binutils-gdb/ld
Alan Modra 68bbe11833 Don't return "(null)" from bfd_elf_sym_name
A NULL return from bfd_elf_string_from_elf_section indicates an error.
That shouldn't be masked by bfd_elf_sym_name but rather passed up to
callers such as group_signature.  If we want to print "(null)" then
that should be done at a higher level.  That's what this patch does,
except that I chose to print "<null>" instead, like readelf.  If we
see "(null)" we're probably passing a NULL to printf.  I haven't
changed aoutx.h or pdp11.c print_symbol functions because they already
handle NULL names by omitting the name.  I also haven't changed
mach-o.c, mmo.c, som.c, srec.c, tekhex.c, vms-alpha.c and
wasm-module.c print_symbol function because it looks like they will
never have NULL symbol names.

bfd/
	* elf.c (bfd_elf_sym_name): Don't turn a NULL name into a
	pointer to "(null)".
	(bfd_elf_print_symbol): Print "<null>" for NULL symbol names.
	* coffgen.c (coff_print_symbol): Likewise.
	* ecoff.c (_bfd_ecoff_print_symbol): Likewise.
	* pef.c (bfd_pef_print_symbol): Likewise.
	* syms.c (bfd_symbol_info): Return "<null>" in symbol_info.name
	if symbol name is NULL.
ld/
	* ldlang.c (ld_is_local_symbol): Don't check for "(null)"
	symbol name.
2024-10-03 12:31:45 +09:30
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emulparams LoongArch: Add DT_RELR support 2024-07-05 12:11:11 +08:00
emultempl Enable -z separate-code, -z common and -z text for more targets 2024-09-27 10:02:14 +09:30
po Updated translations for the bfd, binutils, gas, ld and opcodes directories 2024-07-29 11:57:25 +01:00
scripttempl Improve the placement of orphan note sections. 2024-09-30 14:41:11 +01:00
testsuite Improve the placement of orphan note sections. 2024-09-30 14:41:11 +01:00
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config.in ld: support --build-id=xx mode 2024-09-24 09:59:42 -04:00
configure ld: re-generate configure 2024-09-24 12:32:31 -04:00
configure.ac ld: support --build-id=xx mode 2024-09-24 09:59:42 -04:00
configure.host
configure.tgt Add /usr/lib32 to the native search paths for FreeBSD systems. 2024-07-25 15:27:40 +01:00
deffile.h
deffilep.y
dep-in.sed
elf-hints-local.h
fdl.texi
gen-doc.texi
genscrba.sh
genscripts.sh ld: Change -z one-rosegment to --rosegment in comments 2024-09-20 11:02:40 +08:00
h8-doc.texi
ld.h
ld.texi ld: support --build-id=xx mode 2024-09-24 09:59:42 -04:00
ldbuildid.c ld: support --build-id=xx mode 2024-09-24 09:59:42 -04:00
ldbuildid.h
ldcref.c
ldctor.c
ldctor.h
ldelf.c Improve the placement of orphan note sections. 2024-09-30 14:41:11 +01:00
ldelf.h
ldelfgen.c
ldelfgen.h
ldemul.c
ldemul.h
ldexp.c
ldexp.h
ldfile.c
ldfile.h
ldgram.y
ldint.texi
ldlang.c Don't return "(null)" from bfd_elf_sym_name 2024-10-03 12:31:45 +09:30
ldlang.h
ldlex-wrapper.c
ldlex.h
ldlex.l
ldmain.c
ldmain.h
ldmisc.c
ldmisc.h
ldver.c
ldver.h
ldwrite.c
ldwrite.h
lexsup.c ld: support --build-id=xx mode 2024-09-24 09:59:42 -04:00
libdep_plugin.c
MAINTAINERS
Makefile.am
Makefile.in
mri.c
mri.h
NEWS ld: support --build-id=xx mode 2024-09-24 09:59:42 -04:00
pdb.c ld/pdb: Handle DEBUG_S_INLINEELINES data 2024-09-24 02:33:08 +01:00
pdb.h ld/pdb: Handle DEBUG_S_INLINEELINES data 2024-09-24 02:33:08 +01:00
pe-dll.c ld/PE: no base relocs for section (relative) ones 2024-09-23 15:26:29 +02:00
pe-dll.h
pep-dll-aarch64.c
pep-dll-x86_64.c
pep-dll.c
pep-dll.h
plugin.c lto: Don't include unused LTO archive members in output 2024-08-15 03:54:11 -07:00
plugin.h
README
sysdep.h
testplug2.c
testplug3.c
testplug4.c
testplug.c
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This is the GNU linker.  It is distributed with other "binary
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There are many features of the linker:

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

See the ldint.texi 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
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similar targets (in this case, all native ELF targets).  This does not
matter for normal programs, but it can make a difference for programs
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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
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