1 ToDo list for elfutils -*-outline-*-
4 Time-stamp: <2009-02-05 21:40:59 drepper>
8 Remove everywhere. Use mkdir -p.
14 Currently the elf_update function trusts the user blindly if the
15 ELF_F_LAYOUT flag is set. This is OK if the data is prepared by a
16 ELF_C_NULL call but not if the user prepared the data herself
18 ** break out archive handling from elf_begin
20 The handling of archives (especially of the symbol tables) must be
21 broken out of elf_begin. There are several different forms of
22 archives and only when having the archive handling separately this
28 ** More memory access checks needed
30 All accesses to the debug sections should make sure the offsets are
31 valid. This is currently especially a problem with leb128 accesses.
33 ** Low level macro information operations
35 in 5.11.3 are not implemented. gcc currently does not emit this
36 information so I cannot test it.
38 ** Rename dwarf_getabbrev
57 ** add demangler support
59 Use demangler from libiberty.
61 ** add support to read debugging symbols
63 Implement -l option for BSD and POSIX format
68 ** support SHT_SYMTAB_SHNDX
70 should be removed if not needed anymore
74 ** sanity check .rel sh_info content
76 the sh_info of all .rel sections with the same name must point to
77 sections which also have the same name
81 to locate shared libraries also use /etc/ld.so.conf
83 ** handle object files for different architectures
85 ld.so is expected to ignore object files for different architectures and
86 continue looking for a matching file (e.g., ignore 32-bit binaries on
87 64-bit platforms and vice versa). We probably need the same in ld.
89 ** reuse after elf_end
91 Some files are closed using elf_end. They are removed from memory only
92 if no reference is left (especially for archives this is a problem).
93 The old mapping should be reused in that case. The problem is worse
94 for files which are not mapped read-only (archives again).
96 ** size for STT_SECTION entries
98 The STT_SECTION entries have zero for the size but can easily get
99 the size of the section.
103 Not implemented at all in the moment except for recognition of the option
106 ** variables with aliases in executables
108 When linking an executable with a references against a variable in a
109 DSO, create symbol table entries for all the aliases of the variable
110 in the DSO and create a relocation for one of them (a non-weak
117 1st GOT entry == _DYNAMIC
119 check versioning info:
121 always BASE in verdef
122 sh_size/sh_entsize matches last offset != 0
124 check whether any relocation is for a merge-able section
126 check TLS relocation depencies
128 Check content of .eh_frame_hdr, .eh_frame, .gcc_except_table
132 check that R_386_TLS_GD is followed by R_386_PLT32 for __tls_get_addr
136 prelink generated files
140 ** treat relocation sections special
142 Differences in the relocation sections can be ignored if all
143 the same symbols with the same targets are present and the order
144 of overlapping relocations doesn't change. There really never
145 should be overlapping relocations but who knows.
149 Sun has it. Can modify sections which are not in segments.
152 Append string to the comment section of the ELF object
153 files. If string contains embedded blanks, it must be
154 enclosed in quotation marks.
156 -c Compress the contents of the comment section of the
157 ELF object files. All duplicate entries are removed.
158 The ordering of the remaining entries is not dis-
161 -d Delete the contents of the comment section from the
162 ELF object files. The section header for the comment
163 section is also removed.
166 Specify the name of the comment section to access if
167 other than .comment. By default, mcs deals with the
168 section named .comment. This option can be used to
169 specify another section. mcs can take multiple -n
170 options to allow for specification of multiple sec-
173 -p Print the contents of the comment section on the stan-
174 dard output. Each section printed is tagged by the
175 name of the file from which it was extracted, using
176 the format file[member_name]: for archive files and
177 file: for other files.
179 -V Print on standard error the version number of mcs.
182 eval:(hide-sublevels 3)