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author | Andrew Burgess <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com> | 2015-07-28 19:20:37 +0100 |
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committer | Andrew Burgess <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com> | 2015-09-04 22:30:55 +0100 |
commit | c005eb9e34ac08be0cd40e19a741d345bd43eab9 (patch) | |
tree | e161b0bf51e8b02bfc7e1c6e1cc5beb92fa86e4b /ld/ld.texinfo | |
parent | e65b52456bc3f60a176fece5e34e420c5a75bd16 (diff) | |
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ld: Extend options for altering orphan handling behaviour.
Replace the options --warn-orphan and --no-warn-orphan with a single
option --orphan-handling=MODE, where mode can be place, warn, error, and
discard.
Mode 'place' is the default, and is the current behaviour, placing the
orphan section into a suitable output section.
Mode 'warn' is the same as '--warn-orphan'. The orphan is also placed
using the same algorithm as for 'place'.
Mode 'error' is the same as '--warn-orphan' and '--fatal-warnings'.
Mode 'discard' assigns all output sections to the /DISCARD/ section.
ld/ChangeLog:
* ld.h (enum orphan_handling_enum): New.
(ld_config_type): Remove warn_orphan, add orphan_handling.
* ldemul.c (ldemul_place_orphan): Remove warning about orphan
sections.
* ldlang.c (ldlang_place_orphan): New function.
(lang_place_orphans): Call ldlang_place_orphan.
* ldlex.h (enum option_values): Remove OPTION_WARN_ORPHAN and
OPTION_NO_WARN_ORPHAN, add OPTION_ORPHAN_HANDLING.
* lexsup.c (ld_options): Remove 'warn-orphan' and
'no-warn-orphan', add 'orphan-handling'.
(parse_args): Remove handling for OPTION_WARN_ORPHAN and
OPTION_NO_WARN_ORPHAN, add handling for OPTION_ORPHAN_HANDLING.
* NEWS: Replace text about --warn-orphan with --orphan-handling.
* ld.texinfo (Options): Remove --warn-orphan entry and add
entry on --orphan-handling.
(Orphan Sections): Add reference to relevant command line options.
ld/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* ld-elf/elf.exp: Switch to rely on run_dump_test.
* ld-elf/orphan-5.l: Update expected output.
* ld-elf/orphan-5.d: New file.
* ld-elf/orphan-6.d: New file.
* ld-elf/orphan-6.l: New file.
* ld-elf/orphan-7.d: New file.
* ld-elf/orphan-7.map: New file.
* ld-elf/orphan-8.d: New file.
* ld-elf/orphan-8.map: New file.
Diffstat (limited to 'ld/ld.texinfo')
-rw-r--r-- | ld/ld.texinfo | 44 |
1 files changed, 33 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/ld/ld.texinfo b/ld/ld.texinfo index 2c78a07..d20a59f 100644 --- a/ld/ld.texinfo +++ b/ld/ld.texinfo @@ -1001,6 +1001,35 @@ with @samp{-Ur}; once the constructor table has been built, it cannot be added to. Use @samp{-Ur} only for the last partial link, and @samp{-r} for the others. +@kindex --orphan-handling=@var{MODE} +@cindex orphan sections +@cindex sections, orphan +@item --orphan-handling=@var{MODE} +Control how orphan sections are handled. An orphan section is one not +specifically mentioned in a linker script. @xref{Orphan Sections}. + +@var{MODE} can have any of the following values: + +@table @code +@item place +Orphan sections are placed into a suitable output section following +the strategy described in @ref{Orphan Sections}. The option +@samp{--unique} also effects how sections are placed. + +@item discard +All orphan sections are discarded, by placing them in the +@samp{/DISCARD/} section (@pxref{Output Section Discarding}). + +@item warn +The linker will place the orphan section as for @code{place} and also +issue a warning. + +@item error +The linker will exit with an error if any orphan section is found. +@end table + +The default if @samp{--orphan-handling} is not given is @code{place}. + @kindex --unique[=@var{SECTION}] @item --unique[=@var{SECTION}] Creates a separate output section for every input section matching @@ -2105,17 +2134,6 @@ option causes a warning to be issued whenever this case occurs. Only warn once for each undefined symbol, rather than once per module which refers to it. -@kindex --warn-orphan -@kindex --no-warn-orphan -@cindex warnings, on orphan sections -@cindex orphan sections, warnings on -@item --warn-orphan -The @option{--warn-orphan} option tells the linker to generate a -warning message whenever it has to place an orphan section into the -output file. @xref{Orphan Sections}. The @option{--no-warn-orphan} -option restores the default behaviour of just silently placing these -sections. - @kindex --warn-section-align @cindex warnings, on section alignment @cindex section alignment, warnings on @@ -5569,6 +5587,10 @@ at the end of the file. For ELF targets, the attribute of the section includes section type as well as section flag. +The command line options @samp{--orphan-handling} and @samp{--unique} +(@pxref{Options,,Command Line Options}) can be used to control which +output sections an orphan is placed in. + If an orphaned section's name is representable as a C identifier then the linker will automatically @pxref{PROVIDE} two symbols: __start_SECNAME and __stop_SECNAME, where SECNAME is the name of the |