ELFv2 needs to create plt entries in a non-PIC executable for an
address reference to a function defined in a shared object. It's
possible that an object file has no features that distinguish it as
ELFv1 or ELFv2, eg. an object only containing data. Such files need
to be handled like those that are known to be ELFv2.
However, this unnecessarily creates plt entries for the analogous
ELFv1 case, so arrange to set output abi version earlier, and use the
output abi version to further distinguish ambiguous input files.
bfd/
* elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_check_relocs): Account for possibly
needed plt entries when taking the address of functions for
abiversion == 0 (ie. unknown) as well as abiversion == 2.
Move opd setup and abiversion checks to..
(ppc64_elf_before_check_relocs): ..here. Renamed from
ppc64_elf_process_dot_syms. Set output abiversion from input and
input abiversion from output, if either is not set.
(ppc64_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Don't merge flags here.
(elf_backend_check_directives): Update.
ld/testsuite/
* ld-powerpc/startv1.s, * ld-powerpc/startv2.s, * ld-powerpc/funref.s,
* ld-powerpc/funv1.s, * ld-powerpc/funv2.s,
* ld-powerpc/ambiguousv1.d, * ld-powerpc/ambiguousv2.d: New test files.
* ld-powerpc/powerpc.exp: Run new tests.
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README for LD
This is the GNU linker. It is distributed with other "binary
utilities" which should be in ../binutils. See ../binutils/README for
more general notes, including where to send bug reports.
There are many features of the linker:
* The linker uses a Binary File Descriptor library (../bfd)
that it uses to read and write object files. This helps
insulate the linker itself from the format of object files.
* The linker supports a number of different object file
formats. It can even handle multiple formats at once:
Read two input formats and write a third.
* The linker can be configured for cross-linking.
* The linker supports a control language.
* There is a user manual (ld.texinfo), as well as the
beginnings of an internals manual (ldint.texinfo).
Installation
============
See ../binutils/README.
If you want to make a cross-linker, you may want to specify
a different search path of -lfoo libraries than the default.
You can do this by setting the LIB_PATH variable in ./Makefile
or using the --with-lib-path configure switch.
To build just the linker, make the target all-ld from the top level
directory (one directory above this one).
Porting to a new target
=======================
See the ldint.texinfo manual.
Reporting bugs etc
===========================
See ../binutils/README.
Known problems
==============
The Solaris linker normally exports all dynamic symbols from an
executable. The GNU linker does not do this by default. This is
because the GNU linker tries to present the same interface for all
similar targets (in this case, all native ELF targets). This does not
matter for normal programs, but it can make a difference for programs
which try to dlopen an executable, such as PERL or Tcl. You can make
the GNU linker export all dynamic symbols with the -E or
--export-dynamic command line option.
HP/UX 9.01 has a shell bug that causes the linker scripts to be
generated incorrectly. The symptom of this appears to be "fatal error
- scanner input buffer overflow" error messages. There are various
workarounds to this:
* Build and install bash, and build with "make SHELL=bash".
* Update to a version of HP/UX with a working shell (e.g., 9.05).
* Replace "(. ${srcdir}/scripttempl/${SCRIPT_NAME}.sc)" in
genscripts.sh with "sh ${srcdir}..." (no parens) and make sure the
emulparams script used exports any shell variables it sets.
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