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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, 2006
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
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16 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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21 Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street - Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, 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 previous section in the list belonging to the BFD, or NULL. *}
168 . struct bfd_section *prev;
170 . {* The field flags contains attributes of the section. Some
171 . flags are read in from the object file, and some are
172 . synthesized from other information. *}
173 . flagword flags;
175 .#define SEC_NO_FLAGS 0x000
177 . {* Tells the OS to allocate space for this section when loading.
178 . This is clear for a section containing debug information only. *}
179 .#define SEC_ALLOC 0x001
181 . {* Tells the OS to load the section from the file when loading.
182 . This is clear for a .bss section. *}
183 .#define SEC_LOAD 0x002
185 . {* The section contains data still to be relocated, so there is
186 . some relocation information too. *}
187 .#define SEC_RELOC 0x004
189 . {* A signal to the OS that the section contains read only data. *}
190 .#define SEC_READONLY 0x008
192 . {* The section contains code only. *}
193 .#define SEC_CODE 0x010
195 . {* The section contains data only. *}
196 .#define SEC_DATA 0x020
198 . {* The section will reside in ROM. *}
199 .#define SEC_ROM 0x040
201 . {* The section contains constructor information. This section
202 . type is used by the linker to create lists of constructors and
203 . destructors used by <<g++>>. When a back end sees a symbol
204 . which should be used in a constructor list, it creates a new
205 . section for the type of name (e.g., <<__CTOR_LIST__>>), attaches
206 . the symbol to it, and builds a relocation. To build the lists
207 . of constructors, all the linker has to do is catenate all the
208 . sections called <<__CTOR_LIST__>> and relocate the data
209 . contained within - exactly the operations it would peform on
210 . standard data. *}
211 .#define SEC_CONSTRUCTOR 0x080
213 . {* The section has contents - a data section could be
214 . <<SEC_ALLOC>> | <<SEC_HAS_CONTENTS>>; a debug section could be
215 . <<SEC_HAS_CONTENTS>> *}
216 .#define SEC_HAS_CONTENTS 0x100
218 . {* An instruction to the linker to not output the section
219 . even if it has information which would normally be written. *}
220 .#define SEC_NEVER_LOAD 0x200
222 . {* The section contains thread local data. *}
223 .#define SEC_THREAD_LOCAL 0x400
225 . {* The section has GOT references. This flag is only for the
226 . linker, and is currently only used by the elf32-hppa back end.
227 . It will be set if global offset table references were detected
228 . in this section, which indicate to the linker that the section
229 . contains PIC code, and must be handled specially when doing a
230 . static link. *}
231 .#define SEC_HAS_GOT_REF 0x800
233 . {* The section contains common symbols (symbols may be defined
234 . multiple times, the value of a symbol is the amount of
235 . space it requires, and the largest symbol value is the one
236 . used). Most targets have exactly one of these (which we
237 . translate to bfd_com_section_ptr), but ECOFF has two. *}
238 .#define SEC_IS_COMMON 0x1000
240 . {* The section contains only debugging information. For
241 . example, this is set for ELF .debug and .stab sections.
242 . strip tests this flag to see if a section can be
243 . discarded. *}
244 .#define SEC_DEBUGGING 0x2000
246 . {* The contents of this section are held in memory pointed to
247 . by the contents field. This is checked by bfd_get_section_contents,
248 . and the data is retrieved from memory if appropriate. *}
249 .#define SEC_IN_MEMORY 0x4000
251 . {* The contents of this section are to be excluded by the
252 . linker for executable and shared objects unless those
253 . objects are to be further relocated. *}
254 .#define SEC_EXCLUDE 0x8000
256 . {* The contents of this section are to be sorted based on the sum of
257 . the symbol and addend values specified by the associated relocation
258 . entries. Entries without associated relocation entries will be
259 . appended to the end of the section in an unspecified order. *}
260 .#define SEC_SORT_ENTRIES 0x10000
262 . {* When linking, duplicate sections of the same name should be
263 . discarded, rather than being combined into a single section as
264 . is usually done. This is similar to how common symbols are
265 . handled. See SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES below. *}
266 .#define SEC_LINK_ONCE 0x20000
268 . {* If SEC_LINK_ONCE is set, this bitfield describes how the linker
269 . should handle duplicate sections. *}
270 .#define SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES 0x40000
272 . {* This value for SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES means that duplicate
273 . sections with the same name should simply be discarded. *}
274 .#define SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES_DISCARD 0x0
276 . {* This value for SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES means that the linker
277 . should warn if there are any duplicate sections, although
278 . it should still only link one copy. *}
279 .#define SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES_ONE_ONLY 0x80000
281 . {* This value for SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES means that the linker
282 . should warn if any duplicate sections are a different size. *}
283 .#define SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES_SAME_SIZE 0x100000
285 . {* This value for SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES means that the linker
286 . should warn if any duplicate sections contain different
287 . contents. *}
288 .#define SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES_SAME_CONTENTS \
289 . (SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES_ONE_ONLY | SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES_SAME_SIZE)
291 . {* This section was created by the linker as part of dynamic
292 . relocation or other arcane processing. It is skipped when
293 . going through the first-pass output, trusting that someone
294 . else up the line will take care of it later. *}
295 .#define SEC_LINKER_CREATED 0x200000
297 . {* This section should not be subject to garbage collection.
298 . Also set to inform the linker that this section should not be
299 . listed in the link map as discarded. *}
300 .#define SEC_KEEP 0x400000
302 . {* This section contains "short" data, and should be placed
303 . "near" the GP. *}
304 .#define SEC_SMALL_DATA 0x800000
306 . {* Attempt to merge identical entities in the section.
307 . Entity size is given in the entsize field. *}
308 .#define SEC_MERGE 0x1000000
310 . {* If given with SEC_MERGE, entities to merge are zero terminated
311 . strings where entsize specifies character size instead of fixed
312 . size entries. *}
313 .#define SEC_STRINGS 0x2000000
315 . {* This section contains data about section groups. *}
316 .#define SEC_GROUP 0x4000000
318 . {* The section is a COFF shared library section. This flag is
319 . only for the linker. If this type of section appears in
320 . the input file, the linker must copy it to the output file
321 . without changing the vma or size. FIXME: Although this
322 . was originally intended to be general, it really is COFF
323 . specific (and the flag was renamed to indicate this). It
324 . might be cleaner to have some more general mechanism to
325 . allow the back end to control what the linker does with
326 . sections. *}
327 .#define SEC_COFF_SHARED_LIBRARY 0x10000000
329 . {* This section contains data which may be shared with other
330 . executables or shared objects. This is for COFF only. *}
331 .#define SEC_COFF_SHARED 0x20000000
333 . {* When a section with this flag is being linked, then if the size of
334 . the input section is less than a page, it should not cross a page
335 . boundary. If the size of the input section is one page or more,
336 . it should be aligned on a page boundary. This is for TI
337 . TMS320C54X only. *}
338 .#define SEC_TIC54X_BLOCK 0x40000000
340 . {* Conditionally link this section; do not link if there are no
341 . references found to any symbol in the section. This is for TI
342 . TMS320C54X only. *}
343 .#define SEC_TIC54X_CLINK 0x80000000
345 . {* End of section flags. *}
347 . {* Some internal packed boolean fields. *}
349 . {* See the vma field. *}
350 . unsigned int user_set_vma : 1;
352 . {* A mark flag used by some of the linker backends. *}
353 . unsigned int linker_mark : 1;
355 . {* Another mark flag used by some of the linker backends. Set for
356 . output sections that have an input section. *}
357 . unsigned int linker_has_input : 1;
359 . {* Mark flags used by some linker backends for garbage collection. *}
360 . unsigned int gc_mark : 1;
361 . unsigned int gc_mark_from_eh : 1;
363 . {* The following flags are used by the ELF linker. *}
365 . {* Mark sections which have been allocated to segments. *}
366 . unsigned int segment_mark : 1;
368 . {* Type of sec_info information. *}
369 . unsigned int sec_info_type:3;
370 .#define ELF_INFO_TYPE_NONE 0
371 .#define ELF_INFO_TYPE_STABS 1
372 .#define ELF_INFO_TYPE_MERGE 2
373 .#define ELF_INFO_TYPE_EH_FRAME 3
374 .#define ELF_INFO_TYPE_JUST_SYMS 4
376 . {* Nonzero if this section uses RELA relocations, rather than REL. *}
377 . unsigned int use_rela_p:1;
379 . {* Bits used by various backends. The generic code doesn't touch
380 . these fields. *}
382 . {* Nonzero if this section has TLS related relocations. *}
383 . unsigned int has_tls_reloc:1;
385 . {* Nonzero if this section has a gp reloc. *}
386 . unsigned int has_gp_reloc:1;
388 . {* Nonzero if this section needs the relax finalize pass. *}
389 . unsigned int need_finalize_relax:1;
391 . {* Whether relocations have been processed. *}
392 . unsigned int reloc_done : 1;
394 . {* End of internal packed boolean fields. *}
396 . {* The virtual memory address of the section - where it will be
397 . at run time. The symbols are relocated against this. The
398 . user_set_vma flag is maintained by bfd; if it's not set, the
399 . backend can assign addresses (for example, in <<a.out>>, where
400 . the default address for <<.data>> is dependent on the specific
401 . target and various flags). *}
402 . bfd_vma vma;
404 . {* The load address of the section - where it would be in a
405 . rom image; really only used for writing section header
406 . information. *}
407 . bfd_vma lma;
409 . {* The size of the section in octets, as it will be output.
410 . Contains a value even if the section has no contents (e.g., the
411 . size of <<.bss>>). *}
412 . bfd_size_type size;
414 . {* For input sections, the original size on disk of the section, in
415 . octets. This field is used by the linker relaxation code. It is
416 . currently only set for sections where the linker relaxation scheme
417 . doesn't cache altered section and reloc contents (stabs, eh_frame,
418 . SEC_MERGE, some coff relaxing targets), and thus the original size
419 . needs to be kept to read the section multiple times.
420 . For output sections, rawsize holds the section size calculated on
421 . a previous linker relaxation pass. *}
422 . bfd_size_type rawsize;
424 . {* If this section is going to be output, then this value is the
425 . offset in *bytes* into the output section of the first byte in the
426 . input section (byte ==> smallest addressable unit on the
427 . target). In most cases, if this was going to start at the
428 . 100th octet (8-bit quantity) in the output section, this value
429 . would be 100. However, if the target byte size is 16 bits
430 . (bfd_octets_per_byte is "2"), this value would be 50. *}
431 . bfd_vma output_offset;
433 . {* The output section through which to map on output. *}
434 . struct bfd_section *output_section;
436 . {* The alignment requirement of the section, as an exponent of 2 -
437 . e.g., 3 aligns to 2^3 (or 8). *}
438 . unsigned int alignment_power;
440 . {* If an input section, a pointer to a vector of relocation
441 . records for the data in this section. *}
442 . struct reloc_cache_entry *relocation;
444 . {* If an output section, a pointer to a vector of pointers to
445 . relocation records for the data in this section. *}
446 . struct reloc_cache_entry **orelocation;
448 . {* The number of relocation records in one of the above. *}
449 . unsigned reloc_count;
451 . {* Information below is back end specific - and not always used
452 . or updated. *}
454 . {* File position of section data. *}
455 . file_ptr filepos;
457 . {* File position of relocation info. *}
458 . file_ptr rel_filepos;
460 . {* File position of line data. *}
461 . file_ptr line_filepos;
463 . {* Pointer to data for applications. *}
464 . void *userdata;
466 . {* If the SEC_IN_MEMORY flag is set, this points to the actual
467 . contents. *}
468 . unsigned char *contents;
470 . {* Attached line number information. *}
471 . alent *lineno;
473 . {* Number of line number records. *}
474 . unsigned int lineno_count;
476 . {* Entity size for merging purposes. *}
477 . unsigned int entsize;
479 . {* Points to the kept section if this section is a link-once section,
480 . and is discarded. *}
481 . struct bfd_section *kept_section;
483 . {* When a section is being output, this value changes as more
484 . linenumbers are written out. *}
485 . file_ptr moving_line_filepos;
487 . {* What the section number is in the target world. *}
488 . int target_index;
490 . void *used_by_bfd;
492 . {* If this is a constructor section then here is a list of the
493 . relocations created to relocate items within it. *}
494 . struct relent_chain *constructor_chain;
496 . {* The BFD which owns the section. *}
497 . bfd *owner;
499 . {* A symbol which points at this section only. *}
500 . struct bfd_symbol *symbol;
501 . struct bfd_symbol **symbol_ptr_ptr;
503 . {* Early in the link process, map_head and map_tail are used to build
504 . a list of input sections attached to an output section. Later,
505 . output sections use these fields for a list of bfd_link_order
506 . structs. *}
507 . union {
508 . struct bfd_link_order *link_order;
509 . struct bfd_section *s;
510 . } map_head, map_tail;
511 .} asection;
513 .{* These sections are global, and are managed by BFD. The application
514 . and target back end are not permitted to change the values in
515 . these sections. New code should use the section_ptr macros rather
516 . than referring directly to the const sections. The const sections
517 . may eventually vanish. *}
518 .#define BFD_ABS_SECTION_NAME "*ABS*"
519 .#define BFD_UND_SECTION_NAME "*UND*"
520 .#define BFD_COM_SECTION_NAME "*COM*"
521 .#define BFD_IND_SECTION_NAME "*IND*"
523 .{* The absolute section. *}
524 .extern asection bfd_abs_section;
525 .#define bfd_abs_section_ptr ((asection *) &bfd_abs_section)
526 .#define bfd_is_abs_section(sec) ((sec) == bfd_abs_section_ptr)
527 .{* Pointer to the undefined section. *}
528 .extern asection bfd_und_section;
529 .#define bfd_und_section_ptr ((asection *) &bfd_und_section)
530 .#define bfd_is_und_section(sec) ((sec) == bfd_und_section_ptr)
531 .{* Pointer to the common section. *}
532 .extern asection bfd_com_section;
533 .#define bfd_com_section_ptr ((asection *) &bfd_com_section)
534 .{* Pointer to the indirect section. *}
535 .extern asection bfd_ind_section;
536 .#define bfd_ind_section_ptr ((asection *) &bfd_ind_section)
537 .#define bfd_is_ind_section(sec) ((sec) == bfd_ind_section_ptr)
539 .#define bfd_is_const_section(SEC) \
540 . ( ((SEC) == bfd_abs_section_ptr) \
541 . || ((SEC) == bfd_und_section_ptr) \
542 . || ((SEC) == bfd_com_section_ptr) \
543 . || ((SEC) == bfd_ind_section_ptr))
545 .{* Macros to handle insertion and deletion of a bfd's sections. These
546 . only handle the list pointers, ie. do not adjust section_count,
547 . target_index etc. *}
548 .#define bfd_section_list_remove(ABFD, S) \
549 . do \
550 . { \
551 . asection *_s = S; \
552 . asection *_next = _s->next; \
553 . asection *_prev = _s->prev; \
554 . if (_prev) \
555 . _prev->next = _next; \
556 . else \
557 . (ABFD)->sections = _next; \
558 . if (_next) \
559 . _next->prev = _prev; \
560 . else \
561 . (ABFD)->section_last = _prev; \
562 . } \
563 . while (0)
564 .#define bfd_section_list_append(ABFD, S) \
565 . do \
566 . { \
567 . asection *_s = S; \
568 . bfd *_abfd = ABFD; \
569 . _s->next = NULL; \
570 . if (_abfd->section_last) \
571 . { \
572 . _s->prev = _abfd->section_last; \
573 . _abfd->section_last->next = _s; \
574 . } \
575 . else \
576 . { \
577 . _s->prev = NULL; \
578 . _abfd->sections = _s; \
579 . } \
580 . _abfd->section_last = _s; \
581 . } \
582 . while (0)
583 .#define bfd_section_list_prepend(ABFD, S) \
584 . do \
585 . { \
586 . asection *_s = S; \
587 . bfd *_abfd = ABFD; \
588 . _s->prev = NULL; \
589 . if (_abfd->sections) \
590 . { \
591 . _s->next = _abfd->sections; \
592 . _abfd->sections->prev = _s; \
593 . } \
594 . else \
595 . { \
596 . _s->next = NULL; \
597 . _abfd->section_last = _s; \
598 . } \
599 . _abfd->sections = _s; \
600 . } \
601 . while (0)
602 .#define bfd_section_list_insert_after(ABFD, A, S) \
603 . do \
604 . { \
605 . asection *_a = A; \
606 . asection *_s = S; \
607 . asection *_next = _a->next; \
608 . _s->next = _next; \
609 . _s->prev = _a; \
610 . _a->next = _s; \
611 . if (_next) \
612 . _next->prev = _s; \
613 . else \
614 . (ABFD)->section_last = _s; \
615 . } \
616 . while (0)
617 .#define bfd_section_list_insert_before(ABFD, B, S) \
618 . do \
619 . { \
620 . asection *_b = B; \
621 . asection *_s = S; \
622 . asection *_prev = _b->prev; \
623 . _s->prev = _prev; \
624 . _s->next = _b; \
625 . _b->prev = _s; \
626 . if (_prev) \
627 . _prev->next = _s; \
628 . else \
629 . (ABFD)->sections = _s; \
630 . } \
631 . while (0)
632 .#define bfd_section_removed_from_list(ABFD, S) \
633 . ((S)->next == NULL ? (ABFD)->section_last != (S) : (S)->next->prev != (S))
635 .#define BFD_FAKE_SECTION(SEC, FLAGS, SYM, NAME, IDX) \
636 . {* name, id, index, next, prev, flags, user_set_vma, *} \
637 . { NAME, IDX, 0, NULL, NULL, FLAGS, 0, \
639 . {* linker_mark, linker_has_input, gc_mark, gc_mark_from_eh, *} \
640 . 0, 0, 1, 0, \
642 . {* segment_mark, sec_info_type, use_rela_p, has_tls_reloc, *} \
643 . 0, 0, 0, 0, \
645 . {* has_gp_reloc, need_finalize_relax, reloc_done, *} \
646 . 0, 0, 0, \
648 . {* vma, lma, size, rawsize *} \
649 . 0, 0, 0, 0, \
651 . {* output_offset, output_section, alignment_power, *} \
652 . 0, (struct bfd_section *) &SEC, 0, \
654 . {* relocation, orelocation, reloc_count, filepos, rel_filepos, *} \
655 . NULL, NULL, 0, 0, 0, \
657 . {* line_filepos, userdata, contents, lineno, lineno_count, *} \
658 . 0, NULL, NULL, NULL, 0, \
660 . {* entsize, kept_section, moving_line_filepos, *} \
661 . 0, NULL, 0, \
663 . {* target_index, used_by_bfd, constructor_chain, owner, *} \
664 . 0, NULL, NULL, NULL, \
666 . {* symbol, symbol_ptr_ptr, *} \
667 . (struct bfd_symbol *) SYM, &SEC.symbol, \
669 . {* map_head, map_tail *} \
670 . { NULL }, { NULL } \
675 /* We use a macro to initialize the static asymbol structures because
676 traditional C does not permit us to initialize a union member while
677 gcc warns if we don't initialize it. */
678 /* the_bfd, name, value, attr, section [, udata] */
679 #ifdef __STDC__
680 #define GLOBAL_SYM_INIT(NAME, SECTION) \
681 { 0, NAME, 0, BSF_SECTION_SYM, (asection *) SECTION, { 0 }}
682 #else
683 #define GLOBAL_SYM_INIT(NAME, SECTION) \
684 { 0, NAME, 0, BSF_SECTION_SYM, (asection *) SECTION }
685 #endif
687 /* These symbols are global, not specific to any BFD. Therefore, anything
688 that tries to change them is broken, and should be repaired. */
690 static const asymbol global_syms[] =
692 GLOBAL_SYM_INIT (BFD_COM_SECTION_NAME, &bfd_com_section),
693 GLOBAL_SYM_INIT (BFD_UND_SECTION_NAME, &bfd_und_section),
694 GLOBAL_SYM_INIT (BFD_ABS_SECTION_NAME, &bfd_abs_section),
695 GLOBAL_SYM_INIT (BFD_IND_SECTION_NAME, &bfd_ind_section)
698 #define STD_SECTION(SEC, FLAGS, NAME, IDX) \
699 asection SEC = BFD_FAKE_SECTION(SEC, FLAGS, &global_syms[IDX], \
700 NAME, IDX)
702 STD_SECTION (bfd_com_section, SEC_IS_COMMON, BFD_COM_SECTION_NAME, 0);
703 STD_SECTION (bfd_und_section, 0, BFD_UND_SECTION_NAME, 1);
704 STD_SECTION (bfd_abs_section, 0, BFD_ABS_SECTION_NAME, 2);
705 STD_SECTION (bfd_ind_section, 0, BFD_IND_SECTION_NAME, 3);
706 #undef STD_SECTION
708 /* Initialize an entry in the section hash table. */
710 struct bfd_hash_entry *
711 bfd_section_hash_newfunc (struct bfd_hash_entry *entry,
712 struct bfd_hash_table *table,
713 const char *string)
715 /* Allocate the structure if it has not already been allocated by a
716 subclass. */
717 if (entry == NULL)
719 entry = (struct bfd_hash_entry *)
720 bfd_hash_allocate (table, sizeof (struct section_hash_entry));
721 if (entry == NULL)
722 return entry;
725 /* Call the allocation method of the superclass. */
726 entry = bfd_hash_newfunc (entry, table, string);
727 if (entry != NULL)
728 memset (&((struct section_hash_entry *) entry)->section, 0,
729 sizeof (asection));
731 return entry;
734 #define section_hash_lookup(table, string, create, copy) \
735 ((struct section_hash_entry *) \
736 bfd_hash_lookup ((table), (string), (create), (copy)))
738 /* Create a symbol whose only job is to point to this section. This
739 is useful for things like relocs which are relative to the base
740 of a section. */
742 bfd_boolean
743 _bfd_generic_new_section_hook (bfd *abfd, asection *newsect)
745 newsect->symbol = bfd_make_empty_symbol (abfd);
746 if (newsect->symbol == NULL)
747 return FALSE;
749 newsect->symbol->name = newsect->name;
750 newsect->symbol->value = 0;
751 newsect->symbol->section = newsect;
752 newsect->symbol->flags = BSF_SECTION_SYM;
754 newsect->symbol_ptr_ptr = &newsect->symbol;
755 return TRUE;
758 /* Initializes a new section. NEWSECT->NAME is already set. */
760 static asection *
761 bfd_section_init (bfd *abfd, asection *newsect)
763 static int section_id = 0x10; /* id 0 to 3 used by STD_SECTION. */
765 newsect->id = section_id;
766 newsect->index = abfd->section_count;
767 newsect->owner = abfd;
769 if (! BFD_SEND (abfd, _new_section_hook, (abfd, newsect)))
770 return NULL;
772 section_id++;
773 abfd->section_count++;
774 bfd_section_list_append (abfd, newsect);
775 return newsect;
779 DOCDD
780 INODE
781 section prototypes, , typedef asection, Sections
782 SUBSECTION
783 Section prototypes
785 These are the functions exported by the section handling part of BFD.
789 FUNCTION
790 bfd_section_list_clear
792 SYNOPSIS
793 void bfd_section_list_clear (bfd *);
795 DESCRIPTION
796 Clears the section list, and also resets the section count and
797 hash table entries.
800 void
801 bfd_section_list_clear (bfd *abfd)
803 abfd->sections = NULL;
804 abfd->section_last = NULL;
805 abfd->section_count = 0;
806 memset (abfd->section_htab.table, 0,
807 abfd->section_htab.size * sizeof (struct bfd_hash_entry *));
811 FUNCTION
812 bfd_get_section_by_name
814 SYNOPSIS
815 asection *bfd_get_section_by_name (bfd *abfd, const char *name);
817 DESCRIPTION
818 Run through @var{abfd} and return the one of the
819 <<asection>>s whose name matches @var{name}, otherwise <<NULL>>.
820 @xref{Sections}, for more information.
822 This should only be used in special cases; the normal way to process
823 all sections of a given name is to use <<bfd_map_over_sections>> and
824 <<strcmp>> on the name (or better yet, base it on the section flags
825 or something else) for each section.
828 asection *
829 bfd_get_section_by_name (bfd *abfd, const char *name)
831 struct section_hash_entry *sh;
833 sh = section_hash_lookup (&abfd->section_htab, name, FALSE, FALSE);
834 if (sh != NULL)
835 return &sh->section;
837 return NULL;
841 FUNCTION
842 bfd_get_section_by_name_if
844 SYNOPSIS
845 asection *bfd_get_section_by_name_if
846 (bfd *abfd,
847 const char *name,
848 bfd_boolean (*func) (bfd *abfd, asection *sect, void *obj),
849 void *obj);
851 DESCRIPTION
852 Call the provided function @var{func} for each section
853 attached to the BFD @var{abfd} whose name matches @var{name},
854 passing @var{obj} as an argument. The function will be called
855 as if by
857 | func (abfd, the_section, obj);
859 It returns the first section for which @var{func} returns true,
860 otherwise <<NULL>>.
864 asection *
865 bfd_get_section_by_name_if (bfd *abfd, const char *name,
866 bfd_boolean (*operation) (bfd *,
867 asection *,
868 void *),
869 void *user_storage)
871 struct section_hash_entry *sh;
872 unsigned long hash;
874 sh = section_hash_lookup (&abfd->section_htab, name, FALSE, FALSE);
875 if (sh == NULL)
876 return NULL;
878 hash = sh->root.hash;
881 if ((*operation) (abfd, &sh->section, user_storage))
882 return &sh->section;
883 sh = (struct section_hash_entry *) sh->root.next;
885 while (sh != NULL && sh->root.hash == hash
886 && strcmp (sh->root.string, name) == 0);
888 return NULL;
892 FUNCTION
893 bfd_get_unique_section_name
895 SYNOPSIS
896 char *bfd_get_unique_section_name
897 (bfd *abfd, const char *templat, int *count);
899 DESCRIPTION
900 Invent a section name that is unique in @var{abfd} by tacking
901 a dot and a digit suffix onto the original @var{templat}. If
902 @var{count} is non-NULL, then it specifies the first number
903 tried as a suffix to generate a unique name. The value
904 pointed to by @var{count} will be incremented in this case.
907 char *
908 bfd_get_unique_section_name (bfd *abfd, const char *templat, int *count)
910 int num;
911 unsigned int len;
912 char *sname;
914 len = strlen (templat);
915 sname = bfd_malloc (len + 8);
916 if (sname == NULL)
917 return NULL;
918 memcpy (sname, templat, len);
919 num = 1;
920 if (count != NULL)
921 num = *count;
925 /* If we have a million sections, something is badly wrong. */
926 if (num > 999999)
927 abort ();
928 sprintf (sname + len, ".%d", num++);
930 while (section_hash_lookup (&abfd->section_htab, sname, FALSE, FALSE));
932 if (count != NULL)
933 *count = num;
934 return sname;
938 FUNCTION
939 bfd_make_section_old_way
941 SYNOPSIS
942 asection *bfd_make_section_old_way (bfd *abfd, const char *name);
944 DESCRIPTION
945 Create a new empty section called @var{name}
946 and attach it to the end of the chain of sections for the
947 BFD @var{abfd}. An attempt to create a section with a name which
948 is already in use returns its pointer without changing the
949 section chain.
951 It has the funny name since this is the way it used to be
952 before it was rewritten....
954 Possible errors are:
955 o <<bfd_error_invalid_operation>> -
956 If output has already started for this BFD.
957 o <<bfd_error_no_memory>> -
958 If memory allocation fails.
962 asection *
963 bfd_make_section_old_way (bfd *abfd, const char *name)
965 asection *newsect;
967 if (abfd->output_has_begun)
969 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
970 return NULL;
973 if (strcmp (name, BFD_ABS_SECTION_NAME) == 0)
974 newsect = bfd_abs_section_ptr;
975 else if (strcmp (name, BFD_COM_SECTION_NAME) == 0)
976 newsect = bfd_com_section_ptr;
977 else if (strcmp (name, BFD_UND_SECTION_NAME) == 0)
978 newsect = bfd_und_section_ptr;
979 else if (strcmp (name, BFD_IND_SECTION_NAME) == 0)
980 newsect = bfd_ind_section_ptr;
981 else
983 struct section_hash_entry *sh;
985 sh = section_hash_lookup (&abfd->section_htab, name, TRUE, FALSE);
986 if (sh == NULL)
987 return NULL;
989 newsect = &sh->section;
990 if (newsect->name != NULL)
992 /* Section already exists. */
993 return newsect;
996 newsect->name = name;
997 return bfd_section_init (abfd, newsect);
1000 /* Call new_section_hook when "creating" the standard abs, com, und
1001 and ind sections to tack on format specific section data.
1002 Also, create a proper section symbol. */
1003 if (! BFD_SEND (abfd, _new_section_hook, (abfd, newsect)))
1004 return NULL;
1005 return newsect;
1009 FUNCTION
1010 bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags
1012 SYNOPSIS
1013 asection *bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags
1014 (bfd *abfd, const char *name, flagword flags);
1016 DESCRIPTION
1017 Create a new empty section called @var{name} and attach it to the end of
1018 the chain of sections for @var{abfd}. Create a new section even if there
1019 is already a section with that name. Also set the attributes of the
1020 new section to the value @var{flags}.
1022 Return <<NULL>> and set <<bfd_error>> on error; possible errors are:
1023 o <<bfd_error_invalid_operation>> - If output has already started for @var{abfd}.
1024 o <<bfd_error_no_memory>> - If memory allocation fails.
1027 sec_ptr
1028 bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (bfd *abfd, const char *name,
1029 flagword flags)
1031 struct section_hash_entry *sh;
1032 asection *newsect;
1034 if (abfd->output_has_begun)
1036 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
1037 return NULL;
1040 sh = section_hash_lookup (&abfd->section_htab, name, TRUE, FALSE);
1041 if (sh == NULL)
1042 return NULL;
1044 newsect = &sh->section;
1045 if (newsect->name != NULL)
1047 /* We are making a section of the same name. Put it in the
1048 section hash table. Even though we can't find it directly by a
1049 hash lookup, we'll be able to find the section by traversing
1050 sh->root.next quicker than looking at all the bfd sections. */
1051 struct section_hash_entry *new_sh;
1052 new_sh = (struct section_hash_entry *)
1053 bfd_section_hash_newfunc (NULL, &abfd->section_htab, name);
1054 if (new_sh == NULL)
1055 return NULL;
1057 new_sh->root = sh->root;
1058 sh->root.next = &new_sh->root;
1059 newsect = &new_sh->section;
1062 newsect->flags = flags;
1063 newsect->name = name;
1064 return bfd_section_init (abfd, newsect);
1068 FUNCTION
1069 bfd_make_section_anyway
1071 SYNOPSIS
1072 asection *bfd_make_section_anyway (bfd *abfd, const char *name);
1074 DESCRIPTION
1075 Create a new empty section called @var{name} and attach it to the end of
1076 the chain of sections for @var{abfd}. Create a new section even if there
1077 is already a section with that name.
1079 Return <<NULL>> and set <<bfd_error>> on error; possible errors are:
1080 o <<bfd_error_invalid_operation>> - If output has already started for @var{abfd}.
1081 o <<bfd_error_no_memory>> - If memory allocation fails.
1084 sec_ptr
1085 bfd_make_section_anyway (bfd *abfd, const char *name)
1087 return bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (abfd, name, 0);
1091 FUNCTION
1092 bfd_make_section_with_flags
1094 SYNOPSIS
1095 asection *bfd_make_section_with_flags
1096 (bfd *, const char *name, flagword flags);
1098 DESCRIPTION
1099 Like <<bfd_make_section_anyway>>, but return <<NULL>> (without calling
1100 bfd_set_error ()) without changing the section chain if there is already a
1101 section named @var{name}. Also set the attributes of the new section to
1102 the value @var{flags}. If there is an error, return <<NULL>> and set
1103 <<bfd_error>>.
1106 asection *
1107 bfd_make_section_with_flags (bfd *abfd, const char *name,
1108 flagword flags)
1110 struct section_hash_entry *sh;
1111 asection *newsect;
1113 if (abfd->output_has_begun)
1115 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
1116 return NULL;
1119 if (strcmp (name, BFD_ABS_SECTION_NAME) == 0
1120 || strcmp (name, BFD_COM_SECTION_NAME) == 0
1121 || strcmp (name, BFD_UND_SECTION_NAME) == 0
1122 || strcmp (name, BFD_IND_SECTION_NAME) == 0)
1123 return NULL;
1125 sh = section_hash_lookup (&abfd->section_htab, name, TRUE, FALSE);
1126 if (sh == NULL)
1127 return NULL;
1129 newsect = &sh->section;
1130 if (newsect->name != NULL)
1132 /* Section already exists. */
1133 return NULL;
1136 newsect->name = name;
1137 newsect->flags = flags;
1138 return bfd_section_init (abfd, newsect);
1142 FUNCTION
1143 bfd_make_section
1145 SYNOPSIS
1146 asection *bfd_make_section (bfd *, const char *name);
1148 DESCRIPTION
1149 Like <<bfd_make_section_anyway>>, but return <<NULL>> (without calling
1150 bfd_set_error ()) without changing the section chain if there is already a
1151 section named @var{name}. If there is an error, return <<NULL>> and set
1152 <<bfd_error>>.
1155 asection *
1156 bfd_make_section (bfd *abfd, const char *name)
1158 return bfd_make_section_with_flags (abfd, name, 0);
1162 FUNCTION
1163 bfd_set_section_flags
1165 SYNOPSIS
1166 bfd_boolean bfd_set_section_flags
1167 (bfd *abfd, asection *sec, flagword flags);
1169 DESCRIPTION
1170 Set the attributes of the section @var{sec} in the BFD
1171 @var{abfd} to the value @var{flags}. Return <<TRUE>> on success,
1172 <<FALSE>> on error. Possible error returns are:
1174 o <<bfd_error_invalid_operation>> -
1175 The section cannot have one or more of the attributes
1176 requested. For example, a .bss section in <<a.out>> may not
1177 have the <<SEC_HAS_CONTENTS>> field set.
1181 bfd_boolean
1182 bfd_set_section_flags (bfd *abfd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
1183 sec_ptr section,
1184 flagword flags)
1186 section->flags = flags;
1187 return TRUE;
1191 FUNCTION
1192 bfd_map_over_sections
1194 SYNOPSIS
1195 void bfd_map_over_sections
1196 (bfd *abfd,
1197 void (*func) (bfd *abfd, asection *sect, void *obj),
1198 void *obj);
1200 DESCRIPTION
1201 Call the provided function @var{func} for each section
1202 attached to the BFD @var{abfd}, passing @var{obj} as an
1203 argument. The function will be called as if by
1205 | func (abfd, the_section, obj);
1207 This is the preferred method for iterating over sections; an
1208 alternative would be to use a loop:
1210 | section *p;
1211 | for (p = abfd->sections; p != NULL; p = p->next)
1212 | func (abfd, p, ...)
1216 void
1217 bfd_map_over_sections (bfd *abfd,
1218 void (*operation) (bfd *, asection *, void *),
1219 void *user_storage)
1221 asection *sect;
1222 unsigned int i = 0;
1224 for (sect = abfd->sections; sect != NULL; i++, sect = sect->next)
1225 (*operation) (abfd, sect, user_storage);
1227 if (i != abfd->section_count) /* Debugging */
1228 abort ();
1232 FUNCTION
1233 bfd_sections_find_if
1235 SYNOPSIS
1236 asection *bfd_sections_find_if
1237 (bfd *abfd,
1238 bfd_boolean (*operation) (bfd *abfd, asection *sect, void *obj),
1239 void *obj);
1241 DESCRIPTION
1242 Call the provided function @var{operation} for each section
1243 attached to the BFD @var{abfd}, passing @var{obj} as an
1244 argument. The function will be called as if by
1246 | operation (abfd, the_section, obj);
1248 It returns the first section for which @var{operation} returns true.
1252 asection *
1253 bfd_sections_find_if (bfd *abfd,
1254 bfd_boolean (*operation) (bfd *, asection *, void *),
1255 void *user_storage)
1257 asection *sect;
1259 for (sect = abfd->sections; sect != NULL; sect = sect->next)
1260 if ((*operation) (abfd, sect, user_storage))
1261 break;
1263 return sect;
1267 FUNCTION
1268 bfd_set_section_size
1270 SYNOPSIS
1271 bfd_boolean bfd_set_section_size
1272 (bfd *abfd, asection *sec, bfd_size_type val);
1274 DESCRIPTION
1275 Set @var{sec} to the size @var{val}. If the operation is
1276 ok, then <<TRUE>> is returned, else <<FALSE>>.
1278 Possible error returns:
1279 o <<bfd_error_invalid_operation>> -
1280 Writing has started to the BFD, so setting the size is invalid.
1284 bfd_boolean
1285 bfd_set_section_size (bfd *abfd, sec_ptr ptr, bfd_size_type val)
1287 /* Once you've started writing to any section you cannot create or change
1288 the size of any others. */
1290 if (abfd->output_has_begun)
1292 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
1293 return FALSE;
1296 ptr->size = val;
1297 return TRUE;
1301 FUNCTION
1302 bfd_set_section_contents
1304 SYNOPSIS
1305 bfd_boolean bfd_set_section_contents
1306 (bfd *abfd, asection *section, const void *data,
1307 file_ptr offset, bfd_size_type count);
1309 DESCRIPTION
1310 Sets the contents of the section @var{section} in BFD
1311 @var{abfd} to the data starting in memory at @var{data}. The
1312 data is written to the output section starting at offset
1313 @var{offset} for @var{count} octets.
1315 Normally <<TRUE>> is returned, else <<FALSE>>. Possible error
1316 returns are:
1317 o <<bfd_error_no_contents>> -
1318 The output section does not have the <<SEC_HAS_CONTENTS>>
1319 attribute, so nothing can be written to it.
1320 o and some more too
1322 This routine is front end to the back end function
1323 <<_bfd_set_section_contents>>.
1327 bfd_boolean
1328 bfd_set_section_contents (bfd *abfd,
1329 sec_ptr section,
1330 const void *location,
1331 file_ptr offset,
1332 bfd_size_type count)
1334 bfd_size_type sz;
1336 if (!(bfd_get_section_flags (abfd, section) & SEC_HAS_CONTENTS))
1338 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_no_contents);
1339 return FALSE;
1342 sz = section->size;
1343 if ((bfd_size_type) offset > sz
1344 || count > sz
1345 || offset + count > sz
1346 || count != (size_t) count)
1348 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_bad_value);
1349 return FALSE;
1352 if (!bfd_write_p (abfd))
1354 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
1355 return FALSE;
1358 /* Record a copy of the data in memory if desired. */
1359 if (section->contents
1360 && location != section->contents + offset)
1361 memcpy (section->contents + offset, location, (size_t) count);
1363 if (BFD_SEND (abfd, _bfd_set_section_contents,
1364 (abfd, section, location, offset, count)))
1366 abfd->output_has_begun = TRUE;
1367 return TRUE;
1370 return FALSE;
1374 FUNCTION
1375 bfd_get_section_contents
1377 SYNOPSIS
1378 bfd_boolean bfd_get_section_contents
1379 (bfd *abfd, asection *section, void *location, file_ptr offset,
1380 bfd_size_type count);
1382 DESCRIPTION
1383 Read data from @var{section} in BFD @var{abfd}
1384 into memory starting at @var{location}. The data is read at an
1385 offset of @var{offset} from the start of the input section,
1386 and is read for @var{count} bytes.
1388 If the contents of a constructor with the <<SEC_CONSTRUCTOR>>
1389 flag set are requested or if the section does not have the
1390 <<SEC_HAS_CONTENTS>> flag set, then the @var{location} is filled
1391 with zeroes. If no errors occur, <<TRUE>> is returned, else
1392 <<FALSE>>.
1395 bfd_boolean
1396 bfd_get_section_contents (bfd *abfd,
1397 sec_ptr section,
1398 void *location,
1399 file_ptr offset,
1400 bfd_size_type count)
1402 bfd_size_type sz;
1404 if (section->flags & SEC_CONSTRUCTOR)
1406 memset (location, 0, (size_t) count);
1407 return TRUE;
1410 sz = section->rawsize ? section->rawsize : section->size;
1411 if ((bfd_size_type) offset > sz
1412 || count > sz
1413 || offset + count > sz
1414 || count != (size_t) count)
1416 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_bad_value);
1417 return FALSE;
1420 if (count == 0)
1421 /* Don't bother. */
1422 return TRUE;
1424 if ((section->flags & SEC_HAS_CONTENTS) == 0)
1426 memset (location, 0, (size_t) count);
1427 return TRUE;
1430 if ((section->flags & SEC_IN_MEMORY) != 0)
1432 memcpy (location, section->contents + offset, (size_t) count);
1433 return TRUE;
1436 return BFD_SEND (abfd, _bfd_get_section_contents,
1437 (abfd, section, location, offset, count));
1441 FUNCTION
1442 bfd_malloc_and_get_section
1444 SYNOPSIS
1445 bfd_boolean bfd_malloc_and_get_section
1446 (bfd *abfd, asection *section, bfd_byte **buf);
1448 DESCRIPTION
1449 Read all data from @var{section} in BFD @var{abfd}
1450 into a buffer, *@var{buf}, malloc'd by this function.
1453 bfd_boolean
1454 bfd_malloc_and_get_section (bfd *abfd, sec_ptr sec, bfd_byte **buf)
1456 bfd_size_type sz = sec->rawsize ? sec->rawsize : sec->size;
1457 bfd_byte *p = NULL;
1459 *buf = p;
1460 if (sz == 0)
1461 return TRUE;
1463 p = bfd_malloc (sec->rawsize > sec->size ? sec->rawsize : sec->size);
1464 if (p == NULL)
1465 return FALSE;
1466 *buf = p;
1468 return bfd_get_section_contents (abfd, sec, p, 0, sz);
1471 FUNCTION
1472 bfd_copy_private_section_data
1474 SYNOPSIS
1475 bfd_boolean bfd_copy_private_section_data
1476 (bfd *ibfd, asection *isec, bfd *obfd, asection *osec);
1478 DESCRIPTION
1479 Copy private section information from @var{isec} in the BFD
1480 @var{ibfd} to the section @var{osec} in the BFD @var{obfd}.
1481 Return <<TRUE>> on success, <<FALSE>> on error. Possible error
1482 returns are:
1484 o <<bfd_error_no_memory>> -
1485 Not enough memory exists to create private data for @var{osec}.
1487 .#define bfd_copy_private_section_data(ibfd, isection, obfd, osection) \
1488 . BFD_SEND (obfd, _bfd_copy_private_section_data, \
1489 . (ibfd, isection, obfd, osection))
1493 FUNCTION
1494 bfd_generic_is_group_section
1496 SYNOPSIS
1497 bfd_boolean bfd_generic_is_group_section (bfd *, const asection *sec);
1499 DESCRIPTION
1500 Returns TRUE if @var{sec} is a member of a group.
1503 bfd_boolean
1504 bfd_generic_is_group_section (bfd *abfd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
1505 const asection *sec ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
1507 return FALSE;
1511 FUNCTION
1512 bfd_generic_discard_group
1514 SYNOPSIS
1515 bfd_boolean bfd_generic_discard_group (bfd *abfd, asection *group);
1517 DESCRIPTION
1518 Remove all members of @var{group} from the output.
1521 bfd_boolean
1522 bfd_generic_discard_group (bfd *abfd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
1523 asection *group ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
1525 return TRUE;