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-rw-r--r--bfd/elf.c49
-rw-r--r--ld/ChangeLog4
-rw-r--r--ld/NEWS6
-rw-r--r--ld/testsuite/ChangeLog5
-rw-r--r--ld/testsuite/ld-elf/ehdr_start.d7
-rw-r--r--ld/testsuite/ld-elf/ehdr_start.s10
7 files changed, 86 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 9f8fb8a..538864d 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2012-06-22 Roland McGrath <mcgrathr@google.com>
+
+ * elf.c (assign_file_positions_for_non_load_sections): Define
+ __ehdr_start symbol if it's referenced and there's a PT_LOAD
+ segment that covers both the file and program headers.
+
2012-06-22 Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
* elf32-m68k.c (elf_m68k_finish_dynamic_symbol): Don't make
diff --git a/bfd/elf.c b/bfd/elf.c
index 0296ef5..1a53548 100644
--- a/bfd/elf.c
+++ b/bfd/elf.c
@@ -4826,6 +4826,7 @@ assign_file_positions_for_non_load_sections (bfd *abfd,
Elf_Internal_Phdr *phdrs;
Elf_Internal_Phdr *p;
struct elf_segment_map *m;
+ struct elf_segment_map *hdrs_segment;
bfd_vma filehdr_vaddr, filehdr_paddr;
bfd_vma phdrs_vaddr, phdrs_paddr;
file_ptr off;
@@ -4883,6 +4884,7 @@ assign_file_positions_for_non_load_sections (bfd *abfd,
filehdr_paddr = 0;
phdrs_vaddr = bed->maxpagesize + bed->s->sizeof_ehdr;
phdrs_paddr = 0;
+ hdrs_segment = NULL;
phdrs = elf_tdata (abfd)->phdr;
for (m = elf_tdata (abfd)->segment_map, p = phdrs;
m != NULL;
@@ -4903,12 +4905,59 @@ assign_file_positions_for_non_load_sections (bfd *abfd,
phdrs_paddr = p->p_paddr;
if (m->includes_filehdr)
{
+ hdrs_segment = m;
phdrs_vaddr += bed->s->sizeof_ehdr;
phdrs_paddr += bed->s->sizeof_ehdr;
}
}
}
+ if (hdrs_segment != NULL && link_info != NULL)
+ {
+ /* There is a segment that contains both the file headers and the
+ program headers, so provide a symbol __ehdr_start pointing there.
+ A program can use this to examine itself robustly. */
+
+ struct elf_link_hash_entry *hash
+ = elf_link_hash_lookup (elf_hash_table (link_info), "__ehdr_start",
+ FALSE, FALSE, TRUE);
+ /* If the symbol was referenced and not defined, define it. */
+ if (hash != NULL
+ && (hash->root.type == bfd_link_hash_new
+ || hash->root.type == bfd_link_hash_undefined
+ || hash->root.type == bfd_link_hash_undefweak
+ || hash->root.type == bfd_link_hash_common))
+ {
+ asection *s = NULL;
+ if (hdrs_segment->count != 0)
+ /* The segment contains sections, so use the first one. */
+ s = hdrs_segment->sections[0];
+ else
+ /* Use the first (i.e. lowest-addressed) section in any segment. */
+ for (m = elf_tdata (abfd)->segment_map; m != NULL; m = m->next)
+ if (m->count != 0)
+ {
+ s = m->sections[0];
+ break;
+ }
+
+ if (s != NULL)
+ {
+ hash->root.u.def.value = filehdr_vaddr - s->vma;
+ hash->root.u.def.section = s;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ hash->root.u.def.value = filehdr_vaddr;
+ hash->root.u.def.section = bfd_abs_section_ptr;
+ }
+
+ hash->root.type = bfd_link_hash_defined;
+ hash->def_regular = 1;
+ hash->non_elf = 0;
+ }
+ }
+
for (m = elf_tdata (abfd)->segment_map, p = phdrs;
m != NULL;
m = m->next, p++)
diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index f6e78f2..91a4211 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2012-06-22 Roland McGrath <mcgrathr@google.com>
+
+ * NEWS: Mention __ehdr_start.
+
2012-06-21 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
* ldlang.c (lang_insert_orphan): Don't make __start_<sec> symbol
diff --git a/ld/NEWS b/ld/NEWS
index cb2d428..8701c5c 100644
--- a/ld/NEWS
+++ b/ld/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
-*- text -*-
+* Add a linker-provided symbol when producing ELF output, '__ehdr_start'
+ to point to the ELF file header (and nearby program headers) in the
+ program's memory image.
+
* Add support for S12X processor.
* Add support for the VLE extension to the PowerPC architecture.
@@ -103,7 +107,7 @@ Changes in 2.20:
* Add support for Lattice Mico32 (lm32) architecture.
-* Add CR16 ELF --embedded-relocs (used to embedded relocations into binaries
+* Add CR16 ELF --embedded-relocs (used to embedded relocations into binaries
for Embedded-PIC code) option.
* Add to the PE/PE+ targets the support of two different kinds of
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ChangeLog b/ld/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 57996a7..d03c432 100644
--- a/ld/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-06-22 Roland McGrath <mcgrathr@google.com>
+
+ * ld-elf/ehdr_start.s: New file.
+ * ld-elf/ehdr_start.d: New file.
+
2012-06-21 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
* ld-gc/start.d: Update.
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/ehdr_start.d b/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/ehdr_start.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3965eeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/ehdr_start.d
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#source: ehdr_start.s
+#ld:
+#nm: -n
+
+#...
+[0-9a-f]*000 [ADRT] __ehdr_start
+#pass
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/ehdr_start.s b/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/ehdr_start.s
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab029dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/ehdr_start.s
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+ .text
+ .globl _start
+_start:
+ .space 16
+
+ .section .rodata,"a",%progbits
+ .globl foo
+foo:
+ .weak __ehdr_start
+ .dc.a __ehdr_start