1 /* Object file "section" support for the BFD library.
2 Copyright (C) 1990, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 1999
3 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 Written by Cygnus Support.
6 This file is part of BFD, the Binary File Descriptor library.
8 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
9 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
10 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
11 (at your option) any later version.
13 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
14 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
15 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
16 GNU General Public License for more details.
18 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
19 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
20 Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
26 The raw data contained within a BFD is maintained through the
27 section abstraction. A single BFD may have any number of
28 sections. It keeps hold of them by pointing to the first;
29 each one points to the next in the list.
31 Sections are supported in BFD in <<section.c>>.
37 @* section prototypes::
41 Section Input, Section Output, Sections, Sections
45 When a BFD is opened for reading, the section structures are
46 created and attached to the BFD.
48 Each section has a name which describes the section in the
49 outside world---for example, <<a.out>> would contain at least
50 three sections, called <<.text>>, <<.data>> and <<.bss>>.
52 Names need not be unique; for example a COFF file may have several
53 sections named <<.data>>.
55 Sometimes a BFD will contain more than the ``natural'' number of
56 sections. A back end may attach other sections containing
57 constructor data, or an application may add a section (using
58 <<bfd_make_section>>) to the sections attached to an already open
59 BFD. For example, the linker creates an extra section
60 <<COMMON>> for each input file's BFD to hold information about
63 The raw data is not necessarily read in when
64 the section descriptor is created. Some targets may leave the
65 data in place until a <<bfd_get_section_contents>> call is
66 made. Other back ends may read in all the data at once. For
67 example, an S-record file has to be read once to determine the
68 size of the data. An IEEE-695 file doesn't contain raw data in
69 sections, but data and relocation expressions intermixed, so
70 the data area has to be parsed to get out the data and
74 Section Output, typedef asection, Section Input, Sections
79 To write a new object style BFD, the various sections to be
80 written have to be created. They are attached to the BFD in
81 the same way as input sections; data is written to the
82 sections using <<bfd_set_section_contents>>.
84 Any program that creates or combines sections (e.g., the assembler
85 and linker) must use the <<asection>> fields <<output_section>> and
86 <<output_offset>> to indicate the file sections to which each
87 section must be written. (If the section is being created from
88 scratch, <<output_section>> should probably point to the section
89 itself and <<output_offset>> should probably be zero.)
91 The data to be written comes from input sections attached
92 (via <<output_section>> pointers) to
93 the output sections. The output section structure can be
94 considered a filter for the input section: the output section
95 determines the vma of the output data and the name, but the
96 input section determines the offset into the output section of
97 the data to be written.
99 E.g., to create a section "O", starting at 0x100, 0x123 long,
100 containing two subsections, "A" at offset 0x0 (i.e., at vma
101 0x100) and "B" at offset 0x20 (i.e., at vma 0x120) the <<asection>>
102 structures would look like:
107 | output_section -----------> section name "O"
109 | section name "B" | size 0x123
110 | output_offset 0x20 |
112 | output_section --------|
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.
145 typedef asection, section prototypes, Section Output, Sections
149 Here is the section structure:
153 . {* This structure is used for a comdat section, as in PE. A comdat
154 . section is associated with a particular symbol. When the linker
155 . sees a comdat section, it keeps only one of the sections with a
156 . given name and associated with a given symbol. *}
158 .struct bfd_comdat_info
160 . {* The name of the symbol associated with a comdat section. *}
163 . {* The local symbol table index of the symbol associated with a
164 . comdat section. This is only meaningful to the object file format
165 . specific code; it is not an index into the list returned by
166 . bfd_canonicalize_symtab. *}
169 . {* If this section is being discarded, the linker uses this field
170 . to point to the input section which is being kept. *}
176 . {* The name of the section; the name isn't a copy, the pointer is
177 . the same as that passed to bfd_make_section. *}
181 . {* Which section is it; 0..nth. *}
185 . {* The next section in the list belonging to the BFD, or NULL. *}
189 . {* The field flags contains attributes of the section. Some
190 . flags are read in from the object file, and some are
191 . synthesized from other information. *}
195 .#define SEC_NO_FLAGS 0x000
197 . {* Tells the OS to allocate space for this section when loading.
198 . This is clear for a section containing debug information
200 .#define SEC_ALLOC 0x001
202 . {* Tells the OS to load the section from the file when loading.
203 . This is clear for a .bss section. *}
204 .#define SEC_LOAD 0x002
206 . {* The section contains data still to be relocated, so there is
207 . some relocation information too. *}
208 .#define SEC_RELOC 0x004
210 .#if 0 {* Obsolete ? *}
211 .#define SEC_BALIGN 0x008
214 . {* A signal to the OS that the section contains read only
216 .#define SEC_READONLY 0x010
218 . {* The section contains code only. *}
219 .#define SEC_CODE 0x020
221 . {* The section contains data only. *}
222 .#define SEC_DATA 0x040
224 . {* The section will reside in ROM. *}
225 .#define SEC_ROM 0x080
227 . {* The section contains constructor information. This section
228 . type is used by the linker to create lists of constructors and
229 . destructors used by <<g++>>. When a back end sees a symbol
230 . which should be used in a constructor list, it creates a new
231 . section for the type of name (e.g., <<__CTOR_LIST__>>), attaches
232 . the symbol to it, and builds a relocation. To build the lists
233 . of constructors, all the linker has to do is catenate all the
234 . sections called <<__CTOR_LIST__>> and relocate the data
235 . contained within - exactly the operations it would peform on
237 .#define SEC_CONSTRUCTOR 0x100
239 . {* The section is a constructor, and should be placed at the
240 . end of the text, data, or bss section(?). *}
241 .#define SEC_CONSTRUCTOR_TEXT 0x1100
242 .#define SEC_CONSTRUCTOR_DATA 0x2100
243 .#define SEC_CONSTRUCTOR_BSS 0x3100
245 . {* The section has contents - a data section could be
246 . <<SEC_ALLOC>> | <<SEC_HAS_CONTENTS>>; a debug section could be
247 . <<SEC_HAS_CONTENTS>> *}
248 .#define SEC_HAS_CONTENTS 0x200
250 . {* An instruction to the linker to not output the section
251 . even if it has information which would normally be written. *}
252 .#define SEC_NEVER_LOAD 0x400
254 . {* The section is a COFF shared library section. This flag is
255 . only for the linker. If this type of section appears in
256 . the input file, the linker must copy it to the output file
257 . without changing the vma or size. FIXME: Although this
258 . was originally intended to be general, it really is COFF
259 . specific (and the flag was renamed to indicate this). It
260 . might be cleaner to have some more general mechanism to
261 . allow the back end to control what the linker does with
263 .#define SEC_COFF_SHARED_LIBRARY 0x800
265 . {* The section contains common symbols (symbols may be defined
266 . multiple times, the value of a symbol is the amount of
267 . space it requires, and the largest symbol value is the one
268 . used). Most targets have exactly one of these (which we
269 . translate to bfd_com_section_ptr), but ECOFF has two. *}
270 .#define SEC_IS_COMMON 0x8000
272 . {* The section contains only debugging information. For
273 . example, this is set for ELF .debug and .stab sections.
274 . strip tests this flag to see if a section can be
276 .#define SEC_DEBUGGING 0x10000
278 . {* The contents of this section are held in memory pointed to
279 . by the contents field. This is checked by
280 . bfd_get_section_contents, and the data is retrieved from
281 . memory if appropriate. *}
282 .#define SEC_IN_MEMORY 0x20000
284 . {* The contents of this section are to be excluded by the
285 . linker for executable and shared objects unless those
286 . objects are to be further relocated. *}
287 .#define SEC_EXCLUDE 0x40000
289 . {* The contents of this section are to be sorted by the
290 . based on the address specified in the associated symbol
292 .#define SEC_SORT_ENTRIES 0x80000
294 . {* When linking, duplicate sections of the same name should be
295 . discarded, rather than being combined into a single section as
296 . is usually done. This is similar to how common symbols are
297 . handled. See SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES below. *}
298 .#define SEC_LINK_ONCE 0x100000
300 . {* If SEC_LINK_ONCE is set, this bitfield describes how the linker
301 . should handle duplicate sections. *}
302 .#define SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES 0x600000
304 . {* This value for SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES means that duplicate
305 . sections with the same name should simply be discarded. *}
306 .#define SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES_DISCARD 0x0
308 . {* This value for SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES means that the linker
309 . should warn if there are any duplicate sections, although
310 . it should still only link one copy. *}
311 .#define SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES_ONE_ONLY 0x200000
313 . {* This value for SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES means that the linker
314 . should warn if any duplicate sections are a different size. *}
315 .#define SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES_SAME_SIZE 0x400000
317 . {* This value for SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES means that the linker
318 . should warn if any duplicate sections contain different
320 .#define SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES_SAME_CONTENTS 0x600000
322 . {* This section was created by the linker as part of dynamic
323 . relocation or other arcane processing. It is skipped when
324 . going through the first-pass output, trusting that someone
325 . else up the line will take care of it later. *}
326 .#define SEC_LINKER_CREATED 0x800000
328 . {* This section should not be subject to garbage collection. *}
329 .#define SEC_KEEP 0x1000000
331 . {* This section contains "short" data, and should be placed
333 .#define SEC_SMALL_DATA 0x2000000
335 . {* This section contains data which may be shared with other
336 . executables or shared objects. *}
337 .#define SEC_SHARED 0x4000000
339 . {* When a section with this flag is being linked, then if the size of
340 . the input section is less than a page, it should not cross a page
341 . boundary. If the size of the input section is one page or more, it
342 . should be aligned on a page boundary. *}
343 .#define SEC_BLOCK 0x8000000
345 . {* Conditionally link this section; do not link if there are no
346 . references found to any symbol in the section. *}
347 .#define SEC_CLINK 0x10000000
349 . {* End of section flags. *}
351 . {* Some internal packed boolean fields. *}
353 . {* See the vma field. *}
354 . unsigned int user_set_vma : 1;
356 . {* Whether relocations have been processed. *}
357 . unsigned int reloc_done : 1;
359 . {* A mark flag used by some of the linker backends. *}
360 . unsigned int linker_mark : 1;
362 . {* A mark flag used by some linker backends for garbage collection. *}
363 . unsigned int gc_mark : 1;
365 . {* End of internal packed boolean fields. *}
367 . {* The virtual memory address of the section - where it will be
368 . at run time. The symbols are relocated against this. The
369 . user_set_vma flag is maintained by bfd; if it's not set, the
370 . backend can assign addresses (for example, in <<a.out>>, where
371 . the default address for <<.data>> is dependent on the specific
372 . target and various flags). *}
376 . {* The load address of the section - where it would be in a
377 . rom image; really only used for writing section header
382 . {* The size of the section in octets, as it will be output.
383 . Contains a value even if the section has no contents (e.g., the
384 . size of <<.bss>>). This will be filled in after relocation. *}
386 . bfd_size_type _cooked_size;
388 . {* The original size on disk of the section, in octets. Normally this
389 . value is the same as the size, but if some relaxing has
390 . been done, then this value will be bigger. *}
392 . bfd_size_type _raw_size;
394 . {* If this section is going to be output, then this value is the
395 . offset in *bytes* into the output section of the first byte in the
396 . input section (byte ==> smallest addressable unit on the
397 . target). In most cases, if this was going to start at the
398 . 100th octet (8-bit quantity) in the output section, this value
399 . would be 100. However, if the target byte size is 16 bits
400 . (bfd_octets_per_byte is "2"), this value would be 50. *}
402 . bfd_vma output_offset;
404 . {* The output section through which to map on output. *}
406 . struct sec *output_section;
408 . {* The alignment requirement of the section, as an exponent of 2 -
409 . e.g., 3 aligns to 2^3 (or 8). *}
411 . unsigned int alignment_power;
413 . {* If an input section, a pointer to a vector of relocation
414 . records for the data in this section. *}
416 . struct reloc_cache_entry *relocation;
418 . {* If an output section, a pointer to a vector of pointers to
419 . relocation records for the data in this section. *}
421 . struct reloc_cache_entry **orelocation;
423 . {* The number of relocation records in one of the above *}
425 . unsigned reloc_count;
427 . {* Information below is back end specific - and not always used
430 . {* File position of section data *}
434 . {* File position of relocation info *}
436 . file_ptr rel_filepos;
438 . {* File position of line data *}
440 . file_ptr line_filepos;
442 . {* Pointer to data for applications *}
446 . {* If the SEC_IN_MEMORY flag is set, this points to the actual
448 . unsigned char *contents;
450 . {* Attached line number information *}
454 . {* Number of line number records *}
456 . unsigned int lineno_count;
458 . {* Optional information about a COMDAT entry; NULL if not COMDAT *}
460 . struct bfd_comdat_info *comdat;
462 . {* When a section is being output, this value changes as more
463 . linenumbers are written out *}
465 . file_ptr moving_line_filepos;
467 . {* What the section number is in the target world *}
473 . {* If this is a constructor section then here is a list of the
474 . relocations created to relocate items within it. *}
476 . struct relent_chain *constructor_chain;
478 . {* The BFD which owns the section. *}
482 . {* A symbol which points at this section only *}
483 . struct symbol_cache_entry *symbol;
484 . struct symbol_cache_entry **symbol_ptr_ptr;
486 . struct bfd_link_order *link_order_head;
487 . struct bfd_link_order *link_order_tail;
490 . {* These sections are global, and are managed by BFD. The application
491 . and target back end are not permitted to change the values in
492 . these sections. New code should use the section_ptr macros rather
493 . than referring directly to the const sections. The const sections
494 . may eventually vanish. *}
495 .#define BFD_ABS_SECTION_NAME "*ABS*"
496 .#define BFD_UND_SECTION_NAME "*UND*"
497 .#define BFD_COM_SECTION_NAME "*COM*"
498 .#define BFD_IND_SECTION_NAME "*IND*"
500 . {* the absolute section *}
501 .extern const asection bfd_abs_section;
502 .#define bfd_abs_section_ptr ((asection *) &bfd_abs_section)
503 .#define bfd_is_abs_section(sec) ((sec) == bfd_abs_section_ptr)
504 . {* Pointer to the undefined section *}
505 .extern const asection bfd_und_section;
506 .#define bfd_und_section_ptr ((asection *) &bfd_und_section)
507 .#define bfd_is_und_section(sec) ((sec) == bfd_und_section_ptr)
508 . {* Pointer to the common section *}
509 .extern const asection bfd_com_section;
510 .#define bfd_com_section_ptr ((asection *) &bfd_com_section)
511 . {* Pointer to the indirect section *}
512 .extern const asection bfd_ind_section;
513 .#define bfd_ind_section_ptr ((asection *) &bfd_ind_section)
514 .#define bfd_is_ind_section(sec) ((sec) == bfd_ind_section_ptr)
516 .extern const struct symbol_cache_entry * const bfd_abs_symbol;
517 .extern const struct symbol_cache_entry * const bfd_com_symbol;
518 .extern const struct symbol_cache_entry * const bfd_und_symbol;
519 .extern const struct symbol_cache_entry * const bfd_ind_symbol;
520 .#define bfd_get_section_size_before_reloc(section) \
521 . ((section)->reloc_done ? (abort (), (bfd_size_type) 1) \
522 . : (section)->_raw_size)
523 .#define bfd_get_section_size_after_reloc(section) \
524 . ((section)->reloc_done ? (section)->_cooked_size \
525 . : (abort (), (bfd_size_type) 1))
528 /* We use a macro to initialize the static asymbol structures because
529 traditional C does not permit us to initialize a union member while
530 gcc warns if we don't initialize it. */
531 /* the_bfd, name, value, attr, section [, udata] */
533 #define GLOBAL_SYM_INIT(NAME, SECTION) \
534 { 0, NAME, 0, BSF_SECTION_SYM, (asection *) SECTION, { 0 }}
536 #define GLOBAL_SYM_INIT(NAME, SECTION) \
537 { 0, NAME, 0, BSF_SECTION_SYM, (asection *) SECTION }
540 /* These symbols are global, not specific to any BFD. Therefore, anything
541 that tries to change them is broken, and should be repaired. */
543 static const asymbol global_syms[] =
545 GLOBAL_SYM_INIT (BFD_COM_SECTION_NAME, &bfd_com_section),
546 GLOBAL_SYM_INIT (BFD_UND_SECTION_NAME, &bfd_und_section),
547 GLOBAL_SYM_INIT (BFD_ABS_SECTION_NAME, &bfd_abs_section),
548 GLOBAL_SYM_INIT (BFD_IND_SECTION_NAME, &bfd_ind_section)
551 #define STD_SECTION(SEC, FLAGS, SYM, NAME, IDX) \
552 const asymbol * const SYM = (asymbol *) &global_syms[IDX]; \
553 const asection SEC = \
554 /* name, index, next, flags, set_vma, reloc_done, linker_mark, gc_mark */ \
555 { NAME, 0, NULL, FLAGS, 0, 0, 0, 0, \
557 /* vma, lma, _cooked_size, _raw_size, output_offset, output_section, */ \
558 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, (struct sec *) &SEC, \
560 /* alig..., reloc..., orel..., reloc_count, filepos, rel_..., line_... */ \
561 0, NULL, NULL, 0, 0, 0, 0, \
563 /* userdata, contents, lineno, lineno_count */ \
564 NULL, NULL, NULL, 0, \
566 /* comdat_info, moving_line_filepos, target_index, used_by_bfd, */ \
569 /* cons..., owner, symbol */ \
570 NULL, NULL, (struct symbol_cache_entry *) &global_syms[IDX], \
572 /* symbol_ptr_ptr, link_order_head, ..._tail */ \
573 (struct symbol_cache_entry **) &SYM, NULL, NULL \
576 STD_SECTION (bfd_com_section, SEC_IS_COMMON, bfd_com_symbol,
577 BFD_COM_SECTION_NAME, 0);
578 STD_SECTION (bfd_und_section, 0, bfd_und_symbol, BFD_UND_SECTION_NAME, 1);
579 STD_SECTION (bfd_abs_section, 0, bfd_abs_symbol, BFD_ABS_SECTION_NAME, 2);
580 STD_SECTION (bfd_ind_section, 0, bfd_ind_symbol, BFD_IND_SECTION_NAME, 3);
586 section prototypes, , typedef asection, Sections
590 These are the functions exported by the section handling part of BFD.
595 bfd_get_section_by_name
598 asection *bfd_get_section_by_name(bfd *abfd, CONST char *name);
601 Run through @var{abfd} and return the one of the
602 <<asection>>s whose name matches @var{name}, otherwise <<NULL>>.
603 @xref{Sections}, for more information.
605 This should only be used in special cases; the normal way to process
606 all sections of a given name is to use <<bfd_map_over_sections>> and
607 <<strcmp>> on the name (or better yet, base it on the section flags
608 or something else) for each section.
612 bfd_get_section_by_name (abfd, name)
618 for (sect = abfd->sections; sect != NULL; sect = sect->next)
619 if (!strcmp (sect->name, name))
627 bfd_make_section_old_way
630 asection *bfd_make_section_old_way(bfd *abfd, CONST char *name);
633 Create a new empty section called @var{name}
634 and attach it to the end of the chain of sections for the
635 BFD @var{abfd}. An attempt to create a section with a name which
636 is already in use returns its pointer without changing the
639 It has the funny name since this is the way it used to be
640 before it was rewritten....
643 o <<bfd_error_invalid_operation>> -
644 If output has already started for this BFD.
645 o <<bfd_error_no_memory>> -
646 If memory allocation fails.
652 bfd_make_section_old_way (abfd, name)
656 asection *sec = bfd_get_section_by_name (abfd, name);
657 if (sec == (asection *) NULL)
659 sec = bfd_make_section (abfd, name);
666 bfd_make_section_anyway
669 asection *bfd_make_section_anyway(bfd *abfd, CONST char *name);
672 Create a new empty section called @var{name} and attach it to the end of
673 the chain of sections for @var{abfd}. Create a new section even if there
674 is already a section with that name.
676 Return <<NULL>> and set <<bfd_error>> on error; possible errors are:
677 o <<bfd_error_invalid_operation>> - If output has already started for @var{abfd}.
678 o <<bfd_error_no_memory>> - If memory allocation fails.
682 bfd_make_section_anyway (abfd, name)
687 asection **prev = &abfd->sections;
688 asection *sect = abfd->sections;
690 if (abfd->output_has_begun)
692 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
702 newsect = (asection *) bfd_zalloc (abfd, sizeof (asection));
706 newsect->name = name;
707 newsect->index = abfd->section_count++;
708 newsect->flags = SEC_NO_FLAGS;
710 newsect->userdata = NULL;
711 newsect->contents = NULL;
712 newsect->next = (asection *) NULL;
713 newsect->relocation = (arelent *) NULL;
714 newsect->reloc_count = 0;
715 newsect->line_filepos = 0;
716 newsect->owner = abfd;
717 newsect->comdat = NULL;
719 /* Create a symbol whos only job is to point to this section. This is
720 useful for things like relocs which are relative to the base of a
722 newsect->symbol = bfd_make_empty_symbol (abfd);
723 if (newsect->symbol == NULL)
725 newsect->symbol->name = name;
726 newsect->symbol->value = 0;
727 newsect->symbol->section = newsect;
728 newsect->symbol->flags = BSF_SECTION_SYM;
730 newsect->symbol_ptr_ptr = &newsect->symbol;
732 if (BFD_SEND (abfd, _new_section_hook, (abfd, newsect)) != true)
747 asection *bfd_make_section(bfd *, CONST char *name);
750 Like <<bfd_make_section_anyway>>, but return <<NULL>> (without calling
751 bfd_set_error ()) without changing the section chain if there is already a
752 section named @var{name}. If there is an error, return <<NULL>> and set
757 bfd_make_section (abfd, name)
761 asection *sect = abfd->sections;
763 if (strcmp (name, BFD_ABS_SECTION_NAME) == 0)
765 return bfd_abs_section_ptr;
767 if (strcmp (name, BFD_COM_SECTION_NAME) == 0)
769 return bfd_com_section_ptr;
771 if (strcmp (name, BFD_UND_SECTION_NAME) == 0)
773 return bfd_und_section_ptr;
776 if (strcmp (name, BFD_IND_SECTION_NAME) == 0)
778 return bfd_ind_section_ptr;
783 if (!strcmp (sect->name, name))
788 /* The name is not already used; go ahead and make a new section. */
789 return bfd_make_section_anyway (abfd, name);
795 bfd_set_section_flags
798 boolean bfd_set_section_flags(bfd *abfd, asection *sec, flagword flags);
801 Set the attributes of the section @var{sec} in the BFD
802 @var{abfd} to the value @var{flags}. Return <<true>> on success,
803 <<false>> on error. Possible error returns are:
805 o <<bfd_error_invalid_operation>> -
806 The section cannot have one or more of the attributes
807 requested. For example, a .bss section in <<a.out>> may not
808 have the <<SEC_HAS_CONTENTS>> field set.
814 bfd_set_section_flags (abfd, section, flags)
815 bfd *abfd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED;
820 /* If you try to copy a text section from an input file (where it
821 has the SEC_CODE flag set) to an output file, this loses big if
822 the bfd_applicable_section_flags (abfd) doesn't have the SEC_CODE
823 set - which it doesn't, at least not for a.out. FIXME */
825 if ((flags & bfd_applicable_section_flags (abfd)) != flags)
827 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
832 section->flags = flags;
839 bfd_map_over_sections
842 void bfd_map_over_sections(bfd *abfd,
843 void (*func)(bfd *abfd,
849 Call the provided function @var{func} for each section
850 attached to the BFD @var{abfd}, passing @var{obj} as an
851 argument. The function will be called as if by
853 | func(abfd, the_section, obj);
855 This is the prefered method for iterating over sections; an
856 alternative would be to use a loop:
859 | for (p = abfd->sections; p != NULL; p = p->next)
867 bfd_map_over_sections (abfd, operation, user_storage)
869 void (*operation) PARAMS ((bfd * abfd, asection * sect, PTR obj));
875 for (sect = abfd->sections; sect != NULL; i++, sect = sect->next)
876 (*operation) (abfd, sect, user_storage);
878 if (i != abfd->section_count) /* Debugging */
888 boolean bfd_set_section_size(bfd *abfd, asection *sec, bfd_size_type val);
891 Set @var{sec} to the size @var{val}. If the operation is
892 ok, then <<true>> is returned, else <<false>>.
894 Possible error returns:
895 o <<bfd_error_invalid_operation>> -
896 Writing has started to the BFD, so setting the size is invalid.
901 bfd_set_section_size (abfd, ptr, val)
906 /* Once you've started writing to any section you cannot create or change
907 the size of any others. */
909 if (abfd->output_has_begun)
911 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
915 ptr->_cooked_size = val;
916 ptr->_raw_size = val;
923 bfd_set_section_contents
926 boolean bfd_set_section_contents
931 bfd_size_type count);
935 Sets the contents of the section @var{section} in BFD
936 @var{abfd} to the data starting in memory at @var{data}. The
937 data is written to the output section starting at offset
938 @var{offset} for @var{count} octets.
942 Normally <<true>> is returned, else <<false>>. Possible error
944 o <<bfd_error_no_contents>> -
945 The output section does not have the <<SEC_HAS_CONTENTS>>
946 attribute, so nothing can be written to it.
949 This routine is front end to the back end function
950 <<_bfd_set_section_contents>>.
955 #define bfd_get_section_size_now(abfd,sec) \
957 ? bfd_get_section_size_after_reloc (sec) \
958 : bfd_get_section_size_before_reloc (sec))
961 bfd_set_section_contents (abfd, section, location, offset, count)
970 if (!(bfd_get_section_flags (abfd, section) & SEC_HAS_CONTENTS))
972 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_no_contents);
979 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_bad_value);
982 sz = bfd_get_section_size_now (abfd, section);
983 if ((bfd_size_type) offset > sz
985 || offset + count > sz)
988 switch (abfd->direction)
992 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
995 case write_direction:
999 /* File is opened for update. `output_has_begun' some time ago when
1000 the file was created. Do not recompute sections sizes or alignments
1001 in _bfd_set_section_content. */
1002 abfd->output_has_begun = true;
1006 if (BFD_SEND (abfd, _bfd_set_section_contents,
1007 (abfd, section, location, offset, count)))
1009 abfd->output_has_begun = true;
1018 bfd_get_section_contents
1021 boolean bfd_get_section_contents
1022 (bfd *abfd, asection *section, PTR location,
1023 file_ptr offset, bfd_size_type count);
1026 Read data from @var{section} in BFD @var{abfd}
1027 into memory starting at @var{location}. The data is read at an
1028 offset of @var{offset} from the start of the input section,
1029 and is read for @var{count} bytes.
1031 If the contents of a constructor with the <<SEC_CONSTRUCTOR>>
1032 flag set are requested or if the section does not have the
1033 <<SEC_HAS_CONTENTS>> flag set, then the @var{location} is filled
1034 with zeroes. If no errors occur, <<true>> is returned, else
1041 bfd_get_section_contents (abfd, section, location, offset, count)
1046 bfd_size_type count;
1050 if (section->flags & SEC_CONSTRUCTOR)
1052 memset (location, 0, (unsigned) count);
1059 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_bad_value);
1062 /* Even if reloc_done is true, this function reads unrelocated
1063 contents, so we want the raw size. */
1064 sz = section->_raw_size;
1065 if ((bfd_size_type) offset > sz || count > sz || offset + count > sz)
1072 if ((section->flags & SEC_HAS_CONTENTS) == 0)
1074 memset (location, 0, (unsigned) count);
1078 if ((section->flags & SEC_IN_MEMORY) != 0)
1080 memcpy (location, section->contents + offset, (size_t) count);
1084 return BFD_SEND (abfd, _bfd_get_section_contents,
1085 (abfd, section, location, offset, count));
1090 bfd_copy_private_section_data
1093 boolean bfd_copy_private_section_data(bfd *ibfd, asection *isec, bfd *obfd, asection *osec);
1096 Copy private section information from @var{isec} in the BFD
1097 @var{ibfd} to the section @var{osec} in the BFD @var{obfd}.
1098 Return <<true>> on success, <<false>> on error. Possible error
1101 o <<bfd_error_no_memory>> -
1102 Not enough memory exists to create private data for @var{osec}.
1104 .#define bfd_copy_private_section_data(ibfd, isection, obfd, osection) \
1105 . BFD_SEND (obfd, _bfd_copy_private_section_data, \
1106 . (ibfd, isection, obfd, osection))
1111 _bfd_strip_section_from_output
1114 void _bfd_strip_section_from_output
1115 (struct bfd_link_info *info, asection *section);
1118 Remove @var{section} from the output. If the output section
1119 becomes empty, remove it from the output bfd. @var{info} may
1120 be NULL; if it is not, it is used to decide whether the output
1124 _bfd_strip_section_from_output (info, s)
1125 struct bfd_link_info *info;
1128 asection **spp, *os;
1129 struct bfd_link_order *p, *pp;
1132 /* Excise the input section from the link order.
1134 FIXME: For all calls that I can see to this function, the link
1135 orders have not yet been set up. So why are we checking them? --
1137 os = s->output_section;
1138 for (p = os->link_order_head, pp = NULL; p != NULL; pp = p, p = p->next)
1139 if (p->type == bfd_indirect_link_order
1140 && p->u.indirect.section == s)
1145 os->link_order_head = p->next;
1147 os->link_order_tail = pp;
1151 keep_os = os->link_order_head != NULL;
1153 if (! keep_os && info != NULL)
1156 for (abfd = info->input_bfds; abfd != NULL; abfd = abfd->link_next)
1159 for (is = abfd->sections; is != NULL; is = is->next)
1161 if (is != s && is->output_section == os)
1171 /* If the output section is empty, remove it too. Careful about sections
1172 that have been discarded in the link script -- they are mapped to
1173 bfd_abs_section, which has no owner. */
1174 if (!keep_os && os->owner != NULL)
1176 for (spp = &os->owner->sections; *spp; spp = &(*spp)->next)
1180 os->owner->section_count--;