* ldlang.c: Likewise.
* ldlang.h: Likewise.
* ldlex.l: Likewise.
* NEWS: Mention the new feature.
* ld.texinfo: Document the new feature.
* ld-scripts/regions-alias-1.t: New file.
* ld-scripts/regions-alias-2.t: New file.
* ld-scripts/regions-alias-3.t: New file.
* ld-scripts/regions-alias-4.t: New file.
* ld-scripts/script.exp: Run region alias tests.
* elf-eh-frame.c (REQUIRE_CLEARED_RELOCS) Remove.
(_bfd_elf_parse_eh_frame): Do not check relocations for removed FDEs.
ld/testsuite/
* ld-elf/eh-group2.s: New `.cfi_lsda' referencing `.gcc_except_table'.
* ld-elf/eh-group.exp: New test and conditional defininiton of `ELF64'.
* gas/all/gas.exp: Expect forward test to fail for MeP.
Expect relax test to fail for MeP.
* gas/mep/relocs.d: Update expected disassembly.
* lib/ld-lib.exp (check_gc_sections_available): Add MeP to list of
targets which do not support garbage collection.
* ld-srec/srec.exp (run_srec_test): Expect tests to fail for MeP.
* ld-elf/group8a.d: Likewise.
* ld-elf/group8b.d: Likewise.
* ld-elf/group9a.d: Likewise.
* ld-elf/group9b.d: Likewise.
* binutils-all/objdump.W: Do not assume that high and low PC
addresses will have been computed.
2009-01-14 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
PR ld/9727
* elflink.c (elf_gc_sweep): Exclude the group section if the
first member of the section group is excluded.
ld/testsuite/
2009-01-14 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
PR ld/9727
* ld-elf/group8.s: New.
* ld-elf/group8a.d: Likewise.
* ld-elf/group8b.d: Likewise.
* ld-elf/group9.s: Likewise.
* ld-elf/group9a.d: Likewise.
* ld-elf/group9b.d: Likewise.
* ld-scripts/default-script.exp: Likewise.
* ld-scripts/empty-orphan.exp: Likewise, and add to LDFLAGS rather
than replacing.
* ld-scripts/include.exp: Set --local-store for SPU.
2009-01-02 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
PR ld/9679
* elflink.c (elf_merge_st_other): New.
(_bfd_elf_merge_symbol): Use it on skipped weak definitions and
hide them if needed.
(elf_link_add_object_symbols): Updated.
ld/testsuite/
2009-01-02 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
PR ld/9679
* ld-elf/pr9679-1.c: New.
* ld-elf/pr9679-2.c: Likewise.
* ld-elf/pr9679.rd: Likewise.
* ld-elf/shared.exp (build_tests): Add test for libpr9679.so.
* ld-elf/eh-frame-hdr.d: Replace target and xfail statements by single
`target: cfi'.
* ld-elf/eh-group.exp: Call check_as_cfi instead of is_elf_format.
* ld-elf/eh-group1.s, elf/eh-group2.s: Use more compatible section
flags prefix '%'.
* ld-elf/eh5.d: Replace target statement by `target: cfi' with an Alpha
exception. Relax the `Code alignment factor' matching.
* lib/ld-lib.exp: Rename istarget as istarget_ld.
(istarget, check_as_cfi): New procedure.
(run_dump_test): New comment for the virtual target `cfi'.
PR 6893 - Do not consider FDEs for discarded sections as invalid.
* elf-eh-frame.c (_bfd_elf_parse_eh_frame): New REQUIRE_CLEARED_RELOCS.
Consider FDEs with cleared relocations as valid and ignorable.
ld/testsuite/
* ld-elf/eh-group.exp, ld-elf/eh-group1.s, ld-elf/eh-group2.s: New test.
binutils/
Suppress warnings on NONE relocations to discarded sections.
* readelf.c (is_none_reloc): New function.
(debug_apply_relocations): Ignore is_none_reloc() relocations.
2008-09-16 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
PR ld/6877
* elflink.c (_bfd_elf_merge_symbol): Allow a common symbol to
override the function in a shared library.
ld/testsuite/
2008-09-16 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
PR ld/6877
* ld-elf/comm1.c: New.
* ld-elf/func1.c: Likewise.
* ld-elf/shared.exp: Add tests for libfunc1.so and comm1.
sections to segments.
* ld-elf/sec-to-seg1.s: Test source file.
* ld-elf/sec-to-seg2.s: Test source file.
* ld-elf/sec-to-seg-script-same-page.t: Test linker script.
* ld-elf/sec-to-seg-script-adjoining-pages.t: Test linker script.
* ld-elf/sec-to-seg-script-disjoint-pages.t: Test linker script.
PR ld/5526
* elf-bfd.h (eh_cie_fde): Add u.cie.u.full_cie and u.cie.merged
fields. Rename u.cie.u.merged to u.cie.u.merged_with.
(eh_frame_sec_info): Add a cies field.
(eh_frame_hdr_info): Add a merge_cies field.
* elf-eh-frame.c (cie): Add a reloc_index member to the personality
union.
(_bfd_elf_begin_eh_frame_parsing): Set hdr_info->merge_cies instead
of hdr_info->cies.
(_bfd_elf_parse_eh_frame): Remove tmp_cie. Ccreate an array of
cie structures in all cases and use it instead of extended_cies.
If merging, store the cie array in sec_info->cies and point each
CIE's eh_fde_cie at the associated element. Do not try to
calculate the value of the personality routine here; record the
offset of the relocation instead. Do not merge CIEs here.
(_bfd_elf_end_eh_frame_parsing): Do not free hdr_info->cies here...
(_bfd_elf_discard_section_eh_frame_hdr): ...do it here instead.
(_bfd_elf_gc_mark_fdes): Mark the original (unmerged) CIE.
(find_merged_cie): New function.
(_bfd_elf_gc_mark_fdes): Use it. Free sec_info->cies.
ld/testsuite/
PR ld/5526
* ld-elf/eh6.s, ld-elf/eh6.d: New test.
2008-01-07 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
PR ld/5522
* elflink.c (elf_link_input_bfd): Don't write out a section if
its output section is marked with SEC_NEVER_LOAD.
ld/testsuite/
2008-01-07 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
PR ld/5522
* ld-elf/noload-3.d: New file.
* ld-elf/noload-3.s: Likewise.
* ld-elf/noload-3.t: Likewise.
* ld-mn10300/i143317.s: New test - checks linker relaxation when symbols
are in a merged section.
* ld-mn10300/i143317.d: Expected disassembly.
* ld-mn10300/i143317.t: Linker map.
* ld-mn10300/mn10300.exp (mn10300_tests): Add the i143317 test.
* lib/ld-lib.exp (check_gc_sections_available): New proc, based on the version in gcc/testsuite/lib/target-supports.exp.
* ld-elf/eld.exp: Use check_gc_sections_available.
