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authorNiklas G?rtler <profclonk@gmail.com>2019-08-28 12:33:41 +0100
committerNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2019-08-28 12:33:41 +0100
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Add an option to objcopy to change the alignment of sections.
PR 24942 * objcopy.c (SECTION_CONTEXT_SET_ALIGNMENT): New constant. (struct section_list): Add alignment field. (command_line_switch): Add OPTION_SET_SECTION_ALIGNMENT. (copy_options): Add --set-section-alignment. (copy_usage): Describe --set-section-alignment. (find_section_list): Initialise the alignment field. (setup_section): Handle the alignment field. (copy_main): Handle OPTION_SET_SECTION_ALIGNMENT. * doc/binutils.texi: Document the new feature. * NEWS: Mention the new feature.
Diffstat (limited to 'binutils')
-rw-r--r--binutils/ChangeLog14
-rw-r--r--binutils/NEWS3
-rw-r--r--binutils/doc/binutils.texi11
-rw-r--r--binutils/objcopy.c50
4 files changed, 72 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index 6ddf000..1148e9d 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+2019-08-28 Niklas Gürtler <profclonk@gmail.com>
+
+ PR 24942
+ * objcopy.c (SECTION_CONTEXT_SET_ALIGNMENT): New constant.
+ (struct section_list): Add alignment field.
+ (command_line_switch): Add OPTION_SET_SECTION_ALIGNMENT.
+ (copy_options): Add --set-section-alignment.
+ (copy_usage): Describe --set-section-alignment.
+ (find_section_list): Initialise the alignment field.
+ (setup_section): Handle the alignment field.
+ (copy_main): Handle OPTION_SET_SECTION_ALIGNMENT.
+ * doc/binutils.texi: Document the new feature.
+ * NEWS: Mention the new feature.
+
2019-08-28 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
PR 24931
diff --git a/binutils/NEWS b/binutils/NEWS
index c6c4e29..349af31 100644
--- a/binutils/NEWS
+++ b/binutils/NEWS
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
* Add --source-comment[=<txt>] option to objdump which if present,
provides a prefix to source code lines displayed in a disassembly.
+* Add --set-section-alignment <section-name>=<align> option to objcopy to allow
+ the changing of section alignments.
+
* Add --verilog-data-width option to objcopy for verilog targets to control
width of data elements in verilog hex format.
diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
index f6cdbdb..bb37cb0 100644
--- a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
+++ b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
@@ -1175,6 +1175,7 @@ objcopy [@option{-F} @var{bfdname}|@option{--target=}@var{bfdname}]
[@option{--change-section-vma} @var{sectionpattern}@{=,+,-@}@var{val}]
[@option{--change-warnings}] [@option{--no-change-warnings}]
[@option{--set-section-flags} @var{sectionpattern}=@var{flags}]
+ [@option{--set-section-alignment} @var{sectionpattern}=@var{align}]
[@option{--add-section} @var{sectionname}=@var{filename}]
[@option{--dump-section} @var{sectionname}=@var{filename}]
[@option{--update-section} @var{sectionname}=@var{filename}]
@@ -1620,6 +1621,11 @@ to clear the @samp{contents} flag of a section which does have
contents--just remove the section instead. Not all flags are
meaningful for all object file formats.
+@item --set-section-alignment @var{sectionpattern}=@var{align}
+Set the alignment for any sections matching @var{sectionpattern}. @var{align}
+specifies the alignment as the exponent for the power of two, i.e. the
+alignment in bytes will be 2^@var{align}.
+
@item --add-section @var{sectionname}=@var{filename}
Add a new section named @var{sectionname} while copying the file. The
contents of the new section are taken from the file @var{filename}. The
@@ -1975,8 +1981,9 @@ for dlls.
[This option is specific to PE targets.]
@item --section-alignment @var{num}
-Sets the section alignment. Sections in memory will always begin at
-addresses which are a multiple of this number. Defaults to 0x1000.
+Sets the section alignment field in the PE header. Sections in memory
+will always begin at addresses which are a multiple of this number.
+Defaults to 0x1000.
[This option is specific to PE targets.]
@item --stack @var{reserve}
diff --git a/binutils/objcopy.c b/binutils/objcopy.c
index eb25421..ebb9933 100644
--- a/binutils/objcopy.c
+++ b/binutils/objcopy.c
@@ -143,10 +143,12 @@ struct section_list
#define SECTION_CONTEXT_ALTER_LMA (1 << 5) /* Increment or decrement the section's LMA address. */
#define SECTION_CONTEXT_SET_FLAGS (1 << 6) /* Set the section's flags. */
#define SECTION_CONTEXT_REMOVE_RELOCS (1 << 7) /* Remove relocations for this section. */
+#define SECTION_CONTEXT_SET_ALIGNMENT (1 << 8) /* Set alignment for section. */
bfd_vma vma_val; /* Amount to change by or set to. */
bfd_vma lma_val; /* Amount to change by or set to. */
flagword flags; /* What to set the section flags to. */
+ unsigned int alignment; /* Alignment of output section. */
};
static struct section_list *change_sections;
@@ -344,8 +346,9 @@ enum command_line_switch
OPTION_REMOVE_RELOCS,
OPTION_RENAME_SECTION,
OPTION_REVERSE_BYTES,
- OPTION_SECTION_ALIGNMENT,
+ OPTION_PE_SECTION_ALIGNMENT,
OPTION_SET_SECTION_FLAGS,
+ OPTION_SET_SECTION_ALIGNMENT,
OPTION_SET_START,
OPTION_SREC_FORCES3,
OPTION_SREC_LEN,
@@ -476,8 +479,9 @@ static struct option copy_options[] =
{"remove-relocations", required_argument, 0, OPTION_REMOVE_RELOCS},
{"rename-section", required_argument, 0, OPTION_RENAME_SECTION},
{"reverse-bytes", required_argument, 0, OPTION_REVERSE_BYTES},
- {"section-alignment", required_argument, 0, OPTION_SECTION_ALIGNMENT},
+ {"section-alignment", required_argument, 0, OPTION_PE_SECTION_ALIGNMENT},
{"set-section-flags", required_argument, 0, OPTION_SET_SECTION_FLAGS},
+ {"set-section-alignment", required_argument, 0, OPTION_SET_SECTION_ALIGNMENT},
{"set-start", required_argument, 0, OPTION_SET_START},
{"srec-forceS3", no_argument, 0, OPTION_SREC_FORCES3},
{"srec-len", required_argument, 0, OPTION_SREC_LEN},
@@ -610,6 +614,8 @@ copy_usage (FILE *stream, int exit_status)
Warn if a named section does not exist\n\
--set-section-flags <name>=<flags>\n\
Set section <name>'s properties to <flags>\n\
+ --set-section-alignment <name>=<align>\n\
+ Set section <name>'s alignment to 2^<align> bytes\n\
--add-section <name>=<file> Add section <name> found in <file> to output\n\
--update-section <name>=<file>\n\
Update contents of section <name> with\n\
@@ -964,6 +970,7 @@ find_section_list (const char *name, bfd_boolean add, unsigned int context)
p->vma_val = 0;
p->lma_val = 0;
p->flags = 0;
+ p->alignment = 0;
p->next = change_sections;
change_sections = p;
@@ -3766,6 +3773,7 @@ setup_section (bfd *ibfd, sec_ptr isection, void *obfdarg)
const char * name;
char *prefix = NULL;
bfd_boolean make_nobits;
+ unsigned int alignment;
if (is_strip_section (ibfd, isection))
return;
@@ -3872,11 +3880,18 @@ setup_section (bfd *ibfd, sec_ptr isection, void *obfdarg)
osection->lma = lma;
+ p = find_section_list (bfd_section_name (ibfd, isection), FALSE,
+ SECTION_CONTEXT_SET_ALIGNMENT);
+ if (p != NULL)
+ alignment = p->alignment;
+ else
+ alignment = bfd_section_alignment (ibfd, isection);
+
/* FIXME: This is probably not enough. If we change the LMA we
may have to recompute the header for the file as well. */
if (!bfd_set_section_alignment (obfd,
osection,
- bfd_section_alignment (ibfd, isection)))
+ alignment))
{
err = _("failed to set alignment");
goto loser;
@@ -5262,6 +5277,33 @@ copy_main (int argc, char *argv[])
}
break;
+ case OPTION_SET_SECTION_ALIGNMENT:
+ {
+ struct section_list *p;
+ const char *s;
+ int len;
+ char *name;
+ int align;
+
+ s = strchr (optarg, '=');
+ if (s == NULL)
+ fatal (_("bad format for %s"), "--set-section-alignment");
+
+ align = atoi(s+1);
+ if (align < 0)
+ fatal (_("bad format for %s"), "--set-section-alignment");
+
+ len = s - optarg;
+ name = (char *) xmalloc (len + 1);
+ strncpy (name, optarg, len);
+ name[len] = '\0';
+
+ p = find_section_list (name, TRUE, SECTION_CONTEXT_SET_ALIGNMENT);
+
+ p->alignment = align;
+ }
+ break;
+
case OPTION_RENAME_SECTION:
{
flagword flags;
@@ -5457,7 +5499,7 @@ copy_main (int argc, char *argv[])
pe_image_base = parse_vma (optarg, "--image-base");
break;
- case OPTION_SECTION_ALIGNMENT:
+ case OPTION_PE_SECTION_ALIGNMENT:
pe_section_alignment = parse_vma (optarg,
"--section-alignment");
break;