binutils-gdb/ld
Alan Modra caa4096e84 Don't call bfd_link_hash_table_free
Freeing the linker hash table is a royal pain.  It can't be freed
before the _bfd_write_contents call in bfd_close, because some target
bfd_write_contents functions access the hash table.  It can't be freed
after bfd_close either, since bfd_alloc memory holding side data
structures disappears (PR17047).  Clearly the only place it can be freed
is actually in bfd_close.  This patch doesn't do that, but kills off
the existing means of freeing the hash table via a bfd target xvec call.

bfd/
	PR 17047
	* targets.c (BFD_JUMP_TABLE): Delete NAME##_bfd_link_hash_table_free.
	(struct bfd_target <_bfd_link_hash_table_free>): Delete.
	* bfd.c (bfd_link_hash_table_free): Don't define.
	* aout-adobe.c, * aout-target.h, * aout-tic30.c, * binary.c, * bout.c,
	* coff64-rs6000.c, * coffcode.h, * elf-m10300.c, * elf32-arm.c,
	* elf32-avr.c, * elf32-hppa.c, * elf32-i386.c, * elf32-m68hc11.c,
	* elf32-m68hc12.c, * elf32-m68k.c, * elf32-metag.c, * elf32-nios2.c,
	* elf32-sparc.c, * elf32-xgate.c, * elf64-ia64-vms.c, * elf64-ppc.c,
	* elf64-sparc.c, * elf64-x86-64.c, * elfnn-aarch64.c, * elfnn-ia64.c,
	* elfxx-target.h, * i386msdos.c, * i386os9k.c, * ieee.c, * ihex.c,
	* libbfd-in.h, * libecoff.h, * mach-o-target.c, * mmo.c,
	* nlm-target.h, * oasys.c, * pef.c, * plugin.c, * ppcboot.c, * som.c,
	* srec.c, * tekhex.c, * verilog.c, * versados.c, * vms-alpha.c,
	* xsym.c: Don't define various link_hash_table_free defines, and
	remove from bfd_target vars.  Temporarily reference some of the
	target link_hash_table_free functions to avoid warnings.
	* bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
	* libbfd.h: Regenerate.
ld/
	PR 17047
	* ldlang.c (output_bfd_hash_table_free_fn): Delete.
	(open_output): Don't set it..
	* ldmain.c (ld_cleanup): ..or call it.
2014-06-13 19:11:29 +09:30
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emulparams fix 2014-05-28 ld Makefile.am changes 2014-06-02 14:52:52 +09:30
emultempl Make bfd.link_next field a union 2014-06-13 19:10:57 +09:30
po Fix fallout from splitting ldbuildid.[ch] off elf32.em. 2014-04-09 13:49:05 +09:30
scripttempl Remove support for the (deprecated) openrisc and or32 configurations and replace 2014-04-22 15:57:47 +01:00
testsuite Remove reference to GASp from linker testsuite configuration. 2014-06-09 15:09:02 +01:00
.gitignore
aclocal.m4
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config.in
configure Make it easy to make --disable-werror the default for both binutils and gdb 2014-06-05 05:47:29 -07:00
configure.host
configure.in Remove remaining default manifest support. 2014-04-09 17:12:30 +01:00
configure.tgt * configure.tgt: Add /lib to dragonfly NATIVE_LIB_DIRS. 2014-05-16 15:39:47 +01:00
deffile.h
deffilep.y
dep-in.sed
elf-hints-local.h
fdl.texi
gen-doc.texi
genscrba.sh
genscripts.sh fix 2014-05-28 ld Makefile.am changes 2014-06-02 14:52:52 +09:30
h8-doc.texi
ld.h
ld.texinfo Remove remaining default manifest support. 2014-04-09 17:12:30 +01:00
ldbuildid.c 2014-04-16 Steve Ellcey <sellcey@mips.com> 2014-04-16 10:45:08 -07:00
ldbuildid.h Add support for generating and inserting build IDs into COFF binaries. 2014-04-08 10:59:43 +01:00
ldcref.c
ldctor.c
ldctor.h
ldemul.c Add new link-map-text hook and RX auto-vector support. 2014-05-27 17:14:49 -04:00
ldemul.h Add new link-map-text hook and RX auto-vector support. 2014-05-27 17:14:49 -04:00
ldexp.c PROVIDE in linker script vs. built-in symbols 2014-06-07 14:55:12 +09:30
ldexp.h
ldfile.c
ldfile.h
ldgram.y
ldint.texinfo
ldlang.c Don't call bfd_link_hash_table_free 2014-06-13 19:11:29 +09:30
ldlang.h Localize varible to avoid warning 2014-05-25 00:54:22 +09:30
ldlex-wrapper.c
ldlex.h
ldlex.l
ldmain.c Don't call bfd_link_hash_table_free 2014-06-13 19:11:29 +09:30
ldmain.h
ldmisc.c
ldmisc.h
ldver.c
ldver.h
ldwrite.c
ldwrite.h
lexsup.c
MAINTAINERS
Makefile.am Add missing ld makefile dependency for nios. 2014-06-13 18:58:53 +09:30
Makefile.in Add missing ld makefile dependency for nios. 2014-06-13 18:58:53 +09:30
mri.c Localize varible to avoid warning 2014-05-25 00:54:22 +09:30
mri.h
NEWS Remove support for the (deprecated) openrisc and or32 configurations and replace 2014-04-22 15:57:47 +01:00
pe-dll.c Make bfd.link_next field a union 2014-06-13 19:10:57 +09:30
pe-dll.h
pep-dll.c
pep-dll.h
plugin.c
plugin.h
README
stamp-h.in
sysdep.h
testplug.c
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