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1 /* Stabs in sections linking support.
2 Copyright 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
3 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 Written by Ian Lance Taylor, Cygnus Support.
6 This file is part of BFD, the Binary File Descriptor library.
8 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
9 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
10 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
11 (at your option) any later version.
13 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
14 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
15 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
16 GNU General Public License for more details.
18 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
19 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
20 Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street - Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. */
22 /* This file contains support for linking stabs in sections, as used
23 on COFF and ELF. */
25 #include "bfd.h"
26 #include "sysdep.h"
27 #include "libbfd.h"
28 #include "aout/stab_gnu.h"
29 #include "safe-ctype.h"
31 /* Stabs entries use a 12 byte format:
32 4 byte string table index
33 1 byte stab type
34 1 byte stab other field
35 2 byte stab desc field
36 4 byte stab value
37 FIXME: This will have to change for a 64 bit object format.
39 The stabs symbols are divided into compilation units. For the
40 first entry in each unit, the type of 0, the value is the length of
41 the string table for this unit, and the desc field is the number of
42 stabs symbols for this unit. */
44 #define STRDXOFF 0
45 #define TYPEOFF 4
46 #define OTHEROFF 5
47 #define DESCOFF 6
48 #define VALOFF 8
49 #define STABSIZE 12
51 /* A linked list of totals that we have found for a particular header
52 file. A total is a unique identifier for a particular BINCL...EINCL
53 sequence of STABs that can be used to identify duplicate sequences.
54 It consists of three fields, 'sum_chars' which is the sum of all the
55 STABS characters; 'num_chars' which is the number of these charactes
56 and 'symb' which is a buffer of all the symbols in the sequence. This
57 buffer is only checked as a last resort. */
59 struct stab_link_includes_totals
61 struct stab_link_includes_totals *next;
62 bfd_vma sum_chars; /* Accumulated sum of STABS characters. */
63 bfd_vma num_chars; /* Number of STABS characters. */
64 const char* symb; /* The STABS characters themselves. */
67 /* An entry in the header file hash table. */
69 struct stab_link_includes_entry
71 struct bfd_hash_entry root;
72 /* List of totals we have found for this file. */
73 struct stab_link_includes_totals *totals;
76 /* This structure is used to hold a list of N_BINCL symbols, some of
77 which might be converted into N_EXCL symbols. */
79 struct stab_excl_list
81 /* The next symbol to convert. */
82 struct stab_excl_list *next;
83 /* The offset to this symbol in the section contents. */
84 bfd_size_type offset;
85 /* The value to use for the symbol. */
86 bfd_vma val;
87 /* The type of this symbol (N_BINCL or N_EXCL). */
88 int type;
91 /* This structure is stored with each .stab section. */
93 struct stab_section_info
95 /* This is a linked list of N_BINCL symbols which should be
96 converted into N_EXCL symbols. */
97 struct stab_excl_list *excls;
99 /* This is used to map input stab offsets within their sections
100 to output stab offsets, to take into account stabs that have
101 been deleted. If it is NULL, the output offsets are the same
102 as the input offsets, because no stabs have been deleted from
103 this section. Otherwise the i'th entry is the number of
104 bytes of stabs that have been deleted prior to the i'th
105 stab. */
106 bfd_size_type *cumulative_skips;
108 /* This is an array of string indices. For each stab symbol, we
109 store the string index here. If a stab symbol should not be
110 included in the final output, the string index is -1. */
111 bfd_size_type stridxs[1];
115 /* The function to create a new entry in the header file hash table. */
117 static struct bfd_hash_entry *
118 stab_link_includes_newfunc (struct bfd_hash_entry *entry,
119 struct bfd_hash_table *table,
120 const char *string)
122 struct stab_link_includes_entry *ret =
123 (struct stab_link_includes_entry *) entry;
125 /* Allocate the structure if it has not already been allocated by a
126 subclass. */
127 if (ret == NULL)
128 ret = bfd_hash_allocate (table,
129 sizeof (struct stab_link_includes_entry));
130 if (ret == NULL)
131 return NULL;
133 /* Call the allocation method of the superclass. */
134 ret = ((struct stab_link_includes_entry *)
135 bfd_hash_newfunc ((struct bfd_hash_entry *) ret, table, string));
136 if (ret)
137 /* Set local fields. */
138 ret->totals = NULL;
140 return (struct bfd_hash_entry *) ret;
143 /* This function is called for each input file from the add_symbols
144 pass of the linker. */
146 bfd_boolean
147 _bfd_link_section_stabs (bfd *abfd,
148 struct stab_info *sinfo,
149 asection *stabsec,
150 asection *stabstrsec,
151 void * *psecinfo,
152 bfd_size_type *pstring_offset)
154 bfd_boolean first;
155 bfd_size_type count, amt;
156 struct stab_section_info *secinfo;
157 bfd_byte *stabbuf = NULL;
158 bfd_byte *stabstrbuf = NULL;
159 bfd_byte *sym, *symend;
160 bfd_size_type stroff, next_stroff, skip;
161 bfd_size_type *pstridx;
163 if (stabsec->size == 0
164 || stabstrsec->size == 0)
165 /* This file does not contain stabs debugging information. */
166 return TRUE;
168 if (stabsec->size % STABSIZE != 0)
169 /* Something is wrong with the format of these stab symbols.
170 Don't try to optimize them. */
171 return TRUE;
173 if ((stabstrsec->flags & SEC_RELOC) != 0)
174 /* We shouldn't see relocations in the strings, and we aren't
175 prepared to handle them. */
176 return TRUE;
178 if ((stabsec->output_section != NULL
179 && bfd_is_abs_section (stabsec->output_section))
180 || (stabstrsec->output_section != NULL
181 && bfd_is_abs_section (stabstrsec->output_section)))
182 /* At least one of the sections is being discarded from the
183 link, so we should just ignore them. */
184 return TRUE;
186 first = FALSE;
188 if (sinfo->stabstr == NULL)
190 /* Initialize the stabs information we need to keep track of. */
191 first = TRUE;
192 sinfo->strings = _bfd_stringtab_init ();
193 if (sinfo->strings == NULL)
194 goto error_return;
195 /* Make sure the first byte is zero. */
196 (void) _bfd_stringtab_add (sinfo->strings, "", TRUE, TRUE);
197 if (! bfd_hash_table_init_n (&sinfo->includes,
198 stab_link_includes_newfunc,
199 251))
200 goto error_return;
201 sinfo->stabstr = bfd_make_section_anyway (abfd, ".stabstr");
202 if (sinfo->stabstr == NULL)
203 goto error_return;
204 sinfo->stabstr->flags |= (SEC_HAS_CONTENTS | SEC_READONLY
205 | SEC_DEBUGGING | SEC_LINKER_CREATED);
208 /* Initialize the information we are going to store for this .stab
209 section. */
210 count = stabsec->size / STABSIZE;
212 amt = sizeof (struct stab_section_info);
213 amt += (count - 1) * sizeof (bfd_size_type);
214 *psecinfo = bfd_alloc (abfd, amt);
215 if (*psecinfo == NULL)
216 goto error_return;
218 secinfo = (struct stab_section_info *) *psecinfo;
219 secinfo->excls = NULL;
220 stabsec->rawsize = stabsec->size;
221 secinfo->cumulative_skips = NULL;
222 memset (secinfo->stridxs, 0, (size_t) count * sizeof (bfd_size_type));
224 /* Read the stabs information from abfd. */
225 if (!bfd_malloc_and_get_section (abfd, stabsec, &stabbuf)
226 || !bfd_malloc_and_get_section (abfd, stabstrsec, &stabstrbuf))
227 goto error_return;
229 /* Look through the stabs symbols, work out the new string indices,
230 and identify N_BINCL symbols which can be eliminated. */
231 stroff = 0;
232 /* The stabs sections can be split when
233 -split-by-reloc/-split-by-file is used. We must keep track of
234 each stab section's place in the single concatenated string
235 table. */
236 next_stroff = pstring_offset ? *pstring_offset : 0;
237 skip = 0;
239 symend = stabbuf + stabsec->size;
240 for (sym = stabbuf, pstridx = secinfo->stridxs;
241 sym < symend;
242 sym += STABSIZE, ++pstridx)
244 bfd_size_type symstroff;
245 int type;
246 const char *string;
248 if (*pstridx != 0)
249 /* This symbol has already been handled by an N_BINCL pass. */
250 continue;
252 type = sym[TYPEOFF];
254 if (type == 0)
256 /* Special type 0 stabs indicate the offset to the next
257 string table. We only copy the very first one. */
258 stroff = next_stroff;
259 next_stroff += bfd_get_32 (abfd, sym + 8);
260 if (pstring_offset)
261 *pstring_offset = next_stroff;
262 if (! first)
264 *pstridx = (bfd_size_type) -1;
265 ++skip;
266 continue;
268 first = FALSE;
271 /* Store the string in the hash table, and record the index. */
272 symstroff = stroff + bfd_get_32 (abfd, sym + STRDXOFF);
273 if (symstroff >= stabstrsec->size)
275 (*_bfd_error_handler)
276 (_("%B(%A+0x%lx): Stabs entry has invalid string index."),
277 abfd, stabsec, (long) (sym - stabbuf));
278 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_bad_value);
279 goto error_return;
281 string = (char *) stabstrbuf + symstroff;
282 *pstridx = _bfd_stringtab_add (sinfo->strings, string, TRUE, TRUE);
284 /* An N_BINCL symbol indicates the start of the stabs entries
285 for a header file. We need to scan ahead to the next N_EINCL
286 symbol, ignoring nesting, adding up all the characters in the
287 symbol names, not including the file numbers in types (the
288 first number after an open parenthesis). */
289 if (type == (int) N_BINCL)
291 bfd_vma sum_chars;
292 bfd_vma num_chars;
293 bfd_vma buf_len = 0;
294 char * symb;
295 char * symb_rover;
296 int nest;
297 bfd_byte * incl_sym;
298 struct stab_link_includes_entry * incl_entry;
299 struct stab_link_includes_totals * t;
300 struct stab_excl_list * ne;
302 symb = symb_rover = NULL;
303 sum_chars = num_chars = 0;
304 nest = 0;
306 for (incl_sym = sym + STABSIZE;
307 incl_sym < symend;
308 incl_sym += STABSIZE)
310 int incl_type;
312 incl_type = incl_sym[TYPEOFF];
313 if (incl_type == 0)
314 break;
315 else if (incl_type == (int) N_EXCL)
316 continue;
317 else if (incl_type == (int) N_EINCL)
319 if (nest == 0)
320 break;
321 --nest;
323 else if (incl_type == (int) N_BINCL)
324 ++nest;
325 else if (nest == 0)
327 const char *str;
329 str = ((char *) stabstrbuf
330 + stroff
331 + bfd_get_32 (abfd, incl_sym + STRDXOFF));
332 for (; *str != '\0'; str++)
334 if (num_chars >= buf_len)
336 buf_len += 32 * 1024;
337 symb = bfd_realloc (symb, buf_len);
338 if (symb == NULL)
339 goto error_return;
340 symb_rover = symb + num_chars;
342 * symb_rover ++ = * str;
343 sum_chars += *str;
344 num_chars ++;
345 if (*str == '(')
347 /* Skip the file number. */
348 ++str;
349 while (ISDIGIT (*str))
350 ++str;
351 --str;
357 BFD_ASSERT (num_chars == (bfd_vma) (symb_rover - symb));
359 /* If we have already included a header file with the same
360 value, then replaced this one with an N_EXCL symbol. */
361 incl_entry = (struct stab_link_includes_entry * )
362 bfd_hash_lookup (&sinfo->includes, string, TRUE, TRUE);
363 if (incl_entry == NULL)
364 goto error_return;
366 for (t = incl_entry->totals; t != NULL; t = t->next)
367 if (t->sum_chars == sum_chars
368 && t->num_chars == num_chars
369 && memcmp (t->symb, symb, num_chars) == 0)
370 break;
372 /* Record this symbol, so that we can set the value
373 correctly. */
374 amt = sizeof *ne;
375 ne = bfd_alloc (abfd, amt);
376 if (ne == NULL)
377 goto error_return;
378 ne->offset = sym - stabbuf;
379 ne->val = sum_chars;
380 ne->type = (int) N_BINCL;
381 ne->next = secinfo->excls;
382 secinfo->excls = ne;
384 if (t == NULL)
386 /* This is the first time we have seen this header file
387 with this set of stabs strings. */
388 t = bfd_hash_allocate (&sinfo->includes, sizeof *t);
389 if (t == NULL)
390 goto error_return;
391 t->sum_chars = sum_chars;
392 t->num_chars = num_chars;
393 t->symb = bfd_realloc (symb, num_chars); /* Trim data down. */
394 t->next = incl_entry->totals;
395 incl_entry->totals = t;
397 else
399 bfd_size_type *incl_pstridx;
401 /* We have seen this header file before. Tell the final
402 pass to change the type to N_EXCL. */
403 ne->type = (int) N_EXCL;
405 /* Free off superfluous symbols. */
406 free (symb);
408 /* Mark the skipped symbols. */
410 nest = 0;
411 for (incl_sym = sym + STABSIZE, incl_pstridx = pstridx + 1;
412 incl_sym < symend;
413 incl_sym += STABSIZE, ++incl_pstridx)
415 int incl_type;
417 incl_type = incl_sym[TYPEOFF];
419 if (incl_type == (int) N_EINCL)
421 if (nest == 0)
423 *incl_pstridx = (bfd_size_type) -1;
424 ++skip;
425 break;
427 --nest;
429 else if (incl_type == (int) N_BINCL)
430 ++nest;
431 else if (incl_type == (int) N_EXCL)
432 /* Keep existing exclusion marks. */
433 continue;
434 else if (nest == 0)
436 *incl_pstridx = (bfd_size_type) -1;
437 ++skip;
444 free (stabbuf);
445 stabbuf = NULL;
446 free (stabstrbuf);
447 stabstrbuf = NULL;
449 /* We need to set the section sizes such that the linker will
450 compute the output section sizes correctly. We set the .stab
451 size to not include the entries we don't want. We set
452 SEC_EXCLUDE for the .stabstr section, so that it will be dropped
453 from the link. We record the size of the strtab in the first
454 .stabstr section we saw, and make sure we don't set SEC_EXCLUDE
455 for that section. */
456 stabsec->size = (count - skip) * STABSIZE;
457 if (stabsec->size == 0)
458 stabsec->flags |= SEC_EXCLUDE;
459 stabstrsec->flags |= SEC_EXCLUDE;
460 sinfo->stabstr->size = _bfd_stringtab_size (sinfo->strings);
462 /* Calculate the `cumulative_skips' array now that stabs have been
463 deleted for this section. */
465 if (skip != 0)
467 bfd_size_type i, offset;
468 bfd_size_type *pskips;
470 amt = count * sizeof (bfd_size_type);
471 secinfo->cumulative_skips = bfd_alloc (abfd, amt);
472 if (secinfo->cumulative_skips == NULL)
473 goto error_return;
475 pskips = secinfo->cumulative_skips;
476 pstridx = secinfo->stridxs;
477 offset = 0;
479 for (i = 0; i < count; i++, pskips++, pstridx++)
481 *pskips = offset;
482 if (*pstridx == (bfd_size_type) -1)
483 offset += STABSIZE;
486 BFD_ASSERT (offset != 0);
489 return TRUE;
491 error_return:
492 if (stabbuf != NULL)
493 free (stabbuf);
494 if (stabstrbuf != NULL)
495 free (stabstrbuf);
496 return FALSE;
499 /* This function is called for each input file before the stab
500 section is relocated. It discards stab entries for discarded
501 functions and variables. The function returns TRUE iff
502 any entries have been deleted.
505 bfd_boolean
506 _bfd_discard_section_stabs (bfd *abfd,
507 asection *stabsec,
508 void * psecinfo,
509 bfd_boolean (*reloc_symbol_deleted_p) (bfd_vma, void *),
510 void * cookie)
512 bfd_size_type count, amt;
513 struct stab_section_info *secinfo;
514 bfd_byte *stabbuf = NULL;
515 bfd_byte *sym, *symend;
516 bfd_size_type skip;
517 bfd_size_type *pstridx;
518 int deleting;
520 if (stabsec->size == 0)
521 /* This file does not contain stabs debugging information. */
522 return FALSE;
524 if (stabsec->size % STABSIZE != 0)
525 /* Something is wrong with the format of these stab symbols.
526 Don't try to optimize them. */
527 return FALSE;
529 if ((stabsec->output_section != NULL
530 && bfd_is_abs_section (stabsec->output_section)))
531 /* At least one of the sections is being discarded from the
532 link, so we should just ignore them. */
533 return FALSE;
535 /* We should have initialized our data in _bfd_link_stab_sections.
536 If there was some bizarre error reading the string sections, though,
537 we might not have. Bail rather than asserting. */
538 if (psecinfo == NULL)
539 return FALSE;
541 count = stabsec->rawsize / STABSIZE;
542 secinfo = (struct stab_section_info *) psecinfo;
544 /* Read the stabs information from abfd. */
545 if (!bfd_malloc_and_get_section (abfd, stabsec, &stabbuf))
546 goto error_return;
548 /* Look through the stabs symbols and discard any information for
549 discarded functions. */
550 skip = 0;
551 deleting = -1;
553 symend = stabbuf + stabsec->rawsize;
554 for (sym = stabbuf, pstridx = secinfo->stridxs;
555 sym < symend;
556 sym += STABSIZE, ++pstridx)
558 int type;
560 if (*pstridx == (bfd_size_type) -1)
561 /* This stab was deleted in a previous pass. */
562 continue;
564 type = sym[TYPEOFF];
566 if (type == (int) N_FUN)
568 int strx = bfd_get_32 (abfd, sym + STRDXOFF);
570 if (strx == 0)
572 if (deleting)
574 skip++;
575 *pstridx = -1;
577 deleting = -1;
578 continue;
580 deleting = 0;
581 if ((*reloc_symbol_deleted_p) (sym + VALOFF - stabbuf, cookie))
582 deleting = 1;
585 if (deleting == 1)
587 *pstridx = -1;
588 skip++;
590 else if (deleting == -1)
592 /* Outside of a function. Check for deleted variables. */
593 if (type == (int) N_STSYM || type == (int) N_LCSYM)
594 if ((*reloc_symbol_deleted_p) (sym + VALOFF - stabbuf, cookie))
596 *pstridx = -1;
597 skip ++;
599 /* We should also check for N_GSYM entries which reference a
600 deleted global, but those are less harmful to debuggers
601 and would require parsing the stab strings. */
605 free (stabbuf);
606 stabbuf = NULL;
608 /* Shrink the stabsec as needed. */
609 stabsec->size -= skip * STABSIZE;
610 if (stabsec->size == 0)
611 stabsec->flags |= SEC_EXCLUDE;
613 /* Recalculate the `cumulative_skips' array now that stabs have been
614 deleted for this section. */
616 if (skip != 0)
618 bfd_size_type i, offset;
619 bfd_size_type *pskips;
621 if (secinfo->cumulative_skips == NULL)
623 amt = count * sizeof (bfd_size_type);
624 secinfo->cumulative_skips = bfd_alloc (abfd, amt);
625 if (secinfo->cumulative_skips == NULL)
626 goto error_return;
629 pskips = secinfo->cumulative_skips;
630 pstridx = secinfo->stridxs;
631 offset = 0;
633 for (i = 0; i < count; i++, pskips++, pstridx++)
635 *pskips = offset;
636 if (*pstridx == (bfd_size_type) -1)
637 offset += STABSIZE;
640 BFD_ASSERT (offset != 0);
643 return skip > 0;
645 error_return:
646 if (stabbuf != NULL)
647 free (stabbuf);
648 return FALSE;
651 /* Write out the stab section. This is called with the relocated
652 contents. */
654 bfd_boolean
655 _bfd_write_section_stabs (bfd *output_bfd,
656 struct stab_info *sinfo,
657 asection *stabsec,
658 void * *psecinfo,
659 bfd_byte *contents)
661 struct stab_section_info *secinfo;
662 struct stab_excl_list *e;
663 bfd_byte *sym, *tosym, *symend;
664 bfd_size_type *pstridx;
666 secinfo = (struct stab_section_info *) *psecinfo;
668 if (secinfo == NULL)
669 return bfd_set_section_contents (output_bfd, stabsec->output_section,
670 contents, stabsec->output_offset,
671 stabsec->size);
673 /* Handle each N_BINCL entry. */
674 for (e = secinfo->excls; e != NULL; e = e->next)
676 bfd_byte *excl_sym;
678 BFD_ASSERT (e->offset < stabsec->rawsize);
679 excl_sym = contents + e->offset;
680 bfd_put_32 (output_bfd, e->val, excl_sym + VALOFF);
681 excl_sym[TYPEOFF] = e->type;
684 /* Copy over all the stabs symbols, omitting the ones we don't want,
685 and correcting the string indices for those we do want. */
686 tosym = contents;
687 symend = contents + stabsec->rawsize;
688 for (sym = contents, pstridx = secinfo->stridxs;
689 sym < symend;
690 sym += STABSIZE, ++pstridx)
692 if (*pstridx != (bfd_size_type) -1)
694 if (tosym != sym)
695 memcpy (tosym, sym, STABSIZE);
696 bfd_put_32 (output_bfd, *pstridx, tosym + STRDXOFF);
698 if (sym[TYPEOFF] == 0)
700 /* This is the header symbol for the stabs section. We
701 don't really need one, since we have merged all the
702 input stabs sections into one, but we generate one
703 for the benefit of readers which expect to see one. */
704 BFD_ASSERT (sym == contents);
705 bfd_put_32 (output_bfd, _bfd_stringtab_size (sinfo->strings),
706 tosym + VALOFF);
707 bfd_put_16 (output_bfd,
708 stabsec->output_section->size / STABSIZE - 1,
709 tosym + DESCOFF);
712 tosym += STABSIZE;
716 BFD_ASSERT ((bfd_size_type) (tosym - contents) == stabsec->size);
718 return bfd_set_section_contents (output_bfd, stabsec->output_section,
719 contents, (file_ptr) stabsec->output_offset,
720 stabsec->size);
723 /* Write out the .stabstr section. */
725 bfd_boolean
726 _bfd_write_stab_strings (bfd *output_bfd, struct stab_info *sinfo)
728 if (bfd_is_abs_section (sinfo->stabstr->output_section))
729 /* The section was discarded from the link. */
730 return TRUE;
732 BFD_ASSERT ((sinfo->stabstr->output_offset
733 + _bfd_stringtab_size (sinfo->strings))
734 <= sinfo->stabstr->output_section->size);
736 if (bfd_seek (output_bfd,
737 (file_ptr) (sinfo->stabstr->output_section->filepos
738 + sinfo->stabstr->output_offset),
739 SEEK_SET) != 0)
740 return FALSE;
742 if (! _bfd_stringtab_emit (output_bfd, sinfo->strings))
743 return FALSE;
745 /* We no longer need the stabs information. */
746 _bfd_stringtab_free (sinfo->strings);
747 bfd_hash_table_free (&sinfo->includes);
749 return TRUE;
752 /* Adjust an address in the .stab section. Given OFFSET within
753 STABSEC, this returns the new offset in the adjusted stab section,
754 or -1 if the address refers to a stab which has been removed. */
756 bfd_vma
757 _bfd_stab_section_offset (asection *stabsec,
758 void * psecinfo,
759 bfd_vma offset)
761 struct stab_section_info *secinfo;
763 secinfo = (struct stab_section_info *) psecinfo;
765 if (secinfo == NULL)
766 return offset;
768 if (offset >= stabsec->rawsize)
769 return offset - stabsec->rawsize + stabsec->size;
771 if (secinfo->cumulative_skips)
773 bfd_vma i;
775 i = offset / STABSIZE;
777 if (secinfo->stridxs [i] == (bfd_size_type) -1)
778 return (bfd_vma) -1;
780 return offset - secinfo->cumulative_skips [i];
783 return offset;