binutils-gdb/ld
Maciej W. Rozycki 6d9dabbbc6 testsuite: Support filtering targets by TCL procedure in `run_dump_test'
Implement a more complex way of selecting targets to include or exclude
with `run_dump_test' cases, by extending the syntax for the `target',
`not-target', `skip' and `not-skip' options (with the binutils and GAS
test suites) and the `target', `alltargets' and `notarget' options (with
the LD test suite) to also accept a name of a TCL procedure instead of a
target triplet glob matching expression.  The result, 1 or 0, of the
procedure determines whether the test is to be run or not.  This mimics
and expands `dg-require-effective-target' from the GCC test suite.

Names of TCL procedures are supplied in square brackets `[]' as with TCL
procedure calls, observing that target triplet glob matching expressions
do not normally start and end with matching square brackets both at a
time.  Arguments for procedures are allowed if required.

Having a way to specify a complex condition for a `run_dump_test' case
to run has the advantage of keeping it local within the test case itself
where tool options related to the check might be also present, removing
the need to wrap `run_dump_test' calls into an `if' block whose only
reason is to do a feature check, and ultimately lets one have the test
reported as UNSUPPORTED automagically if required (not currently
supported by the `run_dump_test' options used for LD).

	binutils/
	* testsuite/lib/binutils-common.exp (match_target): New procedure.
	* testsuite/lib/utils-lib.exp (run_dump_test): Use it in place
	of `istarget' for matching with `target', `not-target', `skip'
	and `not-skip' options.

	gas/
	* testsuite/lib/gas-defs.exp (run_dump_test): Use `match_target'
	in place of `istarget' for matching with `target', `not-target',
	`skip' and `not-skip' options.

	ld/
	* testsuite/lib/ld-lib.exp (run_dump_test): Use `match_target'
	in place of `istarget' for matching with `target', `alltargets'
	and `notarget' options.
2018-04-27 15:25:20 +01:00
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emulparams [ARM] Implement FDPIC relocations. 2018-04-25 20:53:01 +00:00
emultempl Remove sunos.em 2018-04-16 23:23:11 +09:30
po Regenerate some files for recent ARM patches 2018-04-27 19:27:33 +09:30
scripttempl [ARM] Add TLS relocations for FDPIC. 2018-04-25 20:57:02 +00:00
testsuite testsuite: Support filtering targets by TCL procedure in `run_dump_test' 2018-04-27 15:25:20 +01:00
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config.in ld: Add --enable-separate-code 2018-02-27 11:34:29 -08:00
configure Use dlsym to check if libdl is needed for plugin 2018-04-05 15:31:53 -07:00
configure.ac Add missing translations to ALL_LINGUAS 2018-03-01 09:17:02 +10:30
configure.host Remove m88k support 2018-04-16 15:23:38 +09:30
configure.tgt [ARM] Add armelf_linux_fdpiceabi and armelfb_linux_fdpiceabi BFD backends 2018-04-25 20:47:43 +00:00
deffile.h Speed up direct linking with DLLs on Windows (2/2). 2018-04-04 12:13:05 +02:00
deffilep.y Speed up direct linking with DLLs on Windows (2/2). 2018-04-04 12:13:05 +02:00
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elf-hints-local.h
fdl.texi
gen-doc.texi
genscrba.sh
genscripts.sh
h8-doc.texi
ld.h
ld.texinfo [MicroBlaze] PIC data text relative 2018-04-17 14:47:13 -07:00
ldbuildid.c
ldbuildid.h
ldcref.c ld error/warning messages 2018-02-26 10:51:12 +10:30
ldctor.c ld error/warning messages 2018-02-26 10:51:12 +10:30
ldctor.h
ldemul.c powerpc common-page-size 2018-04-14 17:56:40 +09:30
ldemul.h
ldexp.c ld error/warning messages 2018-02-26 10:51:12 +10:30
ldexp.h
ldfile.c ld error/warning messages 2018-02-26 10:51:12 +10:30
ldfile.h
ldgram.y ld error/warning messages 2018-02-26 10:51:12 +10:30
ldint.texinfo
ldlang.c Remove sh5 and sh64 support 2018-04-16 15:29:39 +09:30
ldlang.h
ldlex-wrapper.c
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ldlex.l Use %pI, %pR, %pS, %pT in place of %I, %R, %S and %T. 2018-02-19 23:55:53 +10:30
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ldmain.h
ldmisc.c ld error/warning messages 2018-02-26 10:51:12 +10:30
ldmisc.h
ldver.c
ldver.h
ldwrite.c ld error/warning messages 2018-02-26 10:51:12 +10:30
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lexsup.c [MicroBlaze] PIC data text relative 2018-04-17 14:47:13 -07:00
MAINTAINERS
Makefile.am [ARM] Add armelf_linux_fdpiceabi and armelfb_linux_fdpiceabi BFD backends 2018-04-25 20:47:43 +00:00
Makefile.in [ARM] Add armelf_linux_fdpiceabi and armelfb_linux_fdpiceabi BFD backends 2018-04-25 20:47:43 +00:00
mri.c Remove m68k-aout and m68k-coff support 2018-04-16 15:31:36 +09:30
mri.h
NEWS Add blurb about linker changes for Cygwin and Mingw targets. 2018-04-04 12:18:09 +02:00
pe-dll.c Remove arm-epoc-pe support 2018-04-16 20:29:05 +09:30
pe-dll.h Speed up direct linking with DLLs on Windows (1/2). 2018-04-04 12:07:50 +02:00
pep-dll.c Speed up direct linking with DLLs on Windows (1/2). 2018-04-04 12:07:50 +02:00
pep-dll.h Speed up direct linking with DLLs on Windows (1/2). 2018-04-04 12:07:50 +02:00
plugin.c ld error/warning messages 2018-02-26 10:51:12 +10:30
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sysdep.h
testplug2.c
testplug3.c
testplug4.c
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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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