ld: Clarify --wrap documentation

ld/

	* ld.texi (--wrap): Add example to emphasise that only undefined
	references are replaced by the linker.

diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index 2c211fe..274f4af 100644 (file)
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2019-01-14  Sebastian Huber  <sebastian.huber@embedded-brains.de>
+
+       * ld.texi (--wrap): Add example to emphasise that only undefined
+       references are replaced by the linker.
+
 2019-01-09  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
        * po/es.po: Updated Spanish translation.

diff --git a/ld/ld.texi b/ld/ld.texi
index cc0d220..5179af3 100644 (file)
--- a/ld/ld.texi
+++ b/ld/ld.texi
@@ -2392,6 +2392,25 @@ you should not put the definition of @code{__real_malloc} in the same
 file as @code{__wrap_malloc}; if you do, the assembler may resolve the
 call before the linker has a chance to wrap it to @code{malloc}.
 
+Only undefined references are replaced by the linker.  So, translation unit
+internal references to @var{symbol} are not resolved to
+@code{__wrap_@var{symbol}}.  In the next example, the call to @code{f} in
+@code{g} is not resolved to @code{__wrap_f}.
+
+@smallexample
+int
+f (void)
+@{
+  return 123;
+@}
+
+int
+g (void)
+@{
+  return f();
+@}
+@end smallexample
+
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