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| author | Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> | 2023-11-01 13:51:17 +0000 |
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| committer | Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> | 2023-11-01 13:51:17 +0000 |
| commit | 85921e9a2588bf4820b827fc1630f5d7da22cb1c (patch) | |
| tree | fb6aeb7e8af93f947d5930d90cfcc3e41812e4d7 /ld/NEWS | |
| parent | f514e6e48061661cacfc980cd5272fd99887d38b (diff) | |
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ld: Support input section description keyword: REVERSE
PR 27565
* ldlex.l: Add REVERSE.
* ldgram.y: Allow REVERSE to be used wherever a sorting command can be used.
* ld.h (struct wildcard_spec): Add 'reversed' field.
* ldlang.h (lang_wild_statement_struct): Add 'filenames_reversed' field.
* ldlang.c (compare_sections): Add reversed parameter. (wild_sort): Reverse the comparison if requested. (print_wild_statement): Handle the reversed field.
* ld.texi: Document the new feature.
* NEWS: Mention the new feature.
* testsuite/ld-scripts/sort-file-reversed-1.d: New test driver.
* testsuite/ld-scripts/sort-file-reversed-1.t: New test source.
* testsuite/ld-scripts/sort-file-reversed-2.t: New test source.
* testsuite/ld-scripts/sort-file-reversed-2.d: New test driver.
* testsuite/ld-scripts/sort-sections-reversed-1.d: New test driver.
* testsuite/ld-scripts/sort-sections-reversed-1.t: New test source.
* testsuite/ld-scripts/sort-sections-reversed-2.t: New test source.
* testsuite/ld-scripts/sort-sections-reversed-2.d: New test driver.
* testsuite/ld-scripts/sort-sections-reversed-3.d: New test driver.
* testsuite/ld-scripts/sort-sections-reversed-3.t: New test source.
Diffstat (limited to 'ld/NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | ld/NEWS | 4 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ Changes in 2.41: * The linker command line option --print-map-locals can be used to include local symbols in a linker map. (ELF targets only). +* A new linker script sorting directive has been added: REVERSE. This reverses + the order of the sorting. It be combined with either SORT_BY_INIT_PRIORITY + or SORT_BY_NAME. + * For most ELF based targets, if the --enable-linker-version option is used then the version of the linker will be inserted as a string into the .comment section. |