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-rw-r--r--bfd/ChangeLog29
-rw-r--r--bfd/Makefile.am5
-rw-r--r--bfd/Makefile.in7
-rw-r--r--bfd/aoutx.h1
-rw-r--r--bfd/bfd-in2.h12
-rw-r--r--bfd/elf-bfd.h4
-rw-r--r--bfd/elf.c15
-rw-r--r--bfd/elflink.h86
-rw-r--r--bfd/libbfd-in.h15
-rw-r--r--bfd/libbfd.h15
-rw-r--r--bfd/linker.c6
-rw-r--r--bfd/merge.c606
-rw-r--r--bfd/pdp11.c1
13 files changed, 787 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index f16feaa..623d296 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,32 @@
+2001-04-13 Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com>
+
+ * libbfd-in.h (_bfd_merge_section): New.
+ (_bfd_write_merged_section): New.
+ (_bfd_merged_section_offset): New.
+ * libbfd.h: Rebuilt.
+ * linker.c (_bfd_generic_link_output_symbols): Handle
+ discard_sec_merge.
+ * aoutx.h (aout_link_write_symbols): Likewise.
+ * pdp11.c (aout_link_write_symbols): Likewise.
+ * elflink.h (elf_link_add_object_symbols): Call _bfd_merge_section.
+ (elf_bfd_final_link): Adjust global symbols pointing into SEC_MERGE
+ sections.
+ (elf_link_sec_merge_syms): New.
+ (elf_link_input_bfd): Call _bfd_merged_section_offset
+ and _bfd_write_merged_section.
+ Handle discard_sec_merge.
+ * elf-bfd.h (struct elf_link_hash_table): Add merge_info
+ field.
+ (struct bfd_elf_section_data): Likewise.
+ * elf.c (_bfd_elf_make_section_from_shdr): Set SEC_MERGE and
+ SEC_STRINGS section flags and entsize from their ELF counterparts.
+ (_bfd_elf_link_hash_table_init): Initialize merge_info.
+ (elf_fake_sections): Set SHF_MERGE, SHF_STRINGS and sh_entsize
+ from their BFD counterparts.
+ * merge.c: New file.
+ * Makefile.am: Add strtab.lo.
+ * Makefile.in: Rebuilt.
+
2001-04-09 Hans-Peter Nilsson <hp@axis.com>
* elflink.h (elf_fix_symbol_flags): For non-default visibilities,
diff --git a/bfd/Makefile.am b/bfd/Makefile.am
index c75439c..0eeb3b4 100644
--- a/bfd/Makefile.am
+++ b/bfd/Makefile.am
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ BFD_LIBS = \
format.lo init.lo libbfd.lo opncls.lo reloc.lo \
section.lo syms.lo targets.lo hash.lo linker.lo \
srec.lo binary.lo tekhex.lo ihex.lo stabs.lo stab-syms.lo \
- dwarf2.lo
+ merge.lo dwarf2.lo
BFD_LIBS_CFILES = \
archive.c archures.c bfd.c cache.c coffgen.c corefile.c \
format.c init.c libbfd.c opncls.c reloc.c \
section.c syms.c targets.c hash.c linker.c \
srec.c binary.c tekhex.c ihex.c stabs.c stab-syms.c \
- dwarf2.c
+ merge.c dwarf2.c
# This list is alphabetized to make it easier to keep in sync
# with the decls and initializer in archures.c.
@@ -780,6 +780,7 @@ stabs.lo: stabs.c $(INCDIR)/filenames.h $(INCDIR)/aout/stab_gnu.h \
$(INCDIR)/aout/stab.def
stab-syms.lo: stab-syms.c libaout.h $(INCDIR)/bfdlink.h \
$(INCDIR)/aout/aout64.h $(INCDIR)/aout/stab.def
+merge.lo: merge.c $(INCDIR)/filenames.h
dwarf2.lo: dwarf2.c $(INCDIR)/filenames.h $(INCDIR)/libiberty.h \
elf-bfd.h $(INCDIR)/elf/common.h $(INCDIR)/elf/internal.h \
$(INCDIR)/elf/external.h $(INCDIR)/bfdlink.h $(INCDIR)/elf/dwarf2.h
diff --git a/bfd/Makefile.in b/bfd/Makefile.in
index d854346..670cd1b 100644
--- a/bfd/Makefile.in
+++ b/bfd/Makefile.in
@@ -144,10 +144,10 @@ BFD_H = bfd.h
# for the debugger, so if you are downloading things as S-records you
# need two copies of the executable, one to download and one for the
# debugger).
-BFD_LIBS = archive.lo archures.lo bfd.lo cache.lo coffgen.lo corefile.lo format.lo init.lo libbfd.lo opncls.lo reloc.lo section.lo syms.lo targets.lo hash.lo linker.lo srec.lo binary.lo tekhex.lo ihex.lo stabs.lo stab-syms.lo dwarf2.lo
+BFD_LIBS = archive.lo archures.lo bfd.lo cache.lo coffgen.lo corefile.lo format.lo init.lo libbfd.lo opncls.lo reloc.lo section.lo syms.lo targets.lo hash.lo linker.lo srec.lo binary.lo tekhex.lo ihex.lo stabs.lo stab-syms.lo merge.lo dwarf2.lo
-BFD_LIBS_CFILES = archive.c archures.c bfd.c cache.c coffgen.c corefile.c format.c init.c libbfd.c opncls.c reloc.c section.c syms.c targets.c hash.c linker.c srec.c binary.c tekhex.c ihex.c stabs.c stab-syms.c dwarf2.c
+BFD_LIBS_CFILES = archive.c archures.c bfd.c cache.c coffgen.c corefile.c format.c init.c libbfd.c opncls.c reloc.c section.c syms.c targets.c hash.c linker.c srec.c binary.c tekhex.c ihex.c stabs.c stab-syms.c merge.c dwarf2.c
# This list is alphabetized to make it easier to keep in sync
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ LTLIBRARIES = $(lib_LTLIBRARIES)
libbfd_la_OBJECTS = archive.lo archures.lo bfd.lo cache.lo coffgen.lo \
corefile.lo format.lo init.lo libbfd.lo opncls.lo reloc.lo section.lo \
syms.lo targets.lo hash.lo linker.lo srec.lo binary.lo tekhex.lo \
-ihex.lo stabs.lo stab-syms.lo dwarf2.lo
+ihex.lo stabs.lo stab-syms.lo merge.lo dwarf2.lo
CFLAGS = @CFLAGS@
COMPILE = $(CC) $(DEFS) $(INCLUDES) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(AM_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)
LTCOMPILE = $(LIBTOOL) --mode=compile $(CC) $(DEFS) $(INCLUDES) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(AM_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)
@@ -887,6 +887,7 @@ stabs.lo: stabs.c $(INCDIR)/filenames.h $(INCDIR)/aout/stab_gnu.h \
$(INCDIR)/aout/stab.def
stab-syms.lo: stab-syms.c libaout.h $(INCDIR)/bfdlink.h \
$(INCDIR)/aout/aout64.h $(INCDIR)/aout/stab.def
+merge.lo: merge.c $(INCDIR)/filenames.h
dwarf2.lo: dwarf2.c $(INCDIR)/filenames.h $(INCDIR)/libiberty.h \
elf-bfd.h $(INCDIR)/elf/common.h $(INCDIR)/elf/internal.h \
$(INCDIR)/elf/external.h $(INCDIR)/bfdlink.h $(INCDIR)/elf/dwarf2.h
diff --git a/bfd/aoutx.h b/bfd/aoutx.h
index f1aae0e..4ed28d9 100644
--- a/bfd/aoutx.h
+++ b/bfd/aoutx.h
@@ -4341,6 +4341,7 @@ aout_link_write_symbols (finfo, input_bfd)
switch (discard)
{
case discard_none:
+ case discard_sec_merge:
break;
case discard_l:
if ((type & N_STAB) == 0
diff --git a/bfd/bfd-in2.h b/bfd/bfd-in2.h
index 213ef84..601f351 100644
--- a/bfd/bfd-in2.h
+++ b/bfd/bfd-in2.h
@@ -1102,6 +1102,14 @@ typedef struct sec
references found to any symbol in the section. */
#define SEC_CLINK 0x10000000
+ /* Attempt to merge identical entities in the section.
+ Entity size is given in the entsize field. */
+#define SEC_MERGE 0x20000000
+
+ /* If given with SEC_MERGE, entities to merge are zero terminated strings
+ where entsize specifies character size instead of fixed size entries. */
+#define SEC_STRINGS 0x40000000
+
/* End of section flags. */
/* Some internal packed boolean fields. */
@@ -1214,6 +1222,10 @@ typedef struct sec
unsigned int lineno_count;
+ /* Entity size for merging purposes. */
+
+ unsigned int entsize;
+
/* Optional information about a COMDAT entry; NULL if not COMDAT. */
struct bfd_comdat_info *comdat;
diff --git a/bfd/elf-bfd.h b/bfd/elf-bfd.h
index c6c9e90..e1b61a2 100644
--- a/bfd/elf-bfd.h
+++ b/bfd/elf-bfd.h
@@ -241,6 +241,8 @@ struct elf_link_hash_table
struct elf_link_hash_entry *hgot;
/* A pointer to information used to link stabs in sections. */
PTR stab_info;
+ /* A pointer to information used to merge SEC_MERGE sections. */
+ PTR merge_info;
/* A linked list of local symbols to be added to .dynsym. */
struct elf_link_local_dynamic_entry *dynlocal;
/* A linked list of DT_RPATH/DT_RUNPATH names found in dynamic
@@ -712,6 +714,8 @@ struct bfd_elf_section_data
long dynindx;
/* A pointer used for .stab linking optimizations. */
PTR stab_info;
+ /* A pointer used for SEC_MERGE optimizations. */
+ PTR merge_info;
/* A pointer available for the processor specific ELF backend. */
PTR tdata;
/* Nonzero if this section uses RELA relocations, rather than REL. */
diff --git a/bfd/elf.c b/bfd/elf.c
index 915ddb2..92a546d 100644
--- a/bfd/elf.c
+++ b/bfd/elf.c
@@ -386,6 +386,13 @@ _bfd_elf_make_section_from_shdr (abfd, hdr, name)
flags |= SEC_CODE;
else if ((flags & SEC_LOAD) != 0)
flags |= SEC_DATA;
+ if ((hdr->sh_flags & SHF_MERGE) != 0)
+ {
+ flags |= SEC_MERGE;
+ newsect->entsize = hdr->sh_entsize;
+ if ((hdr->sh_flags & SHF_STRINGS) != 0)
+ flags |= SEC_STRINGS;
+ }
/* The debugging sections appear to be recognized only by name, not
any sort of flag. */
@@ -1031,6 +1038,7 @@ _bfd_elf_link_hash_table_init (table, abfd, newfunc)
table->runpath = NULL;
table->hgot = NULL;
table->stab_info = NULL;
+ table->merge_info = NULL;
table->dynlocal = NULL;
return _bfd_link_hash_table_init (&table->root, abfd, newfunc);
}
@@ -1809,6 +1817,13 @@ elf_fake_sections (abfd, asect, failedptrarg)
this_hdr->sh_flags |= SHF_WRITE;
if ((asect->flags & SEC_CODE) != 0)
this_hdr->sh_flags |= SHF_EXECINSTR;
+ if ((asect->flags & SEC_MERGE) != 0)
+ {
+ this_hdr->sh_flags |= SHF_MERGE;
+ this_hdr->sh_entsize = asect->entsize;
+ if ((asect->flags & SEC_STRINGS) != 0)
+ this_hdr->sh_flags |= SHF_STRINGS;
+ }
/* Check for processor-specific section types. */
if (bed->elf_backend_fake_sections)
diff --git a/bfd/elflink.h b/bfd/elflink.h
index 554713b..d175223 100644
--- a/bfd/elflink.h
+++ b/bfd/elflink.h
@@ -2167,6 +2167,18 @@ elf_link_add_object_symbols (abfd, info)
}
}
+ if (! info->relocateable && ! dynamic)
+ {
+ asection *s;
+
+ for (s = abfd->sections; s != NULL; s = s->next)
+ if ((s->flags & SEC_MERGE)
+ && ! _bfd_merge_section (abfd,
+ &elf_hash_table (info)->merge_info,
+ s, &elf_section_data (s)->merge_info))
+ goto error_return;
+ }
+
return true;
error_return:
@@ -4069,6 +4081,8 @@ static boolean elf_link_flush_output_syms
PARAMS ((struct elf_final_link_info *));
static boolean elf_link_output_extsym
PARAMS ((struct elf_link_hash_entry *, PTR));
+static boolean elf_link_sec_merge_syms
+ PARAMS ((struct elf_link_hash_entry *, PTR));
static boolean elf_link_input_bfd
PARAMS ((struct elf_final_link_info *, bfd *));
static boolean elf_reloc_link_order
@@ -4218,6 +4232,7 @@ elf_bfd_final_link (abfd, info)
Elf_Internal_Shdr *symstrtab_hdr;
struct elf_backend_data *bed = get_elf_backend_data (abfd);
struct elf_outext_info eoinfo;
+ boolean merged;
if (info->shared)
abfd->flags |= DYNAMIC;
@@ -4263,6 +4278,7 @@ elf_bfd_final_link (abfd, info)
max_external_reloc_size = 0;
max_internal_reloc_count = 0;
max_sym_count = 0;
+ merged = false;
for (o = abfd->sections; o != (asection *) NULL; o = o->next)
{
o->reloc_count = 0;
@@ -4284,6 +4300,9 @@ elf_bfd_final_link (abfd, info)
the linker has decided to not include. */
sec->linker_mark = true;
+ if (sec->flags & SEC_MERGE)
+ merged = true;
+
if (info->relocateable || info->emitrelocations)
o->reloc_count += sec->reloc_count;
@@ -4341,6 +4360,10 @@ elf_bfd_final_link (abfd, info)
o->vma = 0;
}
+ if (! info->relocateable && merged)
+ elf_link_hash_traverse (elf_hash_table (info),
+ elf_link_sec_merge_syms, (PTR) abfd);
+
/* Figure out the file positions for everything but the symbol table
and the relocs. We set symcount to force assign_section_numbers
to create a symbol table. */
@@ -5060,6 +5083,33 @@ elf_link_flush_output_syms (finfo)
return true;
}
+/* Adjust all external symbols pointing into SEC_MERGE sections
+ to reflect the object merging within the sections. */
+
+static boolean
+elf_link_sec_merge_syms (h, data)
+ struct elf_link_hash_entry *h;
+ PTR data;
+{
+ asection *sec;
+
+ if ((h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defined
+ || h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defweak)
+ && ((sec = h->root.u.def.section)->flags & SEC_MERGE)
+ && elf_section_data (sec)->merge_info)
+ {
+ bfd *output_bfd = (bfd *) data;
+
+ h->root.u.def.value =
+ _bfd_merged_section_offset (output_bfd,
+ &h->root.u.def.section,
+ elf_section_data (sec)->merge_info,
+ h->root.u.def.value, (bfd_vma) 0);
+ }
+
+ return true;
+}
+
/* Add an external symbol to the symbol table. This is called from
the hash table traversal routine. When generating a shared object,
we go through the symbol table twice. The first time we output
@@ -5525,7 +5575,15 @@ elf_link_input_bfd (finfo, input_bfd)
name = isec->name;
}
else if (isym->st_shndx > 0 && isym->st_shndx < SHN_LORESERVE)
- isec = section_from_elf_index (input_bfd, isym->st_shndx);
+ {
+ isec = section_from_elf_index (input_bfd, isym->st_shndx);
+ if (isec && elf_section_data (isec)->merge_info
+ && ELF_ST_TYPE (isym->st_info) != STT_SECTION)
+ isym->st_value =
+ _bfd_merged_section_offset (output_bfd, &isec,
+ elf_section_data (isec)->merge_info,
+ isym->st_value, (bfd_vma) 0);
+ }
else if (isym->st_shndx == SHN_ABS)
{
isec = bfd_abs_section_ptr;
@@ -5627,7 +5685,9 @@ elf_link_input_bfd (finfo, input_bfd)
if ((finfo->info->strip == strip_some
&& (bfd_hash_lookup (finfo->info->keep_hash, name, false, false)
== NULL))
- || (finfo->info->discard == discard_l
+ || (((finfo->info->discard == discard_sec_merge
+ && (isec->flags & SEC_MERGE) && ! finfo->info->relocateable)
+ || finfo->info->discard == discard_l)
&& bfd_is_local_label_name (input_bfd, name)))
continue;
@@ -5889,7 +5949,20 @@ elf_link_input_bfd (finfo, input_bfd)
}
/* Write out the modified section contents. */
- if (elf_section_data (o)->stab_info == NULL)
+ if (elf_section_data (o)->stab_info)
+ {
+ if (! (_bfd_write_section_stabs
+ (output_bfd, &elf_hash_table (finfo->info)->stab_info,
+ o, &elf_section_data (o)->stab_info, contents)))
+ return false;
+ }
+ else if (elf_section_data (o)->merge_info)
+ {
+ if (! (_bfd_write_merged_section
+ (output_bfd, o, elf_section_data (o)->merge_info)))
+ return false;
+ }
+ else
{
if (! (o->flags & SEC_EXCLUDE) &&
! bfd_set_section_contents (output_bfd, o->output_section,
@@ -5899,13 +5972,6 @@ elf_link_input_bfd (finfo, input_bfd)
: o->_raw_size)))
return false;
}
- else
- {
- if (! (_bfd_write_section_stabs
- (output_bfd, &elf_hash_table (finfo->info)->stab_info,
- o, &elf_section_data (o)->stab_info, contents)))
- return false;
- }
}
return true;
diff --git a/bfd/libbfd-in.h b/bfd/libbfd-in.h
index dc2cd11..dae7635 100644
--- a/bfd/libbfd-in.h
+++ b/bfd/libbfd-in.h
@@ -462,6 +462,21 @@ extern boolean _bfd_write_stab_strings PARAMS ((bfd *, PTR *));
extern bfd_vma _bfd_stab_section_offset
PARAMS ((bfd *, PTR *, asection *, PTR *, bfd_vma));
+/* Attempt to merge a SEC_MERGE section. */
+
+extern boolean _bfd_merge_section
+ PARAMS ((bfd *, PTR *, asection *, PTR *));
+
+/* Write out a merged section. */
+
+extern boolean _bfd_write_merged_section
+ PARAMS ((bfd *, asection *, PTR));
+
+/* Find an offset within a modified SEC_MERGE section. */
+
+extern bfd_vma _bfd_merged_section_offset
+ PARAMS ((bfd *, asection **, PTR, bfd_vma, bfd_vma));
+
/* Create a string table. */
extern struct bfd_strtab_hash *_bfd_stringtab_init PARAMS ((void));
diff --git a/bfd/libbfd.h b/bfd/libbfd.h
index 1a8268d..56e6591 100644
--- a/bfd/libbfd.h
+++ b/bfd/libbfd.h
@@ -462,6 +462,21 @@ extern boolean _bfd_write_stab_strings PARAMS ((bfd *, PTR *));
extern bfd_vma _bfd_stab_section_offset
PARAMS ((bfd *, PTR *, asection *, PTR *, bfd_vma));
+/* Attempt to merge a SEC_MERGE section. */
+
+extern boolean _bfd_merge_section
+ PARAMS ((bfd *, PTR *, asection *, PTR *));
+
+/* Write out a merged section. */
+
+extern boolean _bfd_write_merged_section
+ PARAMS ((bfd *, asection *, PTR));
+
+/* Find an offset within a modified SEC_MERGE section. */
+
+extern bfd_vma _bfd_merged_section_offset
+ PARAMS ((bfd *, asection **, PTR, bfd_vma, bfd_vma));
+
/* Create a string table. */
extern struct bfd_strtab_hash *_bfd_stringtab_init PARAMS ((void));
diff --git a/bfd/linker.c b/bfd/linker.c
index fcfeb83..3efaf66 100644
--- a/bfd/linker.c
+++ b/bfd/linker.c
@@ -2279,6 +2279,12 @@ _bfd_generic_link_output_symbols (output_bfd, input_bfd, info, psymalloc)
case discard_all:
output = false;
break;
+ case discard_sec_merge:
+ output = true;
+ if (info->relocateable
+ || ! (sym->section->flags & SEC_MERGE))
+ break;
+ /* FALLTHROUGH */
case discard_l:
if (bfd_is_local_label (input_bfd, sym))
output = false;
diff --git a/bfd/merge.c b/bfd/merge.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ace069e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bfd/merge.c
@@ -0,0 +1,606 @@
+/* SEC_MERGE support.
+ Copyright 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Written by Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com>.
+
+This file is part of BFD, the Binary File Descriptor library.
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
+
+/* This file contains support for merging duplicate entities within sections,
+ as used in ELF SHF_MERGE. */
+
+#include "bfd.h"
+#include "sysdep.h"
+#include "libbfd.h"
+
+#include <ctype.h>
+
+/* An entry in the section merge hash table. */
+
+struct sec_merge_hash_entry
+{
+ struct bfd_hash_entry root;
+ /* Length of this entry. */
+ unsigned int len;
+ /* Index within the merged section. */
+ bfd_size_type index;
+ /* Which section is it in. */
+ asection *sec;
+ /* Next entity in the hash table. */
+ struct sec_merge_hash_entry *next;
+};
+
+/* The section merge hash table. */
+
+struct sec_merge_hash
+{
+ struct bfd_hash_table table;
+ /* Next available index. */
+ bfd_size_type size;
+ /* First entity in the SEC_MERGE sections of this type. */
+ struct sec_merge_hash_entry *first;
+ /* Last entity in the SEC_MERGE sections of this type. */
+ struct sec_merge_hash_entry *last;
+ /* Entity size. */
+ unsigned int entsize;
+ /* Start of each string needs to be aligned to 1 << alignment_power
+ octets. */
+ unsigned int alignment_power;
+ /* Are entries fixed size or zero terminated strings? */
+ boolean strings;
+};
+
+struct sec_merge_info
+{
+ /* Chain of sec_merge_infos. */
+ struct sec_merge_info *next;
+ /* A hash table used to hold section content. */
+ struct sec_merge_hash *htab;
+ /* The last section attempted for merge. */
+ asection *last;
+};
+
+struct sec_merge_sec_info
+{
+ /* A hash table used to hold section content. */
+ struct sec_merge_hash *htab;
+ /* First string in this section. */
+ struct sec_merge_hash_entry *first;
+ /* Original section content. */
+ unsigned char contents[1];
+};
+
+static struct bfd_hash_entry *sec_merge_hash_newfunc
+ PARAMS ((struct bfd_hash_entry *, struct bfd_hash_table *, const char *));
+static struct sec_merge_hash_entry *sec_merge_hash_lookup
+ PARAMS ((struct sec_merge_hash *, const char *, boolean));
+static struct sec_merge_hash *sec_merge_init
+ PARAMS ((unsigned int, unsigned int, boolean));
+static struct sec_merge_hash_entry *sec_merge_add
+ PARAMS ((struct sec_merge_hash *, const char *));
+static boolean sec_merge_emit
+ PARAMS ((bfd *, struct sec_merge_hash *, struct sec_merge_hash_entry *));
+
+/* Routine to create an entry in a section merge hashtab. */
+
+static struct bfd_hash_entry *
+sec_merge_hash_newfunc (entry, table, string)
+ struct bfd_hash_entry *entry;
+ struct bfd_hash_table *table;
+ const char *string;
+{
+ struct sec_merge_hash_entry *ret = (struct sec_merge_hash_entry *) entry;
+
+ /* Allocate the structure if it has not already been allocated by a
+ subclass. */
+ if (ret == (struct sec_merge_hash_entry *) NULL)
+ ret = ((struct sec_merge_hash_entry *)
+ bfd_hash_allocate (table, sizeof (struct sec_merge_hash_entry)));
+ if (ret == (struct sec_merge_hash_entry *) NULL)
+ return NULL;
+
+ /* Call the allocation method of the superclass. */
+ ret = ((struct sec_merge_hash_entry *)
+ bfd_hash_newfunc ((struct bfd_hash_entry *) ret, table, string));
+
+ if (ret)
+ {
+ /* Initialize the local fields. */
+ ret->index = (bfd_size_type) -1;
+ ret->sec = NULL;
+ ret->next = NULL;
+ }
+
+ return (struct bfd_hash_entry *)ret;
+}
+
+/* Look up an entry in a section merge hash table. */
+
+static struct sec_merge_hash_entry *
+sec_merge_hash_lookup (table, string, create)
+ struct sec_merge_hash *table;
+ const char *string;
+ boolean create;
+{
+ register const unsigned char *s;
+ register unsigned long hash;
+ register unsigned int c;
+ struct sec_merge_hash_entry *hashp;
+ unsigned int len, i;
+ unsigned int index;
+
+ hash = 0;
+ len = 0;
+ s = (const unsigned char *) string;
+ if (table->strings)
+ {
+ if (table->entsize == 1)
+ {
+ while ((c = *s++) != '\0')
+ {
+ hash += c + (c << 17);
+ hash ^= hash >> 2;
+ ++len;
+ }
+ hash += len + (len << 17);
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ for (;;)
+ {
+ for (i = 0; i < table->entsize; ++i)
+ if (s[i] != '\0')
+ break;
+ if (i == table->entsize)
+ break;
+ for (i = 0; i < table->entsize; ++i)
+ {
+ c = *s++;
+ hash += c + (c << 17);
+ hash ^= hash >> 2;
+ }
+ ++len;
+ }
+ hash += len + (len << 17);
+ len *= table->entsize;
+ }
+ hash ^= hash >> 2;
+ len += table->entsize;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ for (i = 0; i < table->entsize; ++i)
+ {
+ c = *s++;
+ hash += c + (c << 17);
+ hash ^= hash >> 2;
+ }
+ len = table->entsize;
+ }
+
+ index = hash % table->table.size;
+ for (hashp = (struct sec_merge_hash_entry *) table->table.table[index];
+ hashp != (struct sec_merge_hash_entry *) NULL;
+ hashp = (struct sec_merge_hash_entry *) hashp->next)
+ {
+ if (hashp->root.hash == hash
+ && len == hashp->len
+ && memcmp (hashp->root.string, string, len) == 0)
+ return hashp;
+ }
+
+ if (! create)
+ return (struct sec_merge_hash_entry *) NULL;
+
+ hashp = (struct sec_merge_hash_entry *)
+ sec_merge_hash_newfunc ((struct bfd_hash_entry *) NULL,
+ (struct bfd_hash_table *) table, string);
+ if (hashp == (struct sec_merge_hash_entry *) NULL)
+ return (struct sec_merge_hash_entry *) NULL;
+ hashp->root.string = string;
+ hashp->root.hash = hash;
+ hashp->len = len;
+ hashp->root.next = table->table.table[index];
+ table->table.table[index] = (struct bfd_hash_entry *) hashp;
+
+ return hashp;
+}
+
+/* Create a new hash table. */
+
+static struct sec_merge_hash *
+sec_merge_init (alignment_power, entsize, strings)
+ unsigned int alignment_power, entsize;
+ boolean strings;
+{
+ struct sec_merge_hash *table;
+
+ table = ((struct sec_merge_hash *)
+ bfd_malloc (sizeof (struct sec_merge_hash)));
+ if (table == NULL)
+ return NULL;
+
+ if (! bfd_hash_table_init (&table->table, sec_merge_hash_newfunc))
+ {
+ free (table);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ table->size = 0;
+ table->first = NULL;
+ table->last = NULL;
+ table->alignment_power = alignment_power;
+ table->entsize = entsize;
+ table->strings = strings;
+
+ return table;
+}
+
+/* Get the index of an entity in a hash table, adding it if it is not
+ already present. */
+
+static struct sec_merge_hash_entry *
+sec_merge_add (tab, str)
+ struct sec_merge_hash *tab;
+ const char *str;
+{
+ register struct sec_merge_hash_entry *entry;
+
+ entry = sec_merge_hash_lookup (tab, str, true);
+ if (entry == NULL)
+ return NULL;
+
+ if (entry->index == (bfd_size_type) -1)
+ {
+ entry->index = tab->size;
+ tab->size += entry->len;
+ tab->size = align_power (tab->size, tab->alignment_power);
+ if (tab->first == NULL)
+ tab->first = entry;
+ else
+ tab->last->next = entry;
+ tab->last = entry;
+ }
+
+ return entry;
+}
+
+static boolean
+sec_merge_emit (abfd, tab, entry)
+ register bfd *abfd;
+ struct sec_merge_hash *tab;
+ struct sec_merge_hash_entry *entry;
+{
+ asection *sec = entry->sec;
+ char *pad = "";
+
+ if (tab->alignment_power)
+ pad = bfd_zmalloc (1 << tab->alignment_power);
+
+ for (; entry != NULL && entry->sec == sec; entry = entry->next)
+ {
+ register const char *str;
+ register size_t len;
+
+ str = entry->root.string;
+ len = entry->len;
+
+ if (bfd_write ((PTR) str, 1, len, abfd) != len)
+ break;
+
+ if (tab->alignment_power)
+ {
+ len &= (1 << tab->alignment_power) - 1;
+ if (len && bfd_write ((PTR) pad, 1,
+ (1 << tab->alignment_power) - len,
+ abfd) != (1 << tab->alignment_power) - len)
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (tab->alignment_power)
+ free (pad);
+
+ return entry == NULL || entry->sec != sec;
+}
+
+/* This function is called for each input file from the add_symbols
+ pass of the linker. */
+
+boolean
+_bfd_merge_section (abfd, psinfo, sec, psecinfo)
+ bfd *abfd;
+ PTR *psinfo;
+ asection *sec;
+ PTR *psecinfo;
+{
+ boolean first, nul;
+ struct sec_merge_info *sinfo;
+ struct sec_merge_sec_info *secinfo;
+ unsigned char *p, *end;
+ bfd_vma mask;
+ unsigned int align;
+ unsigned int i;
+
+ if (sec->_raw_size == 0
+ || (sec->flags & SEC_MERGE) == 0
+ || sec->entsize == 0)
+ return true;
+
+ if ((sec->flags & SEC_RELOC) != 0)
+ {
+ /* We aren't prepared to handle relocations in merged sections. */
+ return true;
+ }
+
+ if (sec->output_section != NULL
+ && bfd_is_abs_section (sec->output_section))
+ {
+ /* The section is being discarded from the link, so we should
+ just ignore it. */
+ return true;
+ }
+
+ align = bfd_get_section_alignment (abfd, sec);
+ if ((sec->flags & SEC_STRINGS)
+ && ((sec->entsize < (unsigned int)(1 << align)
+ && (sec->entsize & (sec->entsize - 1)))
+ || (sec->entsize > (unsigned int)(1 << align)
+ && (sec->entsize & ((1 << align) - 1)))))
+ {
+ /* Sanity check. If string character size is smaller than
+ alignment, then we require character size to be a power
+ of 2, otherwise character size must be integer multiple
+ of alignment. */
+ return true;
+ }
+
+ first = false;
+
+ for (sinfo = (struct sec_merge_info *) *psinfo; sinfo; sinfo = sinfo->next)
+ if (! ((sinfo->last->flags ^ sec->flags) & (SEC_MERGE | SEC_STRINGS))
+ && sinfo->last->entsize == sec->entsize
+ && ! strcmp (sinfo->last->name, sec->name)
+ && bfd_get_section_alignment (abfd, sinfo->last) == align)
+ break;
+
+ if (sinfo == NULL)
+ {
+ /* Initialize the information we need to keep track of. */
+ first = true;
+ sinfo = (struct sec_merge_info *)
+ bfd_alloc (abfd, sizeof (struct sec_merge_info));
+ if (sinfo == NULL)
+ goto error_return;
+ sinfo->next = (struct sec_merge_info *) *psinfo;
+ *psinfo = (PTR) sinfo;
+ sinfo->htab =
+ sec_merge_init ((sec->flags & SEC_STRINGS) ? align : 0,
+ sec->entsize, (sec->flags & SEC_STRINGS));
+ if (sinfo->htab == NULL)
+ goto error_return;
+ }
+
+ /* Read the section from abfd. */
+
+ *psecinfo = bfd_alloc (abfd, sizeof (struct sec_merge_sec_info)
+ + sec->_raw_size - 1);
+ if (*psecinfo == NULL)
+ goto error_return;
+
+ secinfo = (struct sec_merge_sec_info *)*psecinfo;
+ secinfo->htab = sinfo->htab;
+ sinfo->htab->size = 0;
+ secinfo->first = NULL;
+
+ if (! bfd_get_section_contents (abfd, sec, secinfo->contents, 0,
+ sec->_raw_size))
+ goto error_return;
+
+ end = secinfo->contents + sec->_raw_size;
+ nul = false;
+ mask = ((bfd_vma)1 << sinfo->htab->alignment_power) - 1;
+ if (sec->flags & SEC_STRINGS)
+ {
+ for (p = secinfo->contents; p < end;)
+ {
+ struct sec_merge_hash_entry *entry;
+
+ entry = sec_merge_add (sinfo->htab, p);
+ if (entry->sec == NULL)
+ {
+ if (secinfo->first == NULL)
+ secinfo->first = entry;
+ entry->sec = sec;
+ }
+ p += entry->len;
+ if (sec->entsize == 1)
+ {
+ while (p < end && *p == 0)
+ {
+ if (!nul && !((p - secinfo->contents) & mask))
+ {
+ nul = true;
+ entry = sec_merge_add (sinfo->htab, "");
+ if (entry->sec == NULL)
+ {
+ if (secinfo->first == NULL)
+ secinfo->first = entry;
+ entry->sec = sec;
+ }
+ }
+ p++;
+ }
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ while (p < end)
+ {
+ for (i = 0; i < sec->entsize; i++)
+ if (p[i] != '\0')
+ break;
+ if (i != sec->entsize)
+ break;
+ if (!nul && !((p - secinfo->contents) & mask))
+ {
+ nul = true;
+ entry = sec_merge_add (sinfo->htab, p);
+ if (entry->sec == NULL)
+ {
+ if (secinfo->first == NULL)
+ secinfo->first = entry;
+ entry->sec = sec;
+ }
+ }
+ p += sec->entsize;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ for (p = secinfo->contents; p < end; p += sec->entsize)
+ {
+ struct sec_merge_hash_entry *entry;
+
+ entry = sec_merge_add (sinfo->htab, p);
+ if (entry->sec == NULL)
+ {
+ if (secinfo->first == NULL)
+ secinfo->first = entry;
+ entry->sec = sec;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ sec->_cooked_size = sinfo->htab->size;
+ if (!sec->_cooked_size)
+ sec->flags |= SEC_EXCLUDE;
+ sinfo->last = sec;
+ return true;
+
+ error_return:
+ if (*psecinfo != NULL)
+ free (*psecinfo);
+ *psecinfo = NULL;
+ return false;
+}
+
+/* Write out the merged section. */
+
+boolean
+_bfd_write_merged_section (output_bfd, sec, psecinfo)
+ bfd *output_bfd;
+ asection *sec;
+ PTR psecinfo;
+{
+ struct sec_merge_sec_info *secinfo;
+
+ secinfo = (struct sec_merge_sec_info *) psecinfo;
+
+ if (!secinfo->first)
+ return true;
+
+ if (bfd_seek (output_bfd,
+ (sec->output_section->filepos + sec->output_offset),
+ SEEK_SET) != 0)
+ return false;
+
+ if (! sec_merge_emit (output_bfd, secinfo->htab, secinfo->first))
+ return false;
+
+ return true;
+}
+
+/* Adjust an address in the SEC_MERGE section. Given OFFSET within
+ *PSEC, this returns the new offset in the adjusted SEC_MERGE
+ section and writes the new section back into *PSEC. */
+
+bfd_vma
+_bfd_merged_section_offset (output_bfd, psec, psecinfo, offset, addend)
+ bfd *output_bfd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED;
+ asection **psec;
+ PTR psecinfo;
+ bfd_vma offset, addend;
+{
+ struct sec_merge_sec_info *secinfo;
+ struct sec_merge_hash_entry *entry;
+ unsigned char *p;
+ asection *sec = *psec;
+
+ secinfo = (struct sec_merge_sec_info *) psecinfo;
+
+ if (offset + addend >= sec->_raw_size)
+ {
+ if (offset + addend > sec->_raw_size)
+ (*_bfd_error_handler) (_("%s: access beyond end of merged section (%ld + %ld)"),
+ bfd_get_filename (sec->owner), (long)offset,
+ (long) addend);
+ return (secinfo->first ? sec->_cooked_size : 0);
+ }
+
+ if (secinfo->htab->strings)
+ {
+ if (sec->entsize == 1)
+ {
+ p = secinfo->contents + offset + addend - 1;
+ while (*p && p >= secinfo->contents)
+ --p;
+ ++p;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ p = secinfo->contents
+ + ((offset + addend) / sec->entsize) * sec->entsize;
+ p -= sec->entsize;
+ while (p >= secinfo->contents)
+ {
+ unsigned int i;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < sec->entsize; ++i)
+ if (p[i] != '\0')
+ break;
+ if (i == sec->entsize)
+ break;
+ p -= sec->entsize;
+ }
+ p += sec->entsize;
+ }
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ p = secinfo->contents
+ + ((offset + addend) / sec->entsize) * sec->entsize;
+ }
+ entry = sec_merge_hash_lookup (secinfo->htab, p, false);
+ if (!entry)
+ {
+ if (! secinfo->htab->strings)
+ abort ();
+ /* This should only happen if somebody points into the padding
+ after a NUL character but before next entity. */
+ if (*p)
+ abort ();
+ if (! secinfo->htab->first)
+ abort ();
+ entry = secinfo->htab->first;
+ p = secinfo->contents
+ + ((offset + addend) / sec->entsize + 1) * sec->entsize
+ - entry->len;
+ }
+
+ *psec = entry->sec;
+ return entry->index + (secinfo->contents + offset - p);
+}
diff --git a/bfd/pdp11.c b/bfd/pdp11.c
index af56698..c7e9c3c 100644
--- a/bfd/pdp11.c
+++ b/bfd/pdp11.c
@@ -4110,6 +4110,7 @@ aout_link_write_symbols (finfo, input_bfd)
switch (discard)
{
case discard_none:
+ case discard_sec_merge:
break;
case discard_l:
if ((type & N_STAB) == 0