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authorH.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com>2010-10-29 12:10:39 +0000
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Add compressed debug section support to binutils and ld.
bfd/ 2010-10-29 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com> Cary Coutant <ccoutant@google.com> * archive.c (bfd_openr_next_archived_file): Copy BFD_COMPRESS and BFD_DECOMPRESS. * bfd.c (BFD_COMPRESS): New. (BFD_DECOMPRESS): Likewise. (BFD_FLAGS_SAVED): Likewise. (bfd_preserve_save): Replace BFD_IN_MEMORY with BFD_FLAGS_SAVED. * compress.c (bfd_uncompress_section_contents): Removed. (get_uncompressed_size): New. (decompress_contents): Likewise. (bfd_compress_section_contents): Likewise. (bfd_get_full_section_contents): Likewise. (bfd_is_section_compressed): Likewise. (bfd_init_section_decompress_status): Likewise. (bfd_init_section_compress_status): Likewise. * dwarf2.c (dwarf_debug_sections): New. (dwarf_debug_section_enum): Likewise. (read_section): Remove section_name and compressed_section_name. Add dwarf_debug_section_enum. Try compressed debug section. (read_indirect_string): Updated. (read_abbrevs): Likewise. (decode_line_info): Likewise. (read_debug_ranges): Likewise. (find_line): Updated. * ecoff.c (bfd_debug_section): Add compress_status and compressed_size. * elf.c (_bfd_elf_make_section_from_shdr): Call bfd_is_section_compressed to check if a DWARF debug section is compressed. Call bfd_init_section_compress_status or bfd_init_section_decompress_status if needed. * elflink.c (elf_link_input_bfd): Replace bfd_get_section_contents with bfd_get_full_section_contents. * merge.c (_bfd_add_merge_section): Likewise. * reloc.c (bfd_generic_get_relocated_section_contents): Likewise. * simple.c (bfd_simple_get_relocated_section_contents): Likewise. * elfxx-target.h (TARGET_BIG_SYM): Allow BFD_COMPRESS and BFD_DECOMPRESS. (TARGET_LITTLE_SYM): Likewise. * libbfd-in.h (dwarf_debug_section): New. (dwarf_debug_sections): Likewise. * libbfd.c (_bfd_generic_get_section_contents): Issue an error when getting contents on compressed/decompressed section. * section.c (COMPRESS_SECTION_NONE): New. (COMPRESS_SECTION_DONE): Likewise. (DECOMPRESS_SECTION_SIZED): Likewise. (BFD_FAKE_SECTION): Add compress_status and compressed_size. (bfd_malloc_and_get_section): Replace bfd_get_section_contents with bfd_get_full_section_contents. * bfd-in2.h: Regenerated. * libbfd.h: Likewise. binutils/ 2010-10-29 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com> * addr2line.c (process_file): Set BFD_DECOMPRESS. * objcopy.c (do_debug_sections): New. (OPTION_COMPRESS_DEBUG_SECTIONS): New. (OPTION_DECOMPRESS_DEBUG_SECTIONS): Likewise. (copy_options): Add OPTION_COMPRESS_DEBUG_SECTIONS and OPTION_DECOMPRESS_DEBUG_SECTIONS. (copy_usage): Add --compress-debug-sections and --decompress-debug-sections. (copy_file): Set BFD_COMPRESS or BFD_DECOMPRESS. (copy_section): Replace bfd_get_section_contents with bfd_get_full_section_contents. (copy_main): Handle OPTION_COMPRESS_DEBUG_SECTIONS and OPTION_DECOMPRESS_DEBUG_SECTIONS. Check do_debug_sections to rename DWARF debug sections. * objdump.c (load_specific_debug_section): Replace bfd_get_section_contents with bfd_get_full_section_contents. Remove bfd_uncompress_section_contents. (dump_section): Replace bfd_get_section_contents with bfd_get_full_section_contents. (display_file): Set BFD_DECOMPRESS if needed. * readelf.c (uncompress_section_contents): Set buffer to NULL to indiate decompression failure. (load_specific_debug_section): Always call uncompress_section_contents. * doc/binutils.texi: Document --compress-debug-sections and --decompress-debug-sections. binutils/testsuite/ 2010-10-29 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com> * binutils-all/compress.exp: New. * binutils-all/dw2-1.S: Likewise. * binutils-all/dw2-2.S: Likewise. * binutils-all/libdw2-compressed.out: Likewise. * binutils-all/libdw2.out: Likewise. gas/ 2010-10-29 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com> * write.c (compress_debug): Optimize section flags check. gas/testsuite/ 2010-10-29 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com> * elf/dwarf2-1.s: Replace .zdebug_abbrev section with .debug_abbrev section. * elf/dwarf2-2.3: Likewise. * elf/dwarf2-1.d: Pass --compress-debug-sections to assembler. Updated. * elf/dwarf2-2.d: Likewise. * gas/i386/i386.exp: Remove xfail on dw2-compress-2 and x86-64-dw2-compress-2. ld/ 2010-10-29 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com> * ldfile.c (ldfile_try_open_bfd): Set BFD_DECOMPRESS after bfd_openr returns. * emultempl/elf32.em (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_try_needed): Likewise. * scripttempl/elf.sc: Include compressed DWARF debug sections. ld/testsuite/ 2010-10-29 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com> * ld-elf/compress.exp: New. * ld-elf/compress1.s: Likewise. * ld-elf/compress1a.d: Likewise. * ld-elf/compress1b.d: Likewise. * ld-elf/compress1c.d: Likewise.
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diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
index 26d6907..9b9056f 100644
--- a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
+++ b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
@@ -1074,6 +1074,8 @@ objcopy [@option{-F} @var{bfdname}|@option{--target=}@var{bfdname}]
[@option{--section-alignment=}@var{num}]
[@option{--stack=}@var{size}]
[@option{--subsystem=}@var{which}:@var{major}.@var{minor}]
+ [@option{--compress-debug-sections}]
+ [@option{--decompress-debug-sections}]
[@option{-v}|@option{--verbose}]
[@option{-V}|@option{--version}]
[@option{--help}] [@option{--info}]
@@ -1680,6 +1682,12 @@ This option is used to build a @file{.sym} file for a VxWorks kernel.
It can also be a useful way of reducing the size of a @option{--just-symbols}
linker input file.
+@item --compress-debug-sections
+Compress DWARF debug sections using zlib.
+
+@item --decompress-debug-sections
+Decompress DWARF debug sections using zlib.
+
@item -V
@itemx --version
Show the version number of @command{objcopy}.