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-rw-r--r--bfd/ChangeLog5
-rw-r--r--bfd/elf.c40
-rw-r--r--binutils/ChangeLog9
-rw-r--r--binutils/doc/binutils.texi7
-rw-r--r--binutils/objcopy.c35
5 files changed, 84 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 838b07f..0df437b 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2020-03-06 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+ * elf.c (_bfd_elf_set_section_contents): Replace call to abort
+ with error messages and failure return values.
+
2020-03-05 Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@gmail.com>
* elf32-xtensa.c (shrink_dynamic_reloc_sections): Shrink dynamic
diff --git a/bfd/elf.c b/bfd/elf.c
index 747d120..e6db2ff 100644
--- a/bfd/elf.c
+++ b/bfd/elf.c
@@ -3218,7 +3218,6 @@ elf_fake_sections (bfd *abfd, asection *asect, void *fsarg)
/* Set SEC_ELF_COMPRESS to indicate this section should be
compressed. */
asect->flags |= SEC_ELF_COMPRESS;
-
/* If this section will be compressed, delay adding section
name to section name section after it is compressed in
_bfd_elf_assign_file_positions_for_non_load. */
@@ -9181,20 +9180,47 @@ _bfd_elf_set_section_contents (bfd *abfd,
hdr = &elf_section_data (section)->this_hdr;
if (hdr->sh_offset == (file_ptr) -1)
{
+ unsigned char *contents;
+
if (bfd_section_is_ctf (section))
/* Nothing to do with this section: the contents are generated
later. */
return TRUE;
- /* We must compress this section. Write output to the buffer. */
- unsigned char *contents = hdr->contents;
- if ((offset + count) > hdr->sh_size
- || (section->flags & SEC_ELF_COMPRESS) == 0
- || contents == NULL)
- abort ();
+ if ((section->flags & SEC_ELF_COMPRESS) == 0)
+ {
+ _bfd_error_handler
+ (_("%pB:%pA: error: attempting to write into an unallocated compressed section"),
+ abfd, section);
+ bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
+ return FALSE;
+ }
+
+ if ((offset + count) > hdr->sh_size)
+ {
+ _bfd_error_handler
+ (_("%pB:%pA: error: attempting to write over the end of the section"),
+ abfd, section);
+
+ bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
+ return FALSE;
+ }
+
+ contents = hdr->contents;
+ if (contents == NULL)
+ {
+ _bfd_error_handler
+ (_("%pB:%pA: error: attempting to write section into an empty buffer"),
+ abfd, section);
+
+ bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
+ return FALSE;
+ }
+
memcpy (contents + offset, location, count);
return TRUE;
}
+
pos = hdr->sh_offset + offset;
if (bfd_seek (abfd, pos, SEEK_SET) != 0
|| bfd_bwrite (location, count, abfd) != count)
diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index 1fe7f15..840fc4d 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2020-03-06 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+ * objcopy.c (check_new_section_flags): New function. Reject the
+ SEC_COFF_SHARED flag if the target is not a COFF binary.
+ (copy_object): Call check_new_section_flags.
+ (setup_section): Likewise.
+ * doc/binutils.texi (objcopy): Add a note that the 'share' section
+ flag cannot be applied to ELF binaries.
+
2020-03-06 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
PR 25637
diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
index 3099e3f..de3f1ba 100644
--- a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
+++ b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
@@ -1648,7 +1648,9 @@ recognized names are @samp{alloc}, @samp{contents}, @samp{load},
@samp{contents} flag for a section which does not have contents, but it
is not meaningful to clear the @samp{contents} flag of a section which
does have contents--just remove the section instead. Not all flags are
-meaningful for all object file formats.
+meaningful for all object file formats. In particular the
+@samp{share} flag is only meaningful for COFF format files and not for
+ELF format files.
@item --set-section-alignment @var{sectionpattern}=@var{align}
Set the alignment for any sections matching @var{sectionpattern}.
@@ -1704,7 +1706,8 @@ Rename a section from @var{oldname} to @var{newname}, optionally
changing the section's flags to @var{flags} in the process. This has
the advantage over using a linker script to perform the rename in that
the output stays as an object file and does not become a linked
-executable.
+executable. This option accepts the same set of flags as the
+@option{--sect-section-flags} option.
This option is particularly helpful when the input format is binary,
since this will always create a section called .data. If for example,
diff --git a/binutils/objcopy.c b/binutils/objcopy.c
index 16affa9..09facf0 100644
--- a/binutils/objcopy.c
+++ b/binutils/objcopy.c
@@ -2562,6 +2562,23 @@ merge_gnu_build_notes (bfd * abfd,
return size;
}
+static flagword
+check_new_section_flags (flagword flags, bfd * abfd, const char * secname)
+{
+ /* Only set the SEC_COFF_SHARED flag on COFF files.
+ The same bit value is used by ELF targets to indicate
+ compressed sections, and setting that flag here breaks
+ things. */
+ if ((flags & SEC_COFF_SHARED)
+ && bfd_get_flavour (abfd) != bfd_target_coff_flavour)
+ {
+ non_fatal (_("%s[%s]: Note - dropping 'share' flag as output format is not COFF"),
+ bfd_get_filename (abfd), secname);
+ flags &= ~ SEC_COFF_SHARED;
+ }
+ return flags;
+}
+
/* Copy object file IBFD onto OBFD.
Returns TRUE upon success, FALSE otherwise. */
@@ -2810,7 +2827,10 @@ copy_object (bfd *ibfd, bfd *obfd, const bfd_arch_info_type *input_arch)
pset = find_section_list (padd->name, FALSE,
SECTION_CONTEXT_SET_FLAGS);
if (pset != NULL)
- flags = pset->flags | SEC_HAS_CONTENTS;
+ {
+ flags = pset->flags | SEC_HAS_CONTENTS;
+ flags = check_new_section_flags (flags, obfd, padd->name);
+ }
else
flags = SEC_HAS_CONTENTS | SEC_READONLY | SEC_DATA;
@@ -3950,6 +3970,7 @@ setup_section (bfd *ibfd, sec_ptr isection, void *obfdarg)
flagword flags;
const char *err;
const char * name;
+ const char * new_name;
char *prefix = NULL;
bfd_boolean make_nobits;
unsigned int alignment;
@@ -3965,7 +3986,12 @@ setup_section (bfd *ibfd, sec_ptr isection, void *obfdarg)
flags &= bfd_applicable_section_flags (ibfd);
flags &= bfd_applicable_section_flags (obfd);
}
- name = find_section_rename (name, &flags);
+ new_name = find_section_rename (name, &flags);
+ if (new_name != name)
+ {
+ name = new_name;
+ flags = check_new_section_flags (flags, obfd, name);
+ }
/* Prefix sections. */
if (prefix_alloc_sections_string
@@ -3989,7 +4015,10 @@ setup_section (bfd *ibfd, sec_ptr isection, void *obfdarg)
p = find_section_list (bfd_section_name (isection), FALSE,
SECTION_CONTEXT_SET_FLAGS);
if (p != NULL)
- flags = p->flags | (flags & (SEC_HAS_CONTENTS | SEC_RELOC));
+ {
+ flags = p->flags | (flags & (SEC_HAS_CONTENTS | SEC_RELOC));
+ flags = check_new_section_flags (flags, obfd, bfd_section_name (isection));
+ }
else if (strip_symbols == STRIP_NONDEBUG
&& (flags & (SEC_ALLOC | SEC_GROUP)) != 0
&& !is_nondebug_keep_contents_section (ibfd, isection))