The SHF_GNU_RETAIN section flag is an extension to the GNU ELF OSABI.
It is defined as follows:
=========================================================
Section Attribute Flags
+-------------------------------------+
| Name | Value |
+-------------------------------------+
| SHF_GNU_RETAIN | 0x200000 (1 << 21) |
+-------------------------------------+
SHF_GNU_RETAIN
The link editor should not garbage collect the section.
=========================================================
The .section directive accepts the "R" flag, which indicates
SHF_GNU_RETAIN should be applied to the section.
There is not a direct mapping of SHF_GNU_RETAIN to the BFD
section flag SEC_KEEP. Keeping these flags distinct allows
SHF_GNU_RETAIN sections to be explicitly removed by placing them in
/DISCARD/.
bfd/ChangeLog:
* elf-bfd.h (enum elf_gnu_osabi): Add elf_gnu_osabi_retain.
(struct elf_obj_tdata): Increase has_gnu_osabi to 4 bits.
* elf.c (_bfd_elf_make_section_from_shdr): Set elf_gnu_osabi_retain
for SHF_GNU_RETAIN.
(_bfd_elf_final_write_processing): Report if SHF_GNU_RETAIN is
not supported by the OSABI.
Adjust error messages.
* elflink.c (elf_link_input_bfd): Copy enabled has_gnu_osabi bits from
input BFD to output BFD.
(bfd_elf_gc_sections): gc_mark the section if SHF_GNU_RETAIN is set.
binutils/ChangeLog:
* NEWS: Announce SHF_GNU_RETAIN support.
* readelf.c (get_elf_section_flags): Handle SHF_GNU_RETAIN.
Recognize SHF_GNU_RETAIN and SHF_GNU_MBIND only for supported OSABIs.
* testsuite/binutils-all/readelf.exp: Run new tests.
Don't run run_dump_test when there isn't an assembler available.
* testsuite/lib/binutils-common.exp (supports_gnu_osabi): Adjust
comment.
* testsuite/binutils-all/readelf-maskos-1a.d: New test.
* testsuite/binutils-all/readelf-maskos-1b.d: New test.
* testsuite/binutils-all/readelf-maskos.s: New test.
* testsuite/binutils-all/retain1.s: New test.
* testsuite/binutils-all/retain1a.d: New test.
* testsuite/binutils-all/retain1b.d: New test.
gas/ChangeLog:
* NEWS: Announce SHF_GNU_RETAIN support.
* config/obj-elf.c (obj_elf_change_section): Merge SHF_GNU_RETAIN bit
between section declarations.
(obj_elf_parse_section_letters): Handle 'R' flag.
Handle numeric flag values within the SHF_MASKOS range.
(obj_elf_section): Validate SHF_GNU_RETAIN usage.
* doc/as.texi: Document 'R' flag to .section directive.
* testsuite/gas/elf/elf.exp: Run new tests.
* testsuite/gas/elf/section10.d: Unset SHF_GNU_RETAIN bit.
* testsuite/gas/elf/section10.s: Likewise.
* testsuite/gas/elf/section22.d: New test.
* testsuite/gas/elf/section22.s: New test.
* testsuite/gas/elf/section23.s: New test.
* testsuite/gas/elf/section23a.d: New test.
* testsuite/gas/elf/section23b.d: New test.
* testsuite/gas/elf/section23b.err: New test.
* testsuite/gas/elf/section24.l: New test.
* testsuite/gas/elf/section24.s: New test.
* testsuite/gas/elf/section24a.d: New test.
* testsuite/gas/elf/section24b.d: New test.
include/ChangeLog:
* elf/common.h (SHF_GNU_RETAIN): Define.
ld/ChangeLog:
* NEWS: Announce support for SHF_GNU_RETAIN.
* ld.texi (garbage collection): Document SHF_GNU_RETAIN.
(Output Section Discarding): Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-elf/elf.exp: Run new tests.
* testsuite/ld-elf/retain1.s: New test.
* testsuite/ld-elf/retain1a.d: New test.
* testsuite/ld-elf/retain1b.d: New test.
* testsuite/ld-elf/retain2.d: New test.
* testsuite/ld-elf/retain2.ld: New test.
* testsuite/ld-elf/retain2.map: New test.
* testsuite/ld-elf/retain3.d: New test.
* testsuite/ld-elf/retain3.s: New test.
* testsuite/ld-elf/retain4.d: New test.
* testsuite/ld-elf/retain4.s: New test.
* testsuite/ld-elf/retain5.d: New test.
* testsuite/ld-elf/retain5.map: New test.
* testsuite/ld-elf/retain5lib.s: New test.
* testsuite/ld-elf/retain5main.s: New test.
* testsuite/ld-elf/retain6a.d: New test.
* testsuite/ld-elf/retain6b.d: New test.
* testsuite/ld-elf/retain6lib.s: New test.
* testsuite/ld-elf/retain6main.s: New test.
PR 26829
* dwarf.c (struct dwo_info): Add cu_offset field.
(add_dwo_info): Add cu_offset parameter. Record in new dwo_info
struct.
(add_dwo_name): Add cu_offset field.
(add_dwo_dir): Add cu_offset field.
(add_dwo_id): Add cu_offset field.
(read_and_display_attr_value): Pass cu_offset to dwo recording
functions.
(load_separate_debug_files): Accumulate name, dir and id values
and display once for each CU.
* testsuite/binutils-all/dwo.sL Use a separate CU for the second
dwo link.
* testsuite/binutils-all/readelf.k2: Update expected output.
elfedit.c:904:15: error: 'osabi' may be used uninitialised in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized]
904 | osabi = concat (osabi, "|", osabis[i].name, NULL);
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
* elfedit (usage): Avoid false positive "may be used uninitialised".
Don't leak memory.
This feature doesn't actually require plugin support, that was a
mistake in the previous patch. Fixes these fails:
hppa-hp-hpux10 +FAIL: ar adding library dependencies
i386-bsd +FAIL: ar adding library dependencies
i386-msdos +FAIL: ar adding library dependencies
ns32k-netbsd +FAIL: ar adding library dependencies
ns32k-pc532-mach +FAIL: ar adding library dependencies
pdp11-dec-aout +FAIL: ar adding library dependencies
* ar.c (main): Use plugin_target rather than "target" when
resetting libdeps_bfd target.
Update elfedit message to
$ elfedit --help
Usage: elfedit <option(s)> elffile(s)
Update the ELF header of ELF files
The options are:
--input-mach [none|i386|iamcu|l1om|k1om|x86_64]
Set input machine type
--output-mach [none|i386|iamcu|l1om|k1om|x86_64]
Set output machine type
--input-type [none|rel|exec|dyn]
Set input file type
--output-type [none|rel|exec|dyn]
Set output file type
--input-osabi [none|HPUX|NetBSD|GNU|Linux|Solaris|AIX|Irix|FreeBSD|TRU64|Modesto|OpenBSD|OpenVMS|NSK|AROS|FenixOS]
Set input OSABI
--output-osabi [none|HPUX|NetBSD|GNU|Linux|Solaris|AIX|Irix|FreeBSD|TRU64|Modesto|OpenBSD|OpenVMS|NSK|AROS|FenixOS]
Set output OSABI
--enable-x86-feature [ibt|shstk]
Enable x86 feature
--disable-x86-feature [ibt|shstk]
Disable x86 feature
-h --help Display this information
-v --version Display the version number of elfedit
Report bugs to <http://www.sourceware.org/bugzilla/>
* elfedit.c: Include "libiberty.h".
(usage): Update help message.
* ar.c (long_options): Add --record-libdeps.
(usage): Mention the new option.
(decode_options): Handle the new option.
(replace_members): If necessary, create a bfd to hold the libdeps
description.
* binemul.c (ar_emul_append_bfd): New function.
(ar_emul_replace_bfd): New function.
(ar_emul_default_append): Replace file_name and target arguments
with new_bfd argument.
(ar_emul_default_replace): Likewise.
* binemul.h: Update prototypes.
(struct bin_emulation_xfer_struct): Update fields.
* doc/binutils.texi: Document the new option.
* NEWS: Mention the new feature.
* emul_aix.c (ar_emul_aix_append): Update.
(ar_emul_aix_replace): Likewise.
* testsuite/binutils-all/ar.exp: Add test of new feature.
A .debug_abbrev section can have multiple CUs. When caching abbrev list,
we need to check abbrev base to support multiple CUs.
PR binutils/26808
* dwarf.c (abbrev_list): Add abbrev_base.
(new_abbrev_list): Add an abbrev_base argument and record it.
(find_abbrev_list_by_abbrev_offset): Add an abbrev_base argument
and match it.
(process_debug_info): Pass abbrev_base to new_abbrev_list and
find_abbrev_list_by_abbrev_offset.
(display_debug_abbrev): Pass 0 abbrev_base to new_abbrev_list
and find_abbrev_list_by_abbrev_offset.
* testsuite/binutils-all/x86-64/pr26808.dump: New file.
* testsuite/binutils-all/x86-64/pr26808.dwp.bz2: Likewise.
* testsuite/binutils-all/x86-64/x86-64.exp: Run PR binutils/26808
test.
I just came across the GDB 10.1 release notes and saw that md5 is still
being used in those. I thought it would be a good idea to instead have a
more modern, secure and wildly available hash function such as SHA256 as
part of the release process.
The changes have been done rather mechnically via sed but executing the
`src-release.sh -b gdb` did work so I am confident about the result.
While this does not directly address the release mails, I was wasn't
able to find the template/script used for those, this is probably still
an improvement.
ChangeLog:
* src-release.sh: Use sha256sum instead of md5sum.
binutils/ChangeLog:
* README-how-to-make-a-release: Use sha256sum instead of md5sum.
Change-Id: I9cf19ea40699137c45463b8514f6e29271af2347
* dwarf.c (struct abbrev_list): New structure. Used to collect
lists of abbreviation sets.
(struct abbrev_map): New structure. Used to map CU offsets to
abbreviation offsets.
(record_abbrev_list): New function. A new entry to an
abbreviation list.
(free_all_abbrevs): Update to free abbreviation lists.
(new_abbrev_list): New function. Start a new abbreviation
list.
(find_abbrev_list_by_abbrev_offset): New function.
(find_abbrev_map_by_offset): New function.
(add_abbrev): Add abbrev_list parameter.
(add_abbrev_attr): Likewise.
(process_abbrev_section): Rename to process_abbrev_set and add
list parameter.
(get_type_abbrev_from_form): New function. Attempts to decode the
forms used by DW_AT_type attributes.
(get_type_signedness): Display type names if operating in wide
mode. Use get_type_abbrev_from_form.
(read_and_display_attr_value): Use get_type_abbrev_from_form.
(process_debug_info): Pre-parse the CU headers to collate all the
abbrevs before starting the main scan.
(process_debug_abbrev): Do not free any loaded abbrevs.
(free_debug_memory): Free the abbrev maps.
bfd * po/es.po: Fix printf format
binutils * windmc.c: Fix printf format
gas * config/tc-arc.c: Fix printf format
opcodes * po/es.po: Fix printf format
sim * arm/armos.c: Fix printf format
* ppc/emul_netbsd.c: Fix printf format
--
Dr. David Alan Gilbert / dgilbert@redhat.com / Manchester, UK
* dwarf.c (skip_attr_bytes): Accept DWARF versions higher than 4
when processing the DW_FORM_ref_addr form.
Skip bytes in DW_FORM_block and DW_FORM_exprloc forms.
Handle DW_FORM_indirect.
(get_type_signedness): Allow a limited amount of recursion.
Do not attempt to decode types that use the DW_FORM_ref_addr form.
(read_and_display_attr_value): Do not attempt to decode types
that use the DW_FORM_ref_addr form.
Using gcc-10 or current mainline gcc, binutils configured with
--disable-nls results in:
readelf.c: In function 'display_lto_symtab':
readelf.c:12283:26: error: offset '17' outside bounds of constant string [-Werror=array-bounds]
12283 | SECTION_NAME (section) + strlen (".gnu.lto_.symtab.")) > 0
| ^
Which is actually a bogus warning in this case because we've already
checked the name string for validity, so SECTION_NAME won't ever be
"<none>", "<no-strings>" or "<corrupt>". This patch fixes the problem
by making SECTION_NAME simply return the string from the string table.
Other places also shouldn't be trying to match any of the error
strings against a section name, so fix them too.
* readelf.c: Delete whitespace at end of line throughout.
(SECTION_NAME, SECTION_NAME_VALID): New.
(SECTION_NAME_PRINT): Rename from SECTION_NAME. Formatting.
(printable_section_name, dump_relocations): Use SECTION_NAME_PRINT.
(process_section_headers, process_section_groups): Likewise.
(shdr_to_ctf_sect): Likewise.
(find_section, find_section_in_set): Use SECTION_NAME_VALID.
(ia64_process_unwind, hppa_process_unwind): Likewise.
(display_debug_section, initialise_dumps_byname): Likewise.
(process_lto_symbol_tables): Likewise. Check trailing period of
lto symbol table names.
(display_lto_symtab): Use sizeof instead of strlen.
* readelf.c (do_lto_syms): New local.
(long_option_values): Add OPTION_LTO_SYMS.
(options): Add --lto-syms.
(usage): Mention the new option.
(parse_args): Parse the new option.
(get_lto_kind): New function.
(get_lto_visibility): New function.
(get_lto_sym_type): New function.
(display_lto_symtab): New function - displays the contents of an
LTo symbol table section.
(process_lto_symbol_tables): New functions. Calls
dipslay_lto_symtab on any LTO symbol table section.
(process_object_file): Call process_lto_symbol_tables.
* doc/binutils.texi: Document the new option.
* NEWS: Mention the new feature.
display_loclists_list only handled DW_LLE_offset_pair as bounded
location description. Also handle DW_LLE_start_end and DW_LLE_start_lenght.
These don't use the base_address.
binutils/ChangeLog:
* dwarf.c (display_loclists_list): Handle DW_LLE_start_end and
DW_LLE_start_length. Only add base_address for DW_LLE_offset_pair.
* elfcomm.c (byte_put_little_endian, byte_put_big_endian): Support
more field sizes.
* readelf.c (target_specific_reloc_handling <MSP430>): Limit
allowed reloc_size. Don't read_leb128 outside of section.
dwz in DWARF5 mode might produce DW_UT_partial unit types, which are
the same as DW_UT_compile unit types (but start with a DW_TAG_partial_unit)
and it might produce DW_FORM_ref_addr to create a reference between
units. Accept both constructs.
binutils/ChangeLog:
* dwarf.c (read_and_display_attr_value): Handle DW_FORM_ref_addr
for dwarf_version 5 just as version 3 and 4 (only 2 is different).
(process_debug_info): Allow DW_UT_partial.
Define NT_X86_CET which is the proposed note for x86 CET state to support
Intel CET in Linux kernel. Double check it after Intel CET patches have
been merged into Linux kernel.
binutils/
* readelf.c (get_note_type): Support NT_X86_CET.
include/
* elf/common.h (NT_X86_CET): New.
PR 26595
* dwarf.c (load_separate_debug_info): Return NULL rather than
FALSE in error situations.
(load_separate_debug_file): Move code to load debug links to ...
(check_for_and_load_links): ... here. New function. Load
separate debug information pointed to by debuglink and
debugaltlink sections. Recursively scan newly loaded debug
information for more links and load them too.
The associated check function doesn't do anything with its "data"
param, so nothing to adjust there.
PR 26578
* dwarf.c (parse_gnu_debugaltlink): Don't alloc build_id_data.
(load_separate_debug_files): Use a stack var for build_id_data.
Pass --disable-reloc-section on PE targets for PR 25662 test since
commit 514b4e191d
Author: Jeremy Drake <sourceware-bugzilla@jdrake.com>
Date: Thu Aug 27 12:58:27 2020 +0100
Change the default characteristics of DLLs built by the linker to more secure settings.
defaulted to --enable-reloc-section.
PR ld/26587
* testsuite/binutils-all/objcopy.exp: Pass --disable-reloc-section
to ld on PE targets for PR 25662 test.
Link-time relaxations of branches are common for MSP430, given that GCC
can generate pessimal branch instructions, and the
-mcode-region=either/-mdata-region=either options to shuffle sections
can further change the type of branch instruction required.
These relaxations can result in invalid code when .uleb128
directives, used in the .gcc_except_table section, are used to calculate
the distance between two labels. A value for the .uleb128 directive is
calculated at assembly-time, and can't be updated at link-time, even if
relaxation causes the distance between the labels to change.
This patch adds relocations for subtract expressions in .uleb128
directives, to allow the linker to re-calculate the value of these
expressions after relaxation has been performed.
bfd/ChangeLog:
* bfd-in2.h (bfd_reloc_code_real): Add
BFD_RELOC_MSP430_{SET,SUB}_ULEB128.
* elf32-msp430.c (msp430_elf_ignore_reloc): New.
(elf_msp430_howto_table): Add R_MSP430{,X}_GNU_{SET,SUB}_ULEB128.
(msp430_reloc_map): Add R_MSP430_GNU_{SET,SUB}_ULEB128.
(msp430x_reloc_map): Add R_MSP430X_GNU_{SET,SUB}_ULEB128.
(write_uleb128): New.
(msp430_final_link_relocate): Handle R_MSP430{,X}_GNU_{SET,SUB}_ULEB128.
* libbfd.c (_bfd_write_unsigned_leb128): New.
* libbfd.h (_bfd_write_unsigned_leb128): New prototype.
Add BFD_RELOC_MSP430_{SET,SUB}_ULEB128.
* reloc.c: Document BFD_RELOC_MSP430_{SET,SUB}_ULEB128.
binutils/ChangeLog:
* readelf.c (target_specific_reloc_handling): Handle
R_MSP430{,X}_GNU_{SET,SUB}_ULEB128.
gas/ChangeLog:
* config/tc-msp430.c (msp430_insert_uleb128_fixes): New.
(msp430_md_end): Call msp430_insert_uleb128_fixes.
include/ChangeLog:
* elf/msp430.h (elf_msp430_reloc_type): Add
R_MSP430_GNU_{SET,SUB}_ULEB128.
(elf_msp430x_reloc_type): Add R_MSP430X_GNU_{SET,SUB}_ULEB128.
ld/ChangeLog:
* testsuite/ld-msp430-elf/msp430-elf.exp: Run new tests.
* testsuite/ld-msp430-elf/uleb128.s: New test.
* testsuite/ld-msp430-elf/uleb128_430.d: New test.
* testsuite/ld-msp430-elf/uleb128_430x.d: New test.
When compiled on a 32-bit host, a temp var is too small for possible
64-bit values to be calculated.
* readelf.c (print_gnu_build_attribute_name): Make "bytes"
unsigned long long.
The "X" in "MSP430X" indicates an extension to the original MSP430 ISA, but
these functions are generically used for all MSP430 ISAs, so the names should
not use the "X" suffix.
binutils/ChangeLog:
* readelf.c (get_msp430x_section_type_name): Rename to ...
(get_msp430_section_type_name): ... this.
(get_section_type_name): Use get_msp430_section_type_name.
(display_msp430x_attribute): Rename to ...
(display_msp430_attribute): ... this.
(process_arch_specific): Use display_msp430_attribute.
PR 26356
* som.c (som_bfd_copy_private_section_data): Issue error when a
subspace is specified without its containing space.
* testsuite/binutils-all/objcopy.exp (objcopy --reverse-bytes): Add
"-j $PRIVATE$" to command on hppa*-*-hpux*.
* testsuite/lib/utils-lib.exp (default_binutils_run): Remove existing
dollar-sign quotes before quoting. Do this prior to generating log
output.
When the tokens MCLINE, MCENDLINE, and MCCOMMENT were created, the
line number was not increased, which led to an incorrect value in
the error output.
PR 26088
* mclex.c (skip_until_eol): if eol was found, increment line number
