The assumption that R_AARCH64_ABS16 and R_AARCH64_ABS32 relocation in LP64 abi
will be used to generate an address does not hold for absolute symbol.
In this case, it is a value fixed at static linking time.
The condition to check the relocations is relax to allow absolute symbol and
undefined symbol case.
bfd/
2018-02-05 Renlin Li <renlin.li@arm.com>
PR ld/22764
* elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_check_relocs): Relax the
R_AARCH64_ABS32 and R_AARCH64_ABS16 for absolute symbol. Apply the
check for writeable section as well.
ld/
2018-02-05 Renlin Li <renlin.li@arm.com>
PR ld/22764
* testsuite/ld-aarch64/emit-relocs-258.s: Define symbol as an address.
* testsuite/ld-aarch64/emit-relocs-259.s: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-aarch64/aarch64-elf.exp: Run new test.
* testsuite/ld-aarch64/pr22764.s: New.
* testsuite/ld-aarch64/pr22764.d: New.
R_AARCH64_ABS64, R_AARCH64_ABS32 and R_AARCH64_ABS16 are data relocations
supported in AArch64 elf ABI.
R_AARCH64_ABS64 under LP64 is allowed in shared object and a dynamic relocation entry
will be generated. This allows the dynamic linker to do further symbol resolution.
R_AARCH64_ABS32 likewise is allowed in shared object, however under ILP32 abi.
The original behavior for R_AARCH64_ABS32 under LP64 is that, it's allowed
in shared object and silently resolved at static linking time.
No dynamic relocation entry is generate for it.
R_AARCH64_ABS16 is allowed in shared object under both L64 and ILP32.
It's resolved at static linking time as well.
Under LP64, the address should be 64-bit. R_AARCH64_ABS32 relocation indicates
an address that is only sized 32 bits which is meaningless in LP64 shared object.
It's useful to error out.
I have checked glibc dynamic linker code, R_AARCH64_ABS16 is not supported at all. So
R_AARCH64_ABS16 should be reject in shared object completely.
In this patch, R_AARCH64_ABS32 is rejected under LP64 in constant section of shared object.
R_AARCH64_ABS16 is rejected in constant section of shared object in both ABI.
This will sometimes provide useful information for buggy code.
