[AArch64] Implement branch over stub section.

Ensure that injection of a stub section does not break a link where
there is an xpectation that flow of control can pass from one input
section to another simply by linking the input sections in series.

The solution here is to allow stub sections to be inserted after any
input section (existing behaviour), but inject an additional branch at
the start of each stub section such that control flow falling into the
stub section will branch over the stub section.

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/bfd/elfnn-aarch64.c b/bfd/elfnn-aarch64.c
index 4ac4691..9b62a5e 100644
--- a/bfd/elfnn-aarch64.c
+++ b/bfd/elfnn-aarch64.c
@@ -3117,8 +3117,17 @@ _bfd_aarch64_resize_stubs (struct elf_aarch64_link_hash_table *htab)
     }
 
   bfd_hash_traverse (&htab->stub_hash_table, aarch64_size_one_stub, htab);
-}
 
+  for (section = htab->stub_bfd->sections;
+       section != NULL; section = section->next)
+    {
+      if (!strstr (section->name, STUB_SUFFIX))
+	continue;
+
+      if (section->size)
+	section->size += 4;
+    }
+}
 
 /* Determine and set the size of the stub section for a final link.
 
@@ -3482,6 +3491,9 @@ elfNN_aarch64_build_stubs (struct bfd_link_info *info)
       if (stub_sec->contents == NULL && size != 0)
 	return FALSE;
       stub_sec->size = 0;
+
+      bfd_putl32 (0x14000000 | (size >> 2), stub_sec->contents);
+      stub_sec->size += 4;
     }
 
   /* Build the stubs as directed by the stub hash table.  */
@@ -6501,6 +6513,10 @@ elfNN_aarch64_output_arch_local_syms (bfd *output_bfd,
 	  osi.sec_shndx = _bfd_elf_section_from_bfd_section
 	    (output_bfd, osi.sec->output_section);
 
+	  /* The first instruction in a stub is always a branch.  */
+	  if (!elfNN_aarch64_output_map_sym (&osi, AARCH64_MAP_INSN, 0))
+	    return FALSE;
+
 	  bfd_hash_traverse (&htab->stub_hash_table, aarch64_map_one_stub,
 			     &osi);
 	}