2005-04-11 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
[binutils.git] / bfd / section.c
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1 /* Object file "section" support for the BFD library.
2 Copyright 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
3 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
4 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 Written by Cygnus Support.
7 This file is part of BFD, the Binary File Descriptor library.
9 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
10 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
11 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
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14 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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16 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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21 Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
24 SECTION
25 Sections
27 The raw data contained within a BFD is maintained through the
28 section abstraction. A single BFD may have any number of
29 sections. It keeps hold of them by pointing to the first;
30 each one points to the next in the list.
32 Sections are supported in BFD in <<section.c>>.
34 @menu
35 @* Section Input::
36 @* Section Output::
37 @* typedef asection::
38 @* section prototypes::
39 @end menu
41 INODE
42 Section Input, Section Output, Sections, Sections
43 SUBSECTION
44 Section input
46 When a BFD is opened for reading, the section structures are
47 created and attached to the BFD.
49 Each section has a name which describes the section in the
50 outside world---for example, <<a.out>> would contain at least
51 three sections, called <<.text>>, <<.data>> and <<.bss>>.
53 Names need not be unique; for example a COFF file may have several
54 sections named <<.data>>.
56 Sometimes a BFD will contain more than the ``natural'' number of
57 sections. A back end may attach other sections containing
58 constructor data, or an application may add a section (using
59 <<bfd_make_section>>) to the sections attached to an already open
60 BFD. For example, the linker creates an extra section
61 <<COMMON>> for each input file's BFD to hold information about
62 common storage.
64 The raw data is not necessarily read in when
65 the section descriptor is created. Some targets may leave the
66 data in place until a <<bfd_get_section_contents>> call is
67 made. Other back ends may read in all the data at once. For
68 example, an S-record file has to be read once to determine the
69 size of the data. An IEEE-695 file doesn't contain raw data in
70 sections, but data and relocation expressions intermixed, so
71 the data area has to be parsed to get out the data and
72 relocations.
74 INODE
75 Section Output, typedef asection, Section Input, Sections
77 SUBSECTION
78 Section output
80 To write a new object style BFD, the various sections to be
81 written have to be created. They are attached to the BFD in
82 the same way as input sections; data is written to the
83 sections using <<bfd_set_section_contents>>.
85 Any program that creates or combines sections (e.g., the assembler
86 and linker) must use the <<asection>> fields <<output_section>> and
87 <<output_offset>> to indicate the file sections to which each
88 section must be written. (If the section is being created from
89 scratch, <<output_section>> should probably point to the section
90 itself and <<output_offset>> should probably be zero.)
92 The data to be written comes from input sections attached
93 (via <<output_section>> pointers) to
94 the output sections. The output section structure can be
95 considered a filter for the input section: the output section
96 determines the vma of the output data and the name, but the
97 input section determines the offset into the output section of
98 the data to be written.
100 E.g., to create a section "O", starting at 0x100, 0x123 long,
101 containing two subsections, "A" at offset 0x0 (i.e., at vma
102 0x100) and "B" at offset 0x20 (i.e., at vma 0x120) the <<asection>>
103 structures would look like:
105 | section name "A"
106 | output_offset 0x00
107 | size 0x20
108 | output_section -----------> section name "O"
109 | | vma 0x100
110 | section name "B" | size 0x123
111 | output_offset 0x20 |
112 | size 0x103 |
113 | output_section --------|
115 SUBSECTION
116 Link orders
118 The data within a section is stored in a @dfn{link_order}.
119 These are much like the fixups in <<gas>>. The link_order
120 abstraction allows a section to grow and shrink within itself.
122 A link_order knows how big it is, and which is the next
123 link_order and where the raw data for it is; it also points to
124 a list of relocations which apply to it.
126 The link_order is used by the linker to perform relaxing on
127 final code. The compiler creates code which is as big as
128 necessary to make it work without relaxing, and the user can
129 select whether to relax. Sometimes relaxing takes a lot of
130 time. The linker runs around the relocations to see if any
131 are attached to data which can be shrunk, if so it does it on
132 a link_order by link_order basis.
136 #include "bfd.h"
137 #include "sysdep.h"
138 #include "libbfd.h"
139 #include "bfdlink.h"
142 DOCDD
143 INODE
144 typedef asection, section prototypes, Section Output, Sections
145 SUBSECTION
146 typedef asection
148 Here is the section structure:
150 CODE_FRAGMENT
152 .typedef struct bfd_section
154 . {* The name of the section; the name isn't a copy, the pointer is
155 . the same as that passed to bfd_make_section. *}
156 . const char *name;
158 . {* A unique sequence number. *}
159 . int id;
161 . {* Which section in the bfd; 0..n-1 as sections are created in a bfd. *}
162 . int index;
164 . {* The next section in the list belonging to the BFD, or NULL. *}
165 . struct bfd_section *next;
167 . {* The field flags contains attributes of the section. Some
168 . flags are read in from the object file, and some are
169 . synthesized from other information. *}
170 . flagword flags;
172 .#define SEC_NO_FLAGS 0x000
174 . {* Tells the OS to allocate space for this section when loading.
175 . This is clear for a section containing debug information only. *}
176 .#define SEC_ALLOC 0x001
178 . {* Tells the OS to load the section from the file when loading.
179 . This is clear for a .bss section. *}
180 .#define SEC_LOAD 0x002
182 . {* The section contains data still to be relocated, so there is
183 . some relocation information too. *}
184 .#define SEC_RELOC 0x004
186 . {* A signal to the OS that the section contains read only data. *}
187 .#define SEC_READONLY 0x008
189 . {* The section contains code only. *}
190 .#define SEC_CODE 0x010
192 . {* The section contains data only. *}
193 .#define SEC_DATA 0x020
195 . {* The section will reside in ROM. *}
196 .#define SEC_ROM 0x040
198 . {* The section contains constructor information. This section
199 . type is used by the linker to create lists of constructors and
200 . destructors used by <<g++>>. When a back end sees a symbol
201 . which should be used in a constructor list, it creates a new
202 . section for the type of name (e.g., <<__CTOR_LIST__>>), attaches
203 . the symbol to it, and builds a relocation. To build the lists
204 . of constructors, all the linker has to do is catenate all the
205 . sections called <<__CTOR_LIST__>> and relocate the data
206 . contained within - exactly the operations it would peform on
207 . standard data. *}
208 .#define SEC_CONSTRUCTOR 0x080
210 . {* The section has contents - a data section could be
211 . <<SEC_ALLOC>> | <<SEC_HAS_CONTENTS>>; a debug section could be
212 . <<SEC_HAS_CONTENTS>> *}
213 .#define SEC_HAS_CONTENTS 0x100
215 . {* An instruction to the linker to not output the section
216 . even if it has information which would normally be written. *}
217 .#define SEC_NEVER_LOAD 0x200
219 . {* The section contains thread local data. *}
220 .#define SEC_THREAD_LOCAL 0x400
222 . {* The section has GOT references. This flag is only for the
223 . linker, and is currently only used by the elf32-hppa back end.
224 . It will be set if global offset table references were detected
225 . in this section, which indicate to the linker that the section
226 . contains PIC code, and must be handled specially when doing a
227 . static link. *}
228 .#define SEC_HAS_GOT_REF 0x800
230 . {* The section contains common symbols (symbols may be defined
231 . multiple times, the value of a symbol is the amount of
232 . space it requires, and the largest symbol value is the one
233 . used). Most targets have exactly one of these (which we
234 . translate to bfd_com_section_ptr), but ECOFF has two. *}
235 .#define SEC_IS_COMMON 0x1000
237 . {* The section contains only debugging information. For
238 . example, this is set for ELF .debug and .stab sections.
239 . strip tests this flag to see if a section can be
240 . discarded. *}
241 .#define SEC_DEBUGGING 0x2000
243 . {* The contents of this section are held in memory pointed to
244 . by the contents field. This is checked by bfd_get_section_contents,
245 . and the data is retrieved from memory if appropriate. *}
246 .#define SEC_IN_MEMORY 0x4000
248 . {* The contents of this section are to be excluded by the
249 . linker for executable and shared objects unless those
250 . objects are to be further relocated. *}
251 .#define SEC_EXCLUDE 0x8000
253 . {* The contents of this section are to be sorted based on the sum of
254 . the symbol and addend values specified by the associated relocation
255 . entries. Entries without associated relocation entries will be
256 . appended to the end of the section in an unspecified order. *}
257 .#define SEC_SORT_ENTRIES 0x10000
259 . {* When linking, duplicate sections of the same name should be
260 . discarded, rather than being combined into a single section as
261 . is usually done. This is similar to how common symbols are
262 . handled. See SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES below. *}
263 .#define SEC_LINK_ONCE 0x20000
265 . {* If SEC_LINK_ONCE is set, this bitfield describes how the linker
266 . should handle duplicate sections. *}
267 .#define SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES 0x40000
269 . {* This value for SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES means that duplicate
270 . sections with the same name should simply be discarded. *}
271 .#define SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES_DISCARD 0x0
273 . {* This value for SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES means that the linker
274 . should warn if there are any duplicate sections, although
275 . it should still only link one copy. *}
276 .#define SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES_ONE_ONLY 0x80000
278 . {* This value for SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES means that the linker
279 . should warn if any duplicate sections are a different size. *}
280 .#define SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES_SAME_SIZE 0x100000
282 . {* This value for SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES means that the linker
283 . should warn if any duplicate sections contain different
284 . contents. *}
285 .#define SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES_SAME_CONTENTS \
286 . (SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES_ONE_ONLY | SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES_SAME_SIZE)
288 . {* This section was created by the linker as part of dynamic
289 . relocation or other arcane processing. It is skipped when
290 . going through the first-pass output, trusting that someone
291 . else up the line will take care of it later. *}
292 .#define SEC_LINKER_CREATED 0x200000
294 . {* This section should not be subject to garbage collection. *}
295 .#define SEC_KEEP 0x400000
297 . {* This section contains "short" data, and should be placed
298 . "near" the GP. *}
299 .#define SEC_SMALL_DATA 0x800000
301 . {* Attempt to merge identical entities in the section.
302 . Entity size is given in the entsize field. *}
303 .#define SEC_MERGE 0x1000000
305 . {* If given with SEC_MERGE, entities to merge are zero terminated
306 . strings where entsize specifies character size instead of fixed
307 . size entries. *}
308 .#define SEC_STRINGS 0x2000000
310 . {* This section contains data about section groups. *}
311 .#define SEC_GROUP 0x4000000
313 . {* The section is a COFF shared library section. This flag is
314 . only for the linker. If this type of section appears in
315 . the input file, the linker must copy it to the output file
316 . without changing the vma or size. FIXME: Although this
317 . was originally intended to be general, it really is COFF
318 . specific (and the flag was renamed to indicate this). It
319 . might be cleaner to have some more general mechanism to
320 . allow the back end to control what the linker does with
321 . sections. *}
322 .#define SEC_COFF_SHARED_LIBRARY 0x10000000
324 . {* This section contains data which may be shared with other
325 . executables or shared objects. This is for COFF only. *}
326 .#define SEC_COFF_SHARED 0x20000000
328 . {* When a section with this flag is being linked, then if the size of
329 . the input section is less than a page, it should not cross a page
330 . boundary. If the size of the input section is one page or more,
331 . it should be aligned on a page boundary. This is for TI
332 . TMS320C54X only. *}
333 .#define SEC_TIC54X_BLOCK 0x40000000
335 . {* Conditionally link this section; do not link if there are no
336 . references found to any symbol in the section. This is for TI
337 . TMS320C54X only. *}
338 .#define SEC_TIC54X_CLINK 0x80000000
340 . {* End of section flags. *}
342 . {* Some internal packed boolean fields. *}
344 . {* See the vma field. *}
345 . unsigned int user_set_vma : 1;
347 . {* A mark flag used by some of the linker backends. *}
348 . unsigned int linker_mark : 1;
350 . {* Another mark flag used by some of the linker backends. Set for
351 . output sections that have an input section. *}
352 . unsigned int linker_has_input : 1;
354 . {* A mark flag used by some linker backends for garbage collection. *}
355 . unsigned int gc_mark : 1;
357 . {* The following flags are used by the ELF linker. *}
359 . {* Mark sections which have been allocated to segments. *}
360 . unsigned int segment_mark : 1;
362 . {* Type of sec_info information. *}
363 . unsigned int sec_info_type:3;
364 .#define ELF_INFO_TYPE_NONE 0
365 .#define ELF_INFO_TYPE_STABS 1
366 .#define ELF_INFO_TYPE_MERGE 2
367 .#define ELF_INFO_TYPE_EH_FRAME 3
368 .#define ELF_INFO_TYPE_JUST_SYMS 4
370 . {* Nonzero if this section uses RELA relocations, rather than REL. *}
371 . unsigned int use_rela_p:1;
373 . {* Bits used by various backends. The generic code doesn't touch
374 . these fields. *}
376 . {* Nonzero if this section has TLS related relocations. *}
377 . unsigned int has_tls_reloc:1;
379 . {* Nonzero if this section has a gp reloc. *}
380 . unsigned int has_gp_reloc:1;
382 . {* Nonzero if this section needs the relax finalize pass. *}
383 . unsigned int need_finalize_relax:1;
385 . {* Whether relocations have been processed. *}
386 . unsigned int reloc_done : 1;
388 . {* End of internal packed boolean fields. *}
390 . {* The virtual memory address of the section - where it will be
391 . at run time. The symbols are relocated against this. The
392 . user_set_vma flag is maintained by bfd; if it's not set, the
393 . backend can assign addresses (for example, in <<a.out>>, where
394 . the default address for <<.data>> is dependent on the specific
395 . target and various flags). *}
396 . bfd_vma vma;
398 . {* The load address of the section - where it would be in a
399 . rom image; really only used for writing section header
400 . information. *}
401 . bfd_vma lma;
403 . {* The size of the section in octets, as it will be output.
404 . Contains a value even if the section has no contents (e.g., the
405 . size of <<.bss>>). *}
406 . bfd_size_type size;
408 . {* For input sections, the original size on disk of the section, in
409 . octets. This field is used by the linker relaxation code. It is
410 . currently only set for sections where the linker relaxation scheme
411 . doesn't cache altered section and reloc contents (stabs, eh_frame,
412 . SEC_MERGE, some coff relaxing targets), and thus the original size
413 . needs to be kept to read the section multiple times.
414 . For output sections, rawsize holds the section size calculated on
415 . a previous linker relaxation pass. *}
416 . bfd_size_type rawsize;
418 . {* If this section is going to be output, then this value is the
419 . offset in *bytes* into the output section of the first byte in the
420 . input section (byte ==> smallest addressable unit on the
421 . target). In most cases, if this was going to start at the
422 . 100th octet (8-bit quantity) in the output section, this value
423 . would be 100. However, if the target byte size is 16 bits
424 . (bfd_octets_per_byte is "2"), this value would be 50. *}
425 . bfd_vma output_offset;
427 . {* The output section through which to map on output. *}
428 . struct bfd_section *output_section;
430 . {* The alignment requirement of the section, as an exponent of 2 -
431 . e.g., 3 aligns to 2^3 (or 8). *}
432 . unsigned int alignment_power;
434 . {* If an input section, a pointer to a vector of relocation
435 . records for the data in this section. *}
436 . struct reloc_cache_entry *relocation;
438 . {* If an output section, a pointer to a vector of pointers to
439 . relocation records for the data in this section. *}
440 . struct reloc_cache_entry **orelocation;
442 . {* The number of relocation records in one of the above. *}
443 . unsigned reloc_count;
445 . {* Information below is back end specific - and not always used
446 . or updated. *}
448 . {* File position of section data. *}
449 . file_ptr filepos;
451 . {* File position of relocation info. *}
452 . file_ptr rel_filepos;
454 . {* File position of line data. *}
455 . file_ptr line_filepos;
457 . {* Pointer to data for applications. *}
458 . void *userdata;
460 . {* If the SEC_IN_MEMORY flag is set, this points to the actual
461 . contents. *}
462 . unsigned char *contents;
464 . {* Attached line number information. *}
465 . alent *lineno;
467 . {* Number of line number records. *}
468 . unsigned int lineno_count;
470 . {* Entity size for merging purposes. *}
471 . unsigned int entsize;
473 . {* Points to the kept section if this section is a link-once section,
474 . and is discarded. *}
475 . struct bfd_section *kept_section;
477 . {* When a section is being output, this value changes as more
478 . linenumbers are written out. *}
479 . file_ptr moving_line_filepos;
481 . {* What the section number is in the target world. *}
482 . int target_index;
484 . void *used_by_bfd;
486 . {* If this is a constructor section then here is a list of the
487 . relocations created to relocate items within it. *}
488 . struct relent_chain *constructor_chain;
490 . {* The BFD which owns the section. *}
491 . bfd *owner;
493 . {* A symbol which points at this section only. *}
494 . struct bfd_symbol *symbol;
495 . struct bfd_symbol **symbol_ptr_ptr;
497 . struct bfd_link_order *link_order_head;
498 . struct bfd_link_order *link_order_tail;
499 .} asection;
501 .{* These sections are global, and are managed by BFD. The application
502 . and target back end are not permitted to change the values in
503 . these sections. New code should use the section_ptr macros rather
504 . than referring directly to the const sections. The const sections
505 . may eventually vanish. *}
506 .#define BFD_ABS_SECTION_NAME "*ABS*"
507 .#define BFD_UND_SECTION_NAME "*UND*"
508 .#define BFD_COM_SECTION_NAME "*COM*"
509 .#define BFD_IND_SECTION_NAME "*IND*"
511 .{* The absolute section. *}
512 .extern asection bfd_abs_section;
513 .#define bfd_abs_section_ptr ((asection *) &bfd_abs_section)
514 .#define bfd_is_abs_section(sec) ((sec) == bfd_abs_section_ptr)
515 .{* Pointer to the undefined section. *}
516 .extern asection bfd_und_section;
517 .#define bfd_und_section_ptr ((asection *) &bfd_und_section)
518 .#define bfd_is_und_section(sec) ((sec) == bfd_und_section_ptr)
519 .{* Pointer to the common section. *}
520 .extern asection bfd_com_section;
521 .#define bfd_com_section_ptr ((asection *) &bfd_com_section)
522 .{* Pointer to the indirect section. *}
523 .extern asection bfd_ind_section;
524 .#define bfd_ind_section_ptr ((asection *) &bfd_ind_section)
525 .#define bfd_is_ind_section(sec) ((sec) == bfd_ind_section_ptr)
527 .#define bfd_is_const_section(SEC) \
528 . ( ((SEC) == bfd_abs_section_ptr) \
529 . || ((SEC) == bfd_und_section_ptr) \
530 . || ((SEC) == bfd_com_section_ptr) \
531 . || ((SEC) == bfd_ind_section_ptr))
533 .extern const struct bfd_symbol * const bfd_abs_symbol;
534 .extern const struct bfd_symbol * const bfd_com_symbol;
535 .extern const struct bfd_symbol * const bfd_und_symbol;
536 .extern const struct bfd_symbol * const bfd_ind_symbol;
538 .{* Macros to handle insertion and deletion of a bfd's sections. These
539 . only handle the list pointers, ie. do not adjust section_count,
540 . target_index etc. *}
541 .#define bfd_section_list_remove(ABFD, PS) \
542 . do \
543 . { \
544 . asection **_ps = PS; \
545 . asection *_s = *_ps; \
546 . *_ps = _s->next; \
547 . if (_s->next == NULL) \
548 . (ABFD)->section_tail = _ps; \
549 . else \
550 . _s->next = NULL; \
551 . } \
552 . while (0)
553 .#define bfd_section_list_insert(ABFD, PS, S) \
554 . do \
555 . { \
556 . asection **_ps = PS; \
557 . asection *_s = S; \
558 . _s->next = *_ps; \
559 . *_ps = _s; \
560 . if (_s->next == NULL) \
561 . (ABFD)->section_tail = &_s->next; \
562 . } \
563 . while (0)
564 .#define bfd_section_removed_from_list(ABFD, S) \
565 . ((S)->next == NULL && &(S)->next != (ABFD)->section_tail)
569 /* We use a macro to initialize the static asymbol structures because
570 traditional C does not permit us to initialize a union member while
571 gcc warns if we don't initialize it. */
572 /* the_bfd, name, value, attr, section [, udata] */
573 #ifdef __STDC__
574 #define GLOBAL_SYM_INIT(NAME, SECTION) \
575 { 0, NAME, 0, BSF_SECTION_SYM, (asection *) SECTION, { 0 }}
576 #else
577 #define GLOBAL_SYM_INIT(NAME, SECTION) \
578 { 0, NAME, 0, BSF_SECTION_SYM, (asection *) SECTION }
579 #endif
581 /* These symbols are global, not specific to any BFD. Therefore, anything
582 that tries to change them is broken, and should be repaired. */
584 static const asymbol global_syms[] =
586 GLOBAL_SYM_INIT (BFD_COM_SECTION_NAME, &bfd_com_section),
587 GLOBAL_SYM_INIT (BFD_UND_SECTION_NAME, &bfd_und_section),
588 GLOBAL_SYM_INIT (BFD_ABS_SECTION_NAME, &bfd_abs_section),
589 GLOBAL_SYM_INIT (BFD_IND_SECTION_NAME, &bfd_ind_section)
592 #define STD_SECTION(SEC, FLAGS, SYM, NAME, IDX) \
593 const asymbol * const SYM = (asymbol *) &global_syms[IDX]; \
594 asection SEC = \
595 /* name, id, index, next, flags, user_set_vma, */ \
596 { NAME, IDX, 0, NULL, FLAGS, 0, \
598 /* linker_mark, linker_has_input, gc_mark, segment_mark, */ \
599 0, 0, 1, 0, \
601 /* sec_info_type, use_rela_p, has_tls_reloc, has_gp_reloc, */ \
602 0, 0, 0, 0, \
604 /* need_finalize_relax, reloc_done, */ \
605 0, 0, \
607 /* vma, lma, size, rawsize */ \
608 0, 0, 0, 0, \
610 /* output_offset, output_section, alignment_power, */ \
611 0, (struct bfd_section *) &SEC, 0, \
613 /* relocation, orelocation, reloc_count, filepos, rel_filepos, */ \
614 NULL, NULL, 0, 0, 0, \
616 /* line_filepos, userdata, contents, lineno, lineno_count, */ \
617 0, NULL, NULL, NULL, 0, \
619 /* entsize, kept_section, moving_line_filepos, */ \
620 0, NULL, 0, \
622 /* target_index, used_by_bfd, constructor_chain, owner, */ \
623 0, NULL, NULL, NULL, \
625 /* symbol, */ \
626 (struct bfd_symbol *) &global_syms[IDX], \
628 /* symbol_ptr_ptr, */ \
629 (struct bfd_symbol **) &SYM, \
631 /* link_order_head, link_order_tail */ \
632 NULL, NULL \
635 STD_SECTION (bfd_com_section, SEC_IS_COMMON, bfd_com_symbol,
636 BFD_COM_SECTION_NAME, 0);
637 STD_SECTION (bfd_und_section, 0, bfd_und_symbol, BFD_UND_SECTION_NAME, 1);
638 STD_SECTION (bfd_abs_section, 0, bfd_abs_symbol, BFD_ABS_SECTION_NAME, 2);
639 STD_SECTION (bfd_ind_section, 0, bfd_ind_symbol, BFD_IND_SECTION_NAME, 3);
640 #undef STD_SECTION
642 struct section_hash_entry
644 struct bfd_hash_entry root;
645 asection section;
648 /* Initialize an entry in the section hash table. */
650 struct bfd_hash_entry *
651 bfd_section_hash_newfunc (struct bfd_hash_entry *entry,
652 struct bfd_hash_table *table,
653 const char *string)
655 /* Allocate the structure if it has not already been allocated by a
656 subclass. */
657 if (entry == NULL)
659 entry = (struct bfd_hash_entry *)
660 bfd_hash_allocate (table, sizeof (struct section_hash_entry));
661 if (entry == NULL)
662 return entry;
665 /* Call the allocation method of the superclass. */
666 entry = bfd_hash_newfunc (entry, table, string);
667 if (entry != NULL)
668 memset (&((struct section_hash_entry *) entry)->section, 0,
669 sizeof (asection));
671 return entry;
674 #define section_hash_lookup(table, string, create, copy) \
675 ((struct section_hash_entry *) \
676 bfd_hash_lookup ((table), (string), (create), (copy)))
678 /* Initializes a new section. NEWSECT->NAME is already set. */
680 static asection *
681 bfd_section_init (bfd *abfd, asection *newsect)
683 static int section_id = 0x10; /* id 0 to 3 used by STD_SECTION. */
685 newsect->id = section_id;
686 newsect->index = abfd->section_count;
687 newsect->owner = abfd;
689 /* Create a symbol whose only job is to point to this section. This
690 is useful for things like relocs which are relative to the base
691 of a section. */
692 newsect->symbol = bfd_make_empty_symbol (abfd);
693 if (newsect->symbol == NULL)
694 return NULL;
696 newsect->symbol->name = newsect->name;
697 newsect->symbol->value = 0;
698 newsect->symbol->section = newsect;
699 newsect->symbol->flags = BSF_SECTION_SYM;
701 newsect->symbol_ptr_ptr = &newsect->symbol;
703 if (! BFD_SEND (abfd, _new_section_hook, (abfd, newsect)))
704 return NULL;
706 section_id++;
707 abfd->section_count++;
708 *abfd->section_tail = newsect;
709 abfd->section_tail = &newsect->next;
710 return newsect;
714 DOCDD
715 INODE
716 section prototypes, , typedef asection, Sections
717 SUBSECTION
718 Section prototypes
720 These are the functions exported by the section handling part of BFD.
724 FUNCTION
725 bfd_section_list_clear
727 SYNOPSIS
728 void bfd_section_list_clear (bfd *);
730 DESCRIPTION
731 Clears the section list, and also resets the section count and
732 hash table entries.
735 void
736 bfd_section_list_clear (bfd *abfd)
738 abfd->sections = NULL;
739 abfd->section_tail = &abfd->sections;
740 abfd->section_count = 0;
741 memset (abfd->section_htab.table, 0,
742 abfd->section_htab.size * sizeof (struct bfd_hash_entry *));
746 FUNCTION
747 bfd_get_section_by_name
749 SYNOPSIS
750 asection *bfd_get_section_by_name (bfd *abfd, const char *name);
752 DESCRIPTION
753 Run through @var{abfd} and return the one of the
754 <<asection>>s whose name matches @var{name}, otherwise <<NULL>>.
755 @xref{Sections}, for more information.
757 This should only be used in special cases; the normal way to process
758 all sections of a given name is to use <<bfd_map_over_sections>> and
759 <<strcmp>> on the name (or better yet, base it on the section flags
760 or something else) for each section.
763 asection *
764 bfd_get_section_by_name (bfd *abfd, const char *name)
766 struct section_hash_entry *sh;
768 sh = section_hash_lookup (&abfd->section_htab, name, FALSE, FALSE);
769 if (sh != NULL)
770 return &sh->section;
772 return NULL;
776 FUNCTION
777 bfd_get_section_by_name_if
779 SYNOPSIS
780 asection *bfd_get_section_by_name_if
781 (bfd *abfd,
782 const char *name,
783 bfd_boolean (*func) (bfd *abfd, asection *sect, void *obj),
784 void *obj);
786 DESCRIPTION
787 Call the provided function @var{func} for each section
788 attached to the BFD @var{abfd} whose name matches @var{name},
789 passing @var{obj} as an argument. The function will be called
790 as if by
792 | func (abfd, the_section, obj);
794 It returns the first section for which @var{func} returns true,
795 otherwise <<NULL>>.
799 asection *
800 bfd_get_section_by_name_if (bfd *abfd, const char *name,
801 bfd_boolean (*operation) (bfd *,
802 asection *,
803 void *),
804 void *user_storage)
806 struct section_hash_entry *sh;
807 unsigned long hash;
809 sh = section_hash_lookup (&abfd->section_htab, name, FALSE, FALSE);
810 if (sh == NULL)
811 return NULL;
813 hash = sh->root.hash;
816 if ((*operation) (abfd, &sh->section, user_storage))
817 return &sh->section;
818 sh = (struct section_hash_entry *) sh->root.next;
820 while (sh != NULL && sh->root.hash == hash
821 && strcmp (sh->root.string, name) == 0);
823 return NULL;
827 FUNCTION
828 bfd_get_unique_section_name
830 SYNOPSIS
831 char *bfd_get_unique_section_name
832 (bfd *abfd, const char *templat, int *count);
834 DESCRIPTION
835 Invent a section name that is unique in @var{abfd} by tacking
836 a dot and a digit suffix onto the original @var{templat}. If
837 @var{count} is non-NULL, then it specifies the first number
838 tried as a suffix to generate a unique name. The value
839 pointed to by @var{count} will be incremented in this case.
842 char *
843 bfd_get_unique_section_name (bfd *abfd, const char *templat, int *count)
845 int num;
846 unsigned int len;
847 char *sname;
849 len = strlen (templat);
850 sname = bfd_malloc (len + 8);
851 if (sname == NULL)
852 return NULL;
853 memcpy (sname, templat, len);
854 num = 1;
855 if (count != NULL)
856 num = *count;
860 /* If we have a million sections, something is badly wrong. */
861 if (num > 999999)
862 abort ();
863 sprintf (sname + len, ".%d", num++);
865 while (section_hash_lookup (&abfd->section_htab, sname, FALSE, FALSE));
867 if (count != NULL)
868 *count = num;
869 return sname;
873 FUNCTION
874 bfd_make_section_old_way
876 SYNOPSIS
877 asection *bfd_make_section_old_way (bfd *abfd, const char *name);
879 DESCRIPTION
880 Create a new empty section called @var{name}
881 and attach it to the end of the chain of sections for the
882 BFD @var{abfd}. An attempt to create a section with a name which
883 is already in use returns its pointer without changing the
884 section chain.
886 It has the funny name since this is the way it used to be
887 before it was rewritten....
889 Possible errors are:
890 o <<bfd_error_invalid_operation>> -
891 If output has already started for this BFD.
892 o <<bfd_error_no_memory>> -
893 If memory allocation fails.
897 asection *
898 bfd_make_section_old_way (bfd *abfd, const char *name)
900 struct section_hash_entry *sh;
901 asection *newsect;
903 if (abfd->output_has_begun)
905 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
906 return NULL;
909 if (strcmp (name, BFD_ABS_SECTION_NAME) == 0)
910 return bfd_abs_section_ptr;
912 if (strcmp (name, BFD_COM_SECTION_NAME) == 0)
913 return bfd_com_section_ptr;
915 if (strcmp (name, BFD_UND_SECTION_NAME) == 0)
916 return bfd_und_section_ptr;
918 if (strcmp (name, BFD_IND_SECTION_NAME) == 0)
919 return bfd_ind_section_ptr;
921 sh = section_hash_lookup (&abfd->section_htab, name, TRUE, FALSE);
922 if (sh == NULL)
923 return NULL;
925 newsect = &sh->section;
926 if (newsect->name != NULL)
928 /* Section already exists. */
929 return newsect;
932 newsect->name = name;
933 return bfd_section_init (abfd, newsect);
937 FUNCTION
938 bfd_make_section_anyway
940 SYNOPSIS
941 asection *bfd_make_section_anyway (bfd *abfd, const char *name);
943 DESCRIPTION
944 Create a new empty section called @var{name} and attach it to the end of
945 the chain of sections for @var{abfd}. Create a new section even if there
946 is already a section with that name.
948 Return <<NULL>> and set <<bfd_error>> on error; possible errors are:
949 o <<bfd_error_invalid_operation>> - If output has already started for @var{abfd}.
950 o <<bfd_error_no_memory>> - If memory allocation fails.
953 sec_ptr
954 bfd_make_section_anyway (bfd *abfd, const char *name)
956 struct section_hash_entry *sh;
957 asection *newsect;
959 if (abfd->output_has_begun)
961 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
962 return NULL;
965 sh = section_hash_lookup (&abfd->section_htab, name, TRUE, FALSE);
966 if (sh == NULL)
967 return NULL;
969 newsect = &sh->section;
970 if (newsect->name != NULL)
972 /* We are making a section of the same name. Put it in the
973 section hash table. Even though we can't find it directly by a
974 hash lookup, we'll be able to find the section by traversing
975 sh->root.next quicker than looking at all the bfd sections. */
976 struct section_hash_entry *new_sh;
977 new_sh = (struct section_hash_entry *)
978 bfd_section_hash_newfunc (NULL, &abfd->section_htab, name);
979 if (new_sh == NULL)
980 return NULL;
982 new_sh->root = sh->root;
983 sh->root.next = &new_sh->root;
984 newsect = &new_sh->section;
987 newsect->name = name;
988 return bfd_section_init (abfd, newsect);
992 FUNCTION
993 bfd_make_section
995 SYNOPSIS
996 asection *bfd_make_section (bfd *, const char *name);
998 DESCRIPTION
999 Like <<bfd_make_section_anyway>>, but return <<NULL>> (without calling
1000 bfd_set_error ()) without changing the section chain if there is already a
1001 section named @var{name}. If there is an error, return <<NULL>> and set
1002 <<bfd_error>>.
1005 asection *
1006 bfd_make_section (bfd *abfd, const char *name)
1008 struct section_hash_entry *sh;
1009 asection *newsect;
1011 if (abfd->output_has_begun)
1013 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
1014 return NULL;
1017 if (strcmp (name, BFD_ABS_SECTION_NAME) == 0
1018 || strcmp (name, BFD_COM_SECTION_NAME) == 0
1019 || strcmp (name, BFD_UND_SECTION_NAME) == 0
1020 || strcmp (name, BFD_IND_SECTION_NAME) == 0)
1021 return NULL;
1023 sh = section_hash_lookup (&abfd->section_htab, name, TRUE, FALSE);
1024 if (sh == NULL)
1025 return NULL;
1027 newsect = &sh->section;
1028 if (newsect->name != NULL)
1030 /* Section already exists. */
1031 return NULL;
1034 newsect->name = name;
1035 return bfd_section_init (abfd, newsect);
1039 FUNCTION
1040 bfd_set_section_flags
1042 SYNOPSIS
1043 bfd_boolean bfd_set_section_flags
1044 (bfd *abfd, asection *sec, flagword flags);
1046 DESCRIPTION
1047 Set the attributes of the section @var{sec} in the BFD
1048 @var{abfd} to the value @var{flags}. Return <<TRUE>> on success,
1049 <<FALSE>> on error. Possible error returns are:
1051 o <<bfd_error_invalid_operation>> -
1052 The section cannot have one or more of the attributes
1053 requested. For example, a .bss section in <<a.out>> may not
1054 have the <<SEC_HAS_CONTENTS>> field set.
1058 bfd_boolean
1059 bfd_set_section_flags (bfd *abfd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
1060 sec_ptr section,
1061 flagword flags)
1063 section->flags = flags;
1064 return TRUE;
1068 FUNCTION
1069 bfd_map_over_sections
1071 SYNOPSIS
1072 void bfd_map_over_sections
1073 (bfd *abfd,
1074 void (*func) (bfd *abfd, asection *sect, void *obj),
1075 void *obj);
1077 DESCRIPTION
1078 Call the provided function @var{func} for each section
1079 attached to the BFD @var{abfd}, passing @var{obj} as an
1080 argument. The function will be called as if by
1082 | func (abfd, the_section, obj);
1084 This is the preferred method for iterating over sections; an
1085 alternative would be to use a loop:
1087 | section *p;
1088 | for (p = abfd->sections; p != NULL; p = p->next)
1089 | func (abfd, p, ...)
1093 void
1094 bfd_map_over_sections (bfd *abfd,
1095 void (*operation) (bfd *, asection *, void *),
1096 void *user_storage)
1098 asection *sect;
1099 unsigned int i = 0;
1101 for (sect = abfd->sections; sect != NULL; i++, sect = sect->next)
1102 (*operation) (abfd, sect, user_storage);
1104 if (i != abfd->section_count) /* Debugging */
1105 abort ();
1109 FUNCTION
1110 bfd_sections_find_if
1112 SYNOPSIS
1113 asection *bfd_sections_find_if
1114 (bfd *abfd,
1115 bfd_boolean (*operation) (bfd *abfd, asection *sect, void *obj),
1116 void *obj);
1118 DESCRIPTION
1119 Call the provided function @var{operation} for each section
1120 attached to the BFD @var{abfd}, passing @var{obj} as an
1121 argument. The function will be called as if by
1123 | operation (abfd, the_section, obj);
1125 It returns the first section for which @var{operation} returns true.
1129 asection *
1130 bfd_sections_find_if (bfd *abfd,
1131 bfd_boolean (*operation) (bfd *, asection *, void *),
1132 void *user_storage)
1134 asection *sect;
1136 for (sect = abfd->sections; sect != NULL; sect = sect->next)
1137 if ((*operation) (abfd, sect, user_storage))
1138 break;
1140 return sect;
1144 FUNCTION
1145 bfd_set_section_size
1147 SYNOPSIS
1148 bfd_boolean bfd_set_section_size
1149 (bfd *abfd, asection *sec, bfd_size_type val);
1151 DESCRIPTION
1152 Set @var{sec} to the size @var{val}. If the operation is
1153 ok, then <<TRUE>> is returned, else <<FALSE>>.
1155 Possible error returns:
1156 o <<bfd_error_invalid_operation>> -
1157 Writing has started to the BFD, so setting the size is invalid.
1161 bfd_boolean
1162 bfd_set_section_size (bfd *abfd, sec_ptr ptr, bfd_size_type val)
1164 /* Once you've started writing to any section you cannot create or change
1165 the size of any others. */
1167 if (abfd->output_has_begun)
1169 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
1170 return FALSE;
1173 ptr->size = val;
1174 return TRUE;
1178 FUNCTION
1179 bfd_set_section_contents
1181 SYNOPSIS
1182 bfd_boolean bfd_set_section_contents
1183 (bfd *abfd, asection *section, const void *data,
1184 file_ptr offset, bfd_size_type count);
1186 DESCRIPTION
1187 Sets the contents of the section @var{section} in BFD
1188 @var{abfd} to the data starting in memory at @var{data}. The
1189 data is written to the output section starting at offset
1190 @var{offset} for @var{count} octets.
1192 Normally <<TRUE>> is returned, else <<FALSE>>. Possible error
1193 returns are:
1194 o <<bfd_error_no_contents>> -
1195 The output section does not have the <<SEC_HAS_CONTENTS>>
1196 attribute, so nothing can be written to it.
1197 o and some more too
1199 This routine is front end to the back end function
1200 <<_bfd_set_section_contents>>.
1204 bfd_boolean
1205 bfd_set_section_contents (bfd *abfd,
1206 sec_ptr section,
1207 const void *location,
1208 file_ptr offset,
1209 bfd_size_type count)
1211 bfd_size_type sz;
1213 if (!(bfd_get_section_flags (abfd, section) & SEC_HAS_CONTENTS))
1215 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_no_contents);
1216 return FALSE;
1219 sz = section->size;
1220 if ((bfd_size_type) offset > sz
1221 || count > sz
1222 || offset + count > sz
1223 || count != (size_t) count)
1225 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_bad_value);
1226 return FALSE;
1229 switch (abfd->direction)
1231 case read_direction:
1232 case no_direction:
1233 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
1234 return FALSE;
1236 case write_direction:
1237 break;
1239 case both_direction:
1240 /* File is opened for update. `output_has_begun' some time ago when
1241 the file was created. Do not recompute sections sizes or alignments
1242 in _bfd_set_section_content. */
1243 abfd->output_has_begun = TRUE;
1244 break;
1247 /* Record a copy of the data in memory if desired. */
1248 if (section->contents
1249 && location != section->contents + offset)
1250 memcpy (section->contents + offset, location, (size_t) count);
1252 if (BFD_SEND (abfd, _bfd_set_section_contents,
1253 (abfd, section, location, offset, count)))
1255 abfd->output_has_begun = TRUE;
1256 return TRUE;
1259 return FALSE;
1263 FUNCTION
1264 bfd_get_section_contents
1266 SYNOPSIS
1267 bfd_boolean bfd_get_section_contents
1268 (bfd *abfd, asection *section, void *location, file_ptr offset,
1269 bfd_size_type count);
1271 DESCRIPTION
1272 Read data from @var{section} in BFD @var{abfd}
1273 into memory starting at @var{location}. The data is read at an
1274 offset of @var{offset} from the start of the input section,
1275 and is read for @var{count} bytes.
1277 If the contents of a constructor with the <<SEC_CONSTRUCTOR>>
1278 flag set are requested or if the section does not have the
1279 <<SEC_HAS_CONTENTS>> flag set, then the @var{location} is filled
1280 with zeroes. If no errors occur, <<TRUE>> is returned, else
1281 <<FALSE>>.
1284 bfd_boolean
1285 bfd_get_section_contents (bfd *abfd,
1286 sec_ptr section,
1287 void *location,
1288 file_ptr offset,
1289 bfd_size_type count)
1291 bfd_size_type sz;
1293 if (section->flags & SEC_CONSTRUCTOR)
1295 memset (location, 0, (size_t) count);
1296 return TRUE;
1299 sz = section->rawsize ? section->rawsize : section->size;
1300 if ((bfd_size_type) offset > sz
1301 || count > sz
1302 || offset + count > sz
1303 || count != (size_t) count)
1305 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_bad_value);
1306 return FALSE;
1309 if (count == 0)
1310 /* Don't bother. */
1311 return TRUE;
1313 if ((section->flags & SEC_HAS_CONTENTS) == 0)
1315 memset (location, 0, (size_t) count);
1316 return TRUE;
1319 if ((section->flags & SEC_IN_MEMORY) != 0)
1321 memcpy (location, section->contents + offset, (size_t) count);
1322 return TRUE;
1325 return BFD_SEND (abfd, _bfd_get_section_contents,
1326 (abfd, section, location, offset, count));
1330 FUNCTION
1331 bfd_malloc_and_get_section
1333 SYNOPSIS
1334 bfd_boolean bfd_malloc_and_get_section
1335 (bfd *abfd, asection *section, bfd_byte **buf);
1337 DESCRIPTION
1338 Read all data from @var{section} in BFD @var{abfd}
1339 into a buffer, *@var{buf}, malloc'd by this function.
1342 bfd_boolean
1343 bfd_malloc_and_get_section (bfd *abfd, sec_ptr sec, bfd_byte **buf)
1345 bfd_size_type sz = sec->rawsize ? sec->rawsize : sec->size;
1346 bfd_byte *p = NULL;
1348 *buf = p;
1349 if (sz == 0)
1350 return TRUE;
1352 p = bfd_malloc (sec->rawsize > sec->size ? sec->rawsize : sec->size);
1353 if (p == NULL)
1354 return FALSE;
1355 *buf = p;
1357 return bfd_get_section_contents (abfd, sec, p, 0, sz);
1360 FUNCTION
1361 bfd_copy_private_section_data
1363 SYNOPSIS
1364 bfd_boolean bfd_copy_private_section_data
1365 (bfd *ibfd, asection *isec, bfd *obfd, asection *osec);
1367 DESCRIPTION
1368 Copy private section information from @var{isec} in the BFD
1369 @var{ibfd} to the section @var{osec} in the BFD @var{obfd}.
1370 Return <<TRUE>> on success, <<FALSE>> on error. Possible error
1371 returns are:
1373 o <<bfd_error_no_memory>> -
1374 Not enough memory exists to create private data for @var{osec}.
1376 .#define bfd_copy_private_section_data(ibfd, isection, obfd, osection) \
1377 . BFD_SEND (obfd, _bfd_copy_private_section_data, \
1378 . (ibfd, isection, obfd, osection))
1382 FUNCTION
1383 _bfd_strip_section_from_output
1385 SYNOPSIS
1386 void _bfd_strip_section_from_output
1387 (struct bfd_link_info *info, asection *section);
1389 DESCRIPTION
1390 Remove @var{section} from the output. If the output section
1391 becomes empty, remove it from the output bfd.
1393 This function won't actually do anything except twiddle flags
1394 if called too late in the linking process, when it's not safe
1395 to remove sections.
1397 void
1398 _bfd_strip_section_from_output (struct bfd_link_info *info, asection *s)
1400 asection *os;
1401 asection *is;
1402 bfd *abfd;
1404 s->flags |= SEC_EXCLUDE;
1406 /* If the section wasn't assigned to an output section, or the
1407 section has been discarded by the linker script, there's nothing
1408 more to do. */
1409 os = s->output_section;
1410 if (os == NULL || os->owner == NULL)
1411 return;
1413 /* If the output section has other (non-excluded) input sections, we
1414 can't remove it. */
1415 for (abfd = info->input_bfds; abfd != NULL; abfd = abfd->link_next)
1416 for (is = abfd->sections; is != NULL; is = is->next)
1417 if (is->output_section == os && (is->flags & SEC_EXCLUDE) == 0)
1418 return;
1420 /* If the output section is empty, flag it for removal too.
1421 See ldlang.c:strip_excluded_output_sections for the action. */
1422 os->flags |= SEC_EXCLUDE;
1426 FUNCTION
1427 bfd_generic_is_group_section
1429 SYNOPSIS
1430 bfd_boolean bfd_generic_is_group_section (bfd *, const asection *sec);
1432 DESCRIPTION
1433 Returns TRUE if @var{sec} is a member of a group.
1436 bfd_boolean
1437 bfd_generic_is_group_section (bfd *abfd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
1438 const asection *sec ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
1440 return FALSE;
1444 FUNCTION
1445 bfd_generic_discard_group
1447 SYNOPSIS
1448 bfd_boolean bfd_generic_discard_group (bfd *abfd, asection *group);
1450 DESCRIPTION
1451 Remove all members of @var{group} from the output.
1454 bfd_boolean
1455 bfd_generic_discard_group (bfd *abfd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
1456 asection *group ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
1458 return TRUE;