binutils-gdb/gold
Ian Lance Taylor e43872e995 From Craig Silverstein: Templatize the Dwarf reader. 2007-11-07 00:49:56 +00:00
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po From Craig Silverstein: Add first version of generating error messages 2007-11-02 23:02:44 +00:00
testsuite Use AC_GNU_SOURCE. 2007-10-24 18:11:23 +00:00
Makefile.am From Craig Silverstein: Add first version of generating error messages 2007-11-02 23:02:44 +00:00
Makefile.in From Craig Silverstein: Add first version of generating error messages 2007-11-02 23:02:44 +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 From Craig Silverstein: Don't crash if we see a file we don't recognize. 2007-11-07 00:31:32 +00:00
archive.h Add cache parameter to get_view. Discard uncached views on unlock. 2007-09-25 17:50:26 +00:00
common.cc Put size and endianness in parameters. 2007-09-26 07:01:35 +00:00
common.h Add licensing text to every source file. 2007-09-22 21:02:10 +00:00
config.in Use AC_GNU_SOURCE. 2007-10-24 18:11:23 +00:00
configure Use AC_GNU_SOURCE. 2007-10-24 18:11:23 +00:00
configure.ac Use AC_GNU_SOURCE. 2007-10-24 18:11:23 +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 Run all error handling through an Errors object. Delete output file 2007-10-14 06:49:14 +00:00
dirsearch.h Full support for --sysroot. 2007-10-04 05:49:04 +00:00
dwarf_reader.cc From Craig Silverstein: Templatize the Dwarf reader. 2007-11-07 00:49:56 +00:00
dwarf_reader.h From Craig Silverstein: Templatize the Dwarf reader. 2007-11-07 00:49:56 +00:00
dynobj.cc From Craig Silverstein: Handle a .so file in a .a file. 2007-11-07 00:45:05 +00:00
dynobj.h From Craig Silverstein: Handle a .so file in a .a file. 2007-11-07 00:45:05 +00:00
ehframe.cc Put size and endianness in parameters. 2007-09-26 07:01:35 +00:00
ehframe.h Put size and endianness in parameters. 2007-09-26 07:01:35 +00:00
errors.cc Run all error handling through an Errors object. Delete output file 2007-10-14 06:49:14 +00:00
errors.h Run all error handling through an Errors object. Delete output file 2007-10-14 06:49:14 +00:00
fileread.cc Implement -Bstatic/-Bdynamic. 2007-10-22 18:04:43 +00:00
fileread.h Run all error handling through an Errors object. Delete output file 2007-10-14 06:49:14 +00:00
gold-threads.cc Add infrastructure for threading support. 2007-10-17 06:24:50 +00:00
gold-threads.h Add licensing text to every source file. 2007-09-22 21:02:10 +00:00
gold.cc Simplify some code to avoid extra tests of number of objects. 2007-10-26 22:27:52 +00:00
gold.h Run all error handling through an Errors object. Delete output file 2007-10-14 06:49:14 +00:00
i386.cc From Cary Coutant: Correct generation of RELATIVE relocs. 2007-11-02 04:08:52 +00:00
layout.cc From Cary Coutant: More support for -shared, including fixes to GOT 2007-11-01 00:19:30 +00:00
layout.h From Cary Coutant: Set offsets of sections with data before finalizing 2007-10-27 00:36:52 +00:00
main.cc From Craig Silverstein and Ian Lance Taylor: Process --script option. 2007-10-27 00:29:34 +00:00
merge.cc From Craig Silverstein: add cast to avoid warning. 2007-10-20 04:35:43 +00:00
merge.h Correctly handle alignment in merge sections. 2007-10-18 17:46:23 +00:00
object.cc From Craig Silverstein: Templatize the Dwarf reader. 2007-11-07 00:49:56 +00:00
object.h Reworked from Andrew Chatham: report error locations. 2007-11-02 03:28:52 +00:00
options.cc From Craig Silverstein: Implement OPTION in linker scripts. 2007-10-30 06:27:03 +00:00
options.h From Craig Silverstein: Implement OPTION in linker scripts. 2007-10-30 06:27:03 +00:00
output.cc Correctly handle alignment in merge sections. 2007-10-18 17:46:23 +00:00
output.h Correctly handle alignment in merge sections. 2007-10-18 17:46:23 +00:00
parameters.cc From Craig Silverstein and Ian Lance Taylor: Process --script option. 2007-10-27 00:29:34 +00:00
parameters.h From Craig Silverstein and Ian Lance Taylor: Process --script option. 2007-10-27 00:29:34 +00:00
pread.c Rework File_read interface. Get file size. Use pread when 2007-09-25 06:43:17 +00:00
readsyms.cc Correct locking if a file could not be opened. 2007-10-22 18:02:36 +00:00
readsyms.h Correct locking if a file could not be opened. 2007-10-22 18:02:36 +00:00
reloc-types.h Add licensing text to every source file. 2007-09-22 21:02:10 +00:00
reloc.cc Run all error handling through an Errors object. Delete output file 2007-10-14 06:49:14 +00:00
reloc.h Cleanups from Craig Silverstein. 2007-10-01 23:42:58 +00:00
resolve.cc Fix versions of copied symbols. 2007-10-22 23:08:22 +00:00
script-c.h From Craig Silverstein: preliminary support for OPTION in linker script. 2007-10-26 22:16:06 +00:00
script.cc From Craig Silverstein: Implement OPTION in linker scripts. 2007-10-30 06:27:03 +00:00
script.h From Craig Silverstein and Ian Lance Taylor: Process --script option. 2007-10-27 00:29:34 +00:00
stringpool.cc Add an option for Stringpools to not copy strings. 2007-10-12 06:06:34 +00:00
stringpool.h Add an option for Stringpools to not copy strings. 2007-10-12 06:06:34 +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 Add support for PT_GNU_STACK. 2007-10-23 05:05:48 +00:00
symtab.h Add support for PT_GNU_STACK. 2007-10-23 05:05:48 +00:00
target-reloc.h From Cary Coutant: preliminary shared library support. 2007-10-16 23:23:08 +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 Add support for PT_GNU_STACK. 2007-10-23 05:05:48 +00:00
tls.h Run all error handling through an Errors object. Delete output file 2007-10-14 06:49:14 +00:00
version.cc Create a note section with the version of gold. 2007-10-09 21:37:55 +00:00
workqueue.cc Add infrastructure for threading support. 2007-10-17 06:24:50 +00:00
workqueue.h Add infrastructure for threading support. 2007-10-17 06:24:50 +00:00
x86_64.cc From Cary Coutant: Correct generation of RELATIVE relocs. 2007-11-02 04:08:52 +00:00
yyscript.y From Craig Silverstein: preliminary support for OPTION in linker script. 2007-10-26 22:16:06 +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.