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authorH.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com>2015-04-08 07:53:54 -0700
committerH.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com>2015-04-08 07:54:09 -0700
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Add SHF_COMPRESSED support to gas and objcopy
This patch adds --compress-debug-sections={none|zlib|zlib-gnu|zlib-gabi} options to gas and objcopy for ELF files. They control how DWARF debug sections are compressed. --compress-debug-sections=none is equivalent to --nocompress-debug-sections. --compress-debug-sections=zlib and --compress-debug-sections=zlib-gnu are equivalent to --compress-debug-sections. --compress-debug-sections=zlib-gabi compresses DWARF debug sections with SHF_COMPRESSED from the ELF ABI. No linker changes are required to support SHF_COMPRESSED. bfd/ * archive.c (_bfd_get_elt_at_filepos): Also copy BFD_COMPRESS_GABI bit. * bfd.c (bfd::flags): Increase size to 18 bits. (BFD_COMPRESS_GABI): New. (BFD_FLAGS_SAVED): Add BFD_COMPRESS_GABI. (BFD_FLAGS_FOR_BFD_USE_MASK): Likewise. (bfd_update_compression_header): New fuction. (bfd_check_compression_header): Likewise. (bfd_get_compression_header_size): Likewise. (bfd_is_section_compressed_with_header): Likewise. * compress.c (MAX_COMPRESSION_HEADER_SIZE): New. (bfd_compress_section_contents): Return the uncompressed size if the full section contents is compressed successfully. Support converting from/to .zdebug* sections. (bfd_get_full_section_contents): Call bfd_get_compression_header_size to get compression header size. (bfd_is_section_compressed): Renamed to ... (bfd_is_section_compressed_with_header): This. Add a pointer argument to return compression header size. (bfd_is_section_compressed): Use it. (bfd_init_section_decompress_status): Call bfd_get_compression_header_size to get compression header size. Return FALSE if uncompressed section size is 0. * elf.c (_bfd_elf_make_section_from_shdr): Support converting from/to .zdebug* sections. * bfd-in2.h: Regenerated. binutils/ * objcopy.c (do_debug_sections): Add compress_zlib, compress_gnu_zlib and compress_gabi_zlib. (copy_options): Use optional_argument on compress-debug-sections. (copy_usage): Update --compress-debug-sections. (copy_file): Handle compress_zlib, compress_gnu_zlib and compress_gabi_zlib. (copy_main): Handle --compress-debug-sections={none|zlib|zlib-gnu|zlib-gabi}. * doc/binutils.texi: Document --compress-debug-sections={none|zlib|zlib-gnu|zlib-gabi}. binutils/testsuite/ * compress.exp: Add tests for --compress-debug-sections={none|zlib|zlib-gnu|zlib-gabi}. * binutils-all/dw2-3.rS: New file. * binutils-all/dw2-3.rt: Likewise. * binutils-all/libdw2-compressedgabi.out: Likewise. gas/ * as.c (show_usage): Update --compress-debug-sections. (std_longopts): Use optional_argument on compress-debug-sections. (parse_args): Handle --compress-debug-sections={none|zlib|zlib-gnu|zlib-gabi}. * as.h (compressed_debug_section_type): New. (flag_compress_debug): Change type to compressed_debug_section_type. --compress-debug-sections={none|zlib|zlib-gnu|zlib-gabi}. * write.c (compress_debug): Set BFD_COMPRESS_GABI for --compress-debug-sections=zlib-gabi. Call bfd_get_compression_header_size to get compression header size. Don't rename section name for --compress-debug-sections=zlib-gabi. * config/tc-i386.c (compressed_debug_section_type): Set to COMPRESS_DEBUG_ZLIB. * doc/as.texinfo: Document --compress-debug-sections={none|zlib|zlib-gnu|zlib-gabi}. gas/testsuite/ * gas/i386/dw2-compressed-1.d: New file. * gas/i386/dw2-compressed-2.d: Likewise. * gas/i386/dw2-compressed-3.d: Likewise. * gas/i386/x86-64-dw2-compressed-2.d: Likewise. * gas/i386/i386.exp: Run dw2-compressed-2, dw2-compressed-1, dw2-compressed-3 and x86-64-dw2-compressed-2. ld/testsuite/ * ld-elf/compress.exp: Add a test for --compress-debug-sections=zlib-gabi. (build_tests): Add 2 tests for --compress-debug-sections=zlib-gabi. (run_tests): Likewise. Verify linker output with zlib-gabi compressed debug input. * ld-elf/compressed1a.d: New file. * ld-elf/compressed1b.d: Likewise. * ld-elf/compressed1c.d: Likewise.
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diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
index e0527aa..dbf44c9 100644
--- a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
+++ b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
@@ -1849,6 +1849,19 @@ renamed to begin with @samp{.zdebug} instead of @samp{.debug}. Note -
if compression would actually make a section @emph{larger} then it is
not compressed or renamed.
+@item --compress-debug-sections=none
+@itemx --compress-debug-sections=zlib
+@itemx --compress-debug-sections=zlib-gnu
+@itemx --compress-debug-sections=zlib-gabi
+For ELF files, these options control how DWARF debug sections are
+compressed. @option{--compress-debug-sections=none} is equivalent
+to @option{--nocompress-debug-sections}.
+@option{--compress-debug-sections=zlib} and
+@option{--compress-debug-sections=zlib-gnu} are equivalent to
+@option{--compress-debug-sections}.
+@option{--compress-debug-sections=zlib-gabi} compresses
+DWARF debug sections with SHF_COMPRESSED from the ELF ABI.
+
@item --decompress-debug-sections
Decompress DWARF debug sections using zlib. The original section
names of the compressed sections are restored.