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Diffstat (limited to 'include/bfdlink.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/bfdlink.h | 42 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/include/bfdlink.h b/include/bfdlink.h index e8fc65f..c174dcd 100644 --- a/include/bfdlink.h +++ b/include/bfdlink.h @@ -198,6 +198,19 @@ struct bfd_sym_chain const char *name; }; +/* How to handle unresolved symbols. + There are four possibilities which are enumerated below: */ +enum report_method +{ + /* This is the initial value when then link_info structure is created. + It allows the various stages of the linker to determine whether they + allowed to set the value. */ + RM_NOT_YET_SET = 0, + RM_IGNORE, + RM_GENERATE_WARNING, + RM_GENERATE_ERROR +}; + /* This structure holds all the information needed to communicate between BFD and the linker when doing a link. */ @@ -238,24 +251,6 @@ struct bfd_link_info need much more time and therefore must be explicitly selected. */ unsigned int optimize: 1; - /* TRUE if BFD should generate errors for undefined symbols - even if generating a shared object. */ - unsigned int no_undefined: 1; - - /* TRUE if BFD should allow undefined symbols in shared objects even - when no_undefined is set to disallow undefined symbols. The net - result will be that undefined symbols in regular objects will - still trigger an error, but undefined symbols in shared objects - will be ignored. The implementation of no_undefined makes the - assumption that the runtime linker will choke on undefined - symbols. However there is at least one system (BeOS) where - undefined symbols in shared libraries is normal since the kernel - patches them at load time to select which function is most - appropriate for the current architecture. I.E. dynamically - select an appropriate memset function. Apparently it is also - normal for HPPA shared libraries to have undefined symbols. */ - unsigned int allow_shlib_undefined: 1; - /* TRUE if ok to have multiple definition. */ unsigned int allow_multiple_definition: 1; @@ -305,6 +300,17 @@ struct bfd_link_info flags. */ unsigned int noexecstack: 1; + /* What to do with unresolved symbols in an object file. + When producing static binaries the default is GENERATE_ERROR. + When producing dynamic binaries the default is IGNORE. The + assumption with dynamic binaries is that the reference will be + resolved at load/execution time. */ + enum report_method unresolved_syms_in_objects; + + /* What to do with unresolved symbols in a shared library. + The same defaults apply. */ + enum report_method unresolved_syms_in_shared_libs; + /* Which symbols to strip. */ enum bfd_link_strip strip; |