binutils-gdb/gold
Ian Lance Taylor 0700cf329e From Cary Coutant: Fix mixing PIC and non-PIC relocs in the same
shared library.
2008-01-23 07:15:59 +00:00
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po Support assignments and expressions in linker scripts. 2008-01-09 19:57:45 +00:00
testsuite From Cary Coutant: Fix mixing PIC and non-PIC relocs in the same 2008-01-23 07:15:59 +00:00
Makefile.am Add explicit dependencies on yyscript.h to make sure that it is 2008-01-23 02:13:38 +00:00
Makefile.in Add explicit dependencies on yyscript.h to make sure that it is 2008-01-23 02:13:38 +00:00
README Initial CVS checkin of gold 2006-08-04 23:10:59 +00:00
aclocal.m4 Can now do a full static link of hello, world in C or C++ 2006-11-03 18:26:11 +00:00
archive.cc Reduce the number of system calls. Use readv instead of pread. Do 2008-01-02 23:48:49 +00:00
archive.h Reduce the number of system calls. Use readv instead of pread. Do 2008-01-02 23:48:49 +00:00
common.cc Rewrite workqueue. This version eliminates the master thread, and 2007-12-14 19:00:21 +00:00
common.h Rewrite workqueue. This version eliminates the master thread, and 2007-12-14 19:00:21 +00:00
compressed_output.cc Don't include options.h in fileread.h. Remove General_options 2008-01-18 23:26:48 +00:00
compressed_output.h Compress all debug sections. 2007-12-01 06:34:12 +00:00
config.in From Craig Silverstein: Add support for compressing .debug_str section. 2007-11-30 00:35:27 +00:00
configure Parse a SECTIONS clause in a linker script. 2008-01-23 01:31:13 +00:00
configure.ac Parse a SECTIONS clause in a linker script. 2008-01-23 01:31:13 +00:00
debug.h Parse a SECTIONS clause in a linker script. 2008-01-23 01:31:13 +00:00
defstd.cc Add licensing text to every source file. 2007-09-22 21:02:10 +00:00
defstd.h Add licensing text to every source file. 2007-09-22 21:02:10 +00:00
dirsearch.cc Rewrite workqueue. This version eliminates the master thread, and 2007-12-14 19:00:21 +00:00
dirsearch.h Rewrite workqueue. This version eliminates the master thread, and 2007-12-14 19:00:21 +00:00
dwarf_reader.cc From Craig Silverstein: Handle quoted strings differently in version 2008-01-18 23:35:09 +00:00
dwarf_reader.h Add section_size_type and section_offset_type, use them to replace a 2007-12-18 00:48:04 +00:00
dynobj.cc Don't include options.h in fileread.h. Remove General_options 2008-01-18 23:26:48 +00:00
dynobj.h From Andrew Chatham and Craig Silverstein: Add support for version 2008-01-15 23:41:28 +00:00
ehframe.cc Speed up relocations against local symbols in merged sections. 2007-12-21 21:19:45 +00:00
ehframe.h Speed up relocations against local symbols in merged sections. 2007-12-21 21:19:45 +00:00
errors.cc Report linker script errors with line numbers. Ignore OUTPUT_FORMAT 2008-01-07 05:19:02 +00:00
errors.h Report linker script errors with line numbers. Ignore OUTPUT_FORMAT 2008-01-07 05:19:02 +00:00
expression.cc Parse a SECTIONS clause in a linker script. 2008-01-23 01:31:13 +00:00
fileread.cc Don't include options.h in fileread.h. Remove General_options 2008-01-18 23:26:48 +00:00
fileread.h Include <vector>. 2008-01-22 22:50:31 +00:00
gold-threads.cc Add threading support. 2007-11-22 00:05:51 +00:00
gold-threads.h Add threading support. 2007-11-22 00:05:51 +00:00
gold.cc Parse a SECTIONS clause in a linker script. 2008-01-23 01:31:13 +00:00
gold.h Avoid some warnings which showed up in 64-bit mode. 2007-12-19 01:18:41 +00:00
i386.cc From Cary Coutant: Fix mixing PIC and non-PIC relocs in the same 2008-01-23 07:15:59 +00:00
layout.cc Don't include options.h in fileread.h. Remove General_options 2008-01-18 23:26:48 +00:00
layout.h Support assignments and expressions in linker scripts. 2008-01-09 19:57:45 +00:00
main.cc From Craig Silverstein: Optionally print command line for easier 2008-01-18 23:41:31 +00:00
merge.cc Speed up relocations against local symbols in merged sections. 2007-12-21 21:19:45 +00:00
merge.h Speed up relocations against local symbols in merged sections. 2007-12-21 21:19:45 +00:00
object.cc Reduce the number of system calls. Use readv instead of pread. Do 2008-01-02 23:48:49 +00:00
object.h Reduce the number of system calls. Use readv instead of pread. Do 2008-01-02 23:48:49 +00:00
options.cc Parse a SECTIONS clause in a linker script. 2008-01-23 01:31:13 +00:00
options.h From Andrew Chatham and Craig Silverstein: Add support for version 2008-01-15 23:41:28 +00:00
output.cc Don't include options.h in fileread.h. Remove General_options 2008-01-18 23:26:48 +00:00
output.h Don't include options.h in fileread.h. Remove General_options 2008-01-18 23:26:48 +00:00
parameters.cc Compress all debug sections. 2007-12-01 06:34:12 +00:00
parameters.h Compress all debug sections. 2007-12-01 06:34:12 +00:00
pread.c Rework File_read interface. Get file size. Use pread when 2007-09-25 06:43:17 +00:00
readsyms.cc Rewrite workqueue. This version eliminates the master thread, and 2007-12-14 19:00:21 +00:00
readsyms.h Rewrite workqueue. This version eliminates the master thread, and 2007-12-14 19:00:21 +00:00
reloc-types.h Add licensing text to every source file. 2007-09-22 21:02:10 +00:00
reloc.cc Reduce the number of system calls. Use readv instead of pread. Do 2008-01-02 23:48:49 +00:00
reloc.h Add section_size_type and section_offset_type, use them to replace a 2007-12-18 00:48:04 +00:00
resolve.cc Support assignments and expressions in linker scripts. 2008-01-09 19:57:45 +00:00
script-c.h Parse a SECTIONS clause in a linker script. 2008-01-23 01:31:13 +00:00
script-sections.cc Parse a SECTIONS clause in a linker script. 2008-01-23 01:31:13 +00:00
script-sections.h Parse a SECTIONS clause in a linker script. 2008-01-23 01:31:13 +00:00
script.cc Parse a SECTIONS clause in a linker script. 2008-01-23 01:31:13 +00:00
script.h Parse a SECTIONS clause in a linker script. 2008-01-23 01:31:13 +00:00
stringpool.cc Use a simpler hash function. 2007-12-22 01:53:39 +00:00
stringpool.h Move Stringpool offsets into a chunked_vector indexed by keys. 2007-12-19 01:23:46 +00:00
strtab.h Another snapshot of the current state of the sources. Gets to the 2006-08-18 22:29:20 +00:00
symtab.cc From Andrew Chatham and Craig Silverstein: Add support for version 2008-01-15 23:41:28 +00:00
symtab.h From Cary Coutant: Fix mixing PIC and non-PIC relocs in the same 2008-01-23 07:15:59 +00:00
target-reloc.h Convert more instances of off_t to be 32-bit types. 2007-12-20 21:21:24 +00:00
target-select.cc Parameterize object_unittest to work for whatever target types are 2007-10-03 00:34:49 +00:00
target-select.h Parameterize object_unittest to work for whatever target types are 2007-10-03 00:34:49 +00:00
target.h Convert more instances of off_t to be 32-bit types. 2007-12-20 21:21:24 +00:00
tls.h Convert more instances of off_t to be 32-bit types. 2007-12-20 21:21:24 +00:00
token.h Rewrite workqueue. This version eliminates the master thread, and 2007-12-14 19:00:21 +00:00
version.cc Released gold-alpha 0.9. 2007-12-08 03:17:25 +00:00
workqueue-internal.h Rewrite workqueue. This version eliminates the master thread, and 2007-12-14 19:00:21 +00:00
workqueue-threads.cc Rewrite workqueue. This version eliminates the master thread, and 2007-12-14 19:00:21 +00:00
workqueue.cc Rewrite workqueue. This version eliminates the master thread, and 2007-12-14 19:00:21 +00:00
workqueue.h Rewrite workqueue. This version eliminates the master thread, and 2007-12-14 19:00:21 +00:00
x86_64.cc From Cary Coutant: Fix mixing PIC and non-PIC relocs in the same 2008-01-23 07:15:59 +00:00
yyscript.y Parse a SECTIONS clause in a linker script. 2008-01-23 01:31:13 +00:00

README

gold is an ELF linker.  It is intended to have complete support for
ELF and to run as fast as possible on modern systems.

It is written in C++.  It is (intended to be) a GNU program, and
therefore follows the GNU formatting standards as modified for C++.
Source documents in order of precedence:
    http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/
    http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc++/17_intro/C++STYLE
    http://www.zembu.com/eng/procs/c++style.html

The linker is intended to have complete support for cross-compilation,
which still supporting the normal case of native linking as fast as
possible.  This makes the code more complex.

Many functions are actually templates whose parameter is the ELF file
class (e.g., 32 bits or 64 bits).  The code is the same, but we don't
want to pay the execution time cost of always using 64-bit integers if
the target is 32 bits.