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-rw-r--r--ld/ChangeLog10
-rw-r--r--ld/NEWS3
-rw-r--r--ld/emultempl/elf32.em2
-rw-r--r--ld/ld.texinfo13
4 files changed, 26 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index 19e34da..a2c13c8 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+2018-01-12 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+ * emultempl/elf32.em (_handle_option): Add support for "-z undefs"
+ as the opposite of "-z defs".
+ * ld.texinfo: Document the new option. Update the description of
+ the -z defs option to make it clear that it does generate an error
+ if an undefined symbol reference is found in an object file whilst
+ creating a shared library.
+ * NEWS: Document this new feature.
+
2018-01-11 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
* testsuite/ld-elf/pr22393-2a.rd: Replace "-z textonly" with
diff --git a/ld/NEWS b/ld/NEWS
index 0d40ccd..69c8b1d 100644
--- a/ld/NEWS
+++ b/ld/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-*- text -*-
+
* Add -z separate-code to generate separate code PT_LOAD segment.
+* Add "-z undefs" command line option as the inverse of the "-z defs" option.
+
* Add -z globalaudit command line option to force audit libraries to be run
for every dynamic object loaded by an executable - provided that the loader
supports this functionality.
diff --git a/ld/emultempl/elf32.em b/ld/emultempl/elf32.em
index 8ff19bf..c0925fc 100644
--- a/ld/emultempl/elf32.em
+++ b/ld/emultempl/elf32.em
@@ -2726,6 +2726,8 @@ fragment <<EOF
case 'z':
if (strcmp (optarg, "defs") == 0)
link_info.unresolved_syms_in_objects = RM_GENERATE_ERROR;
+ else if (strcmp (optarg, "undefs") == 0)
+ link_info.unresolved_syms_in_objects = RM_IGNORE;
else if (strcmp (optarg, "muldefs") == 0)
link_info.allow_multiple_definition = TRUE;
else if (CONST_STRNEQ (optarg, "max-page-size="))
diff --git a/ld/ld.texinfo b/ld/ld.texinfo
index 8cd2bed..94d340c 100644
--- a/ld/ld.texinfo
+++ b/ld/ld.texinfo
@@ -1147,8 +1147,9 @@ layout will be optimized to minimize memory pages if the system is
using pages of this size.
@item defs
-Disallows undefined symbols in object files. Undefined symbols in
-shared libraries are still allowed.
+Report unresolved symbol references from regular object files. This
+is done even if the linker is creating a non-symbolic shared library.
+This option is the inverse of @samp{-z undefs}.
@item dynamic-undefined-weak
@itemx nodynamic-undefined-weak
@@ -1288,6 +1289,11 @@ Report an error if DT_TEXTREL is set, i.e., if the binary has dynamic
relocations in read-only sections. Don't report an error if
@samp{notext} or @samp{textoff}.
+@item undefs
+Do not report unresolved symbol references from regular object files,
+either when creating an executable, or when creating a shared library.
+This option is the inverse of @samp{-z defs}.
+
@end table
Other keywords are ignored for Solaris compatibility.
@@ -1693,6 +1699,7 @@ while linking a large executable.
@kindex --no-undefined
@kindex -z defs
+@kindex -z undefs
@item --no-undefined
@itemx -z defs
Report unresolved symbol references from regular object files. This
@@ -1701,6 +1708,8 @@ The switch @option{--[no-]allow-shlib-undefined} controls the
behaviour for reporting unresolved references found in shared
libraries being linked in.
+The effects of this option can be reverted by using @code{-z undefs}.
+
@kindex --allow-multiple-definition
@kindex -z muldefs
@item --allow-multiple-definition