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| author | Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com> | 2001-08-23 15:14:18 +0000 |
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| committer | Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com> | 2001-08-23 15:14:18 +0000 |
| commit | db6751f2e760a6a65ab297b83942951b9aea3b79 (patch) | |
| tree | 54f3e4f79ab1a218ff657703ad47ff331d756dd2 /ld/NEWS | |
| parent | da4d4077bcdd5d25d56c0d216a2ff9009cb60649 (diff) | |
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* elf-bfd.h (enum elf_reloc_type_class): New.
(struct elf_backend_data): Add elf_backend_reloc_type_class.
(_bfd_elf_reloc_type_class): New.
* elfxx-target.h (elf_backend_reloc_type_class): Define.
(elfNN_bed): Add elf_backend_reloc_type_class.
* elf.c (_bfd_elf_reloc_type_class): New.
* elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_check_relocs): Set DF_TEXTREL if the reloc
is against read-only section.
(elf_i386_size_dynamic_sections): Use DF_TEXTREL flag instead of
looking up section names for DT_TEXTREL.
(elf_i386_reloc_type_class): New.
(elf_backend_reloc_type_class): Define.
* elf32-sparc.c (elf32_sparc_check_relocs): Set DF_TEXTREL if the
reloc is against read-only section.
(elf32_sparc_size_dynamic_sections): Use DF_TEXTREL flag instead of
looking up section names for DT_TEXTREL.
(elf32_sparc_reloc_type_class): New.
(elf_backend_reloc_type_class): Define.
* elf64-sparc.c (sparc64_elf_check_relocs): Set DF_TEXTREL if the
reloc is against read-only section.
(sparc64_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Use DF_TEXTREL flag instead of
looking up section names for DT_TEXTREL.
(sparc64_elf_reloc_type_class): New.
(elf_backend_reloc_type_class): Define.
* elfxx-ia64.c (struct elfNN_ia64_link_hash_table): Add reltext field.
(elfNN_ia64_hash_table_create): Clear ia64_info.
(get_reloc_section): Set DF_TEXTREL if the reloc is against read-only
section.
(elfNN_ia64_size_dynamic_sections): Use ia64_info->reltext flag
instead of looking up section names for DT_TEXTREL.
(elfNN_ia64_reloc_type_class): New.
(elf_backend_reloc_type_class): Define.
* elflink.h (size_dynamic_sections): Add spare DT_NULL tags.
(struct elf_link_sort_rela): New.
(elf_link_sort_cmp1, elf_link_sort_cmp2, elf_link_sort_relocs): New.
(elf_bfd_final_link): Call elf_link_sort_relocs.
Convert one spare DT_NULL into DT_RELCOUNT resp. DT_RELACOUNT if
necessary.
* bfdlink.h (struct bfd_link_info): Add combreloc and
spare_dynamic_tags fields.
* emultempl/elf32.em (place_orphan): Place orphan .rel* sections
into .rel.dyn resp. .rela.dyn if combreloc.
(get_script): If .x linker script is equal to .xn, only put it
once into the binary.
Add .xc and .xsc scripts.
(parse_args): Handle -z combreloc and -z nocombreloc.
* scripttempl/elf.sc (.rela.sbss): Fix a typo.
For .xc and .xsc scripts put all .rel* or .rela* input sections
but .rel*.plt and PLT-like sections into .rel.dyn resp. .rela.dyn.
* genscripts.sh (GENERATE_COMBRELOC_SCRIPT): Set if SCRIPT_NAME
is elf.
Strip trailing whitespace from script.
Generate .xc and .xsc scripts if requested.
* ldmain.c (main): Initialize link_info.combreloc and
link_info.spare_dynamic_tags.
* lexsup.c (OPTION_SPARE_DYNAMIC_TAGS): Define.
(ld_options): Add --spare-dynamic-tags option.
(parse_args): Likewise.
* ld.texinfo: Document -z combreloc and -z nocombreloc.
* ldint.texinfo: Document .xc and .xsc linker scripts.
* NEWS: Add notes about -z combreloc and SHF_MERGE.
Diffstat (limited to 'ld/NEWS')
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@ -*- text -*- +* Support for -z combreloc in the ELF linker, which puts dynamic + relocations against the same symbol together, so that dynamic linker + can use an one-entry symbol lookup cache. + +* Support for ELF SHF_MERGE section merging, by Jakub Jelinek. + * Support for AMD x86-64 architecture, by Jan Hubicka, SuSE Labs. * Support added for eliminating duplicate DWARF2 debug information by |