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Jiong Wang 2f340668a9 [AArch64] Relax long branch veneer insertion for non STT_FUNC symbol
As defined at AArch64 ELF Specification (4.6.7 Call and Jump
  relocations), symbol with type of non STT_FUNC but in different input
  section with relocation place should insert long branch veneer also.

  Meanwhile the current long branch veneer infrastructure havn't considered
  the situation where the branch destination is "sym_value + rela->addend".

  This was OK because we only insert veneer for long call destination is
  STT_FUNC symbol for which the addend is always zero. But as we relax the
  support to other situations by this patch, we need to handle addend be
  non-zero value. For example, for static function, relocation against
  "local symbol" are turned into relocation against "section symbol + offset"
  where there is a valid addend.

  bfd/
	* elfnn-aarch64.c (aarch64_type_of_stub): Allow insert long branch
	veneer for sym_sec != input_sec.
	(elfNN_aarch64_size_stub): Support STT_SECTION symbol.
	(elfNN_aarch64_final_link_relocate): Take rela addend into account when
	calculation destination.

  ld/
	* testsuite/ld-aarch64/farcall-section.d: Delete.
	* testsuite/ld-aarch64/farcall-section.s: Delete.
	* testsuite/ld-aarch64/farcall-b-section.d: New expectation file.
	* testsuite/ld-aarch64/farcall-bl-section.d: Likewise.
	* testsuite/ld-aarch64/farcall-b-section.s: New testcase.
	* testsuite/ld-aarch64/farcall-bl-section.s: Likewise.
	* testsuite/ld-aarch64/aarch64-elf.exp: Likewise.
2016-01-21 09:57:09 +00:00
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emulparams Fix the execution of the MSP430 simulator testsuite. 2016-01-05 16:43:58 +00:00
emultempl MIPS/LD: Convert ELF linker emulation option macros to an enum 2016-01-04 23:35:03 +00:00
po Copyright update for binutils 2016-01-01 23:00:01 +10:30
scripttempl Fix the execution of the MSP430 simulator testsuite. 2016-01-05 16:43:58 +00:00
testsuite [AArch64] Relax long branch veneer insertion for non STT_FUNC symbol 2016-01-21 09:57:09 +00:00
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		README for LD

This is the GNU linker.  It is distributed with other "binary
utilities" which should be in ../binutils.  See ../binutils/README for
more general notes, including where to send bug reports.

There are many features of the linker:

* The linker uses a Binary File Descriptor library (../bfd)
  that it uses to read and write object files.  This helps
  insulate the linker itself from the format of object files.

* The linker supports a number of different object file
  formats.  It can even handle multiple formats at once:
  Read two input formats and write a third.

* The linker can be configured for cross-linking.

* The linker supports a control language.

* There is a user manual (ld.texinfo), as well as the
  beginnings of an internals manual (ldint.texinfo).

Installation
============

See ../binutils/README.

If you want to make a cross-linker, you may want to specify
a different search path of -lfoo libraries than the default.
You can do this by setting the LIB_PATH variable in ./Makefile
or using the --with-lib-path configure switch.

To build just the linker, make the target all-ld from the top level
directory (one directory above this one).

Porting to a new target
=======================

See the ldint.texinfo manual.

Reporting bugs etc
===========================

See ../binutils/README.

Known problems
==============

The Solaris linker normally exports all dynamic symbols from an
executable.  The GNU linker does not do this by default.  This is
because the GNU linker tries to present the same interface for all
similar targets (in this case, all native ELF targets).  This does not
matter for normal programs, but it can make a difference for programs
which try to dlopen an executable, such as PERL or Tcl.  You can make
the GNU linker export all dynamic symbols with the -E or
--export-dynamic command line option.

HP/UX 9.01 has a shell bug that causes the linker scripts to be
generated incorrectly.  The symptom of this appears to be "fatal error
- scanner input buffer overflow" error messages.  There are various
workarounds to this:
  * Build and install bash, and build with "make SHELL=bash".
  * Update to a version of HP/UX with a working shell (e.g., 9.05).
  * Replace "(. ${srcdir}/scripttempl/${SCRIPT_NAME}.sc)" in
    genscripts.sh with "sh ${srcdir}..." (no parens) and make sure the
    emulparams script used exports any shell variables it sets.

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