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author | Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> | 2018-10-11 11:38:10 +0100 |
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committer | Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> | 2018-10-11 11:38:10 +0100 |
commit | de564eb5cc8c67fc38f9910937935eef5ebc17d8 (patch) | |
tree | 8586b85602d6752c61d991f8fe5d759760e992d6 /binutils/doc | |
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Prevent the --keep-global-symbol and --globalize-symbol options from being used together.
This is the result of an email thread starting here:
https://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2018-09/msg00031.html
The main point of the thread is this observation:
* Supposing we had an object file with two globals, SomeGlobal and
SomeOtherGlobal, if one were to do "--globalize-symbol SomeGlobal
--keep-global-symbol SomeOtherGlobal", you might expect that both
SomeGlobal and SomeOtherGlobal are global in the output file... but it
isn't. Because --keep-global-symbol is set and doesn't include
SomeGlobal, SomeGlobal will be demoted to a local symbol. And because
the check to see if we should apply the --globalize-symbol flag checks
"flags" (the original flag set), and not "sym->flags", it decides not
to do anything, so SomeGlobal remains a local symbol. Although this is
a weird edge case, should this be changed so that --keep-global-symbol
implicitly keeps anything also specified via --globalize-symbol? (The
code seems technically correct with respect to the documentation, but
IMO the behavior is counter-intuitive).
binutils* objcopy.c (copy_main): Issue a fata error if the
--keep-global-symbol(s) and the --globalize-symbol(s) options are
used together.
* doc/binutils.texi: Document that the two options are
incompatible.
* testsuite/binutils-all/copy-5.d: New test.
* testsuite/binutils-all/objcopy.exp: Run the new test.
Diffstat (limited to 'binutils/doc')
-rw-r--r-- | binutils/doc/binutils.texi | 13 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi index 76cbed0..cd70791 100644 --- a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi +++ b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi @@ -1129,6 +1129,7 @@ objcopy [@option{-F} @var{bfdname}|@option{--target=}@var{bfdname}] [@option{--localize-hidden}] [@option{-L} @var{symbolname}|@option{--localize-symbol=}@var{symbolname}] [@option{--globalize-symbol=}@var{symbolname}] + [@option{--globalize-symbols=}@var{filename}] [@option{-W} @var{symbolname}|@option{--weaken-symbol=}@var{symbolname}] [@option{-w}|@option{--wildcard}] [@option{-x}|@option{--discard-all}] @@ -1169,7 +1170,6 @@ objcopy [@option{-F} @var{bfdname}|@option{--target=}@var{bfdname}] [@option{--strip-unneeded-symbols=}@var{filename}] [@option{--keep-global-symbols=}@var{filename}] [@option{--localize-symbols=}@var{filename}] - [@option{--globalize-symbols=}@var{filename}] [@option{--weaken-symbols=}@var{filename}] [@option{--add-symbol} @var{name}=[@var{section}:]@var{value}[,@var{flags}]] [@option{--alt-machine-code=}@var{index}] @@ -1380,7 +1380,9 @@ by a relocation. This option may be given more than once. @itemx --keep-global-symbol=@var{symbolname} Keep only symbol @var{symbolname} global. Make all other symbols local to the file, so that they are not visible externally. This option may -be given more than once. +be given more than once. Note: this option cannot be used in +conjunction with the @option{--globalize-symbol} or +@option{--globalize-symbols} options. @item --localize-hidden In an ELF object, mark all symbols that have hidden or internal visibility @@ -1400,7 +1402,8 @@ Make symbol @var{symbolname} weak. This option may be given more than once. @item --globalize-symbol=@var{symbolname} Give symbol @var{symbolname} global scoping so that it is visible outside of the file in which it is defined. This option may be given -more than once. +more than once. Note: this option cannot be used in conjunction with +the @option{-G} or @option{--keep-global-symbol} options. @item -w @itemx --wildcard @@ -1774,7 +1777,9 @@ This option may be given more than once. Apply @option{--globalize-symbol} option to each symbol listed in the file @var{filename}. @var{filename} is simply a flat file, with one symbol name per line. Line comments may be introduced by the hash character. -This option may be given more than once. +This option may be given more than once. Note: this option cannot be +used in conjunction with the @option{-G} or @option{--keep-global-symbol} +options. @item --weaken-symbols=@var{filename} Apply @option{--weaken-symbol} option to each symbol listed in the file |