Add -z undefs option to the ELF linker.
Currently we have no obvious way to revert the action of the "-z defs" command line option. The "--unresolved-symbols=ignore-in-object-files" does pretty much what is needed, but it is non-obvious and it also touches the setting for reporting unresolved symbol references from shared libraries. So I am proposing adding a "-z undefs" option to be the inverse of "-z defs". (I thought that "-z nodefs" might be confusing since it implies banning all definitions, rather than allowing them). In addition the description of the "-z defs" option in the linker documentation is misleading in one place, where it says: 'defs' Disallows undefined symbols in object files. Undefined symbols in shared libraries are still allowed. whereas later on it gets it right: '-z defs' Report unresolved symbol references from regular object files. This is done even if the linker is creating a non-symbolic shared library. The switch '--[no-]allow-shlib-undefined' controls the behaviour for reporting unresolved references found in shared libraries being linked in. * emultempl/elf32.em (_handle_option): Add support for "-z undefs" as the opposite of "-z defs". * ld.texinfo: Document the new option. Update the description of the -z defs option to make it clear that it does generate an error if an undefined symbol reference is found in an object file whilst creating a shared library. * NEWS: Document this new feature.
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2018-01-12 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
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* emultempl/elf32.em (_handle_option): Add support for "-z undefs"
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as the opposite of "-z defs".
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* ld.texinfo: Document the new option. Update the description of
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the -z defs option to make it clear that it does generate an error
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if an undefined symbol reference is found in an object file whilst
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creating a shared library.
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* NEWS: Document this new feature.
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2018-01-11 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
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* testsuite/ld-elf/pr22393-2a.rd: Replace "-z textonly" with
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-*- text -*-
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* Add -z separate-code to generate separate code PT_LOAD segment.
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* Add "-z undefs" command line option as the inverse of the "-z defs" option.
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* Add -z globalaudit command line option to force audit libraries to be run
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for every dynamic object loaded by an executable - provided that the loader
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supports this functionality.
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case 'z':
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if (strcmp (optarg, "defs") == 0)
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link_info.unresolved_syms_in_objects = RM_GENERATE_ERROR;
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else if (strcmp (optarg, "undefs") == 0)
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link_info.unresolved_syms_in_objects = RM_IGNORE;
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else if (strcmp (optarg, "muldefs") == 0)
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link_info.allow_multiple_definition = TRUE;
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else if (CONST_STRNEQ (optarg, "max-page-size="))
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using pages of this size.
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@item defs
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Disallows undefined symbols in object files. Undefined symbols in
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shared libraries are still allowed.
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Report unresolved symbol references from regular object files. This
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is done even if the linker is creating a non-symbolic shared library.
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This option is the inverse of @samp{-z undefs}.
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@item dynamic-undefined-weak
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@itemx nodynamic-undefined-weak
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@ -1288,6 +1289,11 @@ Report an error if DT_TEXTREL is set, i.e., if the binary has dynamic
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relocations in read-only sections. Don't report an error if
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@samp{notext} or @samp{textoff}.
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@item undefs
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Do not report unresolved symbol references from regular object files,
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either when creating an executable, or when creating a shared library.
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This option is the inverse of @samp{-z defs}.
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@end table
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Other keywords are ignored for Solaris compatibility.
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@ -1693,6 +1699,7 @@ while linking a large executable.
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@kindex --no-undefined
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@kindex -z defs
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@kindex -z undefs
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@item --no-undefined
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@itemx -z defs
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Report unresolved symbol references from regular object files. This
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@ -1701,6 +1708,8 @@ The switch @option{--[no-]allow-shlib-undefined} controls the
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behaviour for reporting unresolved references found in shared
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libraries being linked in.
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The effects of this option can be reverted by using @code{-z undefs}.
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@kindex --allow-multiple-definition
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@kindex -z muldefs
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@item --allow-multiple-definition
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