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authorFangrui Song <maskray@google.com>2020-02-10 16:22:00 +0000
committerNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2020-02-10 16:22:00 +0000
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Allow objcopy's --set-section-flags options to add or remove the SHF_EXCLUDE flag of ELF sections.
* objcopy.c (parse_flags): Handle "exclude". * doc/binutils.texi: Document the support.
Diffstat (limited to 'binutils')
-rw-r--r--binutils/ChangeLog5
-rw-r--r--binutils/doc/binutils.texi8
-rw-r--r--binutils/objcopy.c3
3 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index fc3783e..06bbf5d 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2020-02-10 Fangrui Song <maskray@google.com>
+
+ * objcopy.c (parse_flags): Handle "exclude".
+ * doc/binutils.texi: Document the support.
+
2020-02-10 Aaron Merey <amerey@redhat.com>
* binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/debuginfod.exp:
diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
index 669bee9..289d7b1 100644
--- a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
+++ b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
@@ -1644,10 +1644,10 @@ Set the flags for any sections matching @var{sectionpattern}. The
@var{flags} argument is a comma separated string of flag names. The
recognized names are @samp{alloc}, @samp{contents}, @samp{load},
@samp{noload}, @samp{readonly}, @samp{code}, @samp{data}, @samp{rom},
-@samp{share}, and @samp{debug}. You can set the @samp{contents} flag
-for a section which does not have contents, but it is not meaningful
-to clear the @samp{contents} flag of a section which does have
-contents--just remove the section instead. Not all flags are
+@samp{exclude}, @samp{share}, and @samp{debug}. You can set the
+@samp{contents} flag for a section which does not have contents, but it
+is not meaningful to clear the @samp{contents} flag of a section which
+does have contents--just remove the section instead. Not all flags are
meaningful for all object file formats.
@item --set-section-alignment @var{sectionpattern}=@var{align}
diff --git a/binutils/objcopy.c b/binutils/objcopy.c
index 212e251..fd94d63 100644
--- a/binutils/objcopy.c
+++ b/binutils/objcopy.c
@@ -780,6 +780,7 @@ parse_flags (const char *s)
PARSE_FLAG ("code", SEC_CODE);
PARSE_FLAG ("data", SEC_DATA);
PARSE_FLAG ("rom", SEC_ROM);
+ PARSE_FLAG ("exclude", SEC_EXCLUDE);
PARSE_FLAG ("share", SEC_COFF_SHARED);
PARSE_FLAG ("contents", SEC_HAS_CONTENTS);
PARSE_FLAG ("merge", SEC_MERGE);
@@ -794,7 +795,7 @@ parse_flags (const char *s)
copy[len] = '\0';
non_fatal (_("unrecognized section flag `%s'"), copy);
fatal (_("supported flags: %s"),
- "alloc, load, noload, readonly, debug, code, data, rom, share, contents, merge, strings");
+ "alloc, load, noload, readonly, debug, code, data, rom, exclude, share, contents, merge, strings");
}
s = snext;