Fix: Null pointer dereference in elf32-i386.c

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2023-10-05  A. Wilcox  <awilfox@adelielinux.org>w

        PR 30916
        * testsuite/binutils-all/addr2line.exp: Do not use PowerPC
        specific options when working with a MUSL target.

2023-10-02  Vsevolod Alekseyev  <sevaa@sprynet.com>

        PR 29267
        * dwarf.c (fetch_indexed_value): Delete.
        (fetch_indexed_offset): Correct base address calculation.
        (read_and_display_attr_value): Replace uses of fetch_indexed_value
        with fetch_indexed_offset.

2023-09-28  Frederic Cambus  <fred@statdns.com>

        * readelf.c (get_segment_type): Handle PT_OPENBSD_NOBTCFI segment
        type.

2023-09-26  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * testsuite/binutils-all/ar.exp: Remove assumption of the setting
        of umask when creating test archive files.

2023-09-25  Vsevolod Alekseyev  <sevaa@sprynet.com>

        PR 30792
        * dwarf.h (struct debug_info): Remove range_versions field.
        * dwarf.c (fetch_indexed_offset): New function.
        (read_and_display_attr_value): Use it for DW_FORM_rnglistx.
        Remove code to initialise range_versions.
        (skip_attribute): New function.
        (read_bases): Read and reccord all range and address bases in a CU.
        (process_debug_info): Call read_bases.
        (display_debug_rnglists): Rename to display_debug_rnglists_unit_header
        and only display the range list header information.
        (display_debug_ranges): Adjust.

2023-09-05  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 30684
        * readelf.c (extra_sym_info): New variable.
        (section_name_valid): Also check for filedata being NULL.
        (section_name_print): Delete.
        (section_index_real): New function.  Returns true if the given
        section index references a real section.
        (print_symbol): Rename to print_sumbol_name.
        (printable_section_name): Use a rotating array of static buffers
        for the return string.
        (printable_section_name_from_index): Merge code from
        dump_relocations and get_symbol_index_type into here.
        (long_option_values): Add OPTION_NO_EXTRA_SYM_INFO.
        (options): Add "extra-sym-info" and "no-extra-sym-info".
        (usage): Mention new options.
        (parse_args): Parse new options.
        (get_symbol_index_type): Delete.
        (print_dynamic_symbol_size): Rename to print_symbol_size.
        (print_dynamic_symbol): Rename to print_symbol.
        (print_symbol_table_heading): New function.
        (process_symbol_table): Use new function.
        * doc/binutils.texi: Document the new option.
        * NEWS: Mention the new feature.

2023-08-23  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 30781
        * dwarf.h (debug_info): Add range_versions field.
        * dwarf.c (read_and_display_attr_value): When recording a range
        arribute also ecord the dwarf version number.
        (is_range_list_for_this_section): New function.
        (display_debug_ranges): Only show debug ranges whose version is
        suitable for the secction being displayed.

2023-07-30  Jose E. Marchesi  <jose.marchesi@oracle.com>

        * readelf.c (get_machine_flags): Recognize and pretty print BPF
        machine flags.

2023-07-24  Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues  <josch@debian.org>

        * doc/binutils.texi (objcopy): Document change in behaviour of
        objcopy's --preserve-dates command line option.

2023-07-09  Fangrui Song  <maskray@google.com>

        PR 30592
        * NEWS: Mention the new feature for objcopy.
        * doc/binutils.texi: Mention "large".
        * objcopy.c (parse_flags): Parse "large".
        (check_new_section_flags): Error if "large" is used with a
        non-x86-64 ELF target.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/x86-64/large-sections.d: New.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/x86-64/large-sections.s: New.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/x86-64/large-sections-i386.d: New.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/x86-64/large-sections-2.d: New.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/x86-64/large-sections-2-x32.d: New.

2023-07-03  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * README-how-to-make-a-release: Change some version numbers.
        * configure: Regenerate.
        * po/binutils.pot: Regenerate.

2023-07-03  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        2.41 Branch Point.

2023-06-30  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 30598
        * strings.c (set_string_min): New function.
        (main): Use it.
        (print_unicode_stream): Calculate buffer size using a size_t.

2023-06-30  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 30595
        * strings.c (main): Check for an excessively large minimum string
        length.

2023-06-21  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * testsuite/lib/binutils-common.exp (prune_warnings_extra): Prune
        warnings about -z execstack creating an executable stack.

2023-05-30  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * od-pe.c (targ_info): New array.
        (get_target_specific_info): New function
        (decode_machine_number): Retire.  Use get_target_specific_info
        instead.
        (is_pe_object_magic): Likewise.
        (dump_pe_file_header): Display more information.
        Rework layout to be similar to that from 'objdump -p'.
        Add code to handle larger than normnal AOUT headers.

2023-05-30  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * od-pe.c (decode_machine_number): Add ARMMAGIC value of 0xa00.
        (is_pe_object_magic): Likewise.

2023-05-26  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * od-pe.c: New file: Dumps fields in PE format headers.
        * configure.ac (od_vectors): Add objdump_private_desc_pe for PE
        format targets.
        (od_files): Add od-pe for PE format targets.
        * configure: Regenerate.
        * Makefile.am (CFILES): Add od-pe.c
        (EXTRA_objdump_SOURCE): Likewise.
        * Makefile.in: Generate.
        * NEWS: Mention the new feature.
        * doc/binutils.texi: Document the new support.
        * objdump.c (wide_output): Change from local to global.
        * objdump.h (wide_output): Prototype.
        (objdump_private_desc_pe): Prototype.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/objdump.exp: Add a test of the new feature.

2023-05-09  Enze Li  <enze.li@gmx.com>

        * README:  Correct a typo.

2023-05-02  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * MAINTAINERS: Remove Dimity Diky as MSP430 maintainer.

2023-04-20  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * SECURITY.txt: New file.

2023-04-19  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 30355
        * dwarf.c (read_and_display_attr_value): Correctly handle
        DW_loclistx attributes that index a version 5 .debug_loclists
        section.

2023-04-17  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 30142
        * rescoff.c (write_coff_file): Add the SEC_READONLY flag to the
        .rsrc section.

2023-04-11  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 30327
        * dwarf.c (read_and_display_attr_value): Warn if the number of
        views is greater than the number of locations.

        PR 30313
        * dwarf.c (display_debug_lines_decoded): Check for an overlarge
        number of files or directories.

        PR 30312
        * dwarf.c (prealloc_cu_tu_list): Always allocate at least one
        entry.

        PR 30311
        * readelf.c (uncompress_section_contents): Check for a
        suspiciously large uncompressed size.

2023-03-30  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 30284
        * dwarf.c (read_and_display_attr_value): Detect and ignore
        negative base values.

2023-03-23  Frederic Cambus  <fred@statdns.com>

        * readelf.c (get_segment_type): Handle PT_OPENBSD_MUTABLE segment
        type.

2023-03-14  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 30227
        * dwarf.c (process_cu_tu_index): Prevent excessive memory
        allocation when nused is large and ncols is zero.

2023-02-09  Tom Tromey  <tromey@adacore.com>

        * dwarf-mode.el: Bump version to 1.8.
        (dwarf-insert-substructure): Tighten regexp.
        (dwarf-refresh-all): New defun.
        (dwarf-mode-map): Bind "A" to dwarf-refresh-all.
        (dwarf-mode): Remove old FIXME.

2023-02-07  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 30080
        * doc/binutils.texi (nm): Update description of the 'n' symbol
        type.

2023-01-31  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * po/sv.po: Updated Swedish translation.

2023-01-23  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * po/sv.po: Updated Swedish translation.

2023-01-18  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 29993
        * objcopy.c (merge_gnu_build_notes): Remember the last non-deleted
        note in order to speed up the scan for matching notes.

2023-01-16  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * po/sv.po: Updated Swedish translation.

2023-01-09  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * po/bg.po: Updated Bulgarian translation.
        * po/ro.po: Updated Romainian translation.

2023-01-05  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * MAINTAINERS: Remove Stephen Casner as the PDP11 maintainer.

2023-01-03  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * po/fr.po: Updated French translation.
        * po/uk.po: Updated Ukrainian translation.

2023-01-03  Luis Machado  <luis.machado@arm.com>

        * readelf.c (get_note_type): Add support for NT_ARM_SSVE and
        NT_ARM_ZA note types.

2022-12-31  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * 2.40 branch created.

2022-12-31  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * po/ro.po: Updated Romanian translation.

2022-12-21  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR  29924
        * objdump.c (load_specific_debug_section): Check for excessively
        large sections.

2022-12-19  Tom Tromey  <tromey@adacore.com>

        * dwarf-mode.el (dwarf-do-refresh): Avoid compiler warning.

2022-12-19  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 29914
        * dwarf.c (fetch_indexed_value): Fail if the section is not big
        enough to contain a header size field.
        (display_debug_addr): Fail if the computed address size is too big
        or too small.

2022-12-16  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 29908
        * dwarf.c (display_debug_addr): Check for corrupt header lengths.

2022-12-01  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 25202
        * objcopy.c (copy_object): Set VerilogDataEndianness to the
        endianness of the input file.
        (copy_main): Verifiy the value set by the --verilog-data-width
        option.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/objcopy.exp: Add tests of the new behaviour.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/verilog-I4.hex: New file.

2022-11-21  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 29764
        * doc/binutils.texi (objdump): Note that the -m option supports
        the <architecture>:<machine> syntax.

2022-11-04  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * README-how-to-make-a-release: Add instructions for uploading the
        gprofng documentation.

2022-10-31  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 29457
        * configure.ac: Add --enable-colored-disassembly.
        * objdump.c: Add --disassembler-color=terminal.
        * doc/binutils.texi (objdump): Document the new option.
        * NEWS: Mention new feature.
        * config.in: Regenerate in.
        * configure: Regenerate.

2022-10-19  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * MAINTAINERS: Add section on patches, copyright and DCO.

2022-10-12  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 29665
        * objcopy.c (copy_object): Use the input filename when
        reporting that a .gnu_debuglink section already exists.

2022-10-03  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * readelf.c (get_32bit_section_headers): Return false if the
        e_shoff field is zero.
        (get_64bit_section_headers): Likewise.

2022-09-28  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 29628
        * size.c (usage): Add -f.
        * doc/binutils.texi (size): Add -f.

2022-09-20  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * objcopy.c (copy_object): Do not issue a warning message when
        encountering empty .gnu.build.attribute sections.

2022-09-14  Rupesh Potharla  <Rupesh.Potharla@amd.com>

        * testsuite/binutils-all/readelf.exp (readelf_wi_test): Extend
        regexps to allow for output genreated by the Clang compiler.

2022-09-12  Aaron Merey  <amerey@redhat.com>

        * objcopy.c (might_need_separate_debug_info): Add with_source_code to
        the options that cause this function to return true.
        (main.c): Add with_source_code to the options that enable
        dump_any_debugging.

2022-09-09  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 29532
        * objcopy.c (setup_section): Leave group sections intact when
        creating separate debuginfo files.

2022-09-08  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 29523
        * dwarf.c (display_debug_lines_decoded): Correctly handle DWARF-5
        directory and filename tables.

2022-09-02  Aaron Merey  <amerey@redhat.com>

        PR 29075
        * objdump.c (find_separate_debug): New function. Finds the bfd
        corresponding to the separate debuginfod of a given bfd.
        (find_alt_debug): New function. Finds the bfd corresponding to the
        .gnu_debugaltlink of a given bfd.
        (slurp_file): Add bfd parameter. If a source file cannot be found
        attempt to download it from debuginfod, if enabled.
        (try_print_file_open): Add bfd parameter and pass it to slurp_file.
        (show_line): If debuginfod is enabled, call
        bfd_find_nearest_line_with_alt instead of bfd_find_nearest_line.

2022-09-01  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 29534
        * dllwrap.c: Replace uses of choose_temp_base() with
        make_temp_file().
        * dlltool.c: Likewise.
        * resrc.c: Likewise.

2022-08-23  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 29489
        * dlltool.c (deterministic): New variable.
        (gen_lib_file): If deterministic is true set the
        BFD_DETERMINISTIC_OUTPUT flag.
        (usage): Mention --deterministic-libraries and
        --non-deterministic-libraries.
        (long_options): Add new options.
        (main): Parse new options.
        * doc/binutils.texi: Document the new options.
        * NEWS: Mention the new feature.

2022-08-22  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * readelf.c (check_magic_number): New function.  Checks the magic
        bytes at the start of a file.  If they are not the ELF format
        magic values, then attempts to generate a helpful error message.
        (process_file_header): Call check_magic_number.

2022-08-09  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 29457
        * objdump.c (disassembler_color): Change type to an enum.
        (disassembler_extended_color): Remove.
        (usage): Update.
        (objdump_color_for_assembler_style): Update.
        (main): Update initialisation of disassembler_color.  If not
        initialised via a command line option, set based upon terminal
        output.
        * doc/binutils.texi: Update description of disassmbler-color
        option.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/arc/objdump.exp: Add
        --disassembler-color=off option when disassembling.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/arm/objdump.exp: Likewise.

2022-08-08  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * README-how-to-make-a-release: Add a link to the NEWS files in
        the release announcement email.

2022-07-08  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * 2.39 branch created.

2022-07-01  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * dwarf.c (display_debug_rnglists): Add newline at end of listing.

2022-06-30  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * dwarf.c (dwarf_select_sections_by_name): If the entry's value is
        zero then clear the corresponding variable.
        (dwarf_select_sections_by_letters): Likewise.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/debuginfo.exp: Expect -WE and -wE
        debuginfod tests to fail.

2022-06-28  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 29267
        * dwarf.c (display_debug_rnglists): New function, broken out of..
        (display_debug_ranges): ... here.
        (read_and_display_attr_value): Correct calculation of index
        displayed for DW_FORM_loclistx and DW_FORM_rnglistx.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/x86-64/pr26808.dump: Update expected
        output.

2022-06-27  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 29289
        * dwarf.c (display_debug_names): Replace assert with a warning
        message.

2022-06-27  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 29290
        * dwarf.c (read_and_display_attr_value): Check that debug_info_p
        is set before dereferencing it.

2022-06-27  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * dwarf.c (fetch_indexed_string): Do not use length of first table
        in string section as the length of every table in the section.

        * testsuite/binutils-all/pr26112.r: Update expected output.

2022-06-22  Kumar N, Bhuvanendra  <Kavitha.Natarajan@amd.com>

        * dwarf.c (fetch_indexed_string): Added new parameter
        str_offsets_base to calculate the string offset.
        (read_and_display_attr_value): Read DW_AT_str_offsets_base
        attribute.
        (process_debug_info): While allocating memory and initializing
        debug_information, do it for do_debug_info also, if its true.
        (load_separate_debug_files): Load .debug_str_offsets if exists.
        * dwarf.h (struct debug_info): Add str_offsets_base field.

2022-06-22  Marcus Nilsson <brainbomb@gmail.com>

        * readelf.c: (slurp_relr_relocs) Use malloc instead of xmalloc
        when allocating space for relocations.

2022-06-21  Kumar N, Bhuvanendra  <Kavitha.Natarajan@amd.com>

        * dwarf.h (struct debug_info): Add rnglists_base field.
        * dwarf.c (read_and_display_attr_value): Read attribute DW_AT_rnglists_base.
        (display_debug_rnglists_list): While handling DW_RLE_base_addressx,
        DW_RLE_startx_endx, DW_RLE_startx_length items, pass the proper parameter
        value to fetch_indexed_addr(), i.e. fetch the proper entry in .debug_addr section.
        (display_debug_ranges): Add rnglists_base to the .debug_rnglists base address.
        (load_separate_debug_files): Load .debug_addr section, if exists.

2022-05-20  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * dwarf.c (dwarf_select_sections_by_names): Return zero if no
        sections were selected.
        (dwarf_select_sections_by_letters): Likewise.
        * dwarf.h: (dwarf_select_sections_by_names): Update prototype.
        (dwarf_select_sections_by_letters): Update prototype.
        * objdump.c (might_need_separate_debug_info): New function.
        (dump_bfd): Call new function before attempting to load separate
        debug info files.
        (main): Do not enable dwarf section dumping for -WK or -WN.
        * readelf.c (parse_args): Do not enable dwarf section dumping for
        -wK or -wN.
        (might_need_separate_debug_info): New function.
        (process_object): Call new function before attempting to load
        separate debug info files.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/debuginfo.exp: Expect -WE and -wE
        debuginfod tests to pass.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/objdump.Wk: Add extra regexps.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/readelf.k: Add extra regexps.

2022-05-19  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * dlltool.c (run): Initialise errmsg_fmt.
        * dllwrap.c (run): Likewise.
        * resrc.c (run_cmd): Likewise.
        * mclex.c (mc_add_keyword): Initialise usz.
        * srconv.c (wd_hd): Initialise hd.spare2.
        * windmc.c (mc_add_node_lang): Initialise s.
        (mc_generate_bin_item): Initialise cvt_txt.
        (main): Initialise u.

2022-05-18  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 29135
        * nm.c (non_weak): New variable.
        (filter_symbols): When non-weak is true, ignore weak symbols.
        (long_options): Add --no-weak.
        (usage): Mention --no-weak.
        (main): Handle -W/--no-weak.
        * doc/binutils.texi: Document new feature.
        * NEWS: Mention the new feature.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/nm.exp: Add test of new feature.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/no-weak.s: New test source file.

2022-04-25  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 29072
        * testsuite/lib/binutils-common.exp (prune_warnings_extra): Filter
        out notes about the executable stacjk behaviour beign deprecated.

2022-04-12  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 28992
        * objcopy.c (is_strip_section_1): Do not delete debuglink sections
        when stripping debug information.

2022-04-06  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 28981
        * dwarf.c (fetch_indexed_value): Rename to fecth_indexed_addr and
        return the address, rather than a string.
        (fetch_indexed_value): New function - returns a value indexed by a
        DW_FORM_loclistx or DW_FORM_rnglistx form.
        (read_and_display_attr_value): Add support for DW_FORM_loclistx
        and DW_FORM_rnglistx.
        (process_debug_info): Load the loclists and rnglists sections.
        (display_loclists_list): Add support for DW_LLE_base_addressx,
        DW_LLE_startx_endx, DW_LLE_startx_length and
        DW_LLE_default_location.
        (display_offset_entry_loclists): New function.  Displays a
        .debug_loclists section that contains offset entry tables.
        (display_debug_loc): Call the new function.
        (display_debug_rnglists_list): Add support for
        DW_RLE_base_addressx, DW_RLE_startx_endx and DW_RLE_startx_length.
        (display_debug_ranges): Display the contents of the section's
        header.
        * dwarf.h (struct debug_info): Add loclists_base field.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/dw5.W: Update expected output.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/x86-64/pr26808.dump: Likewise.

2022-04-01  John Baldwin  <jhb@FreeBSD.org>

        * readelf.c (get_freebsd_elfcore_note_type): Handle
        NT_FREEBSD_X86_SEGBASES.

2022-03-31  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * arlex.l: Accept the plus character as part of a filename.

2022-03-16  Fangrui Song  <maskray@google.com>

        PR binutils/28926
        * objcopy.c (filter_symbols): Apply weaken to STB_GNU_UNIQUE symbols
        * NEWS: Mention feature.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/objcopy.exp (objcopy_test_symbol_manipulation): New test.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/weaken-gnu-unique.s: New.

2022-03-16  Martin Storsjö  <martin@martin.st>

        PR 28885
        * dlltool.c (main): use imp_name rather than dll_name when
        generating a temporary file name.

2022-03-16  Simon Marchi  <simon.marchi@efficios.com>

        * readelf.c (dump_relocations): Handle EM_AMDGPU.

2022-03-16  Simon Marchi  <simon.marchi@efficios.com>

        * Makefile.am (readelf_CFLAGS): New.
        (readelf_LDADD): Add MSGPACK_LIBS.
        * Makefile.in: Re-generate.
        * config.in: Re-generate.
        * configure: Re-generate.
        * configure.ac: Add --with-msgpack flag and check for msgpack
        using pkg-config.
        * readelf.c: Include msgpack.h if HAVE_MSGPACK.
        (print_note_contents_hex): New.
        (print_indents): New.
        (dump_msgpack_obj): New.
        (dump_msgpack): New.
        (print_amdgpu_note): New.
        (process_note): Handle NT_AMDGPU_METADATA note contents.
        Use print_note_contents_hex.

2022-03-16  Simon Marchi  <simon.marchi@efficios.com>

        * readelf.c (get_amdgpu_elf_note_type): New.
        (process_note): Handle "AMDGPU" notes.

2022-03-16  Simon Marchi  <simon.marchi@efficios.com>

        * readelf.c: Include elf/amdgcn.h.
        (decode_AMDGPU_machine_flags): New.
        (get_machine_flags): Handle flags for EM_AMDGPU machine type.

2022-03-16  Simon Marchi  <simon.marchi@efficios.com>

        * readelf.c (get_osabi_name): Handle EM_AMDGPU OS ABIs.

2022-03-16  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * po/sr.po: Updated Serbian translation.

2022-03-15  Tom Tromey  <tromey@adacore.com>

        * dwarf-mode.el: Now 1.7.
        (dwarf--sentinel): Switch to the process buffer.

2022-03-11  Vladimir Mezentsev  <vladimir.mezentsev@oracle.com>

        * MAINTAINERS: Add gprofng maintainer.
        * README-how-to-make-a-release: Add gprofng.

2022-03-10  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * dwarf.c (use_debuginfod): New variable.  Set to 1.
        (load_separate_debug_info): Only call
        debuginfod_fetch_separate_debug_info is use_debuginfod is true.
        (dwarf_select_sections_by_names): Add do-not-use-debuginfod and
        use-debuginfod options.
        (dwarf_select_sections_by_letters): Add D and E options.
        * dwarf.h (use_debuginfod): New extern.
        * objdump.c (usage): Mention the new options.
        * readelf.c (usage): Likewise.
        * doc/binutils.texi: Document the new options.
        * doc/debug-options.texi: Describe the new options.
        * NEWS: Mention the new feature.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/debuginfod.exp: Add tests of the new
        options.

2021-03-06  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@orcam.me.uk>

        * testsuite/binutils-all/mips/mips1-branch-alias.d: New test.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/mips/mips1-branch-noalias.d: New test.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/mips/mips2-branch-alias.d: New test.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/mips/mips2-branch-noalias.d: New test.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/mips/mips32r6-branch-alias.d: New test.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/mips/mips32r6-branch-noalias.d: New
        test.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/mips/micromips-branch-alias.d: New
        test.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/mips/micromips-branch-noalias.d: New
        test.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/mips/mips-branch-alias.s: New test
        source.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/mips/micromips-branch-alias.s: New test
        source.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/mips/mips.exp: Run the new tests.

2022-03-04  Simon Marchi  <simon.marchi@polymtl.ca>

        * readelf.c (process_dynamic_section): Fix indentation.

2022-02-09  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * README-how-to-make-a-release: Update after the 2.38 release.

2022-01-27  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * po/sv.po: Updated Swedish translation.

2022-01-24  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * po/bg.po: Updated Bulgarian translation.
        * po/fr.po: Updated French translation.
        * po/ro.po: Updated Romanian translation.
        * po/uk.po: Updated Ukranian translation.

2022-01-22  Martin Storsjö  <martin@martin.st>

        * dlltool.c (main): Allow inferring tmp_prefix from the dll name
        from a def file.

2022-01-22  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * configure: Regenerate.
        * po/binutils.pot: Regenerate.

2022-01-22  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * 2.38 release branch created.

2022-01-17  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * Makefile.in: Regenerate.

2022-01-11  Fangrui Song  <maskray@google.com>

        PR binutils/28759
        * ar.c (long_options): Add --thin.
        (usage) Add --thin. Deprecate -T without diagnostics.
        * doc/binutils.texi: Add doc.
        * NEWS: Mention --thin.
        * binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/ar.exp: Add tests.

2022-01-11  Martin Storsjö  <martin@martin.st>

        * dlltool.c (main): If a prefix has not been provided, attempt to
        use a deterministic one based upon the dll name.

2022-01-07  Pavel Mayorov  <pmayorov@cloudlinux.com>

        PR 28718
        * dwarf.c: Revert previous delta.
        (debug_get_real_type): Reject indirect types that point to
        indirect types.
        (debug_get_type_name, debug_get_type_size, debug_write_type):
        Likewise.

2022-01-06  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * debug.c (debug_write_type): Allow for malicious recursion via
        indirect debug types.

2022-01-04  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 28716
        * dwarf.c (load_build_id_debug_file): Remove spurious printf.

2021-12-16  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 28697
        * dwarf.c (load_build_id_debug_file): New function.
        (try_build_id_prefix): New function.
        (check_for_and_load_links): Call load_build_id_debug_file.
        (debug_displays): Add entry for .note.gnu.build-id.
        * dwarf.h (enum dwarf_section_display_enum): Add
        note_gnu_build_id.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/debuginfod.exp (test_fetch_debuglink):
        Fix regexp for loads via debuglink section.

2021-12-03  Chenghua Xu  <xuchenghua@loongson.cn>

        * MAINTAINERS: Add myself and Zhensong Liu
        as the LoongArch maintainer.

2021-12-02  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 28645
        * dwarf.c (process_cu_tu_index): Add test for overruning section
        whilst processing slots.

2021-11-30  Roland McGrath  <mcgrathr@google.com>

        * doc/local.mk: Give each man page target its missing dependency on
        doc/$(am__dirstamp).

2021-11-30  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * dwarf.c (find_debug_info_for_offset): Use dwarf_vma type for
        offsets, sizes and ranges.
        (display_loc_list): Likewise.  Also use print_dwarf_vma to print
        the offset.
        (display_loclists_list): Likewise.
        (display_loc_list_dwo): Likewise.
        (display_debug_str): Likewise.
        (display_debug_aranges): Likewise.
        (display_debug_ranges_list): Likewise.
        (display_debug_rnglists_list): Likewise.
        (display_debug_ranges): Likewise.

2021-11-29  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 28632
        * strings.c (usage): Update desciption of -n option.
        * doc/binutils.texi: Likewise.

2021-11-24  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 28564
        * sysdump.c (getCHARS): Check for an out of bounds read.

2021-11-16  Fangrui Song  <maskray@google.com>

        * readelf.c (enum relocation_type): New.
        (slurp_relr_relocs): New.
        (dump_relocations): Change is_rela to rel_type.
        Dump RELR.
        (dynamic_relocations): Add DT_RELR.
        (process_relocs): Check SHT_RELR and DT_RELR.
        (process_dynamic_section): Store into dynamic_info for
        DT_RELR/DT_RELRENT/DT_RELRSZ.

2021-11-09  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * nm.c: Add --unicode option to control how unicode characters are
        handled.
        * objdump.c: Likewise.
        * readelf.c: Likewise.
        * strings.c: Likewise.
        * binutils.texi: Document the new feature.
        * NEWS: Document the new feature.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/unicode.exp: New file.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/nm.hex.unicode
        * testsuite/binutils-all/strings.escape.unicode
        * testsuite/binutils-all/objdump.highlight.unicode
        * testsuite/binutils-all/readelf.invalid.unicode

2021-11-03  Tom Tromey  <tromey@adacore.com>

        * dwarf.c (display_debug_loc): Use section name in warnings.

2021-10-25  Nick Alcock  <nick.alcock@oracle.com>

        * objdump.c (usage): --ctf now has an optional argument.
        (main): Adjust accordingly.
        (dump_ctf): Default it.
        * doc/ctf.options.texi: Adjust.

2021-10-25  Nick Alcock  <nick.alcock@oracle.com>

        * objdump.c (usage): --ctf-parent now takes a name, not a section.
        (dump_ctf): Don't open a separate section; use the parent_name in
        ctf_dict_open instead.  Use ctf_archive_next, not ctf_archive_iter,
        so we can pass down a member count.
        (dump_ctf_archive_member): Add the member count; don't return
        anything.  Import parents into children no matter what the
        parent's name, while still avoiding displaying the header for the
        common parent name of ".ctf".
        * readelf.c (usage): Adjust similarly.
        (dump_section_as_ctf): Likewise.
        (dump_ctf_archive_member): Likewise.  Never stop iterating over
        archive members, even if ctf_dump of one member fails.
        * doc/ctf.options.texi: Adjust.

2021-10-19  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * nm.c (filter_symbols): Test for a NULL name before checking to
        see if the symbol is __gnu_lto_slim.
        * objcopy.c (filter_symbols): Likewise.

2021-09-30  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * objcopy.c (filter_symbols): Fail if attempting to dredefine
        symbols in an LTO object file.

2021-09-27  Nick Alcock  <nick.alcock@oracle.com>

        * configure: Regenerate.

2021-09-20  Andrew Burgess  <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>

        * testsuite/binutils-all/riscv/riscv.exp: New file.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/riscv/unknown.d: New file.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/riscv/unknown.s: New file.

2021-09-07  Luis Machado  <luis.machado@linaro.org>

        Revert: [AArch64] MTE corefile support

        2021-05-21  Luis Machado  <luis.machado@linaro.org>

        * readelf.c (get_note_type): Handle NT_MEMTAG note types.

2021-08-11  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * po/pt.po: Updated Portuguese translation.

2021-08-10  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * po/sr.po: Updated Serbian translation.

2021-07-16  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * po/sv.po: Updated Swedish translation.

2021-07-14  Clément Chigot  <clement.chigot@atos.net>

        * dwarf.h (struct dwarf_section): Add XCOFF name.
        * dwarf.c (struct dwarf_section_display): Update.
        * objdump.c (load_debug_section): Add XCOFF name handler.
        (dump_dwarf_section): Likewise.

2021-07-12  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * po/fr.po: Updated French translation.

2021-07-10  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR 28069
        * dwarf.c (display_discr_list): Remove assertions.  Delete "end"
        parameter, use initial "data" pointer as the end.  Formatting.
        Don't count down bytes as they are read.
        (read_and_display_attr_value): Adjust display_discr_list call.
        (read_and_print_leb128): Don't pass __FILE__ and __LINE__ to
        report_leb_status.
        * dwarf.h (report_leb_status): Don't report file and line
        numbers.  Delete file and lnum parameters,
        (READ_ULEB, READ_SLEB): Adjust.

2021-07-07  Rainer Orth  <ro@CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE>

        * configure.ac: Check for strnlen declaration.
        * configure, config.in: Regenerate.

2021-07-05  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR 28047
        * dwarf.c (get_type_abbrev_from_form): Add cu_end parameter.
        Check DW_FORM_ref1 etc. arg against cu_end rather than end of
        section.  Adjust all callers.

2021-07-03  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * configure: Regenerate.
        * po/opcodes.pot: Regenerate.
        * README-how-to-make-a-release: Update.

2021-07-03  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * 2.37 release branch created.

2021-07-02  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR 28048
        * dwarf.c (get_type_signedness): Don't run off end of buffer
        printing DW_FORM_string attribute.

2021-07-01  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 28029
        * testsuite/binutils-all/debuginfod.exp: Replace -wK with -wk.

2021-07-01  Andrei Homescu  <ah@immunant.com>

        * readelf.c (process_archive): Reset file position to the
        beginning when calling process_object for thin archive members.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/readelf.exp: Add test.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/readelf.h.thin: New file.

2021-06-30  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

        * dwarf.c (read_and_display_attr_value): Handle
        DW_FORM_implicit_const.

2021-06-30  Richard Henderson  <richard.henderson@linaro.org>

        * dwarf.c (display_debug_frames): Both DW_CFA_def_cfa_sf
        and DW_CFA_def_cfa_offset_sf have a signed offset.

2021-06-19  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * dwarf.c (display_debug_lines_decoded): Use memcpy rather than
        strncpy when trimming file name length to MAX_FILENAME_LENGTH.
        Don't make an unnecessary copy when length is good.

2021-06-18  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

        * readelf.c (print_gnu_property_note): Handle
        GNU_PROPERTY_UINT32_AND_LO, GNU_PROPERTY_UINT32_AND_HI,
        GNU_PROPERTY_UINT32_OR_LO and GNU_PROPERTY_UINT32_OR_HI.

2021-06-15  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * readelf.c (get_note_type): Add support for NT_GO_BUILDID.

2021-06-15  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * readelf.c (locate_dynamic_section, is_pie): New functions.
        (get_file_type): Replace e_type parameter with filedata.  Call
        is_pie for ET_DYN.  Update all callers.
        (process_program_headers): Use local variables dynamic_addr and
        dynamic_size, updating filedata on exit from function.  Set
        dynamic_size of 1 to indicate no dynamic section or segment.
        Update tests of dynamic_size throughout.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/x86-64/pr27708.dump: Update expected output.

2021-06-14  Eric Botcazou  <ebotcazou@adacore.com>

        * dwarf.c (struct abbrev_attr): Change type of implicit_const.
        (add_abbrev_attr): Likewise.
        (process_abbrev_set): Likewise.
        (display_debug_abbrev): Adjust to above change.

2021-06-12  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * readelf.c (process_file_header): Don't clear section_headers.

2021-06-12  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * readelf.c (get_section_headers): Don't test e_shoff here, leave
        that to get_32bit_section_headers or get_64bit_section_headers.
        (process_object): Throw away section header read to print file
        header extension.

2021-06-11  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * readelf.c (struct filedata): Move archive_file_offset and
        archive_file_size earlier.
        (free_filedata): Clear using memset.

2021-06-11  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * readelf.c (GET_ELF_SYMBOLS): Delete.  Replace with..
        (get_elf_symbols): ..this new function throughout.
        (get_32bit_section_headers): Don't free section_headers.
        (get_64bit_section_headers): Likewise.
        (get_section_headers): New function, use throughout in place of
        32bit and 64bit variants.
        (get_dynamic_section): Similarly.
        (process_section_headers): Don't free filedata memory here.
        (get_file_header): Don't get section headers here..
        (process_object): ..Read them here instead.  Don't exit without
        freeing filedata memory.

2021-06-09  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * MAINTAINERS: Remove Daniel Jacobwitz from the maintainers list.

2021-06-07  Jan Beulich  <jbeulich@suse.com>

        * dwarf.c (display_debug_aranges): Add u suffix to constant.

2021-05-29  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * objdump (usage): Add missing \n.

2021-05-29  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * readelf.c (parse_args): Call dwarf_select_sections_all on
        --debug-dump without optarg.
        (usage): Associate -w and --debug-dump options closely.
        Split up help message.  Remove extraneous blank lines around
        ctf help.
        * objdump.c (usage): Similarly.

2021-05-29  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@orcam.me.uk>

        * testsuite/binutils-all/mips/mips-xpa-virt-1.d: Correct CFC0
        operand disassembly.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/mips/mips-xpa-virt-3.d: Likewise.

2021-05-29  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@orcam.me.uk>

        * testsuite/binutils-all/mips/mips-xpa-virt-1.d: Use `mips:3000'
        machine for disassembly.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/mips/mips-xpa-virt-2.d: Likewise.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/mips/mips-xpa-virt-3.d: Likewise.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/mips/mips-xpa-virt-4.d: Likewise.

2021-05-28  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

        PR ld/27905
        * readelf.c (decode_x86_feature_2): Revert commit 50c95a739c9.

2021-05-27  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * readelf (usage): Order -w letters to match --debug-dump= and
        move common '=' for --debug-dump out of brackets.

2021-05-26  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

        PR ld/27905
        * readelf.c (decode_x86_feature_2): Support
        GNU_PROPERTY_X86_FEATURE_2_CODE16.

2021-05-23  Tiezhu Yang  <yangtiezhu@loongson.cn>

        * readelf.c (get_machine_name): Change Loongson Loongarch to
        LoongArch.

2021-05-21  Luis Machado  <luis.machado@linaro.org>

        * readelf.c (get_note_type): Add missing NT_ARM_* entries.

2021-05-21  Luis Machado  <luis.machado@linaro.org>

        * readelf.c (get_note_type): Handle NT_MEMTAG note types.

2021-05-19  Eli Schwartz  <eschwartz@archlinux.org>

        * dwarf.c (ENABLE_CHECKING): Define to 0 if not previously set.

2021-05-19  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR 27884
        * dwarf.c (get_type_abbrev_from_form): Replace cu_offset_return
        param with map_return, and return map for DW_FORM_ref_addr.
        (get_type_signedness): Adjust calls to get_type_abbrev_from_form.
        Pass returned cu map start and end to recursive call.
        (read_and_display_attr_value): Similarly.

2021-05-19  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR 27879
        * sysdump.c (getBARRAY): Sanity check size against max.
        (getINT): Avoid UB shift left.

2021-05-15  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * dwarf.c (process_cu_tu_index): Avoid pointer UB.  Use _mul_overflow.
        Delete dead code.

2021-05-15  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * dwarf.c (display_gdb_index): Avoid pointer UB and overflow in
        length calculations.

2021-05-15  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * dwarf.c (display_debug_names): Complain when header length is
        too small.  Avoid pointer UB.  Sanity check augmentation string,
        CU table, TU table and foreign TU table sizes.

2021-05-15  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * dwarf.c (display_debug_frames): Delete initial_length_size.
        Avoid pointer UB.  Constrain data reads to length given in header.
        Sanity check cie header length.  Only skip up to next FDE on
        finding augmentation data too long.

2021-05-15  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * dwarf.c (read_cie): Add more sanity checks to ensure data
        pointer is not bumped past end.

2021-05-15  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * dwarf.c (display_debug_ranges): Delete initial_length_size.
        Correct fallback size calculated on finding a reloc.  Constrain
        data reads to length given in header.  Avoid pointer UB.

2021-05-15  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * dwarf.c (display_debug_rnglists_list): Avoid pointer UB.

2021-05-15  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * dwarf.c (display_debug_str_offsets): Constrain reads to length
        given in header.

2021-05-15  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * dwarf.c (display_debug_aranges): Delete initial_length_size.
        Use end_ranges to constrain data reads to header length.  Avoid
        pointer UB.

2021-05-15  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * dwarf.c (display_loc_list): Avoid pointer UB.  Correct check
        before reading uleb length.  Warn on excess length.

2021-05-15  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * dwarf.c (display_debug_macro): Print strings that might not
        be zero terminated with %*s.  Don't bump curr if unterminated.

2021-05-15  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * dwarf.c (get_line_filename_and_dirname): Delete initial_length_size.
        Simplify length sanity check, and check for too small lengths.
        Constrain data reads to header length.  Avoid pointer UB.

2021-05-15  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * dwarf.c (display_debug_macinfo): Print strings that might not
        be zero terminated with %*s.  Don't bump curr if unterminated.

2021-05-15  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * dwarf.c (display_debug_pubnames_worker): Delete initial_length_size.
        Simplify length check.  Constrain reads to length given by header.

2021-05-15  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * dwarf.c (display_debug_lines_decoded): Don't use strnlen when
        we have already checked for NUL termination.

2021-05-15  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * dwarf.c (read_debug_line_header): Delete initial_length_size.
        Avoid pointer UB.  Keep within length specified by header.
        Delete dead code.

2021-05-15  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * dwarf.c (process_debug_info): Always do the first CU length
        scan for sanity checks.  Remove initial_length_size var and
        instead calculate end_cu.  Use end_cu to limit data reads.
        Delete now dead code checking length.

2021-05-15  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * dwarf.c (SAFE_BYTE_GET_INTERNAL): Assert only when ENABLE_CHECKING.

2021-05-15  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * bucomm.h (_mul_overflow): Define.
        * dwarf.c (get_encoded_value): Avoid pointer UB.

2021-05-13  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR 27861
        * dwarf.c (display_debug_str_offsets): Sanity check dwarf5
        header length.

2021-05-13  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR 27860
        * dwarf.c (display_debug_frames): Sanity check cie_off before
        attempting to read cie.

2021-05-12  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * dwarf.c (process_extended_line_op): Don't bump data pointer past
        end when strnlen doesn't find string terminator.
        (decode_location_expression): Remove dead code.
        (skip_attr_bytes): Remove const from end param.  Ensure data
        pointer doesn't pass end.
        (get_type_signedness): Remove const from end param.
        (read_and_display_attr_value): Ensure data pointer doesn't pass end.
        (display_debug_lines_raw, display_debug_lines_decoded): Likewise.
        (display_debug_pubnames_worker): Likewise.
        (display_debug_pubnames_worker): Use SAFE_BYTE_GET_AND INC rather
        than blindly incrementing data pointer.
        (display_debug_addr, display_debug_str_offsets): Likewise.  Don't
        compare pointers, compare lengths.

2021-05-12  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * dwarf.c (SAFE_BYTE_GET_INTERNAL): Define.
        (SAFE_BYTE_GET, SAFE_BYTE_GET_AND_INC): Define using the above.
        (SAFE_SIGNED_BYTE_GET, SAFE_SIGNED_BYTE_GET_AND_INC): Likewise.
        (display_discr_list): Use SAFE_BYTE_GET_AND_INC rather than
        SAFE_BYTE_GET followed by increment.
        (process_debug_info): Likewise, and test bytes remaining before
        incrementing section_begin rather than using pointer comparison.
        (display_debug_names): Pass lvalue as SAFE_BYTE_GET PTR.
        (process_cu_tu_index): Likewise for SAFE_BYTE_GET_AND_INC.

2021-05-12  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * dwarf.c (dwarf_vmatoa64, SAFE_BYTE_GET64, add64): Delete.
        (skip_attr_bytes): Replace use of SAFE_BYTE_GET64 with
        SAFE_BYTE_GET_AND_INC.
        (read_and_display_attr_value): Likewise.  Print using dwarf_vmatoa.
        (process_debug_info, process_cu_tu_index): Likewise.
        * elfcomm.c (byte_put, byte_put_little_endian, byte_put_big_endian),
        (byte_get, byte_get_little_endian, byte_get_big_endian),
        (byte_get_signed): Make size param unsigned.  Remove code dealing
        with 4-byte elf_vma.
        (byte_get_64): Delete.
        * elfcomm.h  (byte_put, byte_put_little_endian, byte_put_big_endian),
        (byte_get, byte_get_little_endian, byte_get_big_endian),
        (byte_get_signed): Update prototypes.
        (byte_get_64): Delete.

2021-05-12  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR 27836
        * dwarf.c (display_debug_frames): Don't compare pointers derived
        from user input.  Test offset against bounds instead.

2021-05-12  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR 27853
        * dwarf.c (display_formatted_table): Test for data >= end rather
        than data == end.
        (process_extended_line_op): Likewise.
        (display_debug_lines_raw): Likewise.
        (display_debug_lines_decoded): Likewise.

2021-05-12  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR 27849
        * dwarf.c (fetch_indexed_string): Correct length sanity checks.
        Sanity check section size for version and padding too.  Correct
        index sanity check.  Handle multiple tables in .debug_str_offsets.

2021-05-11  Hans-Peter Nilsson  <hp@axis.com>

        * dwarf.c (process_abbrev_set): Properly parenthesize before
        casting to unsigned long.

2021-05-11  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR 27845
        * dwarf.c (process_abbrev_set): Replace start and end parameters
        with section, abbrev_base, abbrev_size, abbrev_offset.  Update
        all callers.  Sanity check parameters correctly and emit warnings
        here rather than..
        (process_debug_info): ..here.

2021-05-10  Thomas Wolff  <towo@towo.net>

        PR 4356
        PR 26865
        PR 27594
        * windres.c (quot): Revert previous delta.  Do not use double
        quotes when spaces are detected in options.
        * doc/binutils.texi (windres): Remove suggestion that the
        --preprocessor option can take arguments.

2021-05-10  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * dwarf.c (SAFE_BYTE_GET): Check bounds by subtracting amount from
        END rather than adding amount to PTR.
        (SAFE_SIGNED_BYTE_GET, SAFE_BYTE_GET64): Likewise.

2021-05-09  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * objcopy.c (eq_string): Delete.
        (create_symbol_htab): Use htab_eq_string.

2021-05-08  Mike Frysinger  <vapier@gentoo.org>

        * README-how-to-make-a-release: Update html & pdf entries.

2021-05-08  Mike Frysinger  <vapier@gentoo.org>

        * doc/Makefile.am (html-local, binutils/index.html): New targets.
        * doc/Makefile.in: Regenerate.

2021-05-08  Mike Frysinger  <vapier@gentoo.org>

        * doc/Makefile.am (AM_MAKEINFOFLAGS): Add --no-split.
        * doc/Makefile.in: Regenerate.

2021-05-07  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * readelf.c (no_processor_specific_unwind): New function.
        (process_unwind): Use no_processor_specific_unwind for X86
        targets.

2021-05-07  Michael Forney <mforney@mforney.org>

        * dwarf.c: Don't omit second operand of '?' operator.

2021-04-30  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 27796
        * dwarf.c (load_debug_sup_file): Allocate memory for filename in
        .debug_sup section.

2021-04-29  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 27594
        * doc/binutils.texi (windres): Correct the description of the
        default value of the --preprocessor argument.

2021-04-27  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 27779
        * dwarf.c (parse_gnu_debuglink): Reject empty names.
        (parse_gnu_debugaltlink): Likewise.

2021-04-22  Clément Chigot  <clement.chigot@atos.net>

        * od-xcoff.c (dump_xcoff32_symbols): Adapt to new
        aux structures.

2021-04-21  Nick Lott  <nick.lott@gmail.com>

        PR 27672
        * readelf.c (sym_base): New variable.
        (enum print_mode): Add more modes.
        (print_vma): Add suport for new modes.
        (options): Add sym-base.
        (usage): Add sym-base.
        (parse_args): Add support for --sym-base.
        (print_dynamic_symbol_size): New function.
        (print_dynamic_symbol): Use new function.
        * doc/binutils.texi: Document the new feature.
        * NEWS: Mention the new feature.

2021-04-21  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * testsuite/binutils-all/mips/global-local-symtab-sort-n64t.d:
        Adjust expected output to allow for named section symbols.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/mips/global-local-symtab-sort-o32t.d:
        Likewise.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/readelf.s-64: Likewise.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/readelf.ss-64-unused: Likewise.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/readelf.ss-tmips: Likewise.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/readelf.ss-unused: Likewise.

2021-04-21  Luo Longjun  <luolongjun@huawei.com>

        * readelf.c (print_dynamic_symbol): Print the section name for
        section symbols without a name of their own.

2021-04-20  Andreas Krebbel  <krebbel@linux.ibm.com>

        * MAINTAINERS: Remove Martin Schwidefsky as s390 maintainer and
        add him to Past Maintainers.
        Update my email address.

2021-04-19  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 21702
        * arsup.c (ar_addmod): Enable plugin support, if available.

2021-04-19  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * rename.c: (get_stat_atime_ns): Add prototype.
        (get_stat_mtime_ns): Add prototype.

2021-04-16  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR 27725
        * rename.c (get_stat_atime, get_stat_mtime): Make static.
        (get_stat_atime_ns, get_stat_mtime_ns): Likewise.

2021-04-15  Pekka Seppänen  <pexu@sourceware.mail.kapsi.fi>

        PR 27725
        * rename.c (get_stat_atime_ns): Add ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED.
        (get_stat_mtime_ns): Likewise.

2021-04-15  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR 27725
        * configure.ac: Check for sys/time.h and utimensat.  Use standard
        checks for mkstemp and mkdtemp.  Whitespace.  Check for nanosecond
        members of struct stat.
        * rename.c: Prefer sys/time.h for utimes over utime.h for utime.
        (STAT_TIMESPEC, STAT_TIMESPEC_NS): Define
        (get_stat_atime_ns, get_stat_mtime_ns): New inline functions.
        (get_stat_atime, get_stat_mtime): Likewise.
        (set_times): Choose first available of utimensat, utimes, utime.
        Use above inline functions to set timespec and timeval values.
        * configure: Regenerate.
        * config.in: Regenerate.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/objcopy.exp (objcopy_test): Add test of
        file timestamp when --preserve-dates is used.

2021-04-15  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR 27456
        * rename.c (smart_rename): When TO and FROM are equal, just set
        file timestamp.
        * objcopy.c (strip_main, copy_main): Always call smart_rename.

2021-04-14  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

        PR binutils/27708
        * testsuite/binutils-all/x86-64/pr27708.dump: New file.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/x86-64/pr27708.exe.bz2: Likewise.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/x86-64/x86-64.exp: Run binutils/27708
        test.

2021-04-14  Mark Harmstone  <mark@harmstone.com>

        PR 27686
        * resbin.c (bin_to_res_version): Ignore any trailing bytes at the
        end of the structure.

2021-04-14  Frederic Cambus  <fred@statdns.com>

        * readelf.c (get_netbsd_elfcore_note_type): Remove unneeded #ifdef
        checks for NT_NETBSDCORE_AUXV and NT_NETBSDCORE_LWPSTATUS.

2021-04-14  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR 27716
        * objdump.c (show_line): Don't limit paths to PATH_MAX.
        * readelf.c (struct filedata): Change program_interpreter from
        a char array to a char pointer.
        (process_program_headers): Sanity check PT_INTERP p_filesz.
        Malloc program_interpreter using p_filesz and read directly from
        file.
        (process_dynamic_section): Check program_interpreter is non-NULL.
        (free_filedata): New function, split out from..
        (process_object): ..here.
        (close_debug_file): Call free_filedata.
        * sysdep.h: Don't include sys/param.h.
        (PATH_MAX): Don't define.
        * configure.ac: Don't check for sys/param.h.
        * configure: Regenerate.

2021-04-13  Frederic Cambus  <fred@statdns.com>

        * readelf.c (process_netbsd_elf_note): Remove now unneeded #ifdef
        check for NT_NETBSD_PAX.

2021-04-12  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * configure.ac (--enable-checking): Add support.
        * config.in: Regenerate.
        * configure: Regenerate.

2021-04-09  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * objdump.c (struct objdump_disasm_info): Delete dynrelbuf and
        dynrelcount.
        (find_symbol_for_address): Adjust for dynrelbuf and dynrelcount move.
        (disassemble_section, disassemble_data): Likewise.

2021-04-06  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * objdump.c (objdump_symbol_at_address): Return asymbol*.

2021-04-06  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * NEWS: Mention C99 requirement.
        * README: Likewise.  Modernise examples and "Reporting bugs".

2021-04-05  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * configure.ac: Assume long long is available.  Don't test for
        strings.h, stdlib.h, limits.h, locale.h, or wchar.h.  Check
        inttypes.h, stdint.h, sys/stat.h and sys/types.h. Don't check for
        strcoll, setlocale, setmode or location of time_t.  Don't check
        for fprintf, getenv, snprintf, strnlen, strstr or vsnprintf decls.
        (AC_ISC_POSIX, AXC_HEADER_STRING, AC_FUNC_ALLOCA): Don't invoke.
        * sysdep.h: Don't include alloca-conf.h, include config.h instead.
        Test HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H and reorder includes.  Include limits.h,
        locale.h, string.h and stdlib.h unconditionally.  Remove various
        fallback declarations.  Assume long long is available.
        * addr2line.c: Don't test HAVE_SETLOCALE.
        * ar.c: Likewise.
        * coffdump.c: Likewise.
        * dlltool.c: Likewise.
        * dllwrap.c: Likewise.
        * elfedit.c: Likewise.
        * nm.c: Likewise.
        * objcopy.c: Likewise.
        * objdump.c: Likewise.
        * readelf.c: Likewise.
        * size.c: Likewise.
        * srconv.c: Likewise.
        * strings.c: Likewise.
        * sysdump.c: Likewise.
        * windmc.c: Likewise.
        * windres.c: Likewise.
        * bucomm.c: Don't test HAVE_TIME_T_IN_TIME_H or HAVE_TIME_T_IN_TYPES_H.
        * dwarf.c: Include limits.h unconditionally.  Assume long long
        is available.
        * nm.c: Don't test HAVE_STRCOLL.
        * readelf.c: Don't test HAVE_WCHAR_H.
        * strings.c: Assume long long is available.
        * syslex.l: Include string.h unconditionally.
        * aclocal.m4: Regenerate.
        * config.in: Regenerate.
        * configure: Regenerate.
        * Makefile.in: Regenerate.
        * doc/Makefile.in: Regenerate.

2021-04-01  Martin Liska  <mliska@suse.cz>

        * elfcomm.h (strneq): Remove strneq and use startswith.
        * readelf.c (ia64_process_unwind): Likewise.
        (process_note): Likewise.

2021-04-01  Martin Liska  <mliska@suse.cz>

        * dllwrap.c: Use startswith function.
        * objcopy.c (is_dwo_section): Likewise.
        (handle_remove_section_option): Likewise.
        (copy_main): Likewise.
        * objdump.c (is_significant_symbol_name): Likewise.

2021-04-01  Martin Liska  <mliska@suse.cz>

        * dwarf.c (display_debug_lines_raw): Replace const_strneq with
        startswith.
        (display_debug_lines_decoded): Likewise.
        (display_debug_links): Likewise.
        * elfcomm.c (setup_archive): Likewise.
        * elfcomm.h (const_strneq): Likewise.
        * readelf.c (process_section_headers): Likewise.
        (slurp_ia64_unwind_table): Likewise.
        (slurp_hppa_unwind_table): Likewise.
        (decode_arm_unwind): Likewise.
        (display_debug_section): Likewise.
        (process_note): Likewise.

2021-03-31  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * sysdep.h (POISON_BFD_BOOLEAN): Define.
        * addr2line.c, * ar.c, * arsup.c, * bfdtest2.c, * binemul.c,
        * binemul.h, * bucomm.c, * bucomm.h, * budbg.h, * coffgrok.c,
        * debug.c, * debug.h, * dlltool.c, * dwarf.c, * dwarf.h,
        * elfedit.c, * emul_aix.c, * mclex.c, * nm.c, * objcopy.c,
        * objdump.c, * od-macho.c, * prdbg.c, * rdcoff.c, * rddbg.c,
        * readelf.c, * rename.c, * stabs.c, * strings.c, * windint.h,
        * windmc.c, * windmc.h, * windres.c, * winduni.c,
        * wrstabs.c: Replace bfd_boolean with bool, FALSE with false,
        and TRUE with true throughout.

2021-03-31  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * coffdump.c: Include stdint.h in place of bfd_stdint.h.
        * dwarf.c: Likewise.

2021-03-31  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * prdbg.c (pr_function_type): Replace LITSTTCPY with strcpy.

2021-03-29  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * dlltool.c (main): Don't use "boolean_condition ? TRUE : FALSE".
        * dwarf.c (read_and_display_attr_value): Likewise.
        (display_debug_str_offsets): Likewise.
        * objdump.c (dump_bfd): Likewise.
        * readelf.c (dump_section_as_strings): Likewise.
        (dump_section_as_bytes): Likewise.

2021-03-29  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * objdump.c (process_links): Use type int.
        * readelf.c (request_dump): Don't increment do_dump, set it.
        * windint.h (target_is_bigendian): Use type bfd_boolean.
        * windmc.c (target_is_bigendian): Likewise.
        * windres.c (target_is_bigendian): Likewise.

2021-03-22  Martin Liska  <mliska@suse.cz>

        * dlltool.c (scan_drectve_symbols): Replace usage of CONST_STRNEQ
        with startswith.
        * emul_aix.c (ar_emul_aix_parse_arg): Likewise.
        * objcopy.c (is_mergeable_note_section): Likewise.
        * objdump.c (dump_dwarf_section): Likewise.
        * prdbg.c (pr_method_type): Likewise.
        (pr_class_baseclass): Likewise.
        (tg_class_baseclass): Likewise.
        * readelf.c (process_lto_symbol_tables): Likewise.
        * stabs.c (ULLHIGH): Likewise.
        (parse_stab_argtypes): Likewise.
        (stab_demangle_function_name): Likewise.

2021-03-19  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

        * readelf.c (get_machine_name): Add EM_INTELGT.

2021-03-18  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 27478
        * readelf.c (dump_section_as_strings): Mention separate filename.
        (dump_section_as_bytes): Likewise.
        (dump_section_as_ctf): Likewise.
        (initialise_dumkps_byname): Only issue a warning for missing
        sections if processing the main file.
        (process_section_contents): Only issue a warning for unsumped
        section numbers in the main file.
        (initialise_dump_sects): New function.  Contains code extracted
        from ...
        (process_object): ... here.  Also call initialise_dump_sects for
        separate files.

2021-03-16  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 27534
        * readelf.c (display_debug_section): Also retain .debug_addr
        sections.

2021-03-16  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 27533
        * readelf.c (process_section_contents): Only dump debug
        information for separate files unless process_links is enabled.
        (process_object): Always call process_section_contents for
        separate info files.

2021-03-15  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 27487
        * nm.c (FORMAT_JUST_SYMBOLS): Define.
        (struct optput_fns): Add entry for FORMAT_JUST_SYMBOLS.
        (long_options): Add just-symbols.
        (set_output_format): Add support for just-symbols.
        (get_print_format): Likewise.
        (do_not_print_object_filename): New function.
        (do_not_print_archive_filename): New function.
        (do_not_print_archive_member): New function.
        (do_not_print_symbol_filename): New function.
        (just_print_symbol_name): New function.
        (main): Handle --just-symbols.
        * NEWS: Mention the new feature.
        * doc/binutils.texi: Document the new feature.

2021-03-12  Clément Chigot  <clement.chigot@atos.net>

        * od-xcoff.c: Replace RTB by TRL entry.

2021-03-05  Craig Blackmore  <craig.blackmore@embecosm.com>
            Andrew Burgess  <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>

        * readelf.c (get_note_type): Handle NT_RISCV_CSR.

2021-03-05  Craig Blackmore  <craig.blackmore@embecosm.com>
            Andrew Burgess  <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>

        * readelf.c (get_note_type): Handle NT_GDB_TDESC.

2021-03-05  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 27387
        * dwarf.c (display_debug_macro): Handle the displaying of
        DW_MACRO_define_strp and DW_MACRO_undef_strp in v4
        .debug_macro.dwo sections.

2021-03-04  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 27478
        * objdump.c (process_links): New variable.
        (usage): Add --process-links.
        (long_options): Likewise.
        (dump_bfd): Stop processing once the bfd has been loaded unless
        this is the main file or process_links has been enabled.
        (main): Handle the process-links option.
        * readelf.c (process_links): New variable.
        (struct filedata): Add is_separate field.
        (options): Add --process-links.
        (usage): Likewise.
        (parse_args): Likewise.
        (process_file_header): Include the filename when dumping
        information for separate debuginfo files.
        (process_program_headers): Likewise.
        (process_section_headers): Likewise.
        (process_section_groups): Likewise.
        (process_relocs): Likewise.
        (process_dynamic_section): Likewise.
        (process_version_sections): Likewise.
        (display_lto_symtab): Likewise.
        (process_symbol_table): Likewise.
        (process_syminfo): Likewise.
        (initialise_dumps_by_name): Likewise.
        (process_section_contents): Likewise.
        (process_notes_at): Likewise.
        (process_notes): Likewise.
        (open_file): Add is_separate parameter.  Use to initialise the
        is_separate field in the filedata structure.
        (open_deug): Update call to open_file.
        (process_object): Add processing of the contents of separate
        debuginfo files, gated by the process_links variable.
        (process_archive): Update call to open_file.
        (process_file): Initialise the is_separate field in the filedata
        structure.
        * dwarf.c (load_separate_debug_info_file): Only report the
        loading of a separate file if debug links are being dumped.
        * objcopy.c (keep_section_symbols): New variable.
        (enum command_line_switch): Add OPTION_KEEP_SYMBOLS.
        (strip_options): Add keep-section-symbols.
        (copy_options): Likewise.
        (copy_usage): Likewise.
        (strip_usage): Likewise.
        (copy_object): Keep section symbols if requested by command line
        option.
        (strip_main): Handle --keep-section-symbols.
        (copy_main): Likewise.
        * doc/binutils.texi: Document the new options.
        * NEWS: Mention the new features.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/compress.exp (test_gnu_debuglink):
        Update options passed to objdump.  Use diff rather than cmp to
        compare the dumped data.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/objdump.WK2: Update regexp.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/objdump.WK3: Update regexp.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/objdump.exp: Use --process-links
        instead of --dwarf=follow-links.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/readelf.exp (readelf_test): Include
        readelf's output in the log when the test fails.
        Add the -P option to the -wKis test.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/readelf.wKis: Update expected output.

2021-03-03  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR 27493
        * objcopy.c (filter_symbols): Apply --weaken to undefined symbols.
        * NEWS: Mention feature.

2021-03-01  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

        PR binutils/27486
        * dwarf.c (load_separate_debug_info): Issue warning only if
        do_debug_links is set.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/compress.exp: Run objdump and readelf
        with missing debug file.

2021-03-01  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR 27128
        * doc/binutils.texi: Add nm --with-symbol-versions and
        --without-symbol-versions documentation.
        * nm.c (with_symbol_versions): New variable.
        (enum long_option_values): Delete OPTION_WITH_SYMBOL_VERSIONS.
        (long_options): Make --with-symbol-versions entry twiddle the flag.
        Add --without-symbol-versions.
        (print_symname): Strip version when !with_symbol_versions.  Add
        dynamic version info under control of with_symbol_versions.
        (main): Remove OPTION_WITH_SYMBOL_VERSIONS case.

2021-02-26  Fangrui Song  <maskray@google.com>

        PR 27408
        * readelf.c (quiet): New option flag.
        (enum long_option_values): New enum to hold long option value.
        (long_options): Add --quiet.
        (usage): Mention --quiet.
        (display_rel_file): If quiet is enabled, suppress "no symbols".
        (main): Handle the new option.
        * NEWS: Mention --quiet.
        * docs/binutils.texi: Document --quiet.

2021-02-26  Tom de Vries  <tdevries@suse.de>

        * dwarf.c (display_debug_addr): Handle dwarf-5 .debug_addr bits.

2021-02-26  Tom de Vries  <tdevries@suse.de>

        PR 27390
        * dwarf.c: (skip_attr_bytes): Add support for DW_FORM_str* and
        DW_FORM_addrx*.
        (read_and_display_attr_value): Likewise.

2021-02-25  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * dwarf.c (get_type_abbrev_from_form): Accept but ignore sup
        forms.
        (read_and_display_attr_value): Handle sup forms.
        (display_debug_sup): New function.  Displays the contents of a
        .debug_sup section.
        (load_debug_sup_file): New function.  Loads the contents of a file
        referenced by a .debug_sup section.
        (check_for_and_load_links): Call load_debug_sup_file.
        (debug_displays): Add entry for .debug_sup.
        * dwarf.h (enum dwarf_section_display_enum): Add debug_sup.
        * readelf.c (process_section_headers): Add support for debug_sup.
        * doc/debug.options.texi: Note that the =links option will display
        the contents of .debug_sup sections.
        * NEWS: Mention the new support.

2021-02-25  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR 27456
        * rename.c (simple_copy): Mark target_stat ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED.

2021-02-24  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        PR 27285
        * od-elf32_avr.c (elf32_avr_get_memory_usage): Check for overflows
        when adding together the section sizes.

2021-02-24  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * objcopy.c (merge_gnu_build_notes): Remove support for v1/v2 GNU
        build notes.
        * readelf.c (print_gnu_build_attribute_description): Likewise.

2021-02-24  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
            Siddhesh Poyarekar  <siddhesh@gotplt.org>

        PR 27456
        * bucomm.h (smart_rename): Update prototype.
        * rename.c (smart_rename): Add fromfd and preserve_dates params.
        Pass fromfd and target_stat to simple_copy.  Call set_times
        when preserve_dates.
        (simple_copy): Accept fromfd rather than from filename.  Add
        target_stat param.  Rewind fromfd rather than opening.  Open
        "to" file without O_CREAT.  Try to preserve S_ISUID and S_ISGID.
        * ar.c (write_archive): Rename ofd to tmpfd.  Dup tmpfd before
        closing output temp file, and pass tmpfd to smart_rename.
        * arsup.c (temp_fd): Rename from real_fd.
        (ar_save): Dup temp_fd and pass to smart_rename.
        * objcopy.c (strip_main, copy_main): Likewise, and pass
        preserve_dates.

2021-02-24  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR 27456
        * rename.c: Tidy throughout.
        (smart_rename): Always copy.  Remove windows specific code.

2021-02-20  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * testsuite/lib/binutils-common.exp: Whitespace fixes throughout.
        (run_dump_test): Fail if expecting errors from a file like we do
        for error strings, if no error is seen.

2021-02-19  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * testsuite/binutils-all/readelf.exp (pr26548): Run for 32-bit too.

2021-02-19  Siddhesh Poyarekar  <siddhesh@gotplt.org>

        * ar.c (write_archive): Remove TARGET_STAT.  Adjust call to
        SMART_RENAME.
        * arsup.c (ar_save): Likewise.
        * objcopy (strip_main): Don't copy TMPFD.  Don't set times on
        temporary file and adjust call to SMART_RENAME.
        (copy_main): Likewise.
        * rename.c [!S_ISLNK]: Remove definitions.
        (try_preserve_permissions): Remove function.
        (smart_rename): Remove FD, PRESERVE_DATES arguments.  Use
        rename system call only if TO does not exist.
        * bucomm.h (smart_rename): Adjust declaration.

2021-02-18  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * objcopy.c (merge_gnu_build_notes): Handle notes with a start
        address that is higher than the end address.

2021-02-17  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * dwarf.c: Include limits.h.
        (CHAR_BIT): Provide backup define.
        (read_leb128): Use CHAR_BIT to size "result" in bits.  Correct
        signed overflow checking.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/pr26548.s,
        * testsuite/binutils-all/pr26548.d,
        * testsuite/binutils-all/pr26548e.d: New tests.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/readelf.exp: Run them.
        (readelf_test): Drop unused "xfails" parameter.  Update all uses.

2021-02-16  Jan Beulich  <jbeulich@suse.com>

        * dwarf.c (process_debug_info): Initialize "dwo_id".

2021-02-15  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * objdump.c (load_specific_debug_section): Don't call
        bfd_cache_section_contents.  Rearrange so that
        bfd_get_full_section_contents is not called on path where
        bfd_simple_get_relocated_section_contents is called.
        Don't set section->user_data.
        (free_debug_section): Always free section->start.  Don't twiddle
        section flags.
        * readelf.c (load_specific_debug_section): Don't set user_data.
        * dwarf.h (struct dwarf_section): Remove use_data field.
        * dwarf.c (NO_ABBREVS, ABBREV): Adjust to suit.

2021-02-15  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * testsuite/binutils-all/compress.exp: Remove nds32 xfails.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/objdump.exp: Likewise.

2021-02-14  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * objdump.c (slurp_symtab): Don't add an extra entry for NULL
        to the symbol array.
        (slurp_dynamic_symtab): Likewise.
        (dump_bfd): Formatting.  Copy terminating NULL from extra_syms.

2021-02-14  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * Makefile.in: Regenerate.
        * doc/Makefile.in: Regenerate.

2021-02-13  Mike Frysinger  <vapier@gentoo.org>

        * aclocal.m4: Regenerate.

2021-02-12  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * configure.ac (follow-debug-links): Add option to enable or
        disable the following of debug links by default.  Set the
        default for the option to be 'follow'.
        * dwarf.c (do_follow_links): Initialise with DEFAULT_FOR_FOLLOW_LINKS.
        (dwarf_select_sections_by_names): Add no-follow-links option.
        (dwarf_select_sections_by_letter): Add 'N' option.
        * objdump.c (usage): Add conditional text describing the
        follow links option.
        (slurp_symtab): Ensure that there is a NULL entry at the end
        of the symbol table.
        (slurp_dynamic_symtab): Likewise.
        (dump_bfd): When extending the symbol table, ensure that there
        is still a NULL entry at the end.
        * readelf.c (usage): Add conditional text describing the
        follow links option.
        * doc/binutils.texi: Update documentation for objcopy and
        readelf.
        * doc/debug.options.texi: Update documentation of the
        follow-links option.
        * config.in: Regenerate.
        * configure: Regenerate.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/compress.exp: Add the -WN option to
        objdump command lines that are not expecting to follow links.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/readelf.exp: Add the
        --debug-dump=no-follow-links option to tests that are not
        expecting to follow debug links.
        * NEWS: Mention the new behaviour.

2021-02-12  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * testsuite/binutils-all/objcopy.exp: Report "unsupported" when
        gas or ld fails to build a testcase rather than "unresolved".
        Report "fail" when readelf returns an error status rather than
        "unresolved".
        * testsuite/binutils-all/ar.exp: Likewise.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/compress.exp: Likewise.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/readelf.exp: Likewise.

2021-02-12  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * testsuite/binutils-all/pr25662.s: Replace "a" with "aaa" and
        "c" with "ccc" labels.

2021-02-12  Tom de Vries  <tdevries@suse.de>

        * dwarf.h (debug_info): Fix typo in comment.

2021-02-12  Tom de Vries  <tdevries@suse.de>

        * dwarf.c (display_debug_str_offsets): Handle multiple sets of
        entries.

2021-02-12  Tom de Vries  <tdevries@suse.de>

        * dwarf.c (process_debug_info): Print DWO ID.

2021-02-11  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR 27290
        PR 27293
        PR 27295
        * od-elf32_avr.c (elf32_avr_get_note_section_contents): Formatting.
        Use bfd_malloc_and_get_section.
        (elf32_avr_get_note_desc): Formatting.  Return descsz.  Sanity
        check namesz.  Return NULL if descsz is too small.  Ensure
        string table is terminated.
        (elf32_avr_get_device_info): Formatting.  Add note_size param.
        Sanity check note.
        (elf32_avr_dump_mem_usage): Adjust to suit.

2021-02-10  Tom de Vries  <tdevries@suse.de>

        PR binutils/27391
        * dwarf.c (load_dwo_file): Handle case that name is absolute path.

2021-02-10  Tom de Vries  <tdevries@suse.de>

        PR binutils/27371
        * dwarf.c (display_debug_ranges): Filter range lists according to
        section.

2021-02-09  Tom de Vries  <tdevries@suse.de>

        PR binutils/27370
        * dwarf.c (get_type_abbrev_from_form): Handle DW_FORM_ref_sig8.

2021-02-09  Tom de Vries  <tdevries@suse.de>

        PR binutils/27386
        * dwarf.c (process_debug_info): Handling DW_UT_skeleton and
        DW_UT_split_compile.

2021-02-09  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * testsuite/lib/binutils-common.exp (supports_gnu_osabi): Remove
        symbianelf.

2021-02-07  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * unwind-ia64.c (unw_print_xyreg): Don't leave output buffer
        uninitialised on invalid input.

2021-02-06  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR 27349
        * rename.c (smart_rename): Test for existence and type of output
        file with lstat.

2021-02-05  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * MAINTAINERS: Remove Richard Henderson as the ALPHA maintainer.

2021-02-05  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>

        PR 27252
        * elfedit.c (check_file):
        * bucomm.c (get_file_size): Fix typos in comments.

2021-02-05  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR 27345
        * arsup.c (ar_save): Use stat rather than lstat.

2021-02-03  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR 27270
        PR 27284
        PR 26945
        * ar.c: Don't include libbfd.h.
        (write_archive): Replace xmalloc+strcpy with xstrdup.  Use
        bfd_stat rather than fstat on iostream.  Move stat and fd tests
        outside of _WIN32 ifdef.  Delete skip_stat variable.
        * arsup.c (temp_name, real_ofd): New static variables.
        (ar_open): Use make_tempname and bfd_fdopenw.
        (ar_save): Adjust to suit ar_open changes.  Move stat output
        of _WIN32 ifdef.
        * objcopy.c: Don't include libbfd.h.
        (copy_file): Use bfd_stat.

2021-02-02  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

        PR binutils/27281
        * readelf.c (process_section_headers): Add 'R' and 'D' to
        "Key to Flags:".
        * testsuite/binutils-all/retain1a.d: Updated.

2021-01-30  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * README-how-to-make-a-release: Small updates after the 2.35.2
        release.

2021-01-28  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>

        PR 4356
        * windres.c (quot): Use double quotes to protect strings on
        Windows platforms.

2021-01-28  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>

        PR 27252
        * bucomm.c (get_file_size): Add code to handle /dev/null on
        Windows systems.
        * elfedit.c (check_file): Likewise.

2021-01-27  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * objcopy.c (copy_main): Remove conditional control of the calls
        to free, simplifying the code and making it easier to detect
        typos.

2021-01-26  Frederic Cambus  <fred@statdns.com>

        * objcopy.c (copy_main): Fix a double free happening when both
        --localize-symbols and --globalize-symbols options are invoked
        together.

2021-01-24  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * README-how-to-make-a-release: Minor updates after the 2.36 release.

2021-01-16  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * readelf.c (uncompress_section_contents): Tidy inflateEnd result test.

2021-01-15  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        PR 26539
        * readelf.c (uncompress_section_contents): Always call inflateEnd.

2021-01-14  Alexandre Oliva <oliva@gnu.org>

        * MAINTAINERS: Update my email address.

2021-01-14  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * po/sv.po: Updated Swedish translation.

2021-01-13  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * Makefile.in: Regenerate.
        * doc/Makefile.in: Regenerate.

2021-01-13  Zebediah Figura  <z.figura12@gmail.com>

        PR 27037
        * dlltool.c (i386_trampoline): Adjust %rsp immediately on entry
        and before exit.
        (i386_x64_trampoline): Add SEH annotations.
        (struct mac): Add how_seh field.
        (make_delay_head): If how_set field is true add SEh instructions.

2021-01-12  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

        PR binutils/26792
        * configure.ac: Use GNU_MAKE_JOBSERVER.
        * aclocal.m4: Regenerated.
        * configure: Likewise.

2021-01-12  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * po/fr.po: Updated French translation.

2021-01-11  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

        PR ld/27173
        * configure: Regenerated.

2021-01-11  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * po/pt.po: Updated Portuguese translation.
        * po/sr.po: Updated Serbian translation.
        * po/uk.po: Updated Ukranian translation.

2021-01-09  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

        * configure: Regenerated.

2021-01-09  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * configure: Regenerate.
        * po/binutils.pot: Regenerate.

2021-01-09  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

        * 2.36 release branch crated.
        * README-how-to-make-a-release: Add note about updating Makefiles
        and libtool files.
        * BRANCHES: Add binutils-2.36-branch.

2021-01-09  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        * configure: Regenerate.

2021-01-07  Samuel Thibault  <samuel.thibault@gnu.org>

        * configure: Regenerate.

2021-01-07  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

        PR 27109
        * objcopy.c (copy_object): Handle section symbols for
        non-relocatable inputs.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/readelf.exp (readelf_test): Check
        is_elf_unused_section_symbols.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/readelf.s-64: Updated.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/readelf.ss: Likewise.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/readelf.ss-64: Likewise.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/readelf.s-64-unused: New file.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/readelf.ss-64-unused: Likewise.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/readelf.ss-unused: Likewise.
        * testsuite/lib/binutils-common.exp
        (is_elf_unused_section_symbols): New proc.

2021-01-06  Reuben Thomas  <rrt@sc3d.org>

        * binutils/readelf.c: Correct grammar in comment.

2021-01-01  Nicolas Boulenguez  <nicolas@debian.org>

        * coffgrok.c (do_type): Correct spelling of auxiliary in errors.
        * doc/binutils.texi: Correct grammar.
        * readelf.c (process_version_sections): Correct spelling of auxiliary
        in warning.
        * testsuite/binutils-all/vax/objdump.exp: Comment grammar fix.

2021-01-01  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

        Update year range in copyright notice of all files.

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