binutils-gdb/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/group11.d

#source: group1a.s
#source: group1b.s
#ld: -r --force-group-allocation
#readelf: -g

There are no section groups in this file.
ld: Allow section groups to be resolved as part of a relocatable link This commit adds a new linker feature: the ability to resolve section groups as part of a relocatable link. Currently section groups are automatically resolved when performing a final link, and are carried through when performing a relocatable link. By carried through this means that one copy of each section group (from all the copies that might be found in all the input files) is placed into the output file. Sections that are part of a section group will not match input section specifiers within a linker script and are forcibly kept as separate sections. There is a slight resemblance between section groups and common section. Like section groups, common sections are carried through when performing a relocatable link, and resolved (allocated actual space) only at final link time. However, with common sections there is an ability to force the linker to allocate space for the common sections when performing a relocatable link, there's currently no such ability for section groups. This commit adds such a mechanism. This new facility can be accessed in two ways, first there's a command line switch --force-group-allocation, second, there's a new linker script command FORCE_GROUP_ALLOCATION. If one of these is used when performing a relocatable link then the linker will resolve the section groups as though it were performing a final link, the section group will be deleted, and the members of the group will be placed like normal input sections. If there are multiple copies of the group (from multiple input files) then only one copy of the group members will be placed, the duplicate copies will be discarded. Unlike common sections that have the --no-define-common command line flag, and INHIBIT_COMMON_ALLOCATION linker script command there is no way to prevent group resolution during a final link, this is because the ELF gABI specifically prohibits the presence of SHT_GROUP sections in a fully linked executable. However, the code as written should make adding such a feature trivial, setting the new resolve_section_groups flag to false during a final link should work as you'd expect. bfd/ChangeLog: * elf.c (_bfd_elf_make_section_from_shdr): Don't initially mark SEC_GROUP sections as SEC_EXCLUDE. (bfd_elf_set_group_contents): Replace use of abort with an assert. (assign_section_numbers): Use resolve_section_groups flag instead of relocatable link type. (_bfd_elf_init_private_section_data): Use resolve_section_groups flag instead of checking the final_link flag for part of the checks in here. Fix white space as a result. * elflink.c (elf_link_input_bfd): Use resolve_section_groups flag instead of relocatable link type. (bfd_elf_final_link): Likewise. include/ChangeLog: * bfdlink.h (struct bfd_link_info): Add new resolve_section_groups flag. ld/ChangeLog: * ld.h (struct args_type): Add force_group_allocation field. * ldgram.y: Add support for FORCE_GROUP_ALLOCATION. * ldlex.h: Likewise. * ldlex.l: Likewise. * lexsup.c: Likewise. * ldlang.c (unique_section_p): Check resolve_section_groups flag not the relaxable link flag. (lang_add_section): Discard section groups when we're resolving groups. Clear the SEC_LINK_ONCE flag if we're resolving section groups. * ldmain.c (main): Initialise resolve_section_groups flag in link_info based on command line flags. * testsuite/ld-elf/group11.d: New file. * testsuite/ld-elf/group12.d: New file. * testsuite/ld-elf/group12.ld: New file. * NEWS: Mention new features. * ld.texinfo (Options): Document --force-group-allocation. (Miscellaneous Commands): Document FORCE_GROUP_ALLOCATION. 2017-03-22 18:27:49 +01:00			`#source: group1a.s`
			`#source: group1b.s`
			`#ld: -r --force-group-allocation`
			`#readelf: -g`

			`There are no section groups in this file.`