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1 /* libbfd.h -- Declarations used by bfd library *implementation*.
2 (This include file is not for users of the library.)
3 Copyright 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
4 2000, 2001, 2002
5 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
6 Written by Cygnus Support.
8 This file is part of BFD, the Binary File Descriptor library.
10 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
11 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
12 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
13 (at your option) any later version.
15 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
16 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
17 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
18 GNU General Public License for more details.
20 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
21 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
22 Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
24 /* Align an address upward to a boundary, expressed as a number of bytes.
25 E.g. align to an 8-byte boundary with argument of 8. Take care never
26 to wrap around if the address is within boundary-1 of the end of the
27 address space. */
28 #define BFD_ALIGN(this, boundary) \
29 ((((bfd_vma) (this) + (boundary) - 1) >= (bfd_vma) (this)) \
30 ? (((bfd_vma) (this) + ((boundary) - 1)) & ~ (bfd_vma) ((boundary)-1)) \
31 : ~ (bfd_vma) 0)
33 /* If you want to read and write large blocks, you might want to do it
34 in quanta of this amount */
35 #define DEFAULT_BUFFERSIZE 8192
37 /* Set a tdata field. Can't use the other macros for this, since they
38 do casts, and casting to the left of assignment isn't portable. */
39 #define set_tdata(bfd, v) ((bfd)->tdata.any = (PTR) (v))
41 /* If BFD_IN_MEMORY is set for a BFD, then the iostream fields points
42 to an instance of this structure. */
44 struct bfd_in_memory
46 /* Size of buffer. */
47 bfd_size_type size;
48 /* Buffer holding contents of BFD. */
49 bfd_byte *buffer;
52 /* tdata for an archive. For an input archive, cache
53 needs to be free()'d. For an output archive, symdefs do. */
55 struct artdata {
56 file_ptr first_file_filepos;
57 /* Speed up searching the armap */
58 struct ar_cache *cache;
59 bfd *archive_head; /* Only interesting in output routines */
60 carsym *symdefs; /* the symdef entries */
61 symindex symdef_count; /* how many there are */
62 char *extended_names; /* clever intel extension */
63 /* when more compilers are standard C, this can be a time_t */
64 long armap_timestamp; /* Timestamp value written into armap.
65 This is used for BSD archives to check
66 that the timestamp is recent enough
67 for the BSD linker to not complain,
68 just before we finish writing an
69 archive. */
70 file_ptr armap_datepos; /* Position within archive to seek to
71 rewrite the date field. */
72 PTR tdata; /* Backend specific information. */
75 #define bfd_ardata(bfd) ((bfd)->tdata.aout_ar_data)
77 /* Goes in bfd's arelt_data slot */
78 struct areltdata {
79 char * arch_header; /* it's actually a string */
80 unsigned int parsed_size; /* octets of filesize not including ar_hdr */
81 char *filename; /* null-terminated */
84 #define arelt_size(bfd) (((struct areltdata *)((bfd)->arelt_data))->parsed_size)
86 extern PTR bfd_malloc PARAMS ((bfd_size_type));
87 extern PTR bfd_realloc PARAMS ((PTR, bfd_size_type));
88 extern PTR bfd_zmalloc PARAMS ((bfd_size_type));
90 extern bfd_error_handler_type _bfd_error_handler;
92 /* These routines allocate and free things on the BFD's objalloc. */
94 extern PTR bfd_alloc PARAMS ((bfd *, bfd_size_type));
95 extern PTR bfd_zalloc PARAMS ((bfd *, bfd_size_type));
96 extern void bfd_release PARAMS ((bfd *, PTR));
98 bfd * _bfd_create_empty_archive_element_shell PARAMS ((bfd *obfd));
99 bfd * _bfd_look_for_bfd_in_cache PARAMS ((bfd *, file_ptr));
100 boolean _bfd_add_bfd_to_archive_cache PARAMS ((bfd *, file_ptr, bfd *));
101 boolean _bfd_generic_mkarchive PARAMS ((bfd *abfd));
102 const bfd_target *bfd_generic_archive_p PARAMS ((bfd *abfd));
103 boolean bfd_slurp_armap PARAMS ((bfd *abfd));
104 boolean bfd_slurp_bsd_armap_f2 PARAMS ((bfd *abfd));
105 #define bfd_slurp_bsd_armap bfd_slurp_armap
106 #define bfd_slurp_coff_armap bfd_slurp_armap
107 boolean _bfd_slurp_extended_name_table PARAMS ((bfd *abfd));
108 extern boolean _bfd_construct_extended_name_table
109 PARAMS ((bfd *, boolean, char **, bfd_size_type *));
110 boolean _bfd_write_archive_contents PARAMS ((bfd *abfd));
111 boolean _bfd_compute_and_write_armap PARAMS ((bfd *, unsigned int elength));
112 bfd *_bfd_get_elt_at_filepos PARAMS ((bfd *archive, file_ptr filepos));
113 extern bfd *_bfd_generic_get_elt_at_index PARAMS ((bfd *, symindex));
114 bfd * _bfd_new_bfd PARAMS ((void));
115 void _bfd_delete_bfd PARAMS ((bfd *));
117 boolean bfd_false PARAMS ((bfd *ignore));
118 boolean bfd_true PARAMS ((bfd *ignore));
119 PTR bfd_nullvoidptr PARAMS ((bfd *ignore));
120 int bfd_0 PARAMS ((bfd *ignore));
121 unsigned int bfd_0u PARAMS ((bfd *ignore));
122 long bfd_0l PARAMS ((bfd *ignore));
123 long _bfd_n1 PARAMS ((bfd *ignore));
124 void bfd_void PARAMS ((bfd *ignore));
126 bfd *_bfd_new_bfd_contained_in PARAMS ((bfd *));
127 const bfd_target *_bfd_dummy_target PARAMS ((bfd *abfd));
129 void bfd_dont_truncate_arname PARAMS ((bfd *abfd, const char *filename,
130 char *hdr));
131 void bfd_bsd_truncate_arname PARAMS ((bfd *abfd, const char *filename,
132 char *hdr));
133 void bfd_gnu_truncate_arname PARAMS ((bfd *abfd, const char *filename,
134 char *hdr));
136 boolean bsd_write_armap PARAMS ((bfd *arch, unsigned int elength,
137 struct orl *map, unsigned int orl_count, int stridx));
139 boolean coff_write_armap PARAMS ((bfd *arch, unsigned int elength,
140 struct orl *map, unsigned int orl_count, int stridx));
142 extern PTR _bfd_generic_read_ar_hdr PARAMS ((bfd *));
144 extern PTR _bfd_generic_read_ar_hdr_mag PARAMS ((bfd *, const char *));
146 bfd * bfd_generic_openr_next_archived_file PARAMS ((bfd *archive,
147 bfd *last_file));
149 int bfd_generic_stat_arch_elt PARAMS ((bfd *, struct stat *));
151 #define _bfd_read_ar_hdr(abfd) \
152 BFD_SEND (abfd, _bfd_read_ar_hdr_fn, (abfd))
154 /* Generic routines to use for BFD_JUMP_TABLE_GENERIC. Use
155 BFD_JUMP_TABLE_GENERIC (_bfd_generic). */
157 #define _bfd_generic_close_and_cleanup bfd_true
158 #define _bfd_generic_bfd_free_cached_info bfd_true
159 #define _bfd_generic_new_section_hook \
160 ((boolean (*) PARAMS ((bfd *, asection *))) bfd_true)
161 extern boolean _bfd_generic_get_section_contents
162 PARAMS ((bfd *, asection *, PTR, file_ptr, bfd_size_type));
163 extern boolean _bfd_generic_get_section_contents_in_window
164 PARAMS ((bfd *, asection *, bfd_window *, file_ptr, bfd_size_type));
166 /* Generic routines to use for BFD_JUMP_TABLE_COPY. Use
167 BFD_JUMP_TABLE_COPY (_bfd_generic). */
169 #define _bfd_generic_bfd_copy_private_bfd_data \
170 ((boolean (*) PARAMS ((bfd *, bfd *))) bfd_true)
171 #define _bfd_generic_bfd_merge_private_bfd_data \
172 ((boolean (*) PARAMS ((bfd *, bfd *))) bfd_true)
173 #define _bfd_generic_bfd_set_private_flags \
174 ((boolean (*) PARAMS ((bfd *, flagword))) bfd_true)
175 #define _bfd_generic_bfd_copy_private_section_data \
176 ((boolean (*) PARAMS ((bfd *, asection *, bfd *, asection *))) bfd_true)
177 #define _bfd_generic_bfd_copy_private_symbol_data \
178 ((boolean (*) PARAMS ((bfd *, asymbol *, bfd *, asymbol *))) bfd_true)
179 #define _bfd_generic_bfd_print_private_bfd_data \
180 ((boolean (*) PARAMS ((bfd *, PTR))) bfd_true)
182 /* Routines to use for BFD_JUMP_TABLE_CORE when there is no core file
183 support. Use BFD_JUMP_TABLE_CORE (_bfd_nocore). */
185 extern char *_bfd_nocore_core_file_failing_command PARAMS ((bfd *));
186 extern int _bfd_nocore_core_file_failing_signal PARAMS ((bfd *));
187 extern boolean _bfd_nocore_core_file_matches_executable_p
188 PARAMS ((bfd *, bfd *));
190 /* Routines to use for BFD_JUMP_TABLE_ARCHIVE when there is no archive
191 file support. Use BFD_JUMP_TABLE_ARCHIVE (_bfd_noarchive). */
193 #define _bfd_noarchive_slurp_armap bfd_false
194 #define _bfd_noarchive_slurp_extended_name_table bfd_false
195 #define _bfd_noarchive_construct_extended_name_table \
196 ((boolean (*) PARAMS ((bfd *, char **, bfd_size_type *, const char **))) \
197 bfd_false)
198 #define _bfd_noarchive_truncate_arname \
199 ((void (*) PARAMS ((bfd *, const char *, char *))) bfd_void)
200 #define _bfd_noarchive_write_armap \
201 ((boolean (*) \
202 PARAMS ((bfd *, unsigned int, struct orl *, unsigned int, int))) \
203 bfd_false)
204 #define _bfd_noarchive_read_ar_hdr bfd_nullvoidptr
205 #define _bfd_noarchive_openr_next_archived_file \
206 ((bfd *(*) PARAMS ((bfd *, bfd *))) bfd_nullvoidptr)
207 #define _bfd_noarchive_get_elt_at_index \
208 ((bfd *(*) PARAMS ((bfd *, symindex))) bfd_nullvoidptr)
209 #define _bfd_noarchive_generic_stat_arch_elt bfd_generic_stat_arch_elt
210 #define _bfd_noarchive_update_armap_timestamp bfd_false
212 /* Routines to use for BFD_JUMP_TABLE_ARCHIVE to get BSD style
213 archives. Use BFD_JUMP_TABLE_ARCHIVE (_bfd_archive_bsd). */
215 #define _bfd_archive_bsd_slurp_armap bfd_slurp_bsd_armap
216 #define _bfd_archive_bsd_slurp_extended_name_table \
217 _bfd_slurp_extended_name_table
218 extern boolean _bfd_archive_bsd_construct_extended_name_table
219 PARAMS ((bfd *, char **, bfd_size_type *, const char **));
220 #define _bfd_archive_bsd_truncate_arname bfd_bsd_truncate_arname
221 #define _bfd_archive_bsd_write_armap bsd_write_armap
222 #define _bfd_archive_bsd_read_ar_hdr _bfd_generic_read_ar_hdr
223 #define _bfd_archive_bsd_openr_next_archived_file \
224 bfd_generic_openr_next_archived_file
225 #define _bfd_archive_bsd_get_elt_at_index _bfd_generic_get_elt_at_index
226 #define _bfd_archive_bsd_generic_stat_arch_elt \
227 bfd_generic_stat_arch_elt
228 extern boolean _bfd_archive_bsd_update_armap_timestamp PARAMS ((bfd *));
230 /* Routines to use for BFD_JUMP_TABLE_ARCHIVE to get COFF style
231 archives. Use BFD_JUMP_TABLE_ARCHIVE (_bfd_archive_coff). */
233 #define _bfd_archive_coff_slurp_armap bfd_slurp_coff_armap
234 #define _bfd_archive_coff_slurp_extended_name_table \
235 _bfd_slurp_extended_name_table
236 extern boolean _bfd_archive_coff_construct_extended_name_table
237 PARAMS ((bfd *, char **, bfd_size_type *, const char **));
238 #define _bfd_archive_coff_truncate_arname bfd_dont_truncate_arname
239 #define _bfd_archive_coff_write_armap coff_write_armap
240 #define _bfd_archive_coff_read_ar_hdr _bfd_generic_read_ar_hdr
241 #define _bfd_archive_coff_openr_next_archived_file \
242 bfd_generic_openr_next_archived_file
243 #define _bfd_archive_coff_get_elt_at_index _bfd_generic_get_elt_at_index
244 #define _bfd_archive_coff_generic_stat_arch_elt \
245 bfd_generic_stat_arch_elt
246 #define _bfd_archive_coff_update_armap_timestamp bfd_true
248 /* Routines to use for BFD_JUMP_TABLE_SYMBOLS where there is no symbol
249 support. Use BFD_JUMP_TABLE_SYMBOLS (_bfd_nosymbols). */
251 #define _bfd_nosymbols_get_symtab_upper_bound _bfd_n1
252 #define _bfd_nosymbols_get_symtab \
253 ((long (*) PARAMS ((bfd *, asymbol **))) _bfd_n1)
254 #define _bfd_nosymbols_make_empty_symbol _bfd_generic_make_empty_symbol
255 #define _bfd_nosymbols_print_symbol \
256 ((void (*) PARAMS ((bfd *, PTR, asymbol *, bfd_print_symbol_type))) bfd_void)
257 #define _bfd_nosymbols_get_symbol_info \
258 ((void (*) PARAMS ((bfd *, asymbol *, symbol_info *))) bfd_void)
259 #define _bfd_nosymbols_bfd_is_local_label_name \
260 ((boolean (*) PARAMS ((bfd *, const char *))) bfd_false)
261 #define _bfd_nosymbols_get_lineno \
262 ((alent *(*) PARAMS ((bfd *, asymbol *))) bfd_nullvoidptr)
263 #define _bfd_nosymbols_find_nearest_line \
264 ((boolean (*) \
265 PARAMS ((bfd *, asection *, asymbol **, bfd_vma, const char **, \
266 const char **, unsigned int *))) \
267 bfd_false)
268 #define _bfd_nosymbols_bfd_make_debug_symbol \
269 ((asymbol *(*) PARAMS ((bfd *, PTR, unsigned long))) bfd_nullvoidptr)
270 #define _bfd_nosymbols_read_minisymbols \
271 ((long (*) PARAMS ((bfd *, boolean, PTR *, unsigned int *))) _bfd_n1)
272 #define _bfd_nosymbols_minisymbol_to_symbol \
273 ((asymbol *(*) PARAMS ((bfd *, boolean, const PTR, asymbol *))) \
274 bfd_nullvoidptr)
276 /* Routines to use for BFD_JUMP_TABLE_RELOCS when there is no reloc
277 support. Use BFD_JUMP_TABLE_RELOCS (_bfd_norelocs). */
279 #define _bfd_norelocs_get_reloc_upper_bound \
280 ((long (*) PARAMS ((bfd *, asection *))) _bfd_n1)
281 #define _bfd_norelocs_canonicalize_reloc \
282 ((long (*) PARAMS ((bfd *, asection *, arelent **, asymbol **))) _bfd_n1)
283 #define _bfd_norelocs_bfd_reloc_type_lookup \
284 ((reloc_howto_type *(*) PARAMS ((bfd *, bfd_reloc_code_real_type))) \
285 bfd_nullvoidptr)
287 /* Routines to use for BFD_JUMP_TABLE_WRITE for targets which may not
288 be written. Use BFD_JUMP_TABLE_WRITE (_bfd_nowrite). */
290 #define _bfd_nowrite_set_arch_mach \
291 ((boolean (*) PARAMS ((bfd *, enum bfd_architecture, unsigned long))) \
292 bfd_false)
293 #define _bfd_nowrite_set_section_contents \
294 ((boolean (*) PARAMS ((bfd *, asection *, PTR, file_ptr, bfd_size_type))) \
295 bfd_false)
297 /* Generic routines to use for BFD_JUMP_TABLE_WRITE. Use
298 BFD_JUMP_TABLE_WRITE (_bfd_generic). */
300 #define _bfd_generic_set_arch_mach bfd_default_set_arch_mach
301 extern boolean _bfd_generic_set_section_contents
302 PARAMS ((bfd *, asection *, PTR, file_ptr, bfd_size_type));
304 /* Routines to use for BFD_JUMP_TABLE_LINK for targets which do not
305 support linking. Use BFD_JUMP_TABLE_LINK (_bfd_nolink). */
307 #define _bfd_nolink_sizeof_headers ((int (*) PARAMS ((bfd *, boolean))) bfd_0)
308 #define _bfd_nolink_bfd_get_relocated_section_contents \
309 ((bfd_byte *(*) \
310 PARAMS ((bfd *, struct bfd_link_info *, struct bfd_link_order *, \
311 bfd_byte *, boolean, asymbol **))) \
312 bfd_nullvoidptr)
313 #define _bfd_nolink_bfd_relax_section \
314 ((boolean (*) \
315 PARAMS ((bfd *, asection *, struct bfd_link_info *, boolean *))) \
316 bfd_false)
317 #define _bfd_nolink_bfd_gc_sections \
318 ((boolean (*) \
319 PARAMS ((bfd *, struct bfd_link_info *))) \
320 bfd_false)
321 #define _bfd_nolink_bfd_merge_sections \
322 ((boolean (*) \
323 PARAMS ((bfd *, struct bfd_link_info *))) \
324 bfd_false)
325 #define _bfd_nolink_bfd_discard_group \
326 ((boolean (*) \
327 PARAMS ((bfd *, struct sec *))) \
328 bfd_false)
329 #define _bfd_nolink_bfd_link_hash_table_create \
330 ((struct bfd_link_hash_table *(*) PARAMS ((bfd *))) bfd_nullvoidptr)
331 #define _bfd_nolink_bfd_link_hash_table_free \
332 ((void (*) PARAMS ((struct bfd_link_hash_table *))) bfd_void)
333 #define _bfd_nolink_bfd_link_add_symbols \
334 ((boolean (*) PARAMS ((bfd *, struct bfd_link_info *))) bfd_false)
335 #define _bfd_nolink_bfd_link_just_syms \
336 ((void (*) PARAMS ((asection *, struct bfd_link_info *))) bfd_void)
337 #define _bfd_nolink_bfd_final_link \
338 ((boolean (*) PARAMS ((bfd *, struct bfd_link_info *))) bfd_false)
339 #define _bfd_nolink_bfd_link_split_section \
340 ((boolean (*) PARAMS ((bfd *, struct sec *))) bfd_false)
342 /* Routines to use for BFD_JUMP_TABLE_DYNAMIC for targets which do not
343 have dynamic symbols or relocs. Use BFD_JUMP_TABLE_DYNAMIC
344 (_bfd_nodynamic). */
346 #define _bfd_nodynamic_get_dynamic_symtab_upper_bound _bfd_n1
347 #define _bfd_nodynamic_canonicalize_dynamic_symtab \
348 ((long (*) PARAMS ((bfd *, asymbol **))) _bfd_n1)
349 #define _bfd_nodynamic_get_dynamic_reloc_upper_bound _bfd_n1
350 #define _bfd_nodynamic_canonicalize_dynamic_reloc \
351 ((long (*) PARAMS ((bfd *, arelent **, asymbol **))) _bfd_n1)
353 /* Generic routine to determine of the given symbol is a local
354 label. */
355 extern boolean bfd_generic_is_local_label_name PARAMS ((bfd *, const char *));
357 /* Generic minisymbol routines. */
358 extern long _bfd_generic_read_minisymbols
359 PARAMS ((bfd *, boolean, PTR *, unsigned int *));
360 extern asymbol *_bfd_generic_minisymbol_to_symbol
361 PARAMS ((bfd *, boolean, const PTR, asymbol *));
363 /* Find the nearest line using .stab/.stabstr sections. */
364 extern boolean _bfd_stab_section_find_nearest_line
365 PARAMS ((bfd *, asymbol **, asection *, bfd_vma, boolean *, const char **,
366 const char **, unsigned int *, PTR *));
368 /* Find the neaderst line using DWARF 1 debugging information. */
369 extern boolean _bfd_dwarf1_find_nearest_line
370 PARAMS ((bfd *, asection *, asymbol **, bfd_vma, const char **,
371 const char **, unsigned int *));
373 /* Find the nearest line using DWARF 2 debugging information. */
374 extern boolean _bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line
375 PARAMS ((bfd *, asection *, asymbol **, bfd_vma, const char **,
376 const char **, unsigned int *, unsigned int,
377 PTR *));
379 /* Create a new section entry. */
380 extern struct bfd_hash_entry *bfd_section_hash_newfunc
381 PARAMS ((struct bfd_hash_entry *, struct bfd_hash_table *, const char *));
383 /* A routine to create entries for a bfd_link_hash_table. */
384 extern struct bfd_hash_entry *_bfd_link_hash_newfunc
385 PARAMS ((struct bfd_hash_entry *entry,
386 struct bfd_hash_table *table,
387 const char *string));
389 /* Initialize a bfd_link_hash_table. */
390 extern boolean _bfd_link_hash_table_init
391 PARAMS ((struct bfd_link_hash_table *, bfd *,
392 struct bfd_hash_entry *(*) (struct bfd_hash_entry *,
393 struct bfd_hash_table *,
394 const char *)));
396 /* Generic link hash table creation routine. */
397 extern struct bfd_link_hash_table *_bfd_generic_link_hash_table_create
398 PARAMS ((bfd *));
400 /* Generic link hash table destruction routine. */
401 extern void _bfd_generic_link_hash_table_free
402 PARAMS ((struct bfd_link_hash_table *));
404 /* Generic add symbol routine. */
405 extern boolean _bfd_generic_link_add_symbols
406 PARAMS ((bfd *, struct bfd_link_info *));
408 /* Generic add symbol routine. This version is used by targets for
409 which the linker must collect constructors and destructors by name,
410 as the collect2 program does. */
411 extern boolean _bfd_generic_link_add_symbols_collect
412 PARAMS ((bfd *, struct bfd_link_info *));
414 /* Generic archive add symbol routine. */
415 extern boolean _bfd_generic_link_add_archive_symbols
416 PARAMS ((bfd *, struct bfd_link_info *,
417 boolean (*checkfn) (bfd *, struct bfd_link_info *, boolean *)));
419 /* Forward declaration to avoid prototype errors. */
420 typedef struct bfd_link_hash_entry _bfd_link_hash_entry;
422 /* Generic routine to add a single symbol. */
423 extern boolean _bfd_generic_link_add_one_symbol
424 PARAMS ((struct bfd_link_info *, bfd *, const char *name, flagword,
425 asection *, bfd_vma, const char *, boolean copy,
426 boolean constructor, struct bfd_link_hash_entry **));
428 /* Generic routine to mark section as supplying symbols only. */
429 extern void _bfd_generic_link_just_syms
430 PARAMS ((asection *, struct bfd_link_info *));
432 /* Generic link routine. */
433 extern boolean _bfd_generic_final_link
434 PARAMS ((bfd *, struct bfd_link_info *));
436 extern boolean _bfd_generic_link_split_section
437 PARAMS ((bfd *, struct sec *));
439 /* Generic reloc_link_order processing routine. */
440 extern boolean _bfd_generic_reloc_link_order
441 PARAMS ((bfd *, struct bfd_link_info *, asection *,
442 struct bfd_link_order *));
444 /* Default link order processing routine. */
445 extern boolean _bfd_default_link_order
446 PARAMS ((bfd *, struct bfd_link_info *, asection *,
447 struct bfd_link_order *));
449 /* Count the number of reloc entries in a link order list. */
450 extern unsigned int _bfd_count_link_order_relocs
451 PARAMS ((struct bfd_link_order *));
453 /* Final link relocation routine. */
454 extern bfd_reloc_status_type _bfd_final_link_relocate
455 PARAMS ((reloc_howto_type *, bfd *, asection *, bfd_byte *,
456 bfd_vma, bfd_vma, bfd_vma));
458 /* Relocate a particular location by a howto and a value. */
459 extern bfd_reloc_status_type _bfd_relocate_contents
460 PARAMS ((reloc_howto_type *, bfd *, bfd_vma, bfd_byte *));
462 /* Link stabs in sections in the first pass. */
464 extern boolean _bfd_link_section_stabs
465 PARAMS ((bfd *, PTR *, asection *, asection *, PTR *));
467 /* Eliminate stabs for discarded functions and symbols. */
468 extern boolean _bfd_discard_section_stabs
469 PARAMS ((bfd *, asection *, PTR,
470 boolean (*) (bfd_vma, PTR), PTR));
472 /* Write out the .stab section when linking stabs in sections. */
474 extern boolean _bfd_write_section_stabs
475 PARAMS ((bfd *, PTR *, asection *, PTR *, bfd_byte *));
477 /* Write out the .stabstr string table when linking stabs in sections. */
479 extern boolean _bfd_write_stab_strings PARAMS ((bfd *, PTR *));
481 /* Find an offset within a .stab section when linking stabs in
482 sections. */
484 extern bfd_vma _bfd_stab_section_offset
485 PARAMS ((bfd *, PTR *, asection *, PTR *, bfd_vma));
487 /* Attempt to merge a SEC_MERGE section. */
489 extern boolean _bfd_merge_section
490 PARAMS ((bfd *, PTR *, asection *, PTR *));
492 /* Attempt to merge SEC_MERGE sections. */
494 extern boolean _bfd_merge_sections
495 PARAMS ((bfd *, PTR, void (*)(bfd *, asection *)));
497 /* Write out a merged section. */
499 extern boolean _bfd_write_merged_section
500 PARAMS ((bfd *, asection *, PTR));
502 /* Find an offset within a modified SEC_MERGE section. */
504 extern bfd_vma _bfd_merged_section_offset
505 PARAMS ((bfd *, asection **, PTR, bfd_vma, bfd_vma));
507 /* Create a string table. */
508 extern struct bfd_strtab_hash *_bfd_stringtab_init PARAMS ((void));
510 /* Create an XCOFF .debug section style string table. */
511 extern struct bfd_strtab_hash *_bfd_xcoff_stringtab_init PARAMS ((void));
513 /* Free a string table. */
514 extern void _bfd_stringtab_free PARAMS ((struct bfd_strtab_hash *));
516 /* Get the size of a string table. */
517 extern bfd_size_type _bfd_stringtab_size PARAMS ((struct bfd_strtab_hash *));
519 /* Add a string to a string table. */
520 extern bfd_size_type _bfd_stringtab_add
521 PARAMS ((struct bfd_strtab_hash *, const char *, boolean hash,
522 boolean copy));
524 /* Write out a string table. */
525 extern boolean _bfd_stringtab_emit PARAMS ((bfd *, struct bfd_strtab_hash *));
527 /* Check that endianness of input and output file match. */
528 extern boolean _bfd_generic_verify_endian_match PARAMS ((bfd *, bfd *));
530 /* Macros to tell if bfds are read or write enabled.
532 Note that bfds open for read may be scribbled into if the fd passed
533 to bfd_fdopenr is actually open both for read and write
534 simultaneously. However an output bfd will never be open for
535 read. Therefore sometimes you want to check bfd_read_p or
536 !bfd_read_p, and only sometimes bfd_write_p.
539 #define bfd_read_p(abfd) ((abfd)->direction == read_direction || (abfd)->direction == both_direction)
540 #define bfd_write_p(abfd) ((abfd)->direction == write_direction || (abfd)->direction == both_direction)
542 void bfd_assert PARAMS ((const char*,int));
544 #define BFD_ASSERT(x) \
545 { if (!(x)) bfd_assert(__FILE__,__LINE__); }
547 #define BFD_FAIL() \
548 { bfd_assert(__FILE__,__LINE__); }
550 extern void _bfd_abort PARAMS ((const char *, int, const char *))
551 ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN;
553 /* if gcc >= 2.6, we can give a function name, too */
554 #if __GNUC__ < 2 || (__GNUC__ == 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 6)
555 #define __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ ((char *) NULL)
556 #endif
558 #undef abort
559 #define abort() _bfd_abort (__FILE__, __LINE__, __PRETTY_FUNCTION__)
561 FILE * bfd_cache_lookup_worker PARAMS ((bfd *));
563 extern bfd *bfd_last_cache;
565 /* List of supported target vectors, and the default vector (if
566 bfd_default_vector[0] is NULL, there is no default). */
567 extern const bfd_target * const *bfd_target_vector;
568 extern const bfd_target *bfd_default_vector[];
570 /* Functions shared by the ECOFF and MIPS ELF backends, which have no
571 other common header files. */
573 #if defined(__STDC__) || defined(ALMOST_STDC)
574 struct ecoff_find_line;
575 #endif
577 extern boolean _bfd_ecoff_locate_line
578 PARAMS ((bfd *, asection *, bfd_vma, struct ecoff_debug_info * const,
579 const struct ecoff_debug_swap * const, struct ecoff_find_line *,
580 const char **, const char **, unsigned int *));
581 extern boolean _bfd_ecoff_get_accumulated_pdr PARAMS ((PTR, bfd_byte *));
582 extern boolean _bfd_ecoff_get_accumulated_sym PARAMS ((PTR, bfd_byte *));
583 extern boolean _bfd_ecoff_get_accumulated_ss PARAMS ((PTR, bfd_byte *));
585 extern bfd_vma _bfd_get_gp_value PARAMS ((bfd *));
586 extern void _bfd_set_gp_value PARAMS ((bfd *, bfd_vma));
588 /* Function shared by the COFF and ELF SH backends, which have no
589 other common header files. */
591 extern boolean _bfd_sh_align_load_span
592 PARAMS ((bfd *, asection *, bfd_byte *,
593 boolean (*) (bfd *, asection *, PTR, bfd_byte *, bfd_vma),
594 PTR, bfd_vma **, bfd_vma *, bfd_vma, bfd_vma, boolean *));