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Re: [RFC][PATCH] Check ELF relocs after opening all all input files
- From: "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>
- To: Alan Modra <amodra at gmail dot com>
- Cc: Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com>, Binutils <binutils at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 15:24:48 -0700
- Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] Check ELF relocs after opening all all input files
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On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 7:29 PM, Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 07:25:01AM -0700, H.J. Lu wrote:
>> Another problem is when check_relocs is run, linker defined symbols
>> haven't been processed yet.
>
> __start_<section> and __stop_<section>? Yes, they are a pain.
>
> Perhaps this piece of infrastructure will help.
>
> include/
> * bfdlink.h (struct bfd_link_hash_entry): Add "section" field to
> undef. Formatting.
> bfd/
> * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_is_start_stop): New function.
> (_bfd_elf_gc_mark_rsec): Use it.
> * elf-bfd.h (_bfd_elf_is_start_stop): Declare.
>
It helps. However, I ran into another problem. bfd_elf_record_link_assignment
is called after check_relocs. bfd_elf_record_link_assignment sets non_elf,
def_regular and forced_local. For PROVIDE, it also updates root.type. They
are needed in reloc_checks.
--
H.J.