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authorAndrew Burgess <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>2015-07-28 19:20:37 +0100
committerAndrew Burgess <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>2015-09-04 22:30:55 +0100
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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.
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@@ -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