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| author | Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com> | 2023-01-16 15:23:21 +1030 |
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| committer | Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com> | 2023-01-16 23:25:26 +1030 |
| commit | 4a3ab0855d6bea672adc5bd58641173a59e57803 (patch) | |
| tree | b1b1297a8c3f67db77060c5475b753b69215cbb8 /bfd | |
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COFF CALC_ADDEND comment
Old COFF (and AOUT) targets have unusual relocation addends.
* coffcode.h (<Reading relocations>): Describe COFF addends.
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diff --git a/bfd/coffcode.h b/bfd/coffcode.h index e952bd7..c4f7d19 100644 --- a/bfd/coffcode.h +++ b/bfd/coffcode.h @@ -5092,6 +5092,14 @@ SUBSUBSECTION structure, in a back end specific way. For instance, the 386 uses the @code{r_type} to directly produce an index into a howto table vector. + + o Note that @code{arelent.addend} for COFF is often not what + most people understand as a relocation addend, but rather an + adjustment to the relocation addend stored in section contents + of relocatable object files. The value found in section + contents may also be confusing, depending on both symbol value + and addend somewhat similar to the field value for a + final-linked object. See @code{CALC_ADDEND}. */ #ifndef CALC_ADDEND |