binutils-gdb/gold
Alan Modra b4f7960d53 PowerPC64 ELFv2 support for gold.
elfcpp/
	* powerpc.h (EF_PPC64_ABI): New enum constant.
	(STO_PPC64_LOCAL_BIT, STO_PPC64_LOCAL_MASK): Likewise.
	(ppc64_decode_local_entry): New function.
	(ppc64_encode_local_entry): Likewise.
gold/
	* powerpc.cc (Powerpc_relobj::abiversion, set_abiversion,
	ppc64_local_entry_offset, ppc64_local_entry_offset,
	do_read_symbols): New functions.
	(Powerpc_relobj::e_flags_, st_other_): New vars.
	(Powerpc_relobj::Powerpc_relobj): Call set_abiversion.
	(Powerpc_dynobj::abiversion, set_abiversion): New functions.
	(Powerpc_relobj::e_flags_): New var.
	(Target_powerpc::first_plt_entry_offset, plt_entry_size): Inline
	and adjust for ELFv2.
	(Target_powerpc::abiversion, set_abiversion, stk_toc): New functions.
	(Powerpc_relobj::do_find_special_sections): Check no .opd in ELFv2.
	(Powerpc_dynobj::do_find_special_sections): Likewise.
	(Target_powerpc::do_define_standard_symbols): Define ".TOC.".
	(Target_powerpc::Branch_info::make_stub): Adjust stub destination
	to ELFv2 local entry.
	(Target_powerpc::do_relax): No thread safe barriers needed for
	ELFv2.
	(Output_data_plt_powerpc::initial_plt_entry_size_,
	plt_entry_size): Delete.  Replace all uses with
	first_plt_entry_offset() and plt_entry_size().
	(Output_data_plt_powerpc::Output_data_plt_powerpc): Remove
	reserved_size parm.  Update callers.
	(Output_data_plt_powerpc::entry_count): Update.
	(Output_data_plt_powerpc::first_plt_entry_offset): Make private
	and use Target_powerpc::first_plt_entry_offset().
	(Output_data_plt_powerpc::get_plt_entry_size): Similarly and
	rename to plt_entry_size.
	(Output_data_plt_powerpc::add_ifunc_entry,
	add_local_ifunc_entry): Adjust reloc for ELFv2.
	(glink_eh_frame_fde_64): Rename to glink_eh_frame_fde_64v1.
	(glink_eh_frame_fde_64v2): New.
	(Stub_table::plt_call_size): Support ELFv2 sizing.
	(Output_data_glink::add_eh_frame): Use the new FDE.
	(Output_data_glink::set_final_data_size): Adjust for ELFv2 glink.
	(Stub_table::do_write): Write ELFv2 stubs and glink.
	(Target_powerpc::Relocate::relocate): Replaces nop after call
	with ld 2,24(1) and adjust local offset destination for ELFv2.
2013-10-30 13:45:05 +10:30
..
po Regenerate. 2012-11-08 03:03:26 +00:00
testsuite Revert inappropriate portions of last change. 2013-10-11 22:16:34 +00:00
ChangeLog PowerPC64 ELFv2 support for gold. 2013-10-30 13:45:05 +10:30
Makefile.am 2013-04-26 Geoff Pike <gpike@chromium.org> 2013-04-26 21:38:57 +00:00
Makefile.in gold/ 2013-10-11 21:56:16 +00:00
NEWS Add copyright notices 2012-12-17 16:56:12 +00:00
README * README: Update coding style link. 2013-02-06 02:00:30 +00:00
TODO
aclocal.m4 * configure.ac (HAVE_ZLIB): Use AM_ZLIB instead of AC_SEARCH_LIBS. 2012-12-07 04:28:52 +00:00
archive.cc gold/ 2013-10-11 21:11:49 +00:00
archive.h gold/ 2013-10-11 21:11:49 +00:00
arm-reloc-property.cc
arm-reloc-property.h
arm-reloc.def
arm.cc gold/ 2013-10-11 21:11:49 +00:00
attributes.cc
attributes.h
binary.cc
binary.h
common.cc * arm.cc (Arm_relocate_functions::abs16): Remove unused typedef. 2012-07-11 14:18:40 +00:00
common.h
compressed_output.cc
compressed_output.h
config.in Fix mingw gold build with plugins enabled 2013-01-11 14:36:36 +00:00
configure gold/ 2013-10-11 22:07:40 +00:00
configure.ac gold/ 2013-10-11 22:07:40 +00:00
configure.tgt bfd/ 2013-04-25 13:22:52 +00:00
copy-relocs.cc * object.h (Relobj::local_symbol_value): New function. 2011-12-19 21:07:16 +00:00
copy-relocs.h
cref.cc
cref.h
debug.h
defstd.cc
defstd.h
descriptors.cc * descriptors.cc (Descriptors::close_all): New function. 2013-02-11 16:12:59 +00:00
descriptors.h * descriptors.cc (Descriptors::close_all): New function. 2013-02-11 16:12:59 +00:00
dirsearch.cc 2011-11-17 Sterling Augustine <saugustine@google.com> 2011-11-17 17:46:54 +00:00
dirsearch.h 2011-11-17 Sterling Augustine <saugustine@google.com> 2011-11-17 17:46:54 +00:00
dwarf_reader.cc gold/ 2013-08-07 17:11:24 +00:00
dwarf_reader.h gold/ 2013-10-11 21:11:49 +00:00
dwp.cc gold/ 2013-08-07 17:11:24 +00:00
dwp.h gold/ 2012-10-24 02:26:39 +00:00
dynobj.cc * dynobj.cc (Sized_dynobj::do_get_global_symbol_counts): Call 2012-06-04 20:00:31 +00:00
dynobj.h 2012-03-21 Cary Coutant <ccoutant@google.com> 2012-03-21 19:02:22 +00:00
ehframe.cc * ehframe.h (Post_fdes) Make it a vector of Post_fde rather than 2013-03-07 23:27:53 +00:00
ehframe.h * ehframe.h (Post_fdes) Make it a vector of Post_fde rather than 2013-03-07 23:27:53 +00:00
errors.cc
errors.h
expression.cc * object.h (Relobj::local_symbol_value): New function. 2011-12-19 21:07:16 +00:00
ffsll.c
fileread.cc gold/ 2012-12-10 17:38:42 +00:00
fileread.h 2013-07-15 Shawn Landden <shawnlandden@gmail.com> 2013-07-15 16:49:20 +00:00
freebsd.h * configure.ac (ENABLE_GOLD): Consider *-*-nacl* targets ELF. 2012-05-02 21:37:24 +00:00
ftruncate.c Add copyright notices 2012-12-17 16:56:12 +00:00
gc.cc
gc.h * gc.h (gc_process_relocs): Don't look through function descriptors. 2013-03-15 07:51:32 +00:00
gdb-index.cc gold/ 2013-08-07 17:11:24 +00:00
gdb-index.h 2013-07-22 Sterling Augustine <saugustine@google.com> 2013-07-29 18:29:12 +00:00
gold-threads.cc gold/ 2013-10-11 21:02:43 +00:00
gold-threads.h gold/ 2013-10-11 21:02:43 +00:00
gold.cc 2013-04-26 Geoff Pike <gpike@chromium.org> 2013-04-26 21:38:57 +00:00
gold.h gold/ 2012-10-24 02:26:39 +00:00
i386.cc gold/ 2013-10-11 21:11:49 +00:00
icf.cc * gc.h (gc_process_relocs): Don't look through function descriptors. 2013-03-15 07:51:32 +00:00
icf.h gold/ 2013-10-11 21:11:49 +00:00
incremental-dump.cc * incremental-dump.cc (find_input_containing_global): Replace 2012-04-24 22:05:28 +00:00
incremental.cc gold/ 2012-11-01 22:35:06 +00:00
incremental.h gold/ 2013-10-11 21:11:49 +00:00
int_encoding.cc * int_encoding.cc (read_unsigned_LEB_128): Replaced with inline 2012-01-25 07:34:55 +00:00
int_encoding.h * int_encoding.cc (read_unsigned_LEB_128): Replaced with inline 2012-01-25 07:34:55 +00:00
layout.cc gold/ 2013-08-27 21:49:48 +00:00
layout.h gold/ 2013-10-11 21:11:49 +00:00
main.cc 2012-03-21 Cary Coutant <ccoutant@google.com> 2012-03-21 19:02:22 +00:00
mapfile.cc
mapfile.h
merge.cc * merge.cc (Output_merge_string::do_add_input_section): Correct 2013-05-03 09:30:24 +00:00
merge.h 2013-04-29 Alexander Ivchenko <alexander.ivchenko@intel.com> 2013-04-29 17:15:09 +00:00
mremap.c
nacl.cc gold/ 2012-11-01 18:16:23 +00:00
nacl.h 2013-07-15 Shawn Landden <shawnlandden@gmail.com> 2013-07-15 16:49:20 +00:00
object.cc gold/ 2013-07-31 18:47:50 +00:00
object.h PR binutils/15834 2013-08-23 07:54:19 +00:00
options.cc gold/ 2013-05-10 22:33:35 +00:00
options.h gold/ 2013-07-19 23:07:08 +00:00
output.cc gold/ 2013-10-11 22:02:21 +00:00
output.h * output.h (Output_data_got::add_constant): Tidy. 2013-10-14 02:53:01 +00:00
parameters.cc gold/ 2013-07-30 21:26:53 +00:00
parameters.h gold/ 2013-07-19 23:07:08 +00:00
plugin.cc * descriptors.cc (Descriptors::close_all): New function. 2013-02-11 16:12:59 +00:00
plugin.h gold/ 2013-10-11 21:11:49 +00:00
powerpc.cc PowerPC64 ELFv2 support for gold. 2013-10-30 13:45:05 +10:30
pread.c
readsyms.cc * dwarf_reader.cc (Sized_dwarf_line_info::Sized_dwarf_line_info): 2012-02-29 21:22:29 +00:00
readsyms.h gold/ 2013-10-11 21:11:49 +00:00
reduced_debug_output.cc elfcpp/ 2012-05-01 22:46:36 +00:00
reduced_debug_output.h
reloc-types.h
reloc.cc * object.h (Sized_relobj_file::emit_relocs): Delete. 2012-09-05 00:34:20 +00:00
reloc.h * arm.cc (Target_arm::do_is_defined_by_abi): Make sym a const 2012-04-26 00:07:21 +00:00
resolve.cc gold/ 2013-06-14 20:07:18 +00:00
script-c.h
script-sections.cc gold/ 2013-04-15 16:37:30 +00:00
script-sections.h PR ld/14265 2012-08-14 08:31:57 +00:00
script.cc 2011-11-17 Sterling Augustine <saugustine@google.com> 2011-11-17 17:46:54 +00:00
script.h PR gold/13023 2011-10-31 22:51:03 +00:00
sparc.cc gold/ 2013-10-11 22:02:21 +00:00
stringpool.cc gold/ 2013-05-01 17:37:14 +00:00
stringpool.h 2013-04-29 Alexander Ivchenko <alexander.ivchenko@intel.com> 2013-04-29 17:15:09 +00:00
symtab.cc gold/ 2013-04-15 16:34:12 +00:00
symtab.h gold/ 2013-05-21 21:14:40 +00:00
system.h gold/ 2012-11-01 22:44:58 +00:00
target-reloc.h gold/ 2013-05-21 21:14:40 +00:00
target-select.cc * configure.ac (ENABLE_GOLD): Consider *-*-nacl* targets ELF. 2012-05-02 21:37:24 +00:00
target-select.h * configure.ac (ENABLE_GOLD): Consider *-*-nacl* targets ELF. 2012-05-02 21:37:24 +00:00
target.cc gold/ 2013-10-11 22:02:21 +00:00
target.h gold/ 2013-10-11 22:02:21 +00:00
tilegx.cc gold/ 2013-10-11 21:11:49 +00:00
timer.cc * timer.cc: #include <unistd.h>. 2012-04-06 17:21:55 +00:00
timer.h * gold.cc: Include timer.h. 2011-10-18 00:06:10 +00:00
tls.h
token.h
version.cc Update gold copyright year to 2013 2013-01-02 18:39:21 +00:00
workqueue-internal.h * workqueue-internal.h (Workqueue_threader::should_cancel_thread): 2011-07-28 23:25:06 +00:00
workqueue-threads.cc * workqueue-internal.h (Workqueue_threader::should_cancel_thread): 2011-07-28 23:25:06 +00:00
workqueue.cc * workqueue-internal.h (Workqueue_threader::should_cancel_thread): 2011-07-28 23:25:06 +00:00
workqueue.h * workqueue-internal.h (Workqueue_threader::should_cancel_thread): 2011-07-28 23:25:06 +00:00
x86_64.cc gold/ 2013-10-11 21:11:49 +00:00
yyscript.y 2011-11-11 Sterling Augustine <saugustine@google.com> 2011-11-11 22:29:43 +00:00

README

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gold is an ELF linker.  It is intended to have complete support for
ELF and to run as fast as possible on modern systems.  For normal use
it is a drop-in replacement for the older GNU linker.

gold is part of the GNU binutils.  See ../binutils/README for more
general notes, including where to send bug reports.

gold was originally developed at Google, and was contributed to the
Free Software Foundation in March 2008.  At Google it was designed by
Ian Lance Taylor, with major contributions by Cary Coutant, Craig
Silverstein, and Andrew Chatham.

The existing GNU linker manual is intended to be accurate
documentation for features which gold supports.  gold supports most of
the features of the GNU linker for ELF targets.  Notable
omissions--features of the GNU linker not currently supported in
gold--are:
  * MRI compatible linker scripts
  * cross-reference reports (--cref)
  * various other minor options


Notes on the code
=================

These are some notes which may be helpful to people working on the
source code of gold itself.

gold is written in C++.  It is a GNU program, and therefore follows
the GNU formatting standards as modified for C++.  Source documents in
order of decreasing precedence:
    http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/
    http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc++/manual/source_code_style.html
    http://www.zembu.com/eng/procs/c++style.html

The linker is intended to have complete support for cross-compilation,
while still supporting the normal case of native linking as fast as
possible.  In order to do this, many classes are actually templates
whose parameter is the ELF file class (e.g., 32 bits or 64 bits).  The
C++ code is the same, but we don't pay the execution time cost of
always using 64-bit integers if the target is 32 bits.  Many of these
class templates also have an endianness parameter: true for
big-endian, false for little-endian.

The linker is multi-threaded.  The Task class represents a single unit
of work.  Task objects are stored on a single Workqueue object.  Tasks
communicate via Task_token objects.  Task_token objects are only
manipulated while holding the master Workqueue lock.  Relatively few
mutexes are used.


Build requirements
==================

The gold source code uses templates heavily.  Building it requires a
recent version of g++.  g++ 4.0.3 and 4.1.3 are known to work.  g++
3.2, 3.4.3, and 4.1.2 are known to fail.

The linker script parser uses features which are only in newer
versions of bison.  bison 2.3 is known to work.  bison 1.26 is known
to fail.  If you are building gold from an official binutils release,
the bison output should already be included.


Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
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