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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
4 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 Written by Cygnus Support.
7 This file is part of BFD, the Binary File Descriptor library.
9 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
10 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
11 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
12 (at your option) any later version.
14 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
15 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
16 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
17 GNU General Public License for more details.
19 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
20 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
21 Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
24 SECTION
25 Sections
27 The raw data contained within a BFD is maintained through the
28 section abstraction. A single BFD may have any number of
29 sections. It keeps hold of them by pointing to the first;
30 each one points to the next in the list.
32 Sections are supported in BFD in <<section.c>>.
34 @menu
35 @* Section Input::
36 @* Section Output::
37 @* typedef asection::
38 @* section prototypes::
39 @end menu
41 INODE
42 Section Input, Section Output, Sections, Sections
43 SUBSECTION
44 Section input
46 When a BFD is opened for reading, the section structures are
47 created and attached to the BFD.
49 Each section has a name which describes the section in the
50 outside world---for example, <<a.out>> would contain at least
51 three sections, called <<.text>>, <<.data>> and <<.bss>>.
53 Names need not be unique; for example a COFF file may have several
54 sections named <<.data>>.
56 Sometimes a BFD will contain more than the ``natural'' number of
57 sections. A back end may attach other sections containing
58 constructor data, or an application may add a section (using
59 <<bfd_make_section>>) to the sections attached to an already open
60 BFD. For example, the linker creates an extra section
61 <<COMMON>> for each input file's BFD to hold information about
62 common storage.
64 The raw data is not necessarily read in when
65 the section descriptor is created. Some targets may leave the
66 data in place until a <<bfd_get_section_contents>> call is
67 made. Other back ends may read in all the data at once. For
68 example, an S-record file has to be read once to determine the
69 size of the data. An IEEE-695 file doesn't contain raw data in
70 sections, but data and relocation expressions intermixed, so
71 the data area has to be parsed to get out the data and
72 relocations.
74 INODE
75 Section Output, typedef asection, Section Input, Sections
77 SUBSECTION
78 Section output
80 To write a new object style BFD, the various sections to be
81 written have to be created. They are attached to the BFD in
82 the same way as input sections; data is written to the
83 sections using <<bfd_set_section_contents>>.
85 Any program that creates or combines sections (e.g., the assembler
86 and linker) must use the <<asection>> fields <<output_section>> and
87 <<output_offset>> to indicate the file sections to which each
88 section must be written. (If the section is being created from
89 scratch, <<output_section>> should probably point to the section
90 itself and <<output_offset>> should probably be zero.)
92 The data to be written comes from input sections attached
93 (via <<output_section>> pointers) to
94 the output sections. The output section structure can be
95 considered a filter for the input section: the output section
96 determines the vma of the output data and the name, but the
97 input section determines the offset into the output section of
98 the data to be written.
100 E.g., to create a section "O", starting at 0x100, 0x123 long,
101 containing two subsections, "A" at offset 0x0 (i.e., at vma
102 0x100) and "B" at offset 0x20 (i.e., at vma 0x120) the <<asection>>
103 structures would look like:
105 | section name "A"
106 | output_offset 0x00
107 | size 0x20
108 | output_section -----------> section name "O"
109 | | vma 0x100
110 | section name "B" | size 0x123
111 | output_offset 0x20 |
112 | size 0x103 |
113 | output_section --------|
115 SUBSECTION
116 Link orders
118 The data within a section is stored in a @dfn{link_order}.
119 These are much like the fixups in <<gas>>. The link_order
120 abstraction allows a section to grow and shrink within itself.
122 A link_order knows how big it is, and which is the next
123 link_order and where the raw data for it is; it also points to
124 a list of relocations which apply to it.
126 The link_order is used by the linker to perform relaxing on
127 final code. The compiler creates code which is as big as
128 necessary to make it work without relaxing, and the user can
129 select whether to relax. Sometimes relaxing takes a lot of
130 time. The linker runs around the relocations to see if any
131 are attached to data which can be shrunk, if so it does it on
132 a link_order by link_order basis.
136 #include "bfd.h"
137 #include "sysdep.h"
138 #include "libbfd.h"
139 #include "bfdlink.h"
142 DOCDD
143 INODE
144 typedef asection, section prototypes, Section Output, Sections
145 SUBSECTION
146 typedef asection
148 Here is the section structure:
150 CODE_FRAGMENT
152 .{* This structure is used for a comdat section, as in PE. A comdat
153 . section is associated with a particular symbol. When the linker
154 . sees a comdat section, it keeps only one of the sections with a
155 . given name and associated with a given symbol. *}
157 .struct bfd_comdat_info
159 . {* The name of the symbol associated with a comdat section. *}
160 . const char *name;
162 . {* The local symbol table index of the symbol associated with a
163 . comdat section. This is only meaningful to the object file format
164 . specific code; it is not an index into the list returned by
165 . bfd_canonicalize_symtab. *}
166 . long symbol;
169 .typedef struct sec
171 . {* The name of the section; the name isn't a copy, the pointer is
172 . the same as that passed to bfd_make_section. *}
174 . const char *name;
176 . {* A unique sequence number. *}
178 . int id;
180 . {* Which section in the bfd; 0..n-1 as sections are created in a bfd. *}
182 . int index;
184 . {* The next section in the list belonging to the BFD, or NULL. *}
186 . struct sec *next;
188 . {* The field flags contains attributes of the section. Some
189 . flags are read in from the object file, and some are
190 . synthesized from other information. *}
192 . flagword flags;
194 .#define SEC_NO_FLAGS 0x000
196 . {* Tells the OS to allocate space for this section when loading.
197 . This is clear for a section containing debug information only. *}
198 .#define SEC_ALLOC 0x001
200 . {* Tells the OS to load the section from the file when loading.
201 . This is clear for a .bss section. *}
202 .#define SEC_LOAD 0x002
204 . {* The section contains data still to be relocated, so there is
205 . some relocation information too. *}
206 .#define SEC_RELOC 0x004
208 . {* ELF reserves 4 processor specific bits and 8 operating system
209 . specific bits in sh_flags; at present we can get away with just
210 . one in communicating between the assembler and BFD, but this
211 . isn't a good long-term solution. *}
212 .#define SEC_ARCH_BIT_0 0x008
214 . {* A signal to the OS that the section contains read only data. *}
215 .#define SEC_READONLY 0x010
217 . {* The section contains code only. *}
218 .#define SEC_CODE 0x020
220 . {* The section contains data only. *}
221 .#define SEC_DATA 0x040
223 . {* The section will reside in ROM. *}
224 .#define SEC_ROM 0x080
226 . {* The section contains constructor information. This section
227 . type is used by the linker to create lists of constructors and
228 . destructors used by <<g++>>. When a back end sees a symbol
229 . which should be used in a constructor list, it creates a new
230 . section for the type of name (e.g., <<__CTOR_LIST__>>), attaches
231 . the symbol to it, and builds a relocation. To build the lists
232 . of constructors, all the linker has to do is catenate all the
233 . sections called <<__CTOR_LIST__>> and relocate the data
234 . contained within - exactly the operations it would peform on
235 . standard data. *}
236 .#define SEC_CONSTRUCTOR 0x100
238 . {* The section is a constructor, and should be placed at the
239 . end of the text, data, or bss section(?). *}
240 .#define SEC_CONSTRUCTOR_TEXT 0x1100
241 .#define SEC_CONSTRUCTOR_DATA 0x2100
242 .#define SEC_CONSTRUCTOR_BSS 0x3100
244 . {* The section has contents - a data section could be
245 . <<SEC_ALLOC>> | <<SEC_HAS_CONTENTS>>; a debug section could be
246 . <<SEC_HAS_CONTENTS>> *}
247 .#define SEC_HAS_CONTENTS 0x200
249 . {* An instruction to the linker to not output the section
250 . even if it has information which would normally be written. *}
251 .#define SEC_NEVER_LOAD 0x400
253 . {* The section is a COFF shared library section. This flag is
254 . only for the linker. If this type of section appears in
255 . the input file, the linker must copy it to the output file
256 . without changing the vma or size. FIXME: Although this
257 . was originally intended to be general, it really is COFF
258 . specific (and the flag was renamed to indicate this). It
259 . might be cleaner to have some more general mechanism to
260 . allow the back end to control what the linker does with
261 . sections. *}
262 .#define SEC_COFF_SHARED_LIBRARY 0x800
264 . {* The section has GOT references. This flag is only for the
265 . linker, and is currently only used by the elf32-hppa back end.
266 . It will be set if global offset table references were detected
267 . in this section, which indicate to the linker that the section
268 . contains PIC code, and must be handled specially when doing a
269 . static link. *}
270 .#define SEC_HAS_GOT_REF 0x4000
272 . {* The section contains common symbols (symbols may be defined
273 . multiple times, the value of a symbol is the amount of
274 . space it requires, and the largest symbol value is the one
275 . used). Most targets have exactly one of these (which we
276 . translate to bfd_com_section_ptr), but ECOFF has two. *}
277 .#define SEC_IS_COMMON 0x8000
279 . {* The section contains only debugging information. For
280 . example, this is set for ELF .debug and .stab sections.
281 . strip tests this flag to see if a section can be
282 . discarded. *}
283 .#define SEC_DEBUGGING 0x10000
285 . {* The contents of this section are held in memory pointed to
286 . by the contents field. This is checked by bfd_get_section_contents,
287 . and the data is retrieved from memory if appropriate. *}
288 .#define SEC_IN_MEMORY 0x20000
290 . {* The contents of this section are to be excluded by the
291 . linker for executable and shared objects unless those
292 . objects are to be further relocated. *}
293 .#define SEC_EXCLUDE 0x40000
295 . {* The contents of this section are to be sorted based on the sum of
296 . the symbol and addend values specified by the associated relocation
297 . entries. Entries without associated relocation entries will be
298 . appended to the end of the section in an unspecified order. *}
299 .#define SEC_SORT_ENTRIES 0x80000
301 . {* When linking, duplicate sections of the same name should be
302 . discarded, rather than being combined into a single section as
303 . is usually done. This is similar to how common symbols are
304 . handled. See SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES below. *}
305 .#define SEC_LINK_ONCE 0x100000
307 . {* If SEC_LINK_ONCE is set, this bitfield describes how the linker
308 . should handle duplicate sections. *}
309 .#define SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES 0x600000
311 . {* This value for SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES means that duplicate
312 . sections with the same name should simply be discarded. *}
313 .#define SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES_DISCARD 0x0
315 . {* This value for SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES means that the linker
316 . should warn if there are any duplicate sections, although
317 . it should still only link one copy. *}
318 .#define SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES_ONE_ONLY 0x200000
320 . {* This value for SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES means that the linker
321 . should warn if any duplicate sections are a different size. *}
322 .#define SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES_SAME_SIZE 0x400000
324 . {* This value for SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES means that the linker
325 . should warn if any duplicate sections contain different
326 . contents. *}
327 .#define SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES_SAME_CONTENTS 0x600000
329 . {* This section was created by the linker as part of dynamic
330 . relocation or other arcane processing. It is skipped when
331 . going through the first-pass output, trusting that someone
332 . else up the line will take care of it later. *}
333 .#define SEC_LINKER_CREATED 0x800000
335 . {* This section should not be subject to garbage collection. *}
336 .#define SEC_KEEP 0x1000000
338 . {* This section contains "short" data, and should be placed
339 . "near" the GP. *}
340 .#define SEC_SMALL_DATA 0x2000000
342 . {* This section contains data which may be shared with other
343 . executables or shared objects. *}
344 .#define SEC_SHARED 0x4000000
346 . {* When a section with this flag is being linked, then if the size of
347 . the input section is less than a page, it should not cross a page
348 . boundary. If the size of the input section is one page or more, it
349 . should be aligned on a page boundary. *}
350 .#define SEC_BLOCK 0x8000000
352 . {* Conditionally link this section; do not link if there are no
353 . references found to any symbol in the section. *}
354 .#define SEC_CLINK 0x10000000
356 . {* Attempt to merge identical entities in the section.
357 . Entity size is given in the entsize field. *}
358 .#define SEC_MERGE 0x20000000
360 . {* If given with SEC_MERGE, entities to merge are zero terminated
361 . strings where entsize specifies character size instead of fixed
362 . size entries. *}
363 .#define SEC_STRINGS 0x40000000
365 . {* This section contains data about section groups. *}
366 .#define SEC_GROUP 0x80000000
368 . {* End of section flags. *}
370 . {* Some internal packed boolean fields. *}
372 . {* See the vma field. *}
373 . unsigned int user_set_vma : 1;
375 . {* Whether relocations have been processed. *}
376 . unsigned int reloc_done : 1;
378 . {* A mark flag used by some of the linker backends. *}
379 . unsigned int linker_mark : 1;
381 . {* Another mark flag used by some of the linker backends. Set for
382 . output sections that have an input section. *}
383 . unsigned int linker_has_input : 1;
385 . {* A mark flag used by some linker backends for garbage collection. *}
386 . unsigned int gc_mark : 1;
388 . {* Used by the ELF code to mark sections which have been allocated
389 . to segments. *}
390 . unsigned int segment_mark : 1;
392 . {* End of internal packed boolean fields. *}
394 . {* The virtual memory address of the section - where it will be
395 . at run time. The symbols are relocated against this. The
396 . user_set_vma flag is maintained by bfd; if it's not set, the
397 . backend can assign addresses (for example, in <<a.out>>, where
398 . the default address for <<.data>> is dependent on the specific
399 . target and various flags). *}
401 . bfd_vma vma;
403 . {* The load address of the section - where it would be in a
404 . rom image; really only used for writing section header
405 . 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>>). This will be filled in after relocation. *}
413 . bfd_size_type _cooked_size;
415 . {* The original size on disk of the section, in octets. Normally this
416 . value is the same as the size, but if some relaxing has
417 . been done, then this value will be bigger. *}
419 . bfd_size_type _raw_size;
421 . {* If this section is going to be output, then this value is the
422 . offset in *bytes* into the output section of the first byte in the
423 . input section (byte ==> smallest addressable unit on the
424 . target). In most cases, if this was going to start at the
425 . 100th octet (8-bit quantity) in the output section, this value
426 . would be 100. However, if the target byte size is 16 bits
427 . (bfd_octets_per_byte is "2"), this value would be 50. *}
429 . bfd_vma output_offset;
431 . {* The output section through which to map on output. *}
433 . struct sec *output_section;
435 . {* The alignment requirement of the section, as an exponent of 2 -
436 . 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. *}
443 . struct reloc_cache_entry *relocation;
445 . {* If an output section, a pointer to a vector of pointers to
446 . relocation records for the data in this section. *}
448 . struct reloc_cache_entry **orelocation;
450 . {* The number of relocation records in one of the above *}
452 . unsigned reloc_count;
454 . {* Information below is back end specific - and not always used
455 . or updated. *}
457 . {* File position of section data. *}
459 . file_ptr filepos;
461 . {* File position of relocation info. *}
463 . file_ptr rel_filepos;
465 . {* File position of line data. *}
467 . file_ptr line_filepos;
469 . {* Pointer to data for applications. *}
471 . PTR userdata;
473 . {* If the SEC_IN_MEMORY flag is set, this points to the actual
474 . contents. *}
475 . unsigned char *contents;
477 . {* Attached line number information. *}
479 . alent *lineno;
481 . {* Number of line number records. *}
483 . unsigned int lineno_count;
485 . {* Entity size for merging purposes. *}
487 . unsigned int entsize;
489 . {* Optional information about a COMDAT entry; NULL if not COMDAT. *}
491 . struct bfd_comdat_info *comdat;
493 . {* When a section is being output, this value changes as more
494 . linenumbers are written out. *}
496 . file_ptr moving_line_filepos;
498 . {* What the section number is in the target world. *}
500 . int target_index;
502 . PTR used_by_bfd;
504 . {* If this is a constructor section then here is a list of the
505 . relocations created to relocate items within it. *}
507 . struct relent_chain *constructor_chain;
509 . {* The BFD which owns the section. *}
511 . bfd *owner;
513 . {* A symbol which points at this section only *}
514 . struct symbol_cache_entry *symbol;
515 . struct symbol_cache_entry **symbol_ptr_ptr;
517 . struct bfd_link_order *link_order_head;
518 . struct bfd_link_order *link_order_tail;
519 .} asection ;
521 .{* These sections are global, and are managed by BFD. The application
522 . and target back end are not permitted to change the values in
523 . these sections. New code should use the section_ptr macros rather
524 . than referring directly to the const sections. The const sections
525 . may eventually vanish. *}
526 .#define BFD_ABS_SECTION_NAME "*ABS*"
527 .#define BFD_UND_SECTION_NAME "*UND*"
528 .#define BFD_COM_SECTION_NAME "*COM*"
529 .#define BFD_IND_SECTION_NAME "*IND*"
531 .{* the absolute section *}
532 .extern const asection bfd_abs_section;
533 .#define bfd_abs_section_ptr ((asection *) &bfd_abs_section)
534 .#define bfd_is_abs_section(sec) ((sec) == bfd_abs_section_ptr)
535 .{* Pointer to the undefined section *}
536 .extern const asection bfd_und_section;
537 .#define bfd_und_section_ptr ((asection *) &bfd_und_section)
538 .#define bfd_is_und_section(sec) ((sec) == bfd_und_section_ptr)
539 .{* Pointer to the common section *}
540 .extern const asection bfd_com_section;
541 .#define bfd_com_section_ptr ((asection *) &bfd_com_section)
542 .{* Pointer to the indirect section *}
543 .extern const asection bfd_ind_section;
544 .#define bfd_ind_section_ptr ((asection *) &bfd_ind_section)
545 .#define bfd_is_ind_section(sec) ((sec) == bfd_ind_section_ptr)
547 .#define bfd_is_const_section(SEC) \
548 . ( ((SEC) == bfd_abs_section_ptr) \
549 . || ((SEC) == bfd_und_section_ptr) \
550 . || ((SEC) == bfd_com_section_ptr) \
551 . || ((SEC) == bfd_ind_section_ptr))
553 .extern const struct symbol_cache_entry * const bfd_abs_symbol;
554 .extern const struct symbol_cache_entry * const bfd_com_symbol;
555 .extern const struct symbol_cache_entry * const bfd_und_symbol;
556 .extern const struct symbol_cache_entry * const bfd_ind_symbol;
557 .#define bfd_get_section_size_before_reloc(section) \
558 . ((section)->reloc_done ? (abort (), (bfd_size_type) 1) \
559 . : (section)->_raw_size)
560 .#define bfd_get_section_size_after_reloc(section) \
561 . ((section)->reloc_done ? (section)->_cooked_size \
562 . : (abort (), (bfd_size_type) 1))
564 .{* Macros to handle insertion and deletion of a bfd's sections. These
565 . only handle the list pointers, ie. do not adjust section_count,
566 . target_index etc. *}
567 .#define bfd_section_list_remove(ABFD, PS) \
568 . do \
569 . { \
570 . asection **_ps = PS; \
571 . asection *_s = *_ps; \
572 . *_ps = _s->next; \
573 . if (_s->next == NULL) \
574 . (ABFD)->section_tail = _ps; \
575 . } \
576 . while (0)
577 .#define bfd_section_list_insert(ABFD, PS, S) \
578 . do \
579 . { \
580 . asection **_ps = PS; \
581 . asection *_s = S; \
582 . _s->next = *_ps; \
583 . *_ps = _s; \
584 . if (_s->next == NULL) \
585 . (ABFD)->section_tail = &_s->next; \
586 . } \
587 . while (0)
591 /* We use a macro to initialize the static asymbol structures because
592 traditional C does not permit us to initialize a union member while
593 gcc warns if we don't initialize it. */
594 /* the_bfd, name, value, attr, section [, udata] */
595 #ifdef __STDC__
596 #define GLOBAL_SYM_INIT(NAME, SECTION) \
597 { 0, NAME, 0, BSF_SECTION_SYM, (asection *) SECTION, { 0 }}
598 #else
599 #define GLOBAL_SYM_INIT(NAME, SECTION) \
600 { 0, NAME, 0, BSF_SECTION_SYM, (asection *) SECTION }
601 #endif
603 /* These symbols are global, not specific to any BFD. Therefore, anything
604 that tries to change them is broken, and should be repaired. */
606 static const asymbol global_syms[] =
608 GLOBAL_SYM_INIT (BFD_COM_SECTION_NAME, &bfd_com_section),
609 GLOBAL_SYM_INIT (BFD_UND_SECTION_NAME, &bfd_und_section),
610 GLOBAL_SYM_INIT (BFD_ABS_SECTION_NAME, &bfd_abs_section),
611 GLOBAL_SYM_INIT (BFD_IND_SECTION_NAME, &bfd_ind_section)
614 #define STD_SECTION(SEC, FLAGS, SYM, NAME, IDX) \
615 const asymbol * const SYM = (asymbol *) &global_syms[IDX]; \
616 const asection SEC = \
617 /* name, id, index, next, flags, user_set_vma, reloc_done, */ \
618 { NAME, IDX, 0, NULL, FLAGS, 0, 0, \
620 /* linker_mark, linker_has_input, gc_mark, segment_mark, */ \
621 0, 0, 1, 0, \
623 /* vma, lma, _cooked_size, _raw_size, */ \
624 0, 0, 0, 0, \
626 /* output_offset, output_section, alignment_power, */ \
627 0, (struct sec *) &SEC, 0, \
629 /* relocation, orelocation, reloc_count, filepos, rel_filepos, */ \
630 NULL, NULL, 0, 0, 0, \
632 /* line_filepos, userdata, contents, lineno, lineno_count, */ \
633 0, NULL, NULL, NULL, 0, \
635 /* entsize, comdat, moving_line_filepos, */ \
636 0, NULL, 0, \
638 /* target_index, used_by_bfd, constructor_chain, owner, */ \
639 0, NULL, NULL, NULL, \
641 /* symbol, */ \
642 (struct symbol_cache_entry *) &global_syms[IDX], \
644 /* symbol_ptr_ptr, */ \
645 (struct symbol_cache_entry **) &SYM, \
647 /* link_order_head, link_order_tail */ \
648 NULL, NULL \
651 STD_SECTION (bfd_com_section, SEC_IS_COMMON, bfd_com_symbol,
652 BFD_COM_SECTION_NAME, 0);
653 STD_SECTION (bfd_und_section, 0, bfd_und_symbol, BFD_UND_SECTION_NAME, 1);
654 STD_SECTION (bfd_abs_section, 0, bfd_abs_symbol, BFD_ABS_SECTION_NAME, 2);
655 STD_SECTION (bfd_ind_section, 0, bfd_ind_symbol, BFD_IND_SECTION_NAME, 3);
656 #undef STD_SECTION
658 struct section_hash_entry
660 struct bfd_hash_entry root;
661 asection section;
664 /* Initialize an entry in the section hash table. */
666 struct bfd_hash_entry *
667 bfd_section_hash_newfunc (entry, table, string)
668 struct bfd_hash_entry *entry;
669 struct bfd_hash_table *table;
670 const char *string;
672 /* Allocate the structure if it has not already been allocated by a
673 subclass. */
674 if (entry == NULL)
676 entry = bfd_hash_allocate (table, sizeof (struct section_hash_entry));
677 if (entry == NULL)
678 return entry;
681 /* Call the allocation method of the superclass. */
682 entry = bfd_hash_newfunc (entry, table, string);
683 if (entry != NULL)
685 memset ((PTR) &((struct section_hash_entry *) entry)->section,
686 0, sizeof (asection));
689 return entry;
692 #define section_hash_lookup(table, string, create, copy) \
693 ((struct section_hash_entry *) \
694 bfd_hash_lookup ((table), (string), (create), (copy)))
696 /* Initializes a new section. NEWSECT->NAME is already set. */
698 static asection *bfd_section_init PARAMS ((bfd *, asection *));
700 static asection *
701 bfd_section_init (abfd, newsect)
702 bfd *abfd;
703 asection *newsect;
705 static int section_id = 0x10; /* id 0 to 3 used by STD_SECTION. */
707 newsect->id = section_id;
708 newsect->index = abfd->section_count;
709 newsect->owner = abfd;
711 /* Create a symbol whose only job is to point to this section. This
712 is useful for things like relocs which are relative to the base
713 of a section. */
714 newsect->symbol = bfd_make_empty_symbol (abfd);
715 if (newsect->symbol == NULL)
716 return NULL;
718 newsect->symbol->name = newsect->name;
719 newsect->symbol->value = 0;
720 newsect->symbol->section = newsect;
721 newsect->symbol->flags = BSF_SECTION_SYM;
723 newsect->symbol_ptr_ptr = &newsect->symbol;
725 if (! BFD_SEND (abfd, _new_section_hook, (abfd, newsect)))
726 return NULL;
728 section_id++;
729 abfd->section_count++;
730 *abfd->section_tail = newsect;
731 abfd->section_tail = &newsect->next;
732 return newsect;
736 DOCDD
737 INODE
738 section prototypes, , typedef asection, Sections
739 SUBSECTION
740 Section prototypes
742 These are the functions exported by the section handling part of BFD.
746 FUNCTION
747 bfd_section_list_clear
749 SYNOPSIS
750 void bfd_section_list_clear (bfd *);
752 DESCRIPTION
753 Clears the section list, and also resets the section count and
754 hash table entries.
757 void
758 bfd_section_list_clear (abfd)
759 bfd *abfd;
761 abfd->sections = NULL;
762 abfd->section_tail = &abfd->sections;
763 abfd->section_count = 0;
764 memset ((PTR) abfd->section_htab.table, 0,
765 abfd->section_htab.size * sizeof (struct bfd_hash_entry *));
769 FUNCTION
770 bfd_get_section_by_name
772 SYNOPSIS
773 asection *bfd_get_section_by_name(bfd *abfd, const char *name);
775 DESCRIPTION
776 Run through @var{abfd} and return the one of the
777 <<asection>>s whose name matches @var{name}, otherwise <<NULL>>.
778 @xref{Sections}, for more information.
780 This should only be used in special cases; the normal way to process
781 all sections of a given name is to use <<bfd_map_over_sections>> and
782 <<strcmp>> on the name (or better yet, base it on the section flags
783 or something else) for each section.
786 asection *
787 bfd_get_section_by_name (abfd, name)
788 bfd *abfd;
789 const char *name;
791 struct section_hash_entry *sh;
793 sh = section_hash_lookup (&abfd->section_htab, name, false, false);
794 if (sh != NULL)
795 return &sh->section;
797 return NULL;
801 FUNCTION
802 bfd_get_unique_section_name
804 SYNOPSIS
805 char *bfd_get_unique_section_name(bfd *abfd,
806 const char *templat,
807 int *count);
809 DESCRIPTION
810 Invent a section name that is unique in @var{abfd} by tacking
811 a dot and a digit suffix onto the original @var{templat}. If
812 @var{count} is non-NULL, then it specifies the first number
813 tried as a suffix to generate a unique name. The value
814 pointed to by @var{count} will be incremented in this case.
817 char *
818 bfd_get_unique_section_name (abfd, templat, count)
819 bfd *abfd;
820 const char *templat;
821 int *count;
823 int num;
824 unsigned int len;
825 char *sname;
827 len = strlen (templat);
828 sname = bfd_malloc ((bfd_size_type) len + 8);
829 if (sname == NULL)
830 return NULL;
831 strcpy (sname, templat);
832 num = 1;
833 if (count != NULL)
834 num = *count;
838 /* If we have a million sections, something is badly wrong. */
839 if (num > 999999)
840 abort ();
841 sprintf (sname + len, ".%d", num++);
843 while (section_hash_lookup (&abfd->section_htab, sname, false, false));
845 if (count != NULL)
846 *count = num;
847 return sname;
851 FUNCTION
852 bfd_make_section_old_way
854 SYNOPSIS
855 asection *bfd_make_section_old_way(bfd *abfd, const char *name);
857 DESCRIPTION
858 Create a new empty section called @var{name}
859 and attach it to the end of the chain of sections for the
860 BFD @var{abfd}. An attempt to create a section with a name which
861 is already in use returns its pointer without changing the
862 section chain.
864 It has the funny name since this is the way it used to be
865 before it was rewritten....
867 Possible errors are:
868 o <<bfd_error_invalid_operation>> -
869 If output has already started for this BFD.
870 o <<bfd_error_no_memory>> -
871 If memory allocation fails.
875 asection *
876 bfd_make_section_old_way (abfd, name)
877 bfd *abfd;
878 const char *name;
880 struct section_hash_entry *sh;
881 asection *newsect;
883 if (abfd->output_has_begun)
885 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
886 return NULL;
889 if (strcmp (name, BFD_ABS_SECTION_NAME) == 0)
890 return bfd_abs_section_ptr;
892 if (strcmp (name, BFD_COM_SECTION_NAME) == 0)
893 return bfd_com_section_ptr;
895 if (strcmp (name, BFD_UND_SECTION_NAME) == 0)
896 return bfd_und_section_ptr;
898 if (strcmp (name, BFD_IND_SECTION_NAME) == 0)
899 return bfd_ind_section_ptr;
901 sh = section_hash_lookup (&abfd->section_htab, name, true, false);
902 if (sh == NULL)
903 return NULL;
905 newsect = &sh->section;
906 if (newsect->name != NULL)
908 /* Section already exists. */
909 return newsect;
912 newsect->name = name;
913 return bfd_section_init (abfd, newsect);
917 FUNCTION
918 bfd_make_section_anyway
920 SYNOPSIS
921 asection *bfd_make_section_anyway(bfd *abfd, const char *name);
923 DESCRIPTION
924 Create a new empty section called @var{name} and attach it to the end of
925 the chain of sections for @var{abfd}. Create a new section even if there
926 is already a section with that name.
928 Return <<NULL>> and set <<bfd_error>> on error; possible errors are:
929 o <<bfd_error_invalid_operation>> - If output has already started for @var{abfd}.
930 o <<bfd_error_no_memory>> - If memory allocation fails.
933 sec_ptr
934 bfd_make_section_anyway (abfd, name)
935 bfd *abfd;
936 const char *name;
938 struct section_hash_entry *sh;
939 asection *newsect;
941 if (abfd->output_has_begun)
943 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
944 return NULL;
947 sh = section_hash_lookup (&abfd->section_htab, name, true, false);
948 if (sh == NULL)
949 return NULL;
951 newsect = &sh->section;
952 if (newsect->name != NULL)
954 /* We are making a section of the same name. It can't go in
955 section_htab without generating a unique section name and
956 that would be pointless; We don't need to traverse the
957 hash table. */
958 newsect = (asection *) bfd_zalloc (abfd, sizeof (asection));
959 if (newsect == NULL)
960 return NULL;
963 newsect->name = name;
964 return bfd_section_init (abfd, newsect);
968 FUNCTION
969 bfd_make_section
971 SYNOPSIS
972 asection *bfd_make_section(bfd *, const char *name);
974 DESCRIPTION
975 Like <<bfd_make_section_anyway>>, but return <<NULL>> (without calling
976 bfd_set_error ()) without changing the section chain if there is already a
977 section named @var{name}. If there is an error, return <<NULL>> and set
978 <<bfd_error>>.
981 asection *
982 bfd_make_section (abfd, name)
983 bfd *abfd;
984 const char *name;
986 struct section_hash_entry *sh;
987 asection *newsect;
989 if (abfd->output_has_begun)
991 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
992 return NULL;
995 if (strcmp (name, BFD_ABS_SECTION_NAME) == 0
996 || strcmp (name, BFD_COM_SECTION_NAME) == 0
997 || strcmp (name, BFD_UND_SECTION_NAME) == 0
998 || strcmp (name, BFD_IND_SECTION_NAME) == 0)
999 return NULL;
1001 sh = section_hash_lookup (&abfd->section_htab, name, true, false);
1002 if (sh == NULL)
1003 return NULL;
1005 newsect = &sh->section;
1006 if (newsect->name != NULL)
1008 /* Section already exists. */
1009 return newsect;
1012 newsect->name = name;
1013 return bfd_section_init (abfd, newsect);
1017 FUNCTION
1018 bfd_set_section_flags
1020 SYNOPSIS
1021 boolean bfd_set_section_flags(bfd *abfd, asection *sec, flagword flags);
1023 DESCRIPTION
1024 Set the attributes of the section @var{sec} in the BFD
1025 @var{abfd} to the value @var{flags}. Return <<true>> on success,
1026 <<false>> on error. Possible error returns are:
1028 o <<bfd_error_invalid_operation>> -
1029 The section cannot have one or more of the attributes
1030 requested. For example, a .bss section in <<a.out>> may not
1031 have the <<SEC_HAS_CONTENTS>> field set.
1035 /*ARGSUSED*/
1036 boolean
1037 bfd_set_section_flags (abfd, section, flags)
1038 bfd *abfd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED;
1039 sec_ptr section;
1040 flagword flags;
1042 #if 0
1043 /* If you try to copy a text section from an input file (where it
1044 has the SEC_CODE flag set) to an output file, this loses big if
1045 the bfd_applicable_section_flags (abfd) doesn't have the SEC_CODE
1046 set - which it doesn't, at least not for a.out. FIXME */
1048 if ((flags & bfd_applicable_section_flags (abfd)) != flags)
1050 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
1051 return false;
1053 #endif
1055 section->flags = flags;
1056 return true;
1060 FUNCTION
1061 bfd_map_over_sections
1063 SYNOPSIS
1064 void bfd_map_over_sections(bfd *abfd,
1065 void (*func) (bfd *abfd,
1066 asection *sect,
1067 PTR obj),
1068 PTR obj);
1070 DESCRIPTION
1071 Call the provided function @var{func} for each section
1072 attached to the BFD @var{abfd}, passing @var{obj} as an
1073 argument. The function will be called as if by
1075 | func(abfd, the_section, obj);
1077 This is the prefered method for iterating over sections; an
1078 alternative would be to use a loop:
1080 | section *p;
1081 | for (p = abfd->sections; p != NULL; p = p->next)
1082 | func(abfd, p, ...)
1086 /*VARARGS2*/
1087 void
1088 bfd_map_over_sections (abfd, operation, user_storage)
1089 bfd *abfd;
1090 void (*operation) PARAMS ((bfd * abfd, asection * sect, PTR obj));
1091 PTR user_storage;
1093 asection *sect;
1094 unsigned int i = 0;
1096 for (sect = abfd->sections; sect != NULL; i++, sect = sect->next)
1097 (*operation) (abfd, sect, user_storage);
1099 if (i != abfd->section_count) /* Debugging */
1100 abort ();
1104 FUNCTION
1105 bfd_set_section_size
1107 SYNOPSIS
1108 boolean bfd_set_section_size(bfd *abfd, asection *sec, bfd_size_type val);
1110 DESCRIPTION
1111 Set @var{sec} to the size @var{val}. If the operation is
1112 ok, then <<true>> is returned, else <<false>>.
1114 Possible error returns:
1115 o <<bfd_error_invalid_operation>> -
1116 Writing has started to the BFD, so setting the size is invalid.
1120 boolean
1121 bfd_set_section_size (abfd, ptr, val)
1122 bfd *abfd;
1123 sec_ptr ptr;
1124 bfd_size_type val;
1126 /* Once you've started writing to any section you cannot create or change
1127 the size of any others. */
1129 if (abfd->output_has_begun)
1131 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
1132 return false;
1135 ptr->_cooked_size = val;
1136 ptr->_raw_size = val;
1138 return true;
1142 FUNCTION
1143 bfd_set_section_contents
1145 SYNOPSIS
1146 boolean bfd_set_section_contents (bfd *abfd, asection *section,
1147 PTR data, file_ptr offset,
1148 bfd_size_type count);
1150 DESCRIPTION
1151 Sets the contents of the section @var{section} in BFD
1152 @var{abfd} to the data starting in memory at @var{data}. The
1153 data is written to the output section starting at offset
1154 @var{offset} for @var{count} octets.
1156 Normally <<true>> is returned, else <<false>>. Possible error
1157 returns are:
1158 o <<bfd_error_no_contents>> -
1159 The output section does not have the <<SEC_HAS_CONTENTS>>
1160 attribute, so nothing can be written to it.
1161 o and some more too
1163 This routine is front end to the back end function
1164 <<_bfd_set_section_contents>>.
1168 #define bfd_get_section_size_now(abfd,sec) \
1169 (sec->reloc_done \
1170 ? bfd_get_section_size_after_reloc (sec) \
1171 : bfd_get_section_size_before_reloc (sec))
1173 boolean
1174 bfd_set_section_contents (abfd, section, location, offset, count)
1175 bfd *abfd;
1176 sec_ptr section;
1177 PTR location;
1178 file_ptr offset;
1179 bfd_size_type count;
1181 bfd_size_type sz;
1183 if (!(bfd_get_section_flags (abfd, section) & SEC_HAS_CONTENTS))
1185 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_no_contents);
1186 return (false);
1189 sz = bfd_get_section_size_now (abfd, section);
1190 if ((bfd_size_type) offset > sz
1191 || count > sz
1192 || offset + count > sz
1193 || count != (size_t) count)
1195 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_bad_value);
1196 return false;
1199 switch (abfd->direction)
1201 case read_direction:
1202 case no_direction:
1203 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
1204 return false;
1206 case write_direction:
1207 break;
1209 case both_direction:
1210 /* File is opened for update. `output_has_begun' some time ago when
1211 the file was created. Do not recompute sections sizes or alignments
1212 in _bfd_set_section_content. */
1213 abfd->output_has_begun = true;
1214 break;
1217 /* Record a copy of the data in memory if desired. */
1218 if (section->contents
1219 && location != section->contents + offset)
1220 memcpy (section->contents + offset, location, (size_t) count);
1222 if (BFD_SEND (abfd, _bfd_set_section_contents,
1223 (abfd, section, location, offset, count)))
1225 abfd->output_has_begun = true;
1226 return true;
1229 return false;
1233 FUNCTION
1234 bfd_get_section_contents
1236 SYNOPSIS
1237 boolean bfd_get_section_contents (bfd *abfd, asection *section,
1238 PTR location, file_ptr offset,
1239 bfd_size_type count);
1241 DESCRIPTION
1242 Read data from @var{section} in BFD @var{abfd}
1243 into memory starting at @var{location}. The data is read at an
1244 offset of @var{offset} from the start of the input section,
1245 and is read for @var{count} bytes.
1247 If the contents of a constructor with the <<SEC_CONSTRUCTOR>>
1248 flag set are requested or if the section does not have the
1249 <<SEC_HAS_CONTENTS>> flag set, then the @var{location} is filled
1250 with zeroes. If no errors occur, <<true>> is returned, else
1251 <<false>>.
1254 boolean
1255 bfd_get_section_contents (abfd, section, location, offset, count)
1256 bfd *abfd;
1257 sec_ptr section;
1258 PTR location;
1259 file_ptr offset;
1260 bfd_size_type count;
1262 bfd_size_type sz;
1264 if (section->flags & SEC_CONSTRUCTOR)
1266 memset (location, 0, (size_t) count);
1267 return true;
1270 /* Even if reloc_done is true, this function reads unrelocated
1271 contents, so we want the raw size. */
1272 sz = section->_raw_size;
1273 if ((bfd_size_type) offset > sz
1274 || count > sz
1275 || offset + count > sz
1276 || count != (size_t) count)
1278 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_bad_value);
1279 return false;
1282 if (count == 0)
1283 /* Don't bother. */
1284 return true;
1286 if ((section->flags & SEC_HAS_CONTENTS) == 0)
1288 memset (location, 0, (size_t) count);
1289 return true;
1292 if ((section->flags & SEC_IN_MEMORY) != 0)
1294 memcpy (location, section->contents + offset, (size_t) count);
1295 return true;
1298 return BFD_SEND (abfd, _bfd_get_section_contents,
1299 (abfd, section, location, offset, count));
1303 FUNCTION
1304 bfd_copy_private_section_data
1306 SYNOPSIS
1307 boolean bfd_copy_private_section_data (bfd *ibfd, asection *isec,
1308 bfd *obfd, asection *osec);
1310 DESCRIPTION
1311 Copy private section information from @var{isec} in the BFD
1312 @var{ibfd} to the section @var{osec} in the BFD @var{obfd}.
1313 Return <<true>> on success, <<false>> on error. Possible error
1314 returns are:
1316 o <<bfd_error_no_memory>> -
1317 Not enough memory exists to create private data for @var{osec}.
1319 .#define bfd_copy_private_section_data(ibfd, isection, obfd, osection) \
1320 . BFD_SEND (obfd, _bfd_copy_private_section_data, \
1321 . (ibfd, isection, obfd, osection))
1325 FUNCTION
1326 _bfd_strip_section_from_output
1328 SYNOPSIS
1329 void _bfd_strip_section_from_output
1330 (struct bfd_link_info *info, asection *section);
1332 DESCRIPTION
1333 Remove @var{section} from the output. If the output section
1334 becomes empty, remove it from the output bfd. @var{info} may
1335 be NULL; if it is not, it is used to decide whether the output
1336 section is empty.
1338 void
1339 _bfd_strip_section_from_output (info, s)
1340 struct bfd_link_info *info;
1341 asection *s;
1343 asection **spp, *os;
1344 struct bfd_link_order *p, *pp;
1345 boolean keep_os;
1347 /* Excise the input section from the link order.
1349 FIXME: For all calls that I can see to this function, the link
1350 orders have not yet been set up. So why are we checking them? --
1351 Ian */
1352 os = s->output_section;
1354 /* Handle a section that wasn't output. */
1355 if (os == NULL)
1356 return;
1358 for (p = os->link_order_head, pp = NULL; p != NULL; pp = p, p = p->next)
1359 if (p->type == bfd_indirect_link_order
1360 && p->u.indirect.section == s)
1362 if (pp)
1363 pp->next = p->next;
1364 else
1365 os->link_order_head = p->next;
1366 if (!p->next)
1367 os->link_order_tail = pp;
1368 break;
1371 keep_os = os->link_order_head != NULL;
1373 if (! keep_os && info != NULL)
1375 bfd *abfd;
1376 for (abfd = info->input_bfds; abfd != NULL; abfd = abfd->link_next)
1378 asection *is;
1379 for (is = abfd->sections; is != NULL; is = is->next)
1381 if (is != s && is->output_section == os
1382 && (is->flags & SEC_EXCLUDE) == 0)
1383 break;
1385 if (is != NULL)
1386 break;
1388 if (abfd != NULL)
1389 keep_os = true;
1392 /* If the output section is empty, remove it too. Careful about sections
1393 that have been discarded in the link script -- they are mapped to
1394 bfd_abs_section, which has no owner. */
1395 if (!keep_os && os->owner != NULL)
1397 for (spp = &os->owner->sections; *spp; spp = &(*spp)->next)
1398 if (*spp == os)
1400 bfd_section_list_remove (os->owner, spp);
1401 os->owner->section_count--;
1402 break;
1406 s->flags |= SEC_EXCLUDE;