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| -rw-r--r-- | ld/ChangeLog | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | ld/ld.texinfo | 17 |
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog index 5beae41..068715e 100644 --- a/ld/ChangeLog +++ b/ld/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +2017-10-03 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com> + + * ld.texinfo (-z relro): Expand description. + (DATA_SEGMENT_ALIGN): Note that -z relro is not effective when + running with system page size larger than commonpagesize. + (DATA_SEGMENT_RELRO_END): Be explicit about the alignment. + 2017-10-01 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com> PR 21970 diff --git a/ld/ld.texinfo b/ld/ld.texinfo index 90a745a..b67a715 100644 --- a/ld/ld.texinfo +++ b/ld/ld.texinfo @@ -1219,7 +1219,10 @@ first called. Marks the object may contain $ORIGIN. @item relro -Create an ELF @code{PT_GNU_RELRO} segment header in the object. +Create an ELF @code{PT_GNU_RELRO} segment header in the object. This +specifies a memory segment that should be made read-only after +relocation, if supported. Specifying @samp{common-page-size} smaller +than the system page size will render this protection ineffective. @item max-page-size=@var{value} Set the emulation maximum page size to @var{value}. @@ -6363,8 +6366,10 @@ bytes in the on-disk file. This expression can only be used directly in @code{SECTIONS} commands, not in any output section descriptions and only once in the linker script. @var{commonpagesize} should be less or equal to @var{maxpagesize} and should -be the system page size the object wants to be optimized for (while still -working on system page sizes up to @var{maxpagesize}). +be the system page size the object wants to be optimized for while still +running on system page sizes up to @var{maxpagesize}. Note however +that @samp{-z relro} protection will not be effective if the system +page size is larger than @var{commonpagesize}. @noindent Example: @@ -6387,9 +6392,9 @@ This defines the end of the @code{PT_GNU_RELRO} segment when @samp{-z relro} option is used. When @samp{-z relro} option is not present, @code{DATA_SEGMENT_RELRO_END} does nothing, otherwise @code{DATA_SEGMENT_ALIGN} is padded so that -@var{exp} + @var{offset} is aligned to the most commonly used page -boundary for particular target. If present in the linker script, -it must always come in between @code{DATA_SEGMENT_ALIGN} and +@var{exp} + @var{offset} is aligned to the @var{commonpagesize} +argument given to @code{DATA_SEGMENT_ALIGN}. If present in the linker +script, it must be placed between @code{DATA_SEGMENT_ALIGN} and @code{DATA_SEGMENT_END}. Evaluates to the second argument plus any padding needed at the end of the @code{PT_GNU_RELRO} segment due to section alignment. |