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authorNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2023-05-10 10:29:52 +0100
committerNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2023-05-10 10:29:52 +0100
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Add linker option to include local symbols in the linker map.
PR 16566 * ldlang.c (ld_is_local_symbol): New function. (print_input_section): Add code to display local symbols in the section. * ldlex.h (enum option_values): Add OPTION_PRINT_MAP_LOCALS and OPTION_PRINT_MAP_LOCALS. * lexsup.c (ld_options[]): Add entries for --print-map-locals and --no-print-map-locals. * NEWS: Mention the new feature. * ld.h (struct ld_config_type): Add print_map_locals field. * ld.texi: Document the new command line option. * testsuite/ld-scripts/sizeof.s: Add a local symbol. * testsuite/ld-scripts/map-locals.d: New test control file. * testsuite/ld-scripts/map-address.exp: Run the new test.
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-*- text -*-
+* The linker command line option --print-map-locals can be used to include
+ local symbols in a linker map. (ELF targets only).
+
* For most ELF based targets, if the --enable-linker-version option is used
then the version of the linker will be inserted as a string into the .comment
section.