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diff --git a/binutils/NEWS b/binutils/NEWS index 72a9644..92ec6bc 100644 --- a/binutils/NEWS +++ b/binutils/NEWS @@ -15,6 +15,25 @@ * Add --keep-section option to objcopy and strip. This option keeps the specified section from being removed. + * Add visualization of jumps inside a function by drawing an ascii character + graph between the address and the disassembler column. Enabled via the + --visualize-jumps command line option for objdump. Currently supported by + the x86, x86_64, and ARM targets. The output looks something like this: + + c6: | | \----------> be 00 00 00 00 mov $0x0,%esi + cb: | | /----> 48 8b 3d 00 00 00 00 mov 0x0(%rip),%rdi # d2 <main+0xd2> + d2: | | | 31 c0 xor %eax,%eax + d4: | | | /-- e8 00 00 00 00 callq d9 <main+0xd9> + d9: | | | \-> bf 02 00 00 00 mov $0x2,%edi + de: | +-----------|----- e8 00 00 00 00 callq e3 <main+0xe3> + e3: | \-----------|----> 48 89 da mov %rbx,%rdx + e6: | | be 00 00 00 00 mov $0x0,%esi + eb: | \----- eb de jmp cb <main+0xcb> + ed: \-------------------> 48 8b 16 mov (%rsi),%rdx + + Additional arguments to the --visualize-jumps option add colors to the + output. + Changes in 2.33: * Add --source-comment[=<txt>] option to objdump which if present, |