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authorH.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com>2000-11-08 00:24:23 +0000
committerH.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com>2000-11-08 00:24:23 +0000
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* doc/as.texinfo (.symver): Updated for versioned symbol reference. * obj.h (format_ops): Add the frob_file_before_adjust field. * config/obj-aout.c (aout_format_ops): Set the frob_file_before_adjust field to 0. * config/obj-coff.c (coff_format_ops): Likewise. * config/obj-ecoff.c (ecoff_format_ops): Likewise. * config/obj-elf.c (obj_elf_symver): Allow duplicated version name. (elf_frob_file_before_adjust): New function to remove unneeded versioned symbols from the symbol table. (elf_format_ops): Set the frob_file_before_adjust field to elf_frob_file_before_adjust. * config/obj-elf.h (obj_frob_file_before_adjust): Defined if not defined. * config/obj-multi.h (obj_frob_file_before_adjust): Defined.
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diff --git a/gas/doc/as.texinfo b/gas/doc/as.texinfo
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+++ b/gas/doc/as.texinfo
@@ -4937,8 +4937,8 @@ For ELF targets, the @code{.symver} directive is used like this:
@smallexample
.symver @var{name}, @var{name2@@nodename}
@end smallexample
-In this case, the symbol @var{name} must exist and be defined within the file
-being assembled. The @code{.versym} directive effectively creates a symbol
+If the symbol @var{name} is defined within the file
+being assembled, the @code{.versym} directive effectively creates a symbol
alias with the name @var{name2@@nodename}, and in fact the main reason that we
just don't try and create a regular alias is that the @var{@@} character isn't
permitted in symbol names. The @var{name2} part of the name is the actual name
@@ -4951,6 +4951,11 @@ the name of a node specified in the version script supplied to the linker when
building a shared library. If you are attempting to override a versioned
symbol from a shared library, then @var{nodename} should correspond to the
nodename of the symbol you are trying to override.
+
+If the symbol @var{name} is not defined within the file being assembled, all
+references to @var{name} will be changed to @var{name2@@nodename}. If no
+reference to @var{name} is made, @var{name2@@nodename} will be removed from the
+symbol table.
@end ifset
@ifset COFF