Since plt_got.offset may be updated in x86 allocate_dynrelocs, set
plt_got.offset to (bfd_vma) -1 when setting needs_plt to 0.
* elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_allocate_dynrelocs): Set plt_got.offset
to (bfd_vma) -1 when setting needs_plt to 0.
* elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_allocate_dynrelocs): Likewise.
Linker assigned symbols should be made dynamic by default only when
creating shared object or relocatable executable.
bfd/
* elflink.c (bfd_elf_record_link_assignment): Check for shared
library, instead of PIC, and don't check PDE when making linker
assigned symbol dynamic.
ld/
* testsuite/ld-frv/fdpic-pie-6.d: Updated.
* testsuite/ld-mips-elf/pie-n32.d: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-mips-elf/pie-n64.d: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-mips-elf/pie-o32.d: Likewise.
We should always create the dynsym section, even if it is empty, with
dynamic sections.
* elflink.c (_bfd_elf_link_renumber_dynsyms): Always create the
dynsym section, even if it is empty, with dynamic sections.
elfNN_aarch64_size_stubs, the caller of aarch64_type_stub has redirected
the final destination of long branch veneer to plt stub if the call
should go through it.
It's redundant to do the same check and redirect again from scratch
inside aarch64_type_stub.
bfd/
* elfnn-aarch64. (aarch64_type_of_stub): Remove redundation calcuation
for destination. Remove useless function parameters.
(elfNN_aarch64_size_stubs): Update parameters for aarch64_type_of_stub.
In embedded environments, including boot loaders, the non-PIC executable
needs to export its symbols to modules loaded in the future. We should
always create dynamic sections for -E/--dynamic-list.
bfd/
PR ld/19617
* elflink.c (elf_link_add_object_symbols): Always create dynamic
sections for -E/--dynamic-list.
ld/
PR ld/19617
* testsuite/ld-elf/pr19617.s: New file.
* testsuite/ld-elf/pr19617a.d: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-elf/pr19617b.d: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-elf/pr19617c.d: Likewise.
In <https://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2015-12/msg00190.html> (commit
4a07dc8135), Kwok fixed a problem with
the template used for a dummy BFD for an IR file for LTO on MinGW,
where the input and output formats are not the same.
A problem, however, remains in the case of linking for
x86_64-w64-mingw32 -m32, where LTO linking reports an ambiguity
between the pe-i386 and pei-i386 formats. An object (pe-i386) with
plugin data is being tested by the linker to see what formats match.
The default format initially set by the linker when
bfd_check_format_matches is called is pei-i386 (as that's the output
format from the linker script), which does not match, so the function
goes on to the loop over possible BFD vectors. The pe-i386 vector
matches, as it should. One other vector matches: the plugin vector.
bfd_check_format_matches tests a vector for matching by temporarily
modifying the BFD object to use that vector then using
_bfd_check_format on it. So the BFD object is temporarily using
plugin_vec. _bfd_check_format ends up using bfd_plugin_object_p which
uses plugin_object_p from ld which uses plugin_get_ir_dummy_bfd which
succeeds, having created a BFD based on link_info.output_bfd (because
srctemplate is the BFD temporarily using plugin_vec, even after Kwok's
patch link_info.output_bfd is all that's available to base the dummy
BFD on). So we end up with a match from the plugin vector which uses
the pei-i386 vector even though the pei-i386 vector itself does not
match the input object. (In the i686-mingw32 case, as opposed to this
multilib case, pe-i386 is the default BFD target, which would
short-circuit that logic.)
There are two cases of the linker handling inputs with a plugin: they
may be inputs that are also accepted by some non-plugin BFD format, as
here, or they may be a format that would not be recognized at all, as
with some tests in the ld testsuite. In the former case, there is no
need for BFD to accept the objects using the plugin vector, as the
linker has its own logic to allow plugins to claim objects accepted by
some other BFD vector. Thus, this patch arranges for the plugin
vector to have the lowest match priority, and for the priority from
that vector to be used in the relevant case (the attempted match to
the plugin vector results in TEMP pointing to the pei-i386 vector).
Tested for GCC and Binutils testsuites for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, as
well as verifying that it fixes the observed LTO issue for
x86_64-w64-mingw32.
* plugin.c (plugin_vec): Set match priority to 255.
* format.c (bfd_check_format_matches) [BFD_SUPPORTS_PLUGINS]: When
matching against the plugin vector, take priority from there not
from TEMP.
gas * doc/as.texinfo (.section): Document that numeric values can now
be used for the flags and type fields of the ELF target's .section
directive. Add notes about the restrictions on setting flags and
types.
* config/obj-elf.c (obj_elf_change_section): Allow known sections
to be given processor specific section types. Allow processor and
application specific flags of a section to be set after
definition.
(obj_elf_parse_section_letters): Handle parsing numeric values.
(obj_elf_section_type): Handle parsing numeric values.
(obj_elf_section): Allow numeric type values.
* config/obj-elf.h (obj_elf_change_section): Update prototype.
* testsuite/gas/elf/section10.d: New test.
* testsuite/gas/elf/section10.s: Source file for new test.
* testsuite/gas/elf/elf.exp: Run the new test.
* testsuite/gas/i386/ilp32/x86-64-unwind.d: Remove dependency upon
the description of the flags produced by readelf.
* testsuite/gas/tic6x/scomm-directive-4.d: Likewise.
* NEWS: Mention the new feature.
bfd * elf-bfd.h (struct bfd_elf_special_section): Use unsigned values
for length and type fields. Use a signed value for the
suffix_length field.
binutils* readelf.c (get_section_type_name): Add hex prefix to offsets
printed for LOPROC and LOOS values. Ensure that a result is
always returned for the V850 target, even when an unrecognised
processor specific value is encountered.
(process_section_headers): Display key values in the order in
which they appear to the user. Add the "C (compressed)" value to
the list.
ld * testsuite/ld-i386/pr12718.d: Remove dependency upon the
description of the flags produced by readelf.
* testsuite/ld-i386/pr12921.d: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-i386/tlsbin-nacl.rd: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-i386/tlsbin.rd: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-i386/tlsbindesc-nacl.rd: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-i386/tlsbindesc.rd: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-i386/tlsdesc-nacl.rd: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-i386/tlsdesc.rd: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-i386/tlsgdesc-nacl.rd: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-i386/tlsgdesc.rd: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-i386/tlsnopic-nacl.rd: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-i386/tlsnopic.rd: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-i386/tlspic-nacl.rd: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-i386/tlspic.rd: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-s390/tlsbin.rd: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-s390/tlsbin_64.rd: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-s390/tlspic.rd: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-s390/tlspic_64.rd: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-sh/tlsbin-2.d: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-sh/tlspic-2.d: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-tic6x/common.d: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-tic6x/shlib-1.rd: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-tic6x/shlib-1b.rd: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-tic6x/shlib-1r.rd: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-tic6x/shlib-1rb.rd: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-tic6x/shlib-app-1.rd: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-tic6x/shlib-app-1b.rd: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-tic6x/shlib-app-1r.rd: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-tic6x/shlib-app-1rb.rd: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-tic6x/shlib-noindex.rd: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-tic6x/static-app-1.rd: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-tic6x/static-app-1b.rd: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-tic6x/static-app-1r.rd: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-tic6x/static-app-1rb.rd: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-x86-64/ilp32-4-nacl.d: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-x86-64/ilp32-4.d: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr12718.d: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-x86-64/pr12921.d: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-x86-64/split-by-file-nacl.rd: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-x86-64/split-by-file.rd: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-x86-64/tlsbin-nacl.rd: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-x86-64/tlsbin.rd: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-x86-64/tlsbindesc-nacl.rd: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-x86-64/tlsbindesc.rd: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-x86-64/tlsdesc-nacl.rd: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-x86-64/tlsdesc.rd: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-x86-64/tlsgdesc-nacl.rd: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-x86-64/tlsgdesc.rd: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-x86-64/tlspic-nacl.rd: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-x86-64/tlspic.rd: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-xtensa/tlsbin.rd: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-xtensa/tlspic.rd: Likewise.
The least significant bit in GOT offset is to record whether we have
initialized the GOT entry in R_386_GOT32 processing. We need to mask
it off for R_386_GOT32X.
PR ld/19601
* elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_relocate_section): Mask off the least
significant bit in GOT offset for R_386_GOT32X.
PR 19405
* elf32-nios2.c (nios2_elf32_install_imm16): Allow for signed
immediate values.
* elf-eh-frame.c (_bfd_elf_discard_section_eh_frame): Limit the
number of messages about FDE encoding preventing .eh_frame_hdr
generation.
bfd * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_relocate_section): Add a more
helpful warning message to explain why certain AArch64 relocs
might overflow.
ld * testsuite/ld-aarch64/reloc-overflow-bad.d: New test.
* testsuite/ld-aarch64/reloc-overflow-1.s: New source file.
* testsuite/ld-aarch64/reloc-overflow-2.s: New source file.
* testsuite/ld-aarch64/aarch64-elf.exp: Run the new test.
bfd * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_relocate_section): Add a more
helpful warning message to explain why certain AArch64 relocs
might overflow.
ld * testsuite/ld-aarch64/reloc-overflow-bad.d: New test.
* testsuite/ld-aarch64/reloc-overflow-1.s: New source file.
* testsuite/ld-aarch64/reloc-overflow-2.s: New source file.
* testsuite/ld-aarch64/aarch64-elf.exp: Run the new test.
elf_x86_64_convert_load is very time consuming since it is called on
each input section and has a loop over input text sections to estimate
the branch distrance. We can store the estimated distrances in the
compressed_size field of the output section, which is only used to
decompress the compressed input section.
Before the patch, linking clang 3.9 takes 52 seconds. After the patch,
it only takes 2.5 seconds.
PR ld/19542
* elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_convert_load): Store the estimated
distrances in the compressed_size field of the output section.
This tightens the condition under which ld optimizes PIC entry code
to non-PIC.
bfd/
* elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_relocate_section): Further restrict
ELFv2 entry optimization.
gold/
* powerpc.cc (relocate): Further restrict ELFv2 entry optimization.
