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| author | Kaylee Blake <klkblake@gmail.com> | 2020-03-04 19:18:07 +1030 |
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| committer | H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com> | 2023-06-29 10:29:46 -0700 |
| commit | 96cc7918c18cdb7bd0331d836fa7f05341732580 (patch) | |
| tree | 906a911fb1b123f4ae238f8504671b1aeecbbe89 /binutils/doc | |
| parent | fa2b501cdcbb7e9e8437f1dfb4b1e939dcb07264 (diff) | |
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ELF: Strip section header in ELF objects
Section header isn't mandatory on ELF executable nor shared library.
This patch adds a new linker option, -z nosectionheader, to omit ELF
section header, a new objcopy and strip option, --strip-section-headers,
to remove ELF section headers.
bfd/
2023-06-06 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
Kaylee Blake <klkblake@gmail.com>
PR ld/25617
* bfd.c (BFD_NO_SECTION_HEADER): New.
(BFD_FLAGS_SAVED): Add BFD_NO_SECTION_HEADER.
(BFD_FLAGS_FOR_BFD_USE_MASK): Likewise.
* elfcode.h (elf_swap_ehdr_out): Omit section header with
BFD_NO_SECTION_HEADER.
(elf_write_shdrs_and_ehdr): Likewise.
* elfxx-target.h (TARGET_BIG_SYM): Add BFD_NO_SECTION_HEADER
to object_flags.
(TARGET_LITTLE_SYM): Likewise.
* bfd-in2.h: Regenerated.
binutils/
2023-06-06 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
PR ld/25617
* NEWS: Mention --strip-section-headers for objcopy and strip.
* objcopy.c (strip_section_headers): New.
(command_line_switch): Add OPTION_STRIP_SECTION_HEADERS.
(strip_options): Add --strip-section-headers.
(copy_options): Likewise.
(copy_usage): Add --strip-section-headers.
(strip_usage): Likewise.
(copy_object): Handle --strip-section-headers for ELF files.
(strip_main): Handle OPTION_STRIP_SECTION_HEADERS.
(copy_main): Likewise.
* doc/binutils.texi: Document --strip-section-headers for objcopy
and strip.
ld/
2023-06-06 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
Kaylee Blake <klkblake@gmail.com>
PR ld/25617
* NEWS: Mention -z nosectionheader.
* emultempl/elf.em: Support -z sectionheader and
-z nosectionheader.
* ld.h (ld_config_type): Add no_section_header.
* ld.texi: Document -z sectionheader and -z nosectionheader.
* ldlang.c (ldlang_open_output): Handle
config.no_section_header.
* lexsup.c (parse_args): Enable --strip-all with
-z nosectionheader. Disallow -r with -z nosectionheader.
(elf_static_list_options): Add -z sectionheader and
-z nosectionheader.
Diffstat (limited to 'binutils/doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | binutils/doc/binutils.texi | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi index 8c14d11..8314cb5 100644 --- a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi +++ b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi @@ -1278,6 +1278,7 @@ objcopy [@option{-F} @var{bfdname}|@option{--target=}@var{bfdname}] [@option{-R} @var{sectionpattern}|@option{--remove-section=}@var{sectionpattern}] [@option{--keep-section=}@var{sectionpattern}] [@option{--remove-relocations=}@var{sectionpattern}] + [@option{--strip-section-headers}] [@option{-p}|@option{--preserve-dates}] [@option{-D}|@option{--enable-deterministic-archives}] [@option{-U}|@option{--disable-deterministic-archives}] @@ -1494,6 +1495,10 @@ will remove all relocations for sections matching the pattern '.text.*', but will not remove relocations for the section '.text.foo'. +@item --strip-section-headers +Strip section header This option is specific to ELF files. +Implies @option{--strip-all} and @option{--merge-notes}. + @item -S @itemx --strip-all Do not copy relocation and symbol information from the source file. @@ -3484,6 +3489,7 @@ strip [@option{-F} @var{bfdname} |@option{--target=}@var{bfdname}] [@option{-R} @var{sectionname} |@option{--remove-section=}@var{sectionname}] [@option{--keep-section=}@var{sectionpattern}] [@option{--remove-relocations=}@var{sectionpattern}] + [@option{--strip-section-headers}] [@option{-o} @var{file}] [@option{-p}|@option{--preserve-dates}] [@option{-D}|@option{--enable-deterministic-archives}] [@option{-U}|@option{--disable-deterministic-archives}] @@ -3586,6 +3592,10 @@ will remove all relocations for sections matching the pattern '.text.*', but will not remove relocations for the section '.text.foo'. +@item --strip-section-headers +Strip section headers. This option is specific to ELF files. Implies +@option{--strip-all} and @option{--merge-notes}. + @item -s @itemx --strip-all Remove all symbols. |