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Diffstat (limited to 'binutils')
| -rw-r--r-- | binutils/ChangeLog | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | binutils/doc/binutils.texi | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | binutils/objcopy.c | 35 |
3 files changed, 46 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog index 1fe7f15419..840fc4d589 100644 --- a/binutils/ChangeLog +++ b/binutils/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,12 @@ +2020-03-06 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> + + * objcopy.c (check_new_section_flags): New function. Reject the + SEC_COFF_SHARED flag if the target is not a COFF binary. + (copy_object): Call check_new_section_flags. + (setup_section): Likewise. + * doc/binutils.texi (objcopy): Add a note that the 'share' section + flag cannot be applied to ELF binaries. + 2020-03-06 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com> PR 25637 diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi index 3099e3f545..de3f1babb2 100644 --- a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi +++ b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi @@ -1648,7 +1648,9 @@ recognized names are @samp{alloc}, @samp{contents}, @samp{load}, @samp{contents} flag for a section which does not have contents, but it is not meaningful to clear the @samp{contents} flag of a section which does have contents--just remove the section instead. Not all flags are -meaningful for all object file formats. +meaningful for all object file formats. In particular the +@samp{share} flag is only meaningful for COFF format files and not for +ELF format files. @item --set-section-alignment @var{sectionpattern}=@var{align} Set the alignment for any sections matching @var{sectionpattern}. @@ -1704,7 +1706,8 @@ Rename a section from @var{oldname} to @var{newname}, optionally changing the section's flags to @var{flags} in the process. This has the advantage over using a linker script to perform the rename in that the output stays as an object file and does not become a linked -executable. +executable. This option accepts the same set of flags as the +@option{--sect-section-flags} option. This option is particularly helpful when the input format is binary, since this will always create a section called .data. If for example, diff --git a/binutils/objcopy.c b/binutils/objcopy.c index 16affa9960..09facf0061 100644 --- a/binutils/objcopy.c +++ b/binutils/objcopy.c @@ -2562,6 +2562,23 @@ merge_gnu_build_notes (bfd * abfd, return size; } +static flagword +check_new_section_flags (flagword flags, bfd * abfd, const char * secname) +{ + /* Only set the SEC_COFF_SHARED flag on COFF files. + The same bit value is used by ELF targets to indicate + compressed sections, and setting that flag here breaks + things. */ + if ((flags & SEC_COFF_SHARED) + && bfd_get_flavour (abfd) != bfd_target_coff_flavour) + { + non_fatal (_("%s[%s]: Note - dropping 'share' flag as output format is not COFF"), + bfd_get_filename (abfd), secname); + flags &= ~ SEC_COFF_SHARED; + } + return flags; +} + /* Copy object file IBFD onto OBFD. Returns TRUE upon success, FALSE otherwise. */ @@ -2810,7 +2827,10 @@ copy_object (bfd *ibfd, bfd *obfd, const bfd_arch_info_type *input_arch) pset = find_section_list (padd->name, FALSE, SECTION_CONTEXT_SET_FLAGS); if (pset != NULL) - flags = pset->flags | SEC_HAS_CONTENTS; + { + flags = pset->flags | SEC_HAS_CONTENTS; + flags = check_new_section_flags (flags, obfd, padd->name); + } else flags = SEC_HAS_CONTENTS | SEC_READONLY | SEC_DATA; @@ -3950,6 +3970,7 @@ setup_section (bfd *ibfd, sec_ptr isection, void *obfdarg) flagword flags; const char *err; const char * name; + const char * new_name; char *prefix = NULL; bfd_boolean make_nobits; unsigned int alignment; @@ -3965,7 +3986,12 @@ setup_section (bfd *ibfd, sec_ptr isection, void *obfdarg) flags &= bfd_applicable_section_flags (ibfd); flags &= bfd_applicable_section_flags (obfd); } - name = find_section_rename (name, &flags); + new_name = find_section_rename (name, &flags); + if (new_name != name) + { + name = new_name; + flags = check_new_section_flags (flags, obfd, name); + } /* Prefix sections. */ if (prefix_alloc_sections_string @@ -3989,7 +4015,10 @@ setup_section (bfd *ibfd, sec_ptr isection, void *obfdarg) p = find_section_list (bfd_section_name (isection), FALSE, SECTION_CONTEXT_SET_FLAGS); if (p != NULL) - flags = p->flags | (flags & (SEC_HAS_CONTENTS | SEC_RELOC)); + { + flags = p->flags | (flags & (SEC_HAS_CONTENTS | SEC_RELOC)); + flags = check_new_section_flags (flags, obfd, bfd_section_name (isection)); + } else if (strip_symbols == STRIP_NONDEBUG && (flags & (SEC_ALLOC | SEC_GROUP)) != 0 && !is_nondebug_keep_contents_section (ibfd, isection)) |