binutils-gdb/gold
Ian Lance Taylor 429c15693c Any symbol which is in both a regular object and a dynamic object
requires an entry in the dynamic symbol table.
2007-08-29 05:48:24 +00:00
..
po Add support for SHF_MERGE sections. 2007-05-16 17:42:48 +00:00
testsuite Added a testsuite. More support for COPY relocations. 2006-11-30 23:52:50 +00:00
Makefile.am Add support for SHF_MERGE sections. 2007-05-16 17:42:48 +00:00
Makefile.in Add support for SHF_MERGE sections. 2007-05-16 17:42:48 +00:00
README
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 Implement --whole-archive. 2007-08-21 23:37:56 +00:00
archive.h Implement --whole-archive. 2007-08-21 23:37:56 +00:00
common.cc Hash tables, dynamic section, i386 PLT, gold_assert. 2006-11-29 17:56:40 +00:00
common.h Can now do a full static link of hello, world in C or C++ 2006-11-03 18:26:11 +00:00
config.in Framework for relocation scanning. Implement simple static TLS 2006-10-20 20:40:49 +00:00
configure Added a testsuite. More support for COPY relocations. 2006-11-30 23:52:50 +00:00
configure.ac Added a testsuite. More support for COPY relocations. 2006-11-30 23:52:50 +00:00
defstd.cc Split Object into Dynobj and Relobj, incorporate elfcpp swapping changes. 2006-11-06 22:46:08 +00:00
defstd.h Can now do a full static link of hello, world in C or C++ 2006-11-03 18:26:11 +00:00
dirsearch.cc Hash tables, dynamic section, i386 PLT, gold_assert. 2006-11-29 17:56:40 +00:00
dirsearch.h Can now do a full static link of hello, world in C or C++ 2006-11-03 18:26:11 +00:00
dynobj.cc Don't emit symbols seen only in dynamic object, don't read duplicate 2006-12-06 06:28:56 +00:00
dynobj.h Add support for SHF_MERGE sections. 2007-05-16 17:42:48 +00:00
fileread.cc Added a testsuite. More support for COPY relocations. 2006-11-30 23:52:50 +00:00
fileread.h Implement --whole-archive. 2007-08-21 23:37:56 +00:00
gold-threads.cc Hash tables, dynamic section, i386 PLT, gold_assert. 2006-11-29 17:56:40 +00:00
gold-threads.h
gold.cc Can now dynamically link hello, world. 2006-12-01 16:51:25 +00:00
gold.h gcc 3.2.2 and 4.1.0 portability hacks. 2006-12-06 00:28:03 +00:00
i386.cc Add support for SHF_MERGE sections. 2007-05-16 17:42:48 +00:00
layout.cc Force PT_LOAD segments to be aligned to the page size. 2007-08-21 21:03:50 +00:00
layout.h gcc 3.2.2 and 4.1.0 portability hacks. 2006-12-06 00:28:03 +00:00
main.cc Added a testsuite. More support for COPY relocations. 2006-11-30 23:52:50 +00:00
merge.cc Add support for SHF_MERGE sections. 2007-05-16 17:42:48 +00:00
merge.h Add support for SHF_MERGE sections. 2007-05-16 17:42:48 +00:00
object.cc Add support for SHF_MERGE sections. 2007-05-16 17:42:48 +00:00
object.h Add support for SHF_MERGE sections. 2007-05-16 17:42:48 +00:00
options.cc Recognize and ignore the --eh-frame-hdr option. 2007-08-22 17:07:36 +00:00
options.h Recognize and ignore the --eh-frame-hdr option. 2007-08-22 17:07:36 +00:00
output.cc Add support for SHF_MERGE sections. 2007-05-16 17:42:48 +00:00
output.h Force PT_LOAD segments to be aligned to the page size. 2007-08-21 21:03:50 +00:00
readsyms.cc Don't emit symbols seen only in dynamic object, don't read duplicate 2006-12-06 06:28:56 +00:00
readsyms.h More dynamic object support, initial scripting support. 2006-11-14 19:21:05 +00:00
reloc-types.h Snapshot. Includes first cut at output relocation sections. 2006-11-16 00:38:25 +00:00
reloc.cc Add support for SHF_MERGE sections. 2007-05-16 17:42:48 +00:00
reloc.h Add support for SHF_MERGE sections. 2007-05-16 17:42:48 +00:00
resolve.cc Any symbol which is in both a regular object and a dynamic object 2007-08-29 05:48:24 +00:00
script-c.h More dynamic object support, initial scripting support. 2006-11-14 19:21:05 +00:00
script.cc Make relative references in linker scripts absolute and update a 2007-08-21 21:29:12 +00:00
script.h More dynamic object support, initial scripting support. 2006-11-14 19:21:05 +00:00
stringpool.cc Add support for SHF_MERGE sections. 2007-05-16 17:42:48 +00:00
stringpool.h Add support for SHF_MERGE sections. 2007-05-16 17:42:48 +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 Copy in_reg and in_dyn when resolving NAME/VERSION with NAME/NULL. 2007-08-29 03:42:51 +00:00
symtab.h Any symbol which is in both a regular object and a dynamic object 2007-08-29 05:48:24 +00:00
target-reloc.h Make relative references in linker scripts absolute and update a 2007-08-21 21:29:12 +00:00
target-select.cc Can now do a full static link of hello, world in C or C++ 2006-11-03 18:26:11 +00:00
target-select.h Can now do a full static link of hello, world in C or C++ 2006-11-03 18:26:11 +00:00
target.h Generate version information. 2006-12-06 00:02:36 +00:00
workqueue.cc Hash tables, dynamic section, i386 PLT, gold_assert. 2006-11-29 17:56:40 +00:00
workqueue.h Can now do a full static link of hello, world in C or C++ 2006-11-03 18:26:11 +00:00
yyscript.y More dynamic object support, initial scripting support. 2006-11-14 19:21:05 +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.