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-rw-r--r--binutils/ChangeLog12
-rw-r--r--binutils/doc/binutils.texi6
-rw-r--r--binutils/objcopy.c29
-rw-r--r--binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/objcopy.exp2
-rw-r--r--binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/set-section-alignment.d9
5 files changed, 47 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index dcc876c..f4402ae 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+2019-10-02 Niklas Gürtler <profclonk@gmail.com>
+
+ PR 24942
+ * objcopy.c (copy_usage): Update description of
+ --set-section-alignment.
+ (copy_main): Interpret numeric argument of --set-section-alignment
+ as a byte alignment, not a power of two alignment.
+ * doc/binutils.texi: Update description of
+ --set-section-alignment.
+ * testsuite/binutils-all/set-section-alignment.d: New test.
+ * testsuite/binutils-all/objcopy.exp: Run the new test.
+
2019-09-30 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
PR 25046
diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
index bb37cb0..b0de3d0 100644
--- a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
+++ b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
@@ -1622,9 +1622,9 @@ contents--just remove the section instead. Not all flags are
meaningful for all object file formats.
@item --set-section-alignment @var{sectionpattern}=@var{align}
-Set the alignment for any sections matching @var{sectionpattern}. @var{align}
-specifies the alignment as the exponent for the power of two, i.e. the
-alignment in bytes will be 2^@var{align}.
+Set the alignment for any sections matching @var{sectionpattern}.
+@var{align} specifies the alignment in bytes and must be a power of
+two, i.e. 1, 2, 4, 8@dots{}.
@item --add-section @var{sectionname}=@var{filename}
Add a new section named @var{sectionname} while copying the file. The
diff --git a/binutils/objcopy.c b/binutils/objcopy.c
index 6489fbe..8f74beb 100644
--- a/binutils/objcopy.c
+++ b/binutils/objcopy.c
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ copy_usage (FILE *stream, int exit_status)
--set-section-flags <name>=<flags>\n\
Set section <name>'s properties to <flags>\n\
--set-section-alignment <name>=<align>\n\
- Set section <name>'s alignment to 2^<align> bytes\n\
+ Set section <name>'s alignment to <align> bytes\n\
--add-section <name>=<file> Add section <name> found in <file> to output\n\
--update-section <name>=<file>\n\
Update contents of section <name> with\n\
@@ -5280,24 +5280,37 @@ copy_main (int argc, char *argv[])
const char *s;
int len;
char *name;
- int align;
+ int palign, align;
s = strchr (optarg, '=');
if (s == NULL)
- fatal (_("bad format for %s"), "--set-section-alignment");
+ fatal (_("bad format for --set-section-alignment: argument needed"));
- align = atoi(s+1);
- if (align < 0)
- fatal (_("bad format for %s"), "--set-section-alignment");
+ align = atoi (s + 1);
+ if (align <= 0)
+ fatal (_("bad format for --set-section-alignment: numeric argument needed"));
+ /* Convert integer alignment into a power-of-two alignment. */
+ palign = 0;
+ while ((align & 1) == 0)
+ {
+ align >>= 1;
+ ++palign;
+ }
+
+ if (align != 1)
+ /* Number has more than on 1, i.e. wasn't a power of 2. */
+ fatal (_("bad format for --set-section-alignment: alignment is not a power of two"));
+
+ /* Add the alignment setting to the section list. */
len = s - optarg;
name = (char *) xmalloc (len + 1);
strncpy (name, optarg, len);
name[len] = '\0';
p = find_section_list (name, TRUE, SECTION_CONTEXT_SET_ALIGNMENT);
-
- p->alignment = align;
+ if (p)
+ p->alignment = palign;
}
break;
diff --git a/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/objcopy.exp b/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/objcopy.exp
index 3e3c355..e12a828 100644
--- a/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/objcopy.exp
+++ b/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/objcopy.exp
@@ -1310,3 +1310,5 @@ proc objcopy_remove_relocations_from_executable { } {
objcopy_remove_relocations_from_executable
run_dump_test "pr23633"
+
+run_dump_test "set-section-alignment"
diff --git a/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/set-section-alignment.d b/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/set-section-alignment.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d562ce1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/set-section-alignment.d
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#source: pr23633.s
+#PROG: objcopy
+#objcopy: --set-section-alignment .text=16
+#objdump: --section-headers
+#notarget: *-*-*aout *-*-*coff *-*-cygwin* *-*-darwin *-*-mingw* *-*-go32 *-*-*pe hppa*-*-hpux* ns32k-*-* powerpc-*-aix* rs6000-*-* rx-*-* *-*-vms
+
+#...
+.*\.text.*2\*\*4
+#pass