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1 /* bfdlink.h -- header file for BFD link routines
2 Copyright 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002
3 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 Written by Steve Chamberlain and Ian Lance Taylor, Cygnus Support.
6 This file is part of BFD, the Binary File Descriptor library.
8 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
9 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
10 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
11 (at your option) any later version.
13 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
14 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
15 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
16 GNU General Public License for more details.
18 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
19 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
20 Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
22 #ifndef BFDLINK_H
23 #define BFDLINK_H
25 /* Which symbols to strip during a link. */
26 enum bfd_link_strip
28 strip_none, /* Don't strip any symbols. */
29 strip_debugger, /* Strip debugging symbols. */
30 strip_some, /* keep_hash is the list of symbols to keep. */
31 strip_all /* Strip all symbols. */
34 /* Which local symbols to discard during a link. This is irrelevant
35 if strip_all is used. */
36 enum bfd_link_discard
38 discard_sec_merge, /* Discard local temporary symbols in SEC_MERGE
39 sections. */
40 discard_none, /* Don't discard any locals. */
41 discard_l, /* Discard local temporary symbols. */
42 discard_all /* Discard all locals. */
45 /* Describes the type of hash table entry structure being used.
46 Different hash table structure have different fields and so
47 support different linking features. */
48 enum bfd_link_hash_table_type
50 bfd_link_generic_hash_table,
51 bfd_link_elf_hash_table
54 /* These are the possible types of an entry in the BFD link hash
55 table. */
57 enum bfd_link_hash_type
59 bfd_link_hash_new, /* Symbol is new. */
60 bfd_link_hash_undefined, /* Symbol seen before, but undefined. */
61 bfd_link_hash_undefweak, /* Symbol is weak and undefined. */
62 bfd_link_hash_defined, /* Symbol is defined. */
63 bfd_link_hash_defweak, /* Symbol is weak and defined. */
64 bfd_link_hash_common, /* Symbol is common. */
65 bfd_link_hash_indirect, /* Symbol is an indirect link. */
66 bfd_link_hash_warning /* Like indirect, but warn if referenced. */
69 enum bfd_link_common_skip_ar_aymbols
71 bfd_link_common_skip_none,
72 bfd_link_common_skip_text,
73 bfd_link_common_skip_data,
74 bfd_link_common_skip_all
77 /* The linking routines use a hash table which uses this structure for
78 its elements. */
80 struct bfd_link_hash_entry
82 /* Base hash table entry structure. */
83 struct bfd_hash_entry root;
84 /* Type of this entry. */
85 enum bfd_link_hash_type type;
87 /* Undefined and common symbols are kept in a linked list through
88 this field. This field is not in the union because that would
89 force us to remove entries from the list when we changed their
90 type, which would force the list to be doubly linked, which would
91 waste more memory. When an undefined or common symbol is
92 created, it should be added to this list, the head of which is in
93 the link hash table itself. As symbols are defined, they need
94 not be removed from the list; anything which reads the list must
95 doublecheck the symbol type.
97 Weak symbols are not kept on this list.
99 Defined and defweak symbols use this field as a reference marker.
100 If the field is not NULL, or this structure is the tail of the
101 undefined symbol list, the symbol has been referenced. If the
102 symbol is undefined and becomes defined, this field will
103 automatically be non-NULL since the symbol will have been on the
104 undefined symbol list. */
105 struct bfd_link_hash_entry *next;
106 /* A union of information depending upon the type. */
107 union
109 /* Nothing is kept for bfd_hash_new. */
110 /* bfd_link_hash_undefined, bfd_link_hash_undefweak. */
111 struct
113 bfd *abfd; /* BFD symbol was found in. */
114 } undef;
115 /* bfd_link_hash_defined, bfd_link_hash_defweak. */
116 struct
118 bfd_vma value; /* Symbol value. */
119 asection *section; /* Symbol section. */
120 } def;
121 /* bfd_link_hash_indirect, bfd_link_hash_warning. */
122 struct
124 struct bfd_link_hash_entry *link; /* Real symbol. */
125 const char *warning; /* Warning (bfd_link_hash_warning only). */
126 } i;
127 /* bfd_link_hash_common. */
128 struct
130 /* The linker needs to know three things about common
131 symbols: the size, the alignment, and the section in
132 which the symbol should be placed. We store the size
133 here, and we allocate a small structure to hold the
134 section and the alignment. The alignment is stored as a
135 power of two. We don't store all the information
136 directly because we don't want to increase the size of
137 the union; this structure is a major space user in the
138 linker. */
139 bfd_size_type size; /* Common symbol size. */
140 struct bfd_link_hash_common_entry
142 unsigned int alignment_power; /* Alignment. */
143 asection *section; /* Symbol section. */
144 } *p;
145 } c;
146 } u;
149 /* This is the link hash table. It is a derived class of
150 bfd_hash_table. */
152 struct bfd_link_hash_table
154 /* The hash table itself. */
155 struct bfd_hash_table table;
156 /* The back end which created this hash table. This indicates the
157 type of the entries in the hash table, which is sometimes
158 important information when linking object files of different
159 types together. */
160 const bfd_target *creator;
161 /* A linked list of undefined and common symbols, linked through the
162 next field in the bfd_link_hash_entry structure. */
163 struct bfd_link_hash_entry *undefs;
164 /* Entries are added to the tail of the undefs list. */
165 struct bfd_link_hash_entry *undefs_tail;
166 /* The type of the ink hash table. */
167 enum bfd_link_hash_table_type type;
170 /* Look up an entry in a link hash table. If FOLLOW is true, this
171 follows bfd_link_hash_indirect and bfd_link_hash_warning links to
172 the real symbol. */
173 extern struct bfd_link_hash_entry *bfd_link_hash_lookup
174 PARAMS ((struct bfd_link_hash_table *, const char *, boolean create,
175 boolean copy, boolean follow));
177 /* Look up an entry in the main linker hash table if the symbol might
178 be wrapped. This should only be used for references to an
179 undefined symbol, not for definitions of a symbol. */
181 extern struct bfd_link_hash_entry *bfd_wrapped_link_hash_lookup
182 PARAMS ((bfd *, struct bfd_link_info *, const char *, boolean, boolean,
183 boolean));
185 /* Traverse a link hash table. */
186 extern void bfd_link_hash_traverse
187 PARAMS ((struct bfd_link_hash_table *,
188 boolean (*) (struct bfd_link_hash_entry *, PTR),
189 PTR));
191 /* Add an entry to the undefs list. */
192 extern void bfd_link_add_undef
193 PARAMS ((struct bfd_link_hash_table *, struct bfd_link_hash_entry *));
195 struct bfd_sym_chain
197 struct bfd_sym_chain *next;
198 const char *name;
201 /* This structure holds all the information needed to communicate
202 between BFD and the linker when doing a link. */
204 struct bfd_link_info
206 /* Function callbacks. */
207 const struct bfd_link_callbacks *callbacks;
209 /* true if BFD should generate a relocateable object file. */
210 boolean relocateable;
212 /* true if BFD should generate relocation information in the final
213 executable. */
214 boolean emitrelocations;
216 /* true if BFD should generate a "task linked" object file,
217 similar to relocatable but also with globals converted to
218 statics. */
219 boolean task_link;
221 /* true if BFD should generate a shared object. */
222 boolean shared;
224 /* true if BFD should pre-bind symbols in a shared object. */
225 boolean symbolic;
227 /* true if BFD should export all symbols in the dynamic symbol table
228 of an executable, rather than only those used. */
229 boolean export_dynamic;
231 /* true if shared objects should be linked directly, not shared. */
232 boolean static_link;
234 /* true if the output file should be in a traditional format. This
235 is equivalent to the setting of the BFD_TRADITIONAL_FORMAT flag
236 on the output file, but may be checked when reading the input
237 files. */
238 boolean traditional_format;
240 /* true if we want to produced optimized output files. This might
241 need much more time and therefore must be explicitly selected. */
242 boolean optimize;
244 /* true if BFD should generate errors for undefined symbols
245 even if generating a shared object. */
246 boolean no_undefined;
248 /* true if BFD should allow undefined symbols in shared objects even
249 when no_undefined is set to disallow undefined symbols. The net
250 result will be that undefined symbols in regular objects will
251 still trigger an error, but undefined symbols in shared objects
252 will be ignored. The implementation of no_undefined makes the
253 assumption that the runtime linker will choke on undefined
254 symbols. However there is at least one system (BeOS) where
255 undefined symbols in shared libraries is normal since the kernel
256 patches them at load time to select which function is most
257 appropriate for the current architecture. I.E. dynamically
258 select an appropriate memset function. Apparently it is also
259 normal for HPPA shared libraries to have undefined symbols. */
260 boolean allow_shlib_undefined;
262 /* true if ok to have multiple definition. */
263 boolean allow_multiple_definition;
265 /* true if ok to have version with no definition. */
266 boolean allow_undefined_version;
268 /* Which symbols to strip. */
269 enum bfd_link_strip strip;
271 /* Which local symbols to discard. */
272 enum bfd_link_discard discard;
274 /* true if symbols should be retained in memory, false if they
275 should be freed and reread. */
276 boolean keep_memory;
278 /* The list of input BFD's involved in the link. These are chained
279 together via the link_next field. */
280 bfd *input_bfds;
282 /* If a symbol should be created for each input BFD, this is section
283 where those symbols should be placed. It must be a section in
284 the output BFD. It may be NULL, in which case no such symbols
285 will be created. This is to support CREATE_OBJECT_SYMBOLS in the
286 linker command language. */
287 asection *create_object_symbols_section;
289 /* List of global symbol names that are starting points for marking
290 sections against garbage collection. */
291 struct bfd_sym_chain *gc_sym_list;
293 /* Hash table handled by BFD. */
294 struct bfd_link_hash_table *hash;
296 /* Hash table of symbols to keep. This is NULL unless strip is
297 strip_some. */
298 struct bfd_hash_table *keep_hash;
300 /* true if every symbol should be reported back via the notice
301 callback. */
302 boolean notice_all;
304 /* Hash table of symbols to report back via the notice callback. If
305 this is NULL, and notice_all is false, then no symbols are
306 reported back. */
307 struct bfd_hash_table *notice_hash;
309 /* Hash table of symbols which are being wrapped (the --wrap linker
310 option). If this is NULL, no symbols are being wrapped. */
311 struct bfd_hash_table *wrap_hash;
313 /* If a base output file is wanted, then this points to it */
314 PTR base_file;
316 /* If non-zero, specifies that branches which are problematic for the
317 MPC860 C0 (or earlier) should be checked for and modified. It gives the
318 number of bytes that should be checked at the end of each text page. */
319 int mpc860c0;
321 /* The function to call when the executable or shared object is
322 loaded. */
323 const char *init_function;
325 /* The function to call when the executable or shared object is
326 unloaded. */
327 const char *fini_function;
329 /* true if the new ELF dynamic tags are enabled. */
330 boolean new_dtags;
332 /* May be used to set DT_FLAGS for ELF. */
333 bfd_vma flags;
335 /* May be used to set DT_FLAGS_1 for ELF. */
336 bfd_vma flags_1;
338 /* Non-zero if auto-import thunks for DATA items in pei386 DLLs
339 should be generated/linked against. Set to 1 if this feature
340 is explicitly requested by the user, -1 if enabled by default. */
341 int pei386_auto_import;
343 /* True if non-PLT relocs should be merged into one reloc section
344 and sorted so that relocs against the same symbol come together. */
345 boolean combreloc;
347 /* True if executable should not contain copy relocs.
348 Setting this true may result in a non-sharable text segment. */
349 boolean nocopyreloc;
351 /* True if .eh_frame_hdr section and PT_GNU_EH_FRAME ELF segment
352 should be created. */
353 boolean eh_frame_hdr;
355 /* How many spare .dynamic DT_NULL entries should be added? */
356 unsigned int spare_dynamic_tags;
358 /* Criteria for skipping symbols when detemining
359 whether to include an object from an archive. */
360 enum bfd_link_common_skip_ar_aymbols common_skip_ar_aymbols;
363 /* This structures holds a set of callback functions. These are
364 called by the BFD linker routines. The first argument to each
365 callback function is the bfd_link_info structure being used. Each
366 function returns a boolean value. If the function returns false,
367 then the BFD function which called it will return with a failure
368 indication. */
370 struct bfd_link_callbacks
372 /* A function which is called when an object is added from an
373 archive. ABFD is the archive element being added. NAME is the
374 name of the symbol which caused the archive element to be pulled
375 in. */
376 boolean (*add_archive_element) PARAMS ((struct bfd_link_info *,
377 bfd *abfd,
378 const char *name));
379 /* A function which is called when a symbol is found with multiple
380 definitions. NAME is the symbol which is defined multiple times.
381 OBFD is the old BFD, OSEC is the old section, OVAL is the old
382 value, NBFD is the new BFD, NSEC is the new section, and NVAL is
383 the new value. OBFD may be NULL. OSEC and NSEC may be
384 bfd_com_section or bfd_ind_section. */
385 boolean (*multiple_definition) PARAMS ((struct bfd_link_info *,
386 const char *name,
387 bfd *obfd,
388 asection *osec,
389 bfd_vma oval,
390 bfd *nbfd,
391 asection *nsec,
392 bfd_vma nval));
393 /* A function which is called when a common symbol is defined
394 multiple times. NAME is the symbol appearing multiple times.
395 OBFD is the BFD of the existing symbol; it may be NULL if this is
396 not known. OTYPE is the type of the existing symbol, which may
397 be bfd_link_hash_defined, bfd_link_hash_defweak,
398 bfd_link_hash_common, or bfd_link_hash_indirect. If OTYPE is
399 bfd_link_hash_common, OSIZE is the size of the existing symbol.
400 NBFD is the BFD of the new symbol. NTYPE is the type of the new
401 symbol, one of bfd_link_hash_defined, bfd_link_hash_common, or
402 bfd_link_hash_indirect. If NTYPE is bfd_link_hash_common, NSIZE
403 is the size of the new symbol. */
404 boolean (*multiple_common) PARAMS ((struct bfd_link_info *,
405 const char *name,
406 bfd *obfd,
407 enum bfd_link_hash_type otype,
408 bfd_vma osize,
409 bfd *nbfd,
410 enum bfd_link_hash_type ntype,
411 bfd_vma nsize));
412 /* A function which is called to add a symbol to a set. ENTRY is
413 the link hash table entry for the set itself (e.g.,
414 __CTOR_LIST__). RELOC is the relocation to use for an entry in
415 the set when generating a relocateable file, and is also used to
416 get the size of the entry when generating an executable file.
417 ABFD, SEC and VALUE identify the value to add to the set. */
418 boolean (*add_to_set) PARAMS ((struct bfd_link_info *,
419 struct bfd_link_hash_entry *entry,
420 bfd_reloc_code_real_type reloc,
421 bfd *abfd, asection *sec, bfd_vma value));
422 /* A function which is called when the name of a g++ constructor or
423 destructor is found. This is only called by some object file
424 formats. CONSTRUCTOR is true for a constructor, false for a
425 destructor. This will use BFD_RELOC_CTOR when generating a
426 relocateable file. NAME is the name of the symbol found. ABFD,
427 SECTION and VALUE are the value of the symbol. */
428 boolean (*constructor) PARAMS ((struct bfd_link_info *,
429 boolean constructor,
430 const char *name, bfd *abfd, asection *sec,
431 bfd_vma value));
432 /* A function which is called to issue a linker warning. For
433 example, this is called when there is a reference to a warning
434 symbol. WARNING is the warning to be issued. SYMBOL is the name
435 of the symbol which triggered the warning; it may be NULL if
436 there is none. ABFD, SECTION and ADDRESS identify the location
437 which trigerred the warning; either ABFD or SECTION or both may
438 be NULL if the location is not known. */
439 boolean (*warning) PARAMS ((struct bfd_link_info *,
440 const char *warning, const char *symbol,
441 bfd *abfd, asection *section,
442 bfd_vma address));
443 /* A function which is called when a relocation is attempted against
444 an undefined symbol. NAME is the symbol which is undefined.
445 ABFD, SECTION and ADDRESS identify the location from which the
446 reference is made. FATAL indicates whether an undefined symbol is
447 a fatal error or not. In some cases SECTION may be NULL. */
448 boolean (*undefined_symbol) PARAMS ((struct bfd_link_info *,
449 const char *name, bfd *abfd,
450 asection *section,
451 bfd_vma address,
452 boolean fatal));
453 /* A function which is called when a reloc overflow occurs. NAME is
454 the name of the symbol or section the reloc is against,
455 RELOC_NAME is the name of the relocation, and ADDEND is any
456 addend that is used. ABFD, SECTION and ADDRESS identify the
457 location at which the overflow occurs; if this is the result of a
458 bfd_section_reloc_link_order or bfd_symbol_reloc_link_order, then
459 ABFD will be NULL. */
460 boolean (*reloc_overflow) PARAMS ((struct bfd_link_info *,
461 const char *name,
462 const char *reloc_name, bfd_vma addend,
463 bfd *abfd, asection *section,
464 bfd_vma address));
465 /* A function which is called when a dangerous reloc is performed.
466 The canonical example is an a29k IHCONST reloc which does not
467 follow an IHIHALF reloc. MESSAGE is an appropriate message.
468 ABFD, SECTION and ADDRESS identify the location at which the
469 problem occurred; if this is the result of a
470 bfd_section_reloc_link_order or bfd_symbol_reloc_link_order, then
471 ABFD will be NULL. */
472 boolean (*reloc_dangerous) PARAMS ((struct bfd_link_info *,
473 const char *message,
474 bfd *abfd, asection *section,
475 bfd_vma address));
476 /* A function which is called when a reloc is found to be attached
477 to a symbol which is not being written out. NAME is the name of
478 the symbol. ABFD, SECTION and ADDRESS identify the location of
479 the reloc; if this is the result of a
480 bfd_section_reloc_link_order or bfd_symbol_reloc_link_order, then
481 ABFD will be NULL. */
482 boolean (*unattached_reloc) PARAMS ((struct bfd_link_info *,
483 const char *name,
484 bfd *abfd, asection *section,
485 bfd_vma address));
486 /* A function which is called when a symbol in notice_hash is
487 defined or referenced. NAME is the symbol. ABFD, SECTION and
488 ADDRESS are the value of the symbol. If SECTION is
489 bfd_und_section, this is a reference. */
490 boolean (*notice) PARAMS ((struct bfd_link_info *, const char *name,
491 bfd *abfd, asection *section, bfd_vma address));
494 /* The linker builds link_order structures which tell the code how to
495 include input data in the output file. */
497 /* These are the types of link_order structures. */
499 enum bfd_link_order_type
501 bfd_undefined_link_order, /* Undefined. */
502 bfd_indirect_link_order, /* Built from a section. */
503 bfd_data_link_order, /* Set to explicit data. */
504 bfd_section_reloc_link_order, /* Relocate against a section. */
505 bfd_symbol_reloc_link_order /* Relocate against a symbol. */
508 /* This is the link_order structure itself. These form a chain
509 attached to the section whose contents they are describing. */
511 struct bfd_link_order
513 /* Next link_order in chain. */
514 struct bfd_link_order *next;
515 /* Type of link_order. */
516 enum bfd_link_order_type type;
517 /* Offset within output section. */
518 bfd_vma offset;
519 /* Size within output section. */
520 bfd_size_type size;
521 /* Type specific information. */
522 union
524 struct
526 /* Section to include. If this is used, then
527 section->output_section must be the section the
528 link_order is attached to, section->output_offset must
529 equal the link_order offset field, and section->_raw_size
530 must equal the link_order size field. Maybe these
531 restrictions should be relaxed someday. */
532 asection *section;
533 } indirect;
534 struct
536 /* Size of contents, or zero when contents size == size
537 within output section.
538 A non-zero value allows filling of the output section
539 with an arbitrary repeated pattern. */
540 unsigned int size;
541 /* Data to put into file. */
542 bfd_byte *contents;
543 } data;
544 struct
546 /* Description of reloc to generate. Used for
547 bfd_section_reloc_link_order and
548 bfd_symbol_reloc_link_order. */
549 struct bfd_link_order_reloc *p;
550 } reloc;
551 } u;
554 /* A linker order of type bfd_section_reloc_link_order or
555 bfd_symbol_reloc_link_order means to create a reloc against a
556 section or symbol, respectively. This is used to implement -Ur to
557 generate relocs for the constructor tables. The
558 bfd_link_order_reloc structure describes the reloc that BFD should
559 create. It is similar to a arelent, but I didn't use arelent
560 because the linker does not know anything about most symbols, and
561 any asymbol structure it creates will be partially meaningless.
562 This information could logically be in the bfd_link_order struct,
563 but I didn't want to waste the space since these types of relocs
564 are relatively rare. */
566 struct bfd_link_order_reloc
568 /* Reloc type. */
569 bfd_reloc_code_real_type reloc;
571 union
573 /* For type bfd_section_reloc_link_order, this is the section
574 the reloc should be against. This must be a section in the
575 output BFD, not any of the input BFDs. */
576 asection *section;
577 /* For type bfd_symbol_reloc_link_order, this is the name of the
578 symbol the reloc should be against. */
579 const char *name;
580 } u;
582 /* Addend to use. The object file should contain zero. The BFD
583 backend is responsible for filling in the contents of the object
584 file correctly. For some object file formats (e.g., COFF) the
585 addend must be stored into in the object file, and for some
586 (e.g., SPARC a.out) it is kept in the reloc. */
587 bfd_vma addend;
590 /* Allocate a new link_order for a section. */
591 extern struct bfd_link_order *bfd_new_link_order PARAMS ((bfd *, asection *));
593 /* These structures are used to describe version information for the
594 ELF linker. These structures could be manipulated entirely inside
595 BFD, but it would be a pain. Instead, the regular linker sets up
596 these structures, and then passes them into BFD. */
598 /* Regular expressions for a version. */
600 struct bfd_elf_version_expr
602 /* Next regular expression for this version. */
603 struct bfd_elf_version_expr *next;
604 /* Regular expression. */
605 const char *pattern;
606 /* Matching function. */
607 int (*match) PARAMS((struct bfd_elf_version_expr *, const char *));
608 /* Defined by ".symver". */
609 unsigned int symver: 1;
610 /* Defined by version script. */
611 unsigned int script : 1;
614 /* Version dependencies. */
616 struct bfd_elf_version_deps
618 /* Next dependency for this version. */
619 struct bfd_elf_version_deps *next;
620 /* The version which this version depends upon. */
621 struct bfd_elf_version_tree *version_needed;
624 /* A node in the version tree. */
626 struct bfd_elf_version_tree
628 /* Next version. */
629 struct bfd_elf_version_tree *next;
630 /* Name of this version. */
631 const char *name;
632 /* Version number. */
633 unsigned int vernum;
634 /* Regular expressions for global symbols in this version. */
635 struct bfd_elf_version_expr *globals;
636 /* Regular expressions for local symbols in this version. */
637 struct bfd_elf_version_expr *locals;
638 /* List of versions which this version depends upon. */
639 struct bfd_elf_version_deps *deps;
640 /* Index of the version name. This is used within BFD. */
641 unsigned int name_indx;
642 /* Whether this version tree was used. This is used within BFD. */
643 int used;
646 #endif