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authorMaciej W. Rozycki <macro@linux-mips.org>2012-08-06 22:27:52 +0000
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* elflink.c (bfd_elf_record_link_assignment): Remove --defsym symbols special case. ld/ * ldexp.h (etree_union): Add defsym member to the assign member structure. (exp_assign): Add hidden argument to prototype. * ldexp.c (exp_fold_tree_1): Use the defsym member to handle --defsym symbols. (exp_assop): Add defsym argument, initialize the defsym member of the assign structure. (exp_assign): Handle hidden symbols. (exp_defsym): Update to use the defsym argument to exp_assop. (exp_provide): Update to handle the defsym argument to exp_assop. * ldlex.l (HIDDEN): New token. * ldgram.y (HIDDEN): Likewise. (assignment, section): Update calls to exp_assign. * ldctor.c (ldctor_build_sets): Likewise. * mri.c (mri_format): Likewise. * ldlang.c (lang_insert_orphan, lang_leave_overlay): Likewise. (open_input_bfds): Remove --defsym symbols special case. * emultempl/beos.em (gld_${EMULATION_NAME}_set_symbols): Update call to exp_assign. * emultempl/pe.em (gld_${EMULATION_NAME}_set_symbols): Likewise. * emultempl/pep.em (gld_${EMULATION_NAME}_set_symbols): Likewise. * emultempl/spuelf.em (spu_place_special_section): Likewise. * emultempl/xtensaelf.em (ld_xtensa_insert_page_offsets): Likewise. * ld.texinfo (Assigning Values to Symbols): Add HIDDEN. (HIDDEN): New subsection.
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@@ -3410,6 +3410,7 @@ the symbol and place it into the symbol table with a global scope.
@menu
* Simple Assignments:: Simple Assignments
+* HIDDEN:: HIDDEN
* PROVIDE:: PROVIDE
* PROVIDE_HIDDEN:: PROVIDE_HIDDEN
* Source Code Reference:: How to use a linker script defined symbol in source code
@@ -3473,6 +3474,31 @@ the last @samp{.text} input section. The symbol @samp{_bdata} will be
defined as the address following the @samp{.text} output section aligned
upward to a 4 byte boundary.
+@node HIDDEN
+@subsection HIDDEN
+@cindex HIDDEN
+For ELF targeted ports, define a symbol that will be hidden and won't be
+exported. The syntax is @code{HIDDEN(@var{symbol} = @var{expression})}.
+
+Here is the example from @ref{Simple Assignments}, rewritten to use
+@code{HIDDEN}:
+
+@smallexample
+HIDDEN(floating_point = 0);
+SECTIONS
+@{
+ .text :
+ @{
+ *(.text)
+ HIDDEN(_etext = .);
+ @}
+ HIDDEN(_bdata = (. + 3) & ~ 3);
+ .data : @{ *(.data) @}
+@}
+@end smallexample
+@noindent
+In this case none of the three symbols will be visible outside this module.
+
@node PROVIDE
@subsection PROVIDE
@cindex PROVIDE