From 96cc7918c18cdb7bd0331d836fa7f05341732580 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kaylee Blake Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2020 19:18:07 +1030 Subject: 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 Kaylee Blake 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 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 Kaylee Blake 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. --- binutils/doc/binutils.texi | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) (limited to 'binutils/doc') 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. -- cgit v1.1