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Diffstat (limited to 'bfd/reloc.c')
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/bfd/reloc.c b/bfd/reloc.c index 6318190..ddb0a4d 100644 --- a/bfd/reloc.c +++ b/bfd/reloc.c @@ -122,15 +122,16 @@ DESCRIPTION o <<sym_ptr_ptr>> The symbol table pointer points to a pointer to the symbol - associated with the relocation request. It is - the pointer into the table returned by the back end's - <<get_symtab>> action. @xref{Symbols}. The symbol is referenced - through a pointer to a pointer so that tools like the linker - can fix up all the symbols of the same name by modifying only - one pointer. The relocation routine looks in the symbol and - uses the base of the section the symbol is attached to and the - value of the symbol as the initial relocation offset. If the - symbol pointer is zero, then the section provided is looked up. + associated with the relocation request. It is the pointer + into the table returned by the back end's + <<canonicalize_symtab>> action. @xref{Symbols}. The symbol is + referenced through a pointer to a pointer so that tools like + the linker can fix up all the symbols of the same name by + modifying only one pointer. The relocation routine looks in + the symbol and uses the base of the section the symbol is + attached to and the value of the symbol as the initial + relocation offset. If the symbol pointer is zero, then the + section provided is looked up. o <<address>> |