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objcopy/strip: Allow section patterns starting with '!'.

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For symbol matching, prefixing a pattern with '!' will indicate a
non-matching pattern, however, this is not the case for section
patterns.  As a result it is not possible to say "apply this action to
all sections except ...".

With this commit the objcopy and strip tools now support '!' prefix for
section patterns, so we can say:

  objcopy --remove-section="*" --remove-section="!.text*"

Which will remove all sections, except those matching the pattern
'.text*'.

binutils/ChangeLog:

	* objcopy.c (find_section_list): Handle section patterns starting
	with '!' being a non-matching pattern.
	* doc/binutils.texi (objcopy): Give example of using '!' with
	--remove-section and --only-section.
	(strip): Give example of using '!' with --remove-section.
	* testsuite/binutils-all/data-sections.s: New file.
	* testsuite/binutils-all/only-section-01.d: New file.
	* testsuite/binutils-all/remove-section-01.d: New file.
	* testsuite/binutils-all/objcopy.exp: Run new tests.
	* NEWS: Mention new feature.
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Andrew Burgess 2015-08-24 13:02:39 +01:00
parent 7df94786e4
commit e511c9b19f
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@ -1221,6 +1221,18 @@ This option may be given more than once. Note that using this option
inappropriately may make the output file unusable. Wildcard
characters are accepted in @var{sectionpattern}.
If the first character of @var{sectionpattern} is the exclamation
point (!) then matching sections will not be copied, even if earlier
use of @option{--only-section} on the same command line would
otherwise copy it. For example:
@smallexample
--only-section=.text.* --only-section=!.text.foo
@end smallexample
will copy all sectinos maching '.text.*' but not the section
'.text.foo'.
@item -R @var{sectionpattern}
@itemx --remove-section=@var{sectionpattern}
Remove any section matching @var{sectionpattern} from the output file.
@ -1230,6 +1242,18 @@ characters are accepted in @var{sectionpattern}. Using both the
@option{-j} and @option{-R} options together results in undefined
behaviour.
If the first character of @var{sectionpattern} is the exclamation
point (!) then matching sections will not be removed even if an
earlier use of @option{--remove-section} on the same command line
would otherwise remove it. For example:
@smallexample
--remove-section=.text.* --remove-section=!.text.foo
@end smallexample
will remove all sections matching the pattern '.text.*', but will not
remove the section '.text.foo'.
@item -S
@itemx --strip-all
Do not copy relocation and symbol information from the source file.
@ -3021,6 +3045,18 @@ inappropriately may make the output file unusable. The wildcard
character @samp{*} may be given at the end of @var{sectionname}. If
so, then any section starting with @var{sectionname} will be removed.
If the first character of @var{sectionpattern} is the exclamation
point (!) then matching sections will not be removed even if an
earlier use of @option{--remove-section} on the same command line
would otherwise remove it. For example:
@smallexample
--remove-section=.text.* --remove-section=!.text.foo
@end smallexample
will remove all sections matching the pattern '.text.*', but will not
remove the section '.text.foo'.
@item -s
@itemx --strip-all
Remove all symbols.