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1 /* Stabs in sections linking support.
2 Copyright 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 Written by Ian Lance Taylor, Cygnus Support.
5 This file is part of BFD, the Binary File Descriptor library.
7 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
8 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
9 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
10 (at your option) any later version.
12 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
13 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
14 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
15 GNU General Public License for more details.
17 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
18 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
19 Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
21 /* This file contains support for linking stabs in sections, as used
22 on COFF and ELF. */
24 #include "bfd.h"
25 #include "sysdep.h"
26 #include "libbfd.h"
27 #include "aout/stab_gnu.h"
29 #include <ctype.h>
31 /* Stabs entries use a 12 byte format:
32 4 byte string table index
33 1 byte stab type
34 1 byte stab other field
35 2 byte stab desc field
36 4 byte stab value
37 FIXME: This will have to change for a 64 bit object format.
39 The stabs symbols are divided into compilation units. For the
40 first entry in each unit, the type of 0, the value is the length of
41 the string table for this unit, and the desc field is the number of
42 stabs symbols for this unit. */
44 #define STRDXOFF (0)
45 #define TYPEOFF (4)
46 #define OTHEROFF (5)
47 #define DESCOFF (6)
48 #define VALOFF (8)
49 #define STABSIZE (12)
51 /* A hash table used for header files with N_BINCL entries. */
53 struct stab_link_includes_table
55 struct bfd_hash_table root;
58 /* A linked list of totals that we have found for a particular header
59 file. */
61 struct stab_link_includes_totals
63 struct stab_link_includes_totals *next;
64 bfd_vma total;
67 /* An entry in the header file hash table. */
69 struct stab_link_includes_entry
71 struct bfd_hash_entry root;
72 /* List of totals we have found for this file. */
73 struct stab_link_includes_totals *totals;
76 /* Look up an entry in an the header file hash table. */
78 #define stab_link_includes_lookup(table, string, create, copy) \
79 ((struct stab_link_includes_entry *) \
80 bfd_hash_lookup (&(table)->root, (string), (create), (copy)))
82 /* This structure is used to hold a list of N_BINCL symbols, some of
83 which might be converted into N_EXCL symbols. */
85 struct stab_excl_list
87 /* The next symbol to convert. */
88 struct stab_excl_list *next;
89 /* The offset to this symbol in the section contents. */
90 bfd_size_type offset;
91 /* The value to use for the symbol. */
92 bfd_vma val;
93 /* The type of this symbol (N_BINCL or N_EXCL). */
94 int type;
97 /* This structure is stored with each .stab section. */
99 struct stab_section_info
101 /* This is a linked list of N_BINCL symbols which should be
102 converted into N_EXCL symbols. */
103 struct stab_excl_list *excls;
105 /* This is used to map input stab offsets within their sections
106 to output stab offsets, to take into account stabs that have
107 been deleted. If it is NULL, the output offsets are the same
108 as the input offsets, because no stabs have been deleted from
109 this section. Otherwise the i'th entry is the number of
110 bytes of stabs that have been deleted prior to the i'th
111 stab. */
112 bfd_size_type *cumulative_skips;
114 /* This is an array of string indices. For each stab symbol, we
115 store the string index here. If a stab symbol should not be
116 included in the final output, the string index is -1. */
117 bfd_size_type stridxs[1];
120 /* This structure is used to keep track of stabs in sections
121 information while linking. */
123 struct stab_info
125 /* A hash table used to hold stabs strings. */
126 struct bfd_strtab_hash *strings;
127 /* The header file hash table. */
128 struct stab_link_includes_table includes;
129 /* The first .stabstr section. */
130 asection *stabstr;
133 static struct bfd_hash_entry *stab_link_includes_newfunc
134 PARAMS ((struct bfd_hash_entry *, struct bfd_hash_table *, const char *));
136 /* The function to create a new entry in the header file hash table. */
138 static struct bfd_hash_entry *
139 stab_link_includes_newfunc (entry, table, string)
140 struct bfd_hash_entry *entry;
141 struct bfd_hash_table *table;
142 const char *string;
144 struct stab_link_includes_entry *ret =
145 (struct stab_link_includes_entry *) entry;
147 /* Allocate the structure if it has not already been allocated by a
148 subclass. */
149 if (ret == (struct stab_link_includes_entry *) NULL)
150 ret = ((struct stab_link_includes_entry *)
151 bfd_hash_allocate (table,
152 sizeof (struct stab_link_includes_entry)));
153 if (ret == (struct stab_link_includes_entry *) NULL)
154 return (struct bfd_hash_entry *) ret;
156 /* Call the allocation method of the superclass. */
157 ret = ((struct stab_link_includes_entry *)
158 bfd_hash_newfunc ((struct bfd_hash_entry *) ret, table, string));
159 if (ret)
161 /* Set local fields. */
162 ret->totals = NULL;
165 return (struct bfd_hash_entry *) ret;
168 /* This function is called for each input file from the add_symbols
169 pass of the linker. */
171 boolean
172 _bfd_link_section_stabs (abfd, psinfo, stabsec, stabstrsec, psecinfo)
173 bfd *abfd;
174 PTR *psinfo;
175 asection *stabsec;
176 asection *stabstrsec;
177 PTR *psecinfo;
179 boolean first;
180 struct stab_info *sinfo;
181 bfd_size_type count;
182 struct stab_section_info *secinfo;
183 bfd_byte *stabbuf = NULL;
184 bfd_byte *stabstrbuf = NULL;
185 bfd_byte *sym, *symend;
186 bfd_size_type stroff, next_stroff, skip;
187 bfd_size_type *pstridx;
189 if (stabsec->_raw_size == 0
190 || stabstrsec->_raw_size == 0)
192 /* This file does not contain stabs debugging information. */
193 return true;
196 if (stabsec->_raw_size % STABSIZE != 0)
198 /* Something is wrong with the format of these stab symbols.
199 Don't try to optimize them. */
200 return true;
203 if ((stabstrsec->flags & SEC_RELOC) != 0)
205 /* We shouldn't see relocations in the strings, and we aren't
206 prepared to handle them. */
207 return true;
210 if ((stabsec->output_section != NULL
211 && bfd_is_abs_section (stabsec->output_section))
212 || (stabstrsec->output_section != NULL
213 && bfd_is_abs_section (stabstrsec->output_section)))
215 /* At least one of the sections is being discarded from the
216 link, so we should just ignore them. */
217 return true;
220 first = false;
222 if (*psinfo == NULL)
224 /* Initialize the stabs information we need to keep track of. */
225 first = true;
226 *psinfo = (PTR) bfd_alloc (abfd, sizeof (struct stab_info));
227 if (*psinfo == NULL)
228 goto error_return;
229 sinfo = (struct stab_info *) *psinfo;
230 sinfo->strings = _bfd_stringtab_init ();
231 if (sinfo->strings == NULL)
232 goto error_return;
233 if (! bfd_hash_table_init_n (&sinfo->includes.root,
234 stab_link_includes_newfunc,
235 251))
236 goto error_return;
237 sinfo->stabstr = bfd_make_section_anyway (abfd, ".stabstr");
238 sinfo->stabstr->flags |= SEC_HAS_CONTENTS | SEC_READONLY | SEC_DEBUGGING;
241 sinfo = (struct stab_info *) *psinfo;
243 /* Initialize the information we are going to store for this .stab
244 section. */
246 count = stabsec->_raw_size / STABSIZE;
248 *psecinfo = bfd_alloc (abfd,
249 (sizeof (struct stab_section_info)
250 + (count - 1) * sizeof (bfd_size_type)));
251 if (*psecinfo == NULL)
252 goto error_return;
254 secinfo = (struct stab_section_info *) *psecinfo;
255 secinfo->excls = NULL;
256 secinfo->cumulative_skips = NULL;
257 memset (secinfo->stridxs, 0, count * sizeof (bfd_size_type));
259 /* Read the stabs information from abfd. */
261 stabbuf = (bfd_byte *) bfd_malloc (stabsec->_raw_size);
262 stabstrbuf = (bfd_byte *) bfd_malloc (stabstrsec->_raw_size);
263 if (stabbuf == NULL || stabstrbuf == NULL)
264 goto error_return;
266 if (! bfd_get_section_contents (abfd, stabsec, stabbuf, 0,
267 stabsec->_raw_size)
268 || ! bfd_get_section_contents (abfd, stabstrsec, stabstrbuf, 0,
269 stabstrsec->_raw_size))
270 goto error_return;
272 /* Look through the stabs symbols, work out the new string indices,
273 and identify N_BINCL symbols which can be eliminated. */
275 stroff = 0;
276 next_stroff = 0;
277 skip = 0;
279 symend = stabbuf + stabsec->_raw_size;
280 for (sym = stabbuf, pstridx = secinfo->stridxs;
281 sym < symend;
282 sym += STABSIZE, ++pstridx)
284 int type;
285 const char *string;
287 if (*pstridx != 0)
289 /* This symbol has already been handled by an N_BINCL pass. */
290 continue;
293 type = sym[TYPEOFF];
295 if (type == 0)
297 /* Special type 0 stabs indicate the offset to the next
298 string table. We only copy the very first one. */
299 stroff = next_stroff;
300 next_stroff += bfd_get_32 (abfd, sym + 8);
301 if (! first)
303 *pstridx = (bfd_size_type) -1;
304 ++skip;
305 continue;
307 first = false;
310 /* Store the string in the hash table, and record the index. */
311 string = ((char *) stabstrbuf
312 + stroff
313 + bfd_get_32 (abfd, sym + STRDXOFF));
314 *pstridx = _bfd_stringtab_add (sinfo->strings, string, true, true);
316 /* An N_BINCL symbol indicates the start of the stabs entries
317 for a header file. We need to scan ahead to the next N_EINCL
318 symbol, ignoring nesting, adding up all the characters in the
319 symbol names, not including the file numbers in types (the
320 first number after an open parenthesis). */
321 if (type == N_BINCL)
323 bfd_vma val;
324 int nest;
325 bfd_byte *incl_sym;
326 struct stab_link_includes_entry *incl_entry;
327 struct stab_link_includes_totals *t;
328 struct stab_excl_list *ne;
330 val = 0;
331 nest = 0;
332 for (incl_sym = sym + STABSIZE;
333 incl_sym < symend;
334 incl_sym += STABSIZE)
336 int incl_type;
338 incl_type = incl_sym[TYPEOFF];
339 if (incl_type == 0)
340 break;
341 else if (incl_type == N_EINCL)
343 if (nest == 0)
344 break;
345 --nest;
347 else if (incl_type == N_BINCL)
348 ++nest;
349 else if (nest == 0)
351 const char *str;
353 str = ((char *) stabstrbuf
354 + stroff
355 + bfd_get_32 (abfd, incl_sym + STRDXOFF));
356 for (; *str != '\0'; str++)
358 val += *str;
359 if (*str == '(')
361 /* Skip the file number. */
362 ++str;
363 while (isdigit ((unsigned char) *str))
364 ++str;
365 --str;
371 /* If we have already included a header file with the same
372 value, then replaced this one with an N_EXCL symbol. */
373 incl_entry = stab_link_includes_lookup (&sinfo->includes, string,
374 true, true);
375 if (incl_entry == NULL)
376 goto error_return;
378 for (t = incl_entry->totals; t != NULL; t = t->next)
379 if (t->total == val)
380 break;
382 /* Record this symbol, so that we can set the value
383 correctly. */
384 ne = (struct stab_excl_list *) bfd_alloc (abfd, sizeof *ne);
385 if (ne == NULL)
386 goto error_return;
387 ne->offset = sym - stabbuf;
388 ne->val = val;
389 ne->type = N_BINCL;
390 ne->next = secinfo->excls;
391 secinfo->excls = ne;
393 if (t == NULL)
395 /* This is the first time we have seen this header file
396 with this set of stabs strings. */
397 t = ((struct stab_link_includes_totals *)
398 bfd_hash_allocate (&sinfo->includes.root, sizeof *t));
399 if (t == NULL)
400 goto error_return;
401 t->total = val;
402 t->next = incl_entry->totals;
403 incl_entry->totals = t;
405 else
407 bfd_size_type *incl_pstridx;
409 /* We have seen this header file before. Tell the final
410 pass to change the type to N_EXCL. */
411 ne->type = N_EXCL;
413 /* Mark the skipped symbols. */
415 nest = 0;
416 for (incl_sym = sym + STABSIZE, incl_pstridx = pstridx + 1;
417 incl_sym < symend;
418 incl_sym += STABSIZE, ++incl_pstridx)
420 int incl_type;
422 incl_type = incl_sym[TYPEOFF];
424 if (incl_type == N_EINCL)
426 if (nest == 0)
428 *incl_pstridx = (bfd_size_type) -1;
429 ++skip;
430 break;
432 --nest;
434 else if (incl_type == N_BINCL)
435 ++nest;
436 else if (nest == 0)
438 *incl_pstridx = (bfd_size_type) -1;
439 ++skip;
446 free (stabbuf);
447 stabbuf = NULL;
448 free (stabstrbuf);
449 stabstrbuf = NULL;
451 /* We need to set the section sizes such that the linker will
452 compute the output section sizes correctly. We set the .stab
453 size to not include the entries we don't want. We set
454 SEC_EXCLUDE for the .stabstr section, so that it will be dropped
455 from the link. We record the size of the strtab in the first
456 .stabstr section we saw, and make sure we don't set SEC_EXCLUDE
457 for that section. */
458 stabsec->_cooked_size = (count - skip) * STABSIZE;
459 if (stabsec->_cooked_size == 0)
460 stabsec->flags |= SEC_EXCLUDE;
461 stabstrsec->flags |= SEC_EXCLUDE;
462 sinfo->stabstr->_cooked_size = _bfd_stringtab_size (sinfo->strings);
464 /* Calculate the `cumulative_skips' array now that stabs have been
465 deleted for this section. */
467 if (skip != 0)
469 bfd_size_type i, offset;
470 bfd_size_type *pskips;
472 secinfo->cumulative_skips =
473 (bfd_size_type *) bfd_alloc (abfd, count * sizeof (bfd_size_type));
474 if (secinfo->cumulative_skips == NULL)
475 goto error_return;
477 pskips = secinfo->cumulative_skips;
478 pstridx = secinfo->stridxs;
479 offset = 0;
481 for (i = 0; i < count; i++, pskips++, pstridx++)
483 *pskips = offset;
484 if (*pstridx == (bfd_size_type) -1)
485 offset += STABSIZE;
488 BFD_ASSERT (offset != 0);
491 return true;
493 error_return:
494 if (stabbuf != NULL)
495 free (stabbuf);
496 if (stabstrbuf != NULL)
497 free (stabstrbuf);
498 return false;
501 /* Write out the stab section. This is called with the relocated
502 contents. */
504 boolean
505 _bfd_write_section_stabs (output_bfd, psinfo, stabsec, psecinfo, contents)
506 bfd *output_bfd;
507 PTR *psinfo;
508 asection *stabsec;
509 PTR *psecinfo;
510 bfd_byte *contents;
512 struct stab_info *sinfo;
513 struct stab_section_info *secinfo;
514 struct stab_excl_list *e;
515 bfd_byte *sym, *tosym, *symend;
516 bfd_size_type *pstridx;
518 sinfo = (struct stab_info *) *psinfo;
519 secinfo = (struct stab_section_info *) *psecinfo;
521 if (secinfo == NULL)
522 return bfd_set_section_contents (output_bfd, stabsec->output_section,
523 contents, stabsec->output_offset,
524 stabsec->_raw_size);
526 /* Handle each N_BINCL entry. */
527 for (e = secinfo->excls; e != NULL; e = e->next)
529 bfd_byte *excl_sym;
531 BFD_ASSERT (e->offset < stabsec->_raw_size);
532 excl_sym = contents + e->offset;
533 bfd_put_32 (output_bfd, e->val, excl_sym + VALOFF);
534 excl_sym[TYPEOFF] = e->type;
537 /* Copy over all the stabs symbols, omitting the ones we don't want,
538 and correcting the string indices for those we do want. */
539 tosym = contents;
540 symend = contents + stabsec->_raw_size;
541 for (sym = contents, pstridx = secinfo->stridxs;
542 sym < symend;
543 sym += STABSIZE, ++pstridx)
545 if (*pstridx != (bfd_size_type) -1)
547 if (tosym != sym)
548 memcpy (tosym, sym, STABSIZE);
549 bfd_put_32 (output_bfd, *pstridx, tosym + STRDXOFF);
551 if (sym[TYPEOFF] == 0)
553 /* This is the header symbol for the stabs section. We
554 don't really need one, since we have merged all the
555 input stabs sections into one, but we generate one
556 for the benefit of readers which expect to see one. */
557 BFD_ASSERT (sym == contents);
558 bfd_put_32 (output_bfd, _bfd_stringtab_size (sinfo->strings),
559 tosym + VALOFF);
560 bfd_put_16 (output_bfd,
561 stabsec->output_section->_raw_size / STABSIZE - 1,
562 tosym + DESCOFF);
565 tosym += STABSIZE;
569 BFD_ASSERT ((bfd_size_type) (tosym - contents) == stabsec->_cooked_size);
571 return bfd_set_section_contents (output_bfd, stabsec->output_section,
572 contents, stabsec->output_offset,
573 stabsec->_cooked_size);
576 /* Write out the .stabstr section. */
578 boolean
579 _bfd_write_stab_strings (output_bfd, psinfo)
580 bfd *output_bfd;
581 PTR *psinfo;
583 struct stab_info *sinfo;
585 sinfo = (struct stab_info *) *psinfo;
587 if (sinfo == NULL)
588 return true;
590 if (bfd_is_abs_section (sinfo->stabstr->output_section))
592 /* The section was discarded from the link. */
593 return true;
596 BFD_ASSERT ((sinfo->stabstr->output_offset
597 + _bfd_stringtab_size (sinfo->strings))
598 <= sinfo->stabstr->output_section->_raw_size);
600 if (bfd_seek (output_bfd,
601 (sinfo->stabstr->output_section->filepos
602 + sinfo->stabstr->output_offset),
603 SEEK_SET) != 0)
604 return false;
606 if (! _bfd_stringtab_emit (output_bfd, sinfo->strings))
607 return false;
609 /* We no longer need the stabs information. */
610 _bfd_stringtab_free (sinfo->strings);
611 bfd_hash_table_free (&sinfo->includes.root);
613 return true;
616 /* Adjust an address in the .stab section. Given OFFSET within
617 STABSEC, this returns the new offset in the adjusted stab section,
618 or -1 if the address refers to a stab which has been removed. */
620 bfd_vma
621 _bfd_stab_section_offset (output_bfd, psinfo, stabsec, psecinfo, offset)
622 bfd *output_bfd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED;
623 PTR *psinfo ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED;
624 asection *stabsec;
625 PTR *psecinfo;
626 bfd_vma offset;
628 struct stab_section_info *secinfo;
630 secinfo = (struct stab_section_info *) *psecinfo;
632 if (secinfo == NULL)
633 return offset;
635 if (offset >= stabsec->_raw_size)
636 return offset - (stabsec->_cooked_size - stabsec->_raw_size);
638 if (secinfo->cumulative_skips)
640 bfd_vma i;
642 i = offset / STABSIZE;
644 if (secinfo->stridxs [i] == (bfd_size_type) -1)
645 return (bfd_vma) -1;
647 return offset - secinfo->cumulative_skips [i];
650 return offset;