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[binutils-gdb] [BFD][AARCH64]Disallow R_AARCH64_ABS32(LP64) & R_AARCH64_ABS16 in const section of shared object.


*** TEST RESULTS FOR COMMIT 79e741920446582bd0e09f3e2b9f899c258efa56 ***

Author: Renlin Li <renlin.li@arm.com>
Branch: master
Commit: 79e741920446582bd0e09f3e2b9f899c258efa56

[BFD][AARCH64]Disallow R_AARCH64_ABS32(LP64) & R_AARCH64_ABS16 in const section of shared object.

R_AARCH64_ABS64, R_AARCH64_ABS32 and R_AARCH64_ABS16 are data relocations
supported in AArch64 elf ABI.

R_AARCH64_ABS64 under LP64 is allowed in shared object and a dynamic relocation entry
will be generated. This allows the dynamic linker to do further symbol resolution.
R_AARCH64_ABS32 likewise is allowed in shared object, however under ILP32 abi.

The original behavior for R_AARCH64_ABS32 under LP64 is that, it's allowed
in shared object and silently resolved at static linking time.
No dynamic relocation entry is generate for it.

R_AARCH64_ABS16 is allowed in shared object under both L64 and ILP32.
It's resolved at static linking time as well.

Under LP64, the address should be 64-bit. R_AARCH64_ABS32 relocation indicates
an address that is only sized 32 bits which is meaningless in LP64 shared object.
It's useful to error out.

I have checked glibc dynamic linker code, R_AARCH64_ABS16 is not supported at all. So
R_AARCH64_ABS16 should be reject in shared object completely.

In this patch, R_AARCH64_ABS32 is rejected under LP64 in constant section of shared object.
R_AARCH64_ABS16 is rejected in constant section of shared object in both ABI.

This will sometimes provide useful information for buggy code.


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