Add -mshared option to x86 ELF assembler

This patch adds -mshared option to x86 ELF assembler.  By default,
assembler will optimize out non-PLT relocations against defined non-weak
global branch targets with default visibility.  The -mshared option tells
the assembler to generate code which may go into a shared library
where all non-weak global branch targets with default visibility can
be preempted.  The resulting code is slightly bigger.  This option
only affects the handling of branch instructions.

This Linux kernel patch is needed to create a working x86 Linux kernel if
it hasn't been applied:

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
index ae6588b..b91a00c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
@@ -339,8 +339,8 @@ early_idt_handlers:
 	i = i + 1
 	.endr

-/* This is global to keep gas from relaxing the jumps */
-ENTRY(early_idt_handler)
+/* This is weak to keep gas from relaxing the jumps */
+WEAK(early_idt_handler)
 	cld

 	cmpl $2,(%rsp)		# X86_TRAP_NMI
--

gas/

	* config/tc-i386.c (shared): New.
	(OPTION_MSHARED): Likewise.
	(elf_symbol_resolved_in_segment_p): Add relocation argument.
	Check PLT relocations and shared.
	(md_estimate_size_before_relax): Pass fragP->fr_var to
	elf_symbol_resolved_in_segment_p.
	(md_longopts): Add -mshared.
	(md_show_usage): Likewise.
	(md_parse_option): Handle OPTION_MSHARED.
	* doc/c-i386.texi: Document -mshared.

gas/testsuite/

	* gas/i386/i386.exp: Don't run pcrel for ELF targets.  Run
	pcrel-elf, relax-4 and x86-64-relax-3 for ELF targets.
	* gas/i386/pcrel-elf.d: New file.
	* gas/i386/relax-4.d: Likewise.
	* gas/i386/x86-64-relax-3.d: Likewise.
	* gas/i386/relax-3.d: Pass -mshared to assembler.  Updated.
	* gas/i386/x86-64-relax-2.d: Likewise.
	* gas/i386/relax-3.s: Add test for PLT relocation.

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/gas/doc/c-i386.texi b/gas/doc/c-i386.texi
index 1645c8c..ea08c63 100644
--- a/gas/doc/c-i386.texi
+++ b/gas/doc/c-i386.texi
@@ -298,6 +298,17 @@ The @code{.att_syntax} and @code{.intel_syntax} directives will take precedent.
 This option forces the assembler to add BND prefix to all branches, even
 if such prefix was not explicitly specified in the source code.
 
+@cindex @samp{-mshared} option, i386
+@cindex @samp{-mshared} option, x86-64
+@item -mno-shared
+On ELF target, the assembler normally optimizes out non-PLT relocations
+against defined non-weak global branch targets with default visibility.
+The @samp{-mshared} option tells the assembler to generate code which
+may go into a shared library where all non-weak global branch targets
+with default visibility can be preempted.  The resulting code is
+slightly bigger.  This option only affects the handling of branch
+instructions.
+
 @cindex @samp{-mbig-obj} option, x86-64
 @item -mbig-obj
 On x86-64 PE/COFF target this option forces the use of big object file