1 /* Object file "section" support for the BFD library.
2 Copyright (C) 1990-2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 Written by Cygnus Support.
5 This file is part of BFD, the Binary File Descriptor library.
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20 MA 02110-1301, 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 --------|
117 The data within a section is stored in a @dfn{link_order}.
118 These are much like the fixups in <<gas>>. The link_order
119 abstraction allows a section to grow and shrink within itself.
121 A link_order knows how big it is, and which is the next
122 link_order and where the raw data for it is; it also points to
123 a list of relocations which apply to it.
125 The link_order is used by the linker to perform relaxing on
126 final code. The compiler creates code which is as big as
127 necessary to make it work without relaxing, and the user can
128 select whether to relax. Sometimes relaxing takes a lot of
129 time. The linker runs around the relocations to see if any
130 are attached to data which can be shrunk, if so it does it on
131 a link_order by link_order basis.
143 typedef asection, section prototypes, Section Output, Sections
147 Here is the section structure:
151 .typedef struct bfd_section
153 . {* The name of the section; the name isn't a copy, the pointer is
154 . the same as that passed to bfd_make_section. *}
157 . {* A unique sequence number. *}
160 . {* Which section in the bfd; 0..n-1 as sections are created in a bfd. *}
163 . {* The next section in the list belonging to the BFD, or NULL. *}
164 . struct bfd_section *next;
166 . {* The previous section in the list belonging to the BFD, or NULL. *}
167 . struct bfd_section *prev;
169 . {* The field flags contains attributes of the section. Some
170 . flags are read in from the object file, and some are
171 . synthesized from other information. *}
174 .#define SEC_NO_FLAGS 0x000
176 . {* Tells the OS to allocate space for this section when loading.
177 . This is clear for a section containing debug information only. *}
178 .#define SEC_ALLOC 0x001
180 . {* Tells the OS to load the section from the file when loading.
181 . This is clear for a .bss section. *}
182 .#define SEC_LOAD 0x002
184 . {* The section contains data still to be relocated, so there is
185 . some relocation information too. *}
186 .#define SEC_RELOC 0x004
188 . {* A signal to the OS that the section contains read only data. *}
189 .#define SEC_READONLY 0x008
191 . {* The section contains code only. *}
192 .#define SEC_CODE 0x010
194 . {* The section contains data only. *}
195 .#define SEC_DATA 0x020
197 . {* The section will reside in ROM. *}
198 .#define SEC_ROM 0x040
200 . {* The section contains constructor information. This section
201 . type is used by the linker to create lists of constructors and
202 . destructors used by <<g++>>. When a back end sees a symbol
203 . which should be used in a constructor list, it creates a new
204 . section for the type of name (e.g., <<__CTOR_LIST__>>), attaches
205 . the symbol to it, and builds a relocation. To build the lists
206 . of constructors, all the linker has to do is catenate all the
207 . sections called <<__CTOR_LIST__>> and relocate the data
208 . contained within - exactly the operations it would peform on
210 .#define SEC_CONSTRUCTOR 0x080
212 . {* The section has contents - a data section could be
213 . <<SEC_ALLOC>> | <<SEC_HAS_CONTENTS>>; a debug section could be
214 . <<SEC_HAS_CONTENTS>> *}
215 .#define SEC_HAS_CONTENTS 0x100
217 . {* An instruction to the linker to not output the section
218 . even if it has information which would normally be written. *}
219 .#define SEC_NEVER_LOAD 0x200
221 . {* The section contains thread local data. *}
222 .#define SEC_THREAD_LOCAL 0x400
224 . {* The section has GOT references. This flag is only for the
225 . linker, and is currently only used by the elf32-hppa back end.
226 . It will be set if global offset table references were detected
227 . in this section, which indicate to the linker that the section
228 . contains PIC code, and must be handled specially when doing a
230 .#define SEC_HAS_GOT_REF 0x800
232 . {* The section contains common symbols (symbols may be defined
233 . multiple times, the value of a symbol is the amount of
234 . space it requires, and the largest symbol value is the one
235 . used). Most targets have exactly one of these (which we
236 . translate to bfd_com_section_ptr), but ECOFF has two. *}
237 .#define SEC_IS_COMMON 0x1000
239 . {* The section contains only debugging information. For
240 . example, this is set for ELF .debug and .stab sections.
241 . strip tests this flag to see if a section can be
243 .#define SEC_DEBUGGING 0x2000
245 . {* The contents of this section are held in memory pointed to
246 . by the contents field. This is checked by bfd_get_section_contents,
247 . and the data is retrieved from memory if appropriate. *}
248 .#define SEC_IN_MEMORY 0x4000
250 . {* The contents of this section are to be excluded by the
251 . linker for executable and shared objects unless those
252 . objects are to be further relocated. *}
253 .#define SEC_EXCLUDE 0x8000
255 . {* The contents of this section are to be sorted based on the sum of
256 . the symbol and addend values specified by the associated relocation
257 . entries. Entries without associated relocation entries will be
258 . appended to the end of the section in an unspecified order. *}
259 .#define SEC_SORT_ENTRIES 0x10000
261 . {* When linking, duplicate sections of the same name should be
262 . discarded, rather than being combined into a single section as
263 . is usually done. This is similar to how common symbols are
264 . handled. See SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES below. *}
265 .#define SEC_LINK_ONCE 0x20000
267 . {* If SEC_LINK_ONCE is set, this bitfield describes how the linker
268 . should handle duplicate sections. *}
269 .#define SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES 0xc0000
271 . {* This value for SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES means that duplicate
272 . sections with the same name should simply be discarded. *}
273 .#define SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES_DISCARD 0x0
275 . {* This value for SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES means that the linker
276 . should warn if there are any duplicate sections, although
277 . it should still only link one copy. *}
278 .#define SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES_ONE_ONLY 0x40000
280 . {* This value for SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES means that the linker
281 . should warn if any duplicate sections are a different size. *}
282 .#define SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES_SAME_SIZE 0x80000
284 . {* This value for SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES means that the linker
285 . should warn if any duplicate sections contain different
287 .#define SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES_SAME_CONTENTS \
288 . (SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES_ONE_ONLY | SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES_SAME_SIZE)
290 . {* This section was created by the linker as part of dynamic
291 . relocation or other arcane processing. It is skipped when
292 . going through the first-pass output, trusting that someone
293 . else up the line will take care of it later. *}
294 .#define SEC_LINKER_CREATED 0x100000
296 . {* This section should not be subject to garbage collection.
297 . Also set to inform the linker that this section should not be
298 . listed in the link map as discarded. *}
299 .#define SEC_KEEP 0x200000
301 . {* This section contains "short" data, and should be placed
303 .#define SEC_SMALL_DATA 0x400000
305 . {* Attempt to merge identical entities in the section.
306 . Entity size is given in the entsize field. *}
307 .#define SEC_MERGE 0x800000
309 . {* If given with SEC_MERGE, entities to merge are zero terminated
310 . strings where entsize specifies character size instead of fixed
312 .#define SEC_STRINGS 0x1000000
314 . {* This section contains data about section groups. *}
315 .#define SEC_GROUP 0x2000000
317 . {* The section is a COFF shared library section. This flag is
318 . only for the linker. If this type of section appears in
319 . the input file, the linker must copy it to the output file
320 . without changing the vma or size. FIXME: Although this
321 . was originally intended to be general, it really is COFF
322 . specific (and the flag was renamed to indicate this). It
323 . might be cleaner to have some more general mechanism to
324 . allow the back end to control what the linker does with
326 .#define SEC_COFF_SHARED_LIBRARY 0x4000000
328 . {* This input section should be copied to output in reverse order
329 . as an array of pointers. This is for ELF linker internal use
331 .#define SEC_ELF_REVERSE_COPY 0x4000000
333 . {* This section contains data which may be shared with other
334 . executables or shared objects. This is for COFF only. *}
335 .#define SEC_COFF_SHARED 0x8000000
337 . {* This section should be compressed. This is for ELF linker
338 . internal use only. *}
339 .#define SEC_ELF_COMPRESS 0x8000000
341 . {* When a section with this flag is being linked, then if the size of
342 . the input section is less than a page, it should not cross a page
343 . boundary. If the size of the input section is one page or more,
344 . it should be aligned on a page boundary. This is for TI
345 . TMS320C54X only. *}
346 .#define SEC_TIC54X_BLOCK 0x10000000
348 . {* Conditionally link this section; do not link if there are no
349 . references found to any symbol in the section. This is for TI
350 . TMS320C54X only. *}
351 .#define SEC_TIC54X_CLINK 0x20000000
353 . {* Indicate that section has the no read flag set. This happens
354 . when memory read flag isn't set. *}
355 .#define SEC_COFF_NOREAD 0x40000000
357 . {* End of section flags. *}
359 . {* Some internal packed boolean fields. *}
361 . {* See the vma field. *}
362 . unsigned int user_set_vma : 1;
364 . {* A mark flag used by some of the linker backends. *}
365 . unsigned int linker_mark : 1;
367 . {* Another mark flag used by some of the linker backends. Set for
368 . output sections that have an input section. *}
369 . unsigned int linker_has_input : 1;
371 . {* Mark flag used by some linker backends for garbage collection. *}
372 . unsigned int gc_mark : 1;
374 . {* Section compression status. *}
375 . unsigned int compress_status : 2;
376 .#define COMPRESS_SECTION_NONE 0
377 .#define COMPRESS_SECTION_DONE 1
378 .#define DECOMPRESS_SECTION_SIZED 2
380 . {* The following flags are used by the ELF linker. *}
382 . {* Mark sections which have been allocated to segments. *}
383 . unsigned int segment_mark : 1;
385 . {* Type of sec_info information. *}
386 . unsigned int sec_info_type:3;
387 .#define SEC_INFO_TYPE_NONE 0
388 .#define SEC_INFO_TYPE_STABS 1
389 .#define SEC_INFO_TYPE_MERGE 2
390 .#define SEC_INFO_TYPE_EH_FRAME 3
391 .#define SEC_INFO_TYPE_JUST_SYMS 4
392 .#define SEC_INFO_TYPE_TARGET 5
394 . {* Nonzero if this section uses RELA relocations, rather than REL. *}
395 . unsigned int use_rela_p:1;
397 . {* Bits used by various backends. The generic code doesn't touch
400 . unsigned int sec_flg0:1;
401 . unsigned int sec_flg1:1;
402 . unsigned int sec_flg2:1;
403 . unsigned int sec_flg3:1;
404 . unsigned int sec_flg4:1;
405 . unsigned int sec_flg5:1;
407 . {* End of internal packed boolean fields. *}
409 . {* The virtual memory address of the section - where it will be
410 . at run time. The symbols are relocated against this. The
411 . user_set_vma flag is maintained by bfd; if it's not set, the
412 . backend can assign addresses (for example, in <<a.out>>, where
413 . the default address for <<.data>> is dependent on the specific
414 . target and various flags). *}
417 . {* The load address of the section - where it would be in a
418 . rom image; really only used for writing section header
422 . {* The size of the section in octets, as it will be output.
423 . Contains a value even if the section has no contents (e.g., the
424 . size of <<.bss>>). *}
425 . bfd_size_type size;
427 . {* For input sections, the original size on disk of the section, in
428 . octets. This field should be set for any section whose size is
429 . changed by linker relaxation. It is required for sections where
430 . the linker relaxation scheme doesn't cache altered section and
431 . reloc contents (stabs, eh_frame, SEC_MERGE, some coff relaxing
432 . targets), and thus the original size needs to be kept to read the
433 . section multiple times. For output sections, rawsize holds the
434 . section size calculated on a previous linker relaxation pass. *}
435 . bfd_size_type rawsize;
437 . {* The compressed size of the section in octets. *}
438 . bfd_size_type compressed_size;
440 . {* Relaxation table. *}
441 . struct relax_table *relax;
443 . {* Count of used relaxation table entries. *}
447 . {* If this section is going to be output, then this value is the
448 . offset in *bytes* into the output section of the first byte in the
449 . input section (byte ==> smallest addressable unit on the
450 . target). In most cases, if this was going to start at the
451 . 100th octet (8-bit quantity) in the output section, this value
452 . would be 100. However, if the target byte size is 16 bits
453 . (bfd_octets_per_byte is "2"), this value would be 50. *}
454 . bfd_vma output_offset;
456 . {* The output section through which to map on output. *}
457 . struct bfd_section *output_section;
459 . {* The alignment requirement of the section, as an exponent of 2 -
460 . e.g., 3 aligns to 2^3 (or 8). *}
461 . unsigned int alignment_power;
463 . {* If an input section, a pointer to a vector of relocation
464 . records for the data in this section. *}
465 . struct reloc_cache_entry *relocation;
467 . {* If an output section, a pointer to a vector of pointers to
468 . relocation records for the data in this section. *}
469 . struct reloc_cache_entry **orelocation;
471 . {* The number of relocation records in one of the above. *}
472 . unsigned reloc_count;
474 . {* Information below is back end specific - and not always used
477 . {* File position of section data. *}
480 . {* File position of relocation info. *}
481 . file_ptr rel_filepos;
483 . {* File position of line data. *}
484 . file_ptr line_filepos;
486 . {* Pointer to data for applications. *}
489 . {* If the SEC_IN_MEMORY flag is set, this points to the actual
491 . unsigned char *contents;
493 . {* Attached line number information. *}
496 . {* Number of line number records. *}
497 . unsigned int lineno_count;
499 . {* Entity size for merging purposes. *}
500 . unsigned int entsize;
502 . {* Points to the kept section if this section is a link-once section,
503 . and is discarded. *}
504 . struct bfd_section *kept_section;
506 . {* When a section is being output, this value changes as more
507 . linenumbers are written out. *}
508 . file_ptr moving_line_filepos;
510 . {* What the section number is in the target world. *}
515 . {* If this is a constructor section then here is a list of the
516 . relocations created to relocate items within it. *}
517 . struct relent_chain *constructor_chain;
519 . {* The BFD which owns the section. *}
522 . {* A symbol which points at this section only. *}
523 . struct bfd_symbol *symbol;
524 . struct bfd_symbol **symbol_ptr_ptr;
526 . {* Early in the link process, map_head and map_tail are used to build
527 . a list of input sections attached to an output section. Later,
528 . output sections use these fields for a list of bfd_link_order
531 . struct bfd_link_order *link_order;
532 . struct bfd_section *s;
533 . } map_head, map_tail;
536 .{* Relax table contains information about instructions which can
537 . be removed by relaxation -- replacing a long address with a
539 .struct relax_table {
540 . {* Address where bytes may be deleted. *}
543 . {* Number of bytes to be deleted. *}
547 .{* Note: the following are provided as inline functions rather than macros
548 . because not all callers use the return value. A macro implementation
549 . would use a comma expression, eg: "((ptr)->foo = val, TRUE)" and some
550 . compilers will complain about comma expressions that have no effect. *}
551 .static inline bfd_boolean
552 .bfd_set_section_userdata (bfd * abfd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, asection * ptr, void * val)
554 . ptr->userdata = val;
558 .static inline bfd_boolean
559 .bfd_set_section_vma (bfd * abfd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, asection * ptr, bfd_vma val)
561 . ptr->vma = ptr->lma = val;
562 . ptr->user_set_vma = TRUE;
566 .static inline bfd_boolean
567 .bfd_set_section_alignment (bfd * abfd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, asection * ptr, unsigned int val)
569 . ptr->alignment_power = val;
573 .{* These sections are global, and are managed by BFD. The application
574 . and target back end are not permitted to change the values in
576 .extern asection _bfd_std_section[4];
578 .#define BFD_ABS_SECTION_NAME "*ABS*"
579 .#define BFD_UND_SECTION_NAME "*UND*"
580 .#define BFD_COM_SECTION_NAME "*COM*"
581 .#define BFD_IND_SECTION_NAME "*IND*"
583 .{* Pointer to the common section. *}
584 .#define bfd_com_section_ptr (&_bfd_std_section[0])
585 .{* Pointer to the undefined section. *}
586 .#define bfd_und_section_ptr (&_bfd_std_section[1])
587 .{* Pointer to the absolute section. *}
588 .#define bfd_abs_section_ptr (&_bfd_std_section[2])
589 .{* Pointer to the indirect section. *}
590 .#define bfd_ind_section_ptr (&_bfd_std_section[3])
592 .#define bfd_is_und_section(sec) ((sec) == bfd_und_section_ptr)
593 .#define bfd_is_abs_section(sec) ((sec) == bfd_abs_section_ptr)
594 .#define bfd_is_ind_section(sec) ((sec) == bfd_ind_section_ptr)
596 .#define bfd_is_const_section(SEC) \
597 . ( ((SEC) == bfd_abs_section_ptr) \
598 . || ((SEC) == bfd_und_section_ptr) \
599 . || ((SEC) == bfd_com_section_ptr) \
600 . || ((SEC) == bfd_ind_section_ptr))
602 .{* Macros to handle insertion and deletion of a bfd's sections. These
603 . only handle the list pointers, ie. do not adjust section_count,
604 . target_index etc. *}
605 .#define bfd_section_list_remove(ABFD, S) \
608 . asection *_s = S; \
609 . asection *_next = _s->next; \
610 . asection *_prev = _s->prev; \
612 . _prev->next = _next; \
614 . (ABFD)->sections = _next; \
616 . _next->prev = _prev; \
618 . (ABFD)->section_last = _prev; \
621 .#define bfd_section_list_append(ABFD, S) \
624 . asection *_s = S; \
625 . bfd *_abfd = ABFD; \
627 . if (_abfd->section_last) \
629 . _s->prev = _abfd->section_last; \
630 . _abfd->section_last->next = _s; \
635 . _abfd->sections = _s; \
637 . _abfd->section_last = _s; \
640 .#define bfd_section_list_prepend(ABFD, S) \
643 . asection *_s = S; \
644 . bfd *_abfd = ABFD; \
646 . if (_abfd->sections) \
648 . _s->next = _abfd->sections; \
649 . _abfd->sections->prev = _s; \
654 . _abfd->section_last = _s; \
656 . _abfd->sections = _s; \
659 .#define bfd_section_list_insert_after(ABFD, A, S) \
662 . asection *_a = A; \
663 . asection *_s = S; \
664 . asection *_next = _a->next; \
665 . _s->next = _next; \
669 . _next->prev = _s; \
671 . (ABFD)->section_last = _s; \
674 .#define bfd_section_list_insert_before(ABFD, B, S) \
677 . asection *_b = B; \
678 . asection *_s = S; \
679 . asection *_prev = _b->prev; \
680 . _s->prev = _prev; \
684 . _prev->next = _s; \
686 . (ABFD)->sections = _s; \
689 .#define bfd_section_removed_from_list(ABFD, S) \
690 . ((S)->next == NULL ? (ABFD)->section_last != (S) : (S)->next->prev != (S))
692 .#define BFD_FAKE_SECTION(SEC, FLAGS, SYM, NAME, IDX) \
693 . {* name, id, index, next, prev, flags, user_set_vma, *} \
694 . { NAME, IDX, 0, NULL, NULL, FLAGS, 0, \
696 . {* linker_mark, linker_has_input, gc_mark, decompress_status, *} \
699 . {* segment_mark, sec_info_type, use_rela_p, *} \
702 . {* sec_flg0, sec_flg1, sec_flg2, sec_flg3, sec_flg4, sec_flg5, *} \
703 . 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, \
705 . {* vma, lma, size, rawsize, compressed_size, relax, relax_count, *} \
706 . 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, \
708 . {* output_offset, output_section, alignment_power, *} \
711 . {* relocation, orelocation, reloc_count, filepos, rel_filepos, *} \
712 . NULL, NULL, 0, 0, 0, \
714 . {* line_filepos, userdata, contents, lineno, lineno_count, *} \
715 . 0, NULL, NULL, NULL, 0, \
717 . {* entsize, kept_section, moving_line_filepos, *} \
720 . {* target_index, used_by_bfd, constructor_chain, owner, *} \
721 . 0, NULL, NULL, NULL, \
723 . {* symbol, symbol_ptr_ptr, *} \
724 . (struct bfd_symbol *) SYM, &SEC.symbol, \
726 . {* map_head, map_tail *} \
727 . { NULL }, { NULL } \
732 /* We use a macro to initialize the static asymbol structures because
733 traditional C does not permit us to initialize a union member while
734 gcc warns if we don't initialize it. */
735 /* the_bfd, name, value, attr, section [, udata] */
737 #define GLOBAL_SYM_INIT(NAME, SECTION) \
738 { 0, NAME, 0, BSF_SECTION_SYM, SECTION, { 0 }}
740 #define GLOBAL_SYM_INIT(NAME, SECTION) \
741 { 0, NAME, 0, BSF_SECTION_SYM, SECTION }
744 /* These symbols are global, not specific to any BFD. Therefore, anything
745 that tries to change them is broken, and should be repaired. */
747 static const asymbol global_syms[] =
749 GLOBAL_SYM_INIT (BFD_COM_SECTION_NAME, bfd_com_section_ptr),
750 GLOBAL_SYM_INIT (BFD_UND_SECTION_NAME, bfd_und_section_ptr),
751 GLOBAL_SYM_INIT (BFD_ABS_SECTION_NAME, bfd_abs_section_ptr),
752 GLOBAL_SYM_INIT (BFD_IND_SECTION_NAME, bfd_ind_section_ptr)
755 #define STD_SECTION(NAME, IDX, FLAGS) \
756 BFD_FAKE_SECTION(_bfd_std_section[IDX], FLAGS, &global_syms[IDX], NAME, IDX)
758 asection _bfd_std_section[] = {
759 STD_SECTION (BFD_COM_SECTION_NAME, 0, SEC_IS_COMMON),
760 STD_SECTION (BFD_UND_SECTION_NAME, 1, 0),
761 STD_SECTION (BFD_ABS_SECTION_NAME, 2, 0),
762 STD_SECTION (BFD_IND_SECTION_NAME, 3, 0)
766 /* Initialize an entry in the section hash table. */
768 struct bfd_hash_entry *
769 bfd_section_hash_newfunc (struct bfd_hash_entry *entry,
770 struct bfd_hash_table *table,
773 /* Allocate the structure if it has not already been allocated by a
777 entry = (struct bfd_hash_entry *)
778 bfd_hash_allocate (table, sizeof (struct section_hash_entry));
783 /* Call the allocation method of the superclass. */
784 entry = bfd_hash_newfunc (entry, table, string);
786 memset (&((struct section_hash_entry *) entry)->section, 0,
792 #define section_hash_lookup(table, string, create, copy) \
793 ((struct section_hash_entry *) \
794 bfd_hash_lookup ((table), (string), (create), (copy)))
796 /* Create a symbol whose only job is to point to this section. This
797 is useful for things like relocs which are relative to the base
801 _bfd_generic_new_section_hook (bfd *abfd, asection *newsect)
803 newsect->symbol = bfd_make_empty_symbol (abfd);
804 if (newsect->symbol == NULL)
807 newsect->symbol->name = newsect->name;
808 newsect->symbol->value = 0;
809 newsect->symbol->section = newsect;
810 newsect->symbol->flags = BSF_SECTION_SYM;
812 newsect->symbol_ptr_ptr = &newsect->symbol;
816 /* Initializes a new section. NEWSECT->NAME is already set. */
819 bfd_section_init (bfd *abfd, asection *newsect)
821 static int section_id = 0x10; /* id 0 to 3 used by STD_SECTION. */
823 newsect->id = section_id;
824 newsect->index = abfd->section_count;
825 newsect->owner = abfd;
827 if (! BFD_SEND (abfd, _new_section_hook, (abfd, newsect)))
831 abfd->section_count++;
832 bfd_section_list_append (abfd, newsect);
839 section prototypes, , typedef asection, Sections
843 These are the functions exported by the section handling part of BFD.
848 bfd_section_list_clear
851 void bfd_section_list_clear (bfd *);
854 Clears the section list, and also resets the section count and
859 bfd_section_list_clear (bfd *abfd)
861 abfd->sections = NULL;
862 abfd->section_last = NULL;
863 abfd->section_count = 0;
864 memset (abfd->section_htab.table, 0,
865 abfd->section_htab.size * sizeof (struct bfd_hash_entry *));
866 abfd->section_htab.count = 0;
871 bfd_get_section_by_name
874 asection *bfd_get_section_by_name (bfd *abfd, const char *name);
877 Return the most recently created section attached to @var{abfd}
878 named @var{name}. Return NULL if no such section exists.
882 bfd_get_section_by_name (bfd *abfd, const char *name)
884 struct section_hash_entry *sh;
886 sh = section_hash_lookup (&abfd->section_htab, name, FALSE, FALSE);
895 bfd_get_next_section_by_name
898 asection *bfd_get_next_section_by_name (asection *sec);
901 Given @var{sec} is a section returned by @code{bfd_get_section_by_name},
902 return the next most recently created section attached to the same
903 BFD with the same name. Return NULL if no such section exists.
907 bfd_get_next_section_by_name (asection *sec)
909 struct section_hash_entry *sh;
913 sh = ((struct section_hash_entry *)
914 ((char *) sec - offsetof (struct section_hash_entry, section)));
916 hash = sh->root.hash;
918 for (sh = (struct section_hash_entry *) sh->root.next;
920 sh = (struct section_hash_entry *) sh->root.next)
921 if (sh->root.hash == hash
922 && strcmp (sh->root.string, name) == 0)
930 bfd_get_linker_section
933 asection *bfd_get_linker_section (bfd *abfd, const char *name);
936 Return the linker created section attached to @var{abfd}
937 named @var{name}. Return NULL if no such section exists.
941 bfd_get_linker_section (bfd *abfd, const char *name)
943 asection *sec = bfd_get_section_by_name (abfd, name);
945 while (sec != NULL && (sec->flags & SEC_LINKER_CREATED) == 0)
946 sec = bfd_get_next_section_by_name (sec);
952 bfd_get_section_by_name_if
955 asection *bfd_get_section_by_name_if
958 bfd_boolean (*func) (bfd *abfd, asection *sect, void *obj),
962 Call the provided function @var{func} for each section
963 attached to the BFD @var{abfd} whose name matches @var{name},
964 passing @var{obj} as an argument. The function will be called
967 | func (abfd, the_section, obj);
969 It returns the first section for which @var{func} returns true,
975 bfd_get_section_by_name_if (bfd *abfd, const char *name,
976 bfd_boolean (*operation) (bfd *,
981 struct section_hash_entry *sh;
984 sh = section_hash_lookup (&abfd->section_htab, name, FALSE, FALSE);
988 hash = sh->root.hash;
991 if ((*operation) (abfd, &sh->section, user_storage))
993 sh = (struct section_hash_entry *) sh->root.next;
995 while (sh != NULL && sh->root.hash == hash
996 && strcmp (sh->root.string, name) == 0);
1003 bfd_get_unique_section_name
1006 char *bfd_get_unique_section_name
1007 (bfd *abfd, const char *templat, int *count);
1010 Invent a section name that is unique in @var{abfd} by tacking
1011 a dot and a digit suffix onto the original @var{templat}. If
1012 @var{count} is non-NULL, then it specifies the first number
1013 tried as a suffix to generate a unique name. The value
1014 pointed to by @var{count} will be incremented in this case.
1018 bfd_get_unique_section_name (bfd *abfd, const char *templat, int *count)
1024 len = strlen (templat);
1025 sname = (char *) bfd_malloc (len + 8);
1028 memcpy (sname, templat, len);
1035 /* If we have a million sections, something is badly wrong. */
1038 sprintf (sname + len, ".%d", num++);
1040 while (section_hash_lookup (&abfd->section_htab, sname, FALSE, FALSE));
1049 bfd_make_section_old_way
1052 asection *bfd_make_section_old_way (bfd *abfd, const char *name);
1055 Create a new empty section called @var{name}
1056 and attach it to the end of the chain of sections for the
1057 BFD @var{abfd}. An attempt to create a section with a name which
1058 is already in use returns its pointer without changing the
1061 It has the funny name since this is the way it used to be
1062 before it was rewritten....
1064 Possible errors are:
1065 o <<bfd_error_invalid_operation>> -
1066 If output has already started for this BFD.
1067 o <<bfd_error_no_memory>> -
1068 If memory allocation fails.
1073 bfd_make_section_old_way (bfd *abfd, const char *name)
1077 if (abfd->output_has_begun)
1079 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
1083 if (strcmp (name, BFD_ABS_SECTION_NAME) == 0)
1084 newsect = bfd_abs_section_ptr;
1085 else if (strcmp (name, BFD_COM_SECTION_NAME) == 0)
1086 newsect = bfd_com_section_ptr;
1087 else if (strcmp (name, BFD_UND_SECTION_NAME) == 0)
1088 newsect = bfd_und_section_ptr;
1089 else if (strcmp (name, BFD_IND_SECTION_NAME) == 0)
1090 newsect = bfd_ind_section_ptr;
1093 struct section_hash_entry *sh;
1095 sh = section_hash_lookup (&abfd->section_htab, name, TRUE, FALSE);
1099 newsect = &sh->section;
1100 if (newsect->name != NULL)
1102 /* Section already exists. */
1106 newsect->name = name;
1107 return bfd_section_init (abfd, newsect);
1110 /* Call new_section_hook when "creating" the standard abs, com, und
1111 and ind sections to tack on format specific section data.
1112 Also, create a proper section symbol. */
1113 if (! BFD_SEND (abfd, _new_section_hook, (abfd, newsect)))
1120 bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags
1123 asection *bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags
1124 (bfd *abfd, const char *name, flagword flags);
1127 Create a new empty section called @var{name} and attach it to the end of
1128 the chain of sections for @var{abfd}. Create a new section even if there
1129 is already a section with that name. Also set the attributes of the
1130 new section to the value @var{flags}.
1132 Return <<NULL>> and set <<bfd_error>> on error; possible errors are:
1133 o <<bfd_error_invalid_operation>> - If output has already started for @var{abfd}.
1134 o <<bfd_error_no_memory>> - If memory allocation fails.
1138 bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (bfd *abfd, const char *name,
1141 struct section_hash_entry *sh;
1144 if (abfd->output_has_begun)
1146 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
1150 sh = section_hash_lookup (&abfd->section_htab, name, TRUE, FALSE);
1154 newsect = &sh->section;
1155 if (newsect->name != NULL)
1157 /* We are making a section of the same name. Put it in the
1158 section hash table. Even though we can't find it directly by a
1159 hash lookup, we'll be able to find the section by traversing
1160 sh->root.next quicker than looking at all the bfd sections. */
1161 struct section_hash_entry *new_sh;
1162 new_sh = (struct section_hash_entry *)
1163 bfd_section_hash_newfunc (NULL, &abfd->section_htab, name);
1167 new_sh->root = sh->root;
1168 sh->root.next = &new_sh->root;
1169 newsect = &new_sh->section;
1172 newsect->flags = flags;
1173 newsect->name = name;
1174 return bfd_section_init (abfd, newsect);
1179 bfd_make_section_anyway
1182 asection *bfd_make_section_anyway (bfd *abfd, const char *name);
1185 Create a new empty section called @var{name} and attach it to the end of
1186 the chain of sections for @var{abfd}. Create a new section even if there
1187 is already a section with that name.
1189 Return <<NULL>> and set <<bfd_error>> on error; possible errors are:
1190 o <<bfd_error_invalid_operation>> - If output has already started for @var{abfd}.
1191 o <<bfd_error_no_memory>> - If memory allocation fails.
1195 bfd_make_section_anyway (bfd *abfd, const char *name)
1197 return bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (abfd, name, 0);
1202 bfd_make_section_with_flags
1205 asection *bfd_make_section_with_flags
1206 (bfd *, const char *name, flagword flags);
1209 Like <<bfd_make_section_anyway>>, but return <<NULL>> (without calling
1210 bfd_set_error ()) without changing the section chain if there is already a
1211 section named @var{name}. Also set the attributes of the new section to
1212 the value @var{flags}. If there is an error, return <<NULL>> and set
1217 bfd_make_section_with_flags (bfd *abfd, const char *name,
1220 struct section_hash_entry *sh;
1223 if (abfd->output_has_begun)
1225 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
1229 if (strcmp (name, BFD_ABS_SECTION_NAME) == 0
1230 || strcmp (name, BFD_COM_SECTION_NAME) == 0
1231 || strcmp (name, BFD_UND_SECTION_NAME) == 0
1232 || strcmp (name, BFD_IND_SECTION_NAME) == 0)
1235 sh = section_hash_lookup (&abfd->section_htab, name, TRUE, FALSE);
1239 newsect = &sh->section;
1240 if (newsect->name != NULL)
1242 /* Section already exists. */
1246 newsect->name = name;
1247 newsect->flags = flags;
1248 return bfd_section_init (abfd, newsect);
1256 asection *bfd_make_section (bfd *, const char *name);
1259 Like <<bfd_make_section_anyway>>, but return <<NULL>> (without calling
1260 bfd_set_error ()) without changing the section chain if there is already a
1261 section named @var{name}. If there is an error, return <<NULL>> and set
1266 bfd_make_section (bfd *abfd, const char *name)
1268 return bfd_make_section_with_flags (abfd, name, 0);
1273 bfd_set_section_flags
1276 bfd_boolean bfd_set_section_flags
1277 (bfd *abfd, asection *sec, flagword flags);
1280 Set the attributes of the section @var{sec} in the BFD
1281 @var{abfd} to the value @var{flags}. Return <<TRUE>> on success,
1282 <<FALSE>> on error. Possible error returns are:
1284 o <<bfd_error_invalid_operation>> -
1285 The section cannot have one or more of the attributes
1286 requested. For example, a .bss section in <<a.out>> may not
1287 have the <<SEC_HAS_CONTENTS>> field set.
1292 bfd_set_section_flags (bfd *abfd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
1296 section->flags = flags;
1305 void bfd_rename_section
1306 (bfd *abfd, asection *sec, const char *newname);
1309 Rename section @var{sec} in @var{abfd} to @var{newname}.
1313 bfd_rename_section (bfd *abfd, sec_ptr sec, const char *newname)
1315 struct section_hash_entry *sh;
1317 sh = (struct section_hash_entry *)
1318 ((char *) sec - offsetof (struct section_hash_entry, section));
1319 sh->section.name = newname;
1320 bfd_hash_rename (&abfd->section_htab, newname, &sh->root);
1325 bfd_map_over_sections
1328 void bfd_map_over_sections
1330 void (*func) (bfd *abfd, asection *sect, void *obj),
1334 Call the provided function @var{func} for each section
1335 attached to the BFD @var{abfd}, passing @var{obj} as an
1336 argument. The function will be called as if by
1338 | func (abfd, the_section, obj);
1340 This is the preferred method for iterating over sections; an
1341 alternative would be to use a loop:
1344 | for (p = abfd->sections; p != NULL; p = p->next)
1345 | func (abfd, p, ...)
1350 bfd_map_over_sections (bfd *abfd,
1351 void (*operation) (bfd *, asection *, void *),
1357 for (sect = abfd->sections; sect != NULL; i++, sect = sect->next)
1358 (*operation) (abfd, sect, user_storage);
1360 if (i != abfd->section_count) /* Debugging */
1366 bfd_sections_find_if
1369 asection *bfd_sections_find_if
1371 bfd_boolean (*operation) (bfd *abfd, asection *sect, void *obj),
1375 Call the provided function @var{operation} for each section
1376 attached to the BFD @var{abfd}, passing @var{obj} as an
1377 argument. The function will be called as if by
1379 | operation (abfd, the_section, obj);
1381 It returns the first section for which @var{operation} returns true.
1386 bfd_sections_find_if (bfd *abfd,
1387 bfd_boolean (*operation) (bfd *, asection *, void *),
1392 for (sect = abfd->sections; sect != NULL; sect = sect->next)
1393 if ((*operation) (abfd, sect, user_storage))
1401 bfd_set_section_size
1404 bfd_boolean bfd_set_section_size
1405 (bfd *abfd, asection *sec, bfd_size_type val);
1408 Set @var{sec} to the size @var{val}. If the operation is
1409 ok, then <<TRUE>> is returned, else <<FALSE>>.
1411 Possible error returns:
1412 o <<bfd_error_invalid_operation>> -
1413 Writing has started to the BFD, so setting the size is invalid.
1418 bfd_set_section_size (bfd *abfd, sec_ptr ptr, bfd_size_type val)
1420 /* Once you've started writing to any section you cannot create or change
1421 the size of any others. */
1423 if (abfd->output_has_begun)
1425 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
1435 bfd_set_section_contents
1438 bfd_boolean bfd_set_section_contents
1439 (bfd *abfd, asection *section, const void *data,
1440 file_ptr offset, bfd_size_type count);
1443 Sets the contents of the section @var{section} in BFD
1444 @var{abfd} to the data starting in memory at @var{data}. The
1445 data is written to the output section starting at offset
1446 @var{offset} for @var{count} octets.
1448 Normally <<TRUE>> is returned, else <<FALSE>>. Possible error
1450 o <<bfd_error_no_contents>> -
1451 The output section does not have the <<SEC_HAS_CONTENTS>>
1452 attribute, so nothing can be written to it.
1455 This routine is front end to the back end function
1456 <<_bfd_set_section_contents>>.
1461 bfd_set_section_contents (bfd *abfd,
1463 const void *location,
1465 bfd_size_type count)
1469 if (!(bfd_get_section_flags (abfd, section) & SEC_HAS_CONTENTS))
1471 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_no_contents);
1476 if ((bfd_size_type) offset > sz
1478 || offset + count > sz
1479 || count != (size_t) count)
1481 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_bad_value);
1485 if (!bfd_write_p (abfd))
1487 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
1491 /* Record a copy of the data in memory if desired. */
1492 if (section->contents
1493 && location != section->contents + offset)
1494 memcpy (section->contents + offset, location, (size_t) count);
1496 if (BFD_SEND (abfd, _bfd_set_section_contents,
1497 (abfd, section, location, offset, count)))
1499 abfd->output_has_begun = TRUE;
1508 bfd_get_section_contents
1511 bfd_boolean bfd_get_section_contents
1512 (bfd *abfd, asection *section, void *location, file_ptr offset,
1513 bfd_size_type count);
1516 Read data from @var{section} in BFD @var{abfd}
1517 into memory starting at @var{location}. The data is read at an
1518 offset of @var{offset} from the start of the input section,
1519 and is read for @var{count} bytes.
1521 If the contents of a constructor with the <<SEC_CONSTRUCTOR>>
1522 flag set are requested or if the section does not have the
1523 <<SEC_HAS_CONTENTS>> flag set, then the @var{location} is filled
1524 with zeroes. If no errors occur, <<TRUE>> is returned, else
1529 bfd_get_section_contents (bfd *abfd,
1533 bfd_size_type count)
1537 if (section->flags & SEC_CONSTRUCTOR)
1539 memset (location, 0, (size_t) count);
1543 if (abfd->direction != write_direction && section->rawsize != 0)
1544 sz = section->rawsize;
1547 if ((bfd_size_type) offset > sz
1549 || offset + count > sz
1550 || count != (size_t) count)
1552 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_bad_value);
1560 if ((section->flags & SEC_HAS_CONTENTS) == 0)
1562 memset (location, 0, (size_t) count);
1566 if ((section->flags & SEC_IN_MEMORY) != 0)
1568 if (section->contents == NULL)
1570 /* This can happen because of errors earlier on in the linking process.
1571 We do not want to seg-fault here, so clear the flag and return an
1573 section->flags &= ~ SEC_IN_MEMORY;
1574 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
1578 memmove (location, section->contents + offset, (size_t) count);
1582 return BFD_SEND (abfd, _bfd_get_section_contents,
1583 (abfd, section, location, offset, count));
1588 bfd_malloc_and_get_section
1591 bfd_boolean bfd_malloc_and_get_section
1592 (bfd *abfd, asection *section, bfd_byte **buf);
1595 Read all data from @var{section} in BFD @var{abfd}
1596 into a buffer, *@var{buf}, malloc'd by this function.
1600 bfd_malloc_and_get_section (bfd *abfd, sec_ptr sec, bfd_byte **buf)
1603 return bfd_get_full_section_contents (abfd, sec, buf);
1607 bfd_copy_private_section_data
1610 bfd_boolean bfd_copy_private_section_data
1611 (bfd *ibfd, asection *isec, bfd *obfd, asection *osec);
1614 Copy private section information from @var{isec} in the BFD
1615 @var{ibfd} to the section @var{osec} in the BFD @var{obfd}.
1616 Return <<TRUE>> on success, <<FALSE>> on error. Possible error
1619 o <<bfd_error_no_memory>> -
1620 Not enough memory exists to create private data for @var{osec}.
1622 .#define bfd_copy_private_section_data(ibfd, isection, obfd, osection) \
1623 . BFD_SEND (obfd, _bfd_copy_private_section_data, \
1624 . (ibfd, isection, obfd, osection))
1629 bfd_generic_is_group_section
1632 bfd_boolean bfd_generic_is_group_section (bfd *, const asection *sec);
1635 Returns TRUE if @var{sec} is a member of a group.
1639 bfd_generic_is_group_section (bfd *abfd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
1640 const asection *sec ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
1647 bfd_generic_discard_group
1650 bfd_boolean bfd_generic_discard_group (bfd *abfd, asection *group);
1653 Remove all members of @var{group} from the output.
1657 bfd_generic_discard_group (bfd *abfd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
1658 asection *group ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)