded when the program
is run. The contents of the @code{ROM} section will appear in the
linker output file as usual.
@smallexample
@group
@ -2734,6 +2804,148 @@ whatever symbol contains the start address to @code{start}:
start = other_symbol ;
@end smallexample
@node Version Script
@section Version Script
@kindex VERSION @{script text@}
@cindex symbol versions
@cindex version script
@cindex versions of symbols
The linker command script includes a command specifically for
specifying a version script, and is only meaningful for ELF platforms
that support shared libraries. A version script can be
build directly into the linker script that you are using, or you
can supply the version script as just another input file to the linker
at the time that you link. The command script syntax is:
@smallexample
VERSION @{ version script contents @}
@end smallexample
The version script can also be specified to the linker by means of the
@samp{--version-script} linker command line option.
Version scripts are only meaningful when creating shared libraries.
The format of the version script itself is identical to that used by
Sun's linker in Solaris 2.5. Versioning is done by defining a tree of
version nodes with the names and interdependencies specified in the
version script. The version script can specify which symbols are bound
to which version nodes, and it can reduce a specified set of symbols to
local scope so that they are not globally visible outside of the shared
library.
The easiest way to demonstrate the version script language is with a few
examples.
@smallexample
VERS_1.1 @{
global:
foo1;
local:
old*;
original*;
new*;
@};
VERS_1.2 @{
foo2;
@} VERS_1.1;
VERS_2.0 @{
bar1; bar2;
@} VERS_1.2;
@end smallexample
In this example, three version nodes are defined. @samp{VERS_1.1} is the
first version node defined, and has no other dependencies. The symbol
@samp{foo1} is bound to this version node, and a number of symbols
that have appeared within various object files are reduced in scope to
local so that they are not visible outside of the shared library.
Next, the node @samp{VERS_1.2} is defined. It depends upon
@samp{VERS_1.1}. The symbol @samp{foo2} is bound to this version node.
Finally, the node @samp{VERS_2.0} is defined. It depends upon
@samp{VERS_1.2}. The symbols @samp{bar1} and @samp{bar2} are bound to
this version node.
Symbols defined in the library which aren't specifically bound to a
version node are effectively bound to an unspecified base version of the
library. It is possible to bind all otherwise unspecified symbols to a
given version node using @samp{global: *} somewhere in the version
script.
Lexically the names of the version nodes have no specific meaning other
than what they might suggest to the person reading them. The @samp{2.0}
version could just as well have appeared in between @samp{1.1} and
@samp{1.2}. However, this would be a confusing way to write a version
script.
When you link an application against a shared library that has versioned
symbols, the application itself knows which version of each symbol it requires,
and it also knows which version nodes it needs from each shared library it is
linked against. Thus at runtime, the dynamic loader can make a quick check to
make sure that the libraries you have linked against do in fact supply all
of the version nodes that the application will need to resolve all of the
dynamic symbols. In this way it is possible for the dynamic linker to know
with certainty that all external symbols that it needs will be resolvable
without having to search for each symbol reference.
The symbol versioning is in effect a much more sophisticated way of
doing minor version checking that SunOS does. The fundamental problem
that is being addressed here is that typically references to external
functions are bound on an as-needed basis, and are not all bound when
the application starts up. If a shared library is out of date, a
required interface may be missing; when the application tries to use
that interface, it may suddenly and unexpectedly fail. With symbol
versioning, the user will get a warning when they start their program if
the libraries being used with the application are too old.
There are several GNU extensions to Sun's versioning approach. The
first of these is the ability to bind a symbol to a version node in the
source file where the symbol is defined instead of in the versioning
script. This was done mainly to reduce the burden on the library
maintainer. This can be done by putting something like:
@smallexample
__asm__(".symver original_foo,foo@@VERS_1.1");
@end smallexample
in the C source file. This renamed the function @samp{original_foo} to
be an alias for @samp{foo} bound to the version node @samp{VERS_1.1}.
The @samp{local:} directive can be used to prevent the symbol
@samp{original_foo} from being exported.
The second GNU extension is to allow multiple versions of the same function
to appear in a given shared library. In this way an incompatible change to
an interface can take place without increasing the major version number of
the shared library, while still allowing applications linked against the old
interface to continue to function.
This can only be accomplished by using multiple @samp{.symver}
directives in the assembler. An example of this would be:
@smallexample
__asm__(".symver original_foo,foo@@");
__asm__(".symver old_foo,foo@@VERS_1.1");
__asm__(".symver old_foo1,foo@@VERS_1.2");
__asm__(".symver new_foo,foo@@@@VERS_2.0");
@end smallexample
In this example, @samp{foo@@} represents the symbol @samp{foo} bound to the
unspecified base version of the symbol. The source file that contains this
example would define 4 C functions: @samp{original_foo}, @samp{old_foo},
@samp{old_foo1}, and @samp{new_foo}.
When you have multiple definitions of a given symbol, there needs to be
some way to specify a default version to which external references to
this symbol will be bound. This can be accomplished with the
@samp{foo@@@@VERS_2.0} type of @samp{.symver} directive. Only one version of
a symbol can be declared 'default' in this manner - otherwise you would
effectively have multiple definitions of the same symbol.
If you wish to bind a reference to a specific version of the symbol
within the shared library, you can use the aliases of convenience
(i.e. @samp{old_foo}), or you can use the @samp{.symver} directive to
specifically bind to an external version of the function in question.
@node Option Commands
@section Option Commands
The command language includes a number of other commands that you can
@ -2808,6 +3020,14 @@ This command has the same effect as the @samp{-d} command-line option:
to make @code{ld} assign space to common symbols even if a relocatable
output file is specified (@samp{-r}).
@kindex INCLUDE @var{filename}
@cindex including a linker script
@item INCLUDE @var{filename}
Include the linker script @var{filename} at this point. The file will
be searched for in the current directory, and in any directory specified
with the @code{-L} option. You can nest calls to @code{INCLUDE} up to
10 levels deep.
@kindex INPUT ( @var{files} )
@cindex binary input files
@item INPUT ( @var{file}, @var{file}, @dots{} )