binutils-gdb/ld
Jan Beulich 87fa7d568d bfd: don't silently wrap or truncate PE image section RVAs
In PE images section addresses get expressed as addresses relative to
the image base. Therefore the VA of a section must be no less than the
image base, and after subtraction of the image base the resulting value
should fit in 32 bits. (The issue is particularly obvious to notice when
sections, perhaps because of ELF assumptions, get placed at VA 0 by
default. Debugging info sections as well as .comment, when input files
are ELF, are a good example. All such sections need proper mentioning in
the linker script to avoid this warning.)

There are a number of test cases which previously produced bogus images,
yet still declared the test a success. Like done for other tests
already, force a zero image base for these. This then also allows (and
requires) dropping again xfail-s which 39a7b38fac ("Fix linker tests
to work with 16-bit targets") had added to ld-scripts/default-script*.d
(originally as skip-s). This also depends on similar adjustments to
testsuite/ld-scripts/map-address.* made by an earlier patch.

For ld-scripts/print-memory-usage.* I suppose xcoff could be dropped
from the exclusion list by suppressing garbage collection, just like
already done in e.g. (as seen in the diff here) ld-scripts/data.*, but I
didn't want to make unrelated adjustments.
2021-03-09 08:52:32 +01:00
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emulparams Remove arm-symbianelf 2021-02-09 23:36:16 +10:30
emultempl elf/x86-64: Subtract __ImageBase for R_AMD64_IMAGEBASE 2021-03-05 18:25:06 -08:00
po Remove arm-symbianelf 2021-02-09 23:36:16 +10:30
scripttempl Add DWARF-5 section names to PE and PEP linker scripts. 2021-03-01 16:25:06 +00:00
testsuite bfd: don't silently wrap or truncate PE image section RVAs 2021-03-09 08:52:32 +01:00
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aclocal.m4 Implement a workaround for GNU mak jobserver 2021-01-12 05:45:44 -08:00
ChangeLog bfd: don't silently wrap or truncate PE image section RVAs 2021-03-09 08:52:32 +01:00
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ChangeLog-2020 ChangeLog rotation 2021-01-01 10:31:02 +10:30
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ChangeLog-9899 PR27116, Spelling errors found by Debian style checker 2021-01-01 14:36:35 +10:30
config.in Add a new option to the linker: --error-handling-script=<NAME>. Run the script <NAME> if an undefined symbol or unfound library error is encountered. 2020-10-16 11:37:26 +01:00
configure Implement a workaround for GNU mak jobserver 2021-01-12 05:45:44 -08:00
configure.ac Implement a workaround for GNU mak jobserver 2021-01-12 05:45:44 -08:00
configure.host Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2021-01-01 10:31:05 +10:30
configure.tgt Remove arm-symbianelf 2021-02-09 23:36:16 +10:30
deffile.h Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2021-01-01 10:31:05 +10:30
deffilep.y Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2021-01-01 10:31:05 +10:30
dep-in.sed
elf-hints-local.h
fdl.texi
gen-doc.texi Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2021-01-01 10:31:05 +10:30
genscrba.sh Automatic makefile dependencies for generated ld/e*.c 2019-04-13 12:13:22 +09:30
genscripts.sh Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2021-01-01 10:31:05 +10:30
h8-doc.texi Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2021-01-01 10:31:05 +10:30
ld.h Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2021-01-01 10:31:05 +10:30
ld.texi PR27451, -z start_stop_gc 2021-03-01 17:28:03 +10:30
ldbuildid.c Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2021-01-01 10:31:05 +10:30
ldbuildid.h Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2021-01-01 10:31:05 +10:30
ldcref.c Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2021-01-01 10:31:05 +10:30
ldctor.c Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2021-01-01 10:31:05 +10:30
ldctor.h Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2021-01-01 10:31:05 +10:30
ldelf.c elf/x86-64: Subtract __ImageBase for R_AMD64_IMAGEBASE 2021-03-05 18:25:06 -08:00
ldelf.h elf/x86-64: Subtract __ImageBase for R_AMD64_IMAGEBASE 2021-03-05 18:25:06 -08:00
ldelfgen.c bfd, ld, libctf: skip zero-refcount strings in CTF string reporting 2021-03-02 15:10:10 +00:00
ldelfgen.h Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2021-01-01 10:31:05 +10:30
ldemul.c Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2021-01-01 10:31:05 +10:30
ldemul.h Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2021-01-01 10:31:05 +10:30
ldexp.c ld: don't generate base relocations in PE output for absolute symbols 2021-03-04 16:55:01 +01:00
ldexp.h ld: don't generate base relocations in PE output for absolute symbols 2021-03-04 16:55:01 +01:00
ldfile.c Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2021-01-01 10:31:05 +10:30
ldfile.h Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2021-01-01 10:31:05 +10:30
ldgram.y ld --defsym 2021-02-02 01:27:12 +10:30
ldint.texi Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2021-01-01 10:31:05 +10:30
ldlang.c --gc-sections with groups and start/stop syms 2021-03-03 17:46:36 +10:30
ldlang.h SHF_LINK_ORDER fixup_link_order in ld 2021-01-13 22:06:02 +10:30
ldlex-wrapper.c Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2021-01-01 10:31:05 +10:30
ldlex.h ld --defsym 2021-02-02 01:27:12 +10:30
ldlex.l ld --defsym 2021-02-02 01:27:12 +10:30
ldmain.c PR27451, -z start_stop_gc 2021-03-01 17:28:03 +10:30
ldmain.h Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2021-01-01 10:31:05 +10:30
ldmisc.c Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2021-01-01 10:31:05 +10:30
ldmisc.h Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2021-01-01 10:31:05 +10:30
ldver.c Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2021-01-01 10:31:05 +10:30
ldver.h Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2021-01-01 10:31:05 +10:30
ldwrite.c Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2021-01-01 10:31:05 +10:30
ldwrite.h Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2021-01-01 10:31:05 +10:30
lexsup.c PR27451, -z start_stop_gc 2021-03-01 17:28:03 +10:30
libdep_plugin.c Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2021-01-01 10:31:05 +10:30
MAINTAINERS Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2021-01-01 10:31:05 +10:30
Makefile.am Remove arm-symbianelf 2021-02-09 23:36:16 +10:30
Makefile.in Remove arm-symbianelf 2021-02-09 23:36:16 +10:30
mri.c Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2021-01-01 10:31:05 +10:30
mri.h Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2021-01-01 10:31:05 +10:30
NEWS PR27451, -z start_stop_gc 2021-03-01 17:28:03 +10:30
pe-dll.c ld: don't generate base relocations in PE output for absolute symbols 2021-03-04 16:55:01 +01:00
pe-dll.h Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2021-01-01 10:31:05 +10:30
pep-dll.c Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2021-01-01 10:31:05 +10:30
pep-dll.h Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2021-01-01 10:31:05 +10:30
plugin.c Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2021-01-01 10:31:05 +10:30
plugin.h Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2021-01-01 10:31:05 +10:30
README Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2021-01-01 10:31:05 +10:30
stamp-h.in
sysdep.h Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2021-01-01 10:31:05 +10:30
testplug2.c Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2021-01-01 10:31:05 +10:30
testplug3.c Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2021-01-01 10:31:05 +10:30
testplug4.c Update year range in copyright notice of binutils files 2021-01-01 10:31:05 +10:30
testplug.c ld: remove stray debug fprintf 2021-02-18 10:36:39 +00:00
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		README for LD

This is the GNU linker.  It is distributed with other "binary
utilities" which should be in ../binutils.  See ../binutils/README for
more general notes, including where to send bug reports.

There are many features of the linker:

* The linker uses a Binary File Descriptor library (../bfd)
  that it uses to read and write object files.  This helps
  insulate the linker itself from the format of object files.

* The linker supports a number of different object file
  formats.  It can even handle multiple formats at once:
  Read two input formats and write a third.

* The linker can be configured for cross-linking.

* The linker supports a control language.

* There is a user manual (ld.texi), as well as the
  beginnings of an internals manual (ldint.texi).

Installation
============

See ../binutils/README.

If you want to make a cross-linker, you may want to specify
a different search path of -lfoo libraries than the default.
You can do this by setting the LIB_PATH variable in ./Makefile
or using the --with-lib-path configure switch.

To build just the linker, make the target all-ld from the top level
directory (one directory above this one).

Porting to a new target
=======================

See the ldint.texi manual.

Reporting bugs etc
===========================

See ../binutils/README.

Known problems
==============

The Solaris linker normally exports all dynamic symbols from an
executable.  The GNU linker does not do this by default.  This is
because the GNU linker tries to present the same interface for all
similar targets (in this case, all native ELF targets).  This does not
matter for normal programs, but it can make a difference for programs
which try to dlopen an executable, such as PERL or Tcl.  You can make
the GNU linker export all dynamic symbols with the -E or
--export-dynamic command line option.

HP/UX 9.01 has a shell bug that causes the linker scripts to be
generated incorrectly.  The symptom of this appears to be "fatal error
- scanner input buffer overflow" error messages.  There are various
workarounds to this:
  * Build and install bash, and build with "make SHELL=bash".
  * Update to a version of HP/UX with a working shell (e.g., 9.05).
  * Replace "(. ${srcdir}/scripttempl/${SCRIPT_NAME}.sc)" in
    genscripts.sh with "sh ${srcdir}..." (no parens) and make sure the
    emulparams script used exports any shell variables it sets.

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