There is a call to update_definedness between code that evaluates an
assignment expression value and code that transfers symbol
attributes. When script assignment expressions contain DEFINED, that
can mean the wrong symbol type is copied. This patch tracks symbols
read during expression evaluation, rather than examining the
expression and re-evaluating conditionals. Not only does this
simplify the code, it also means ld can now copy symbol types in more
complex expressions.
An unfortunate side effect of copying symbol type for more complex
expressions affects mmix, which uses
PROVIDE (Main = DEFINED (Main) ? Main : (DEFINED (_start) ? _start : _start.));
in a default script. So now _start or _start. symbol type may be
copied, losing the function type specially set up for Main. This can
be avoided by making bfd_copy_link_hash_symbol_type do nothing for
mmix.
bfd/
* elf64-mmix.c (bfd_elf64_bfd_copy_link_hash_symbol_type): Define.
ld/
* ldexp.h (struct ldexp_control): Add "assign_src".
* ldexp.c (fold_trinary): Save and restore assign_src around
condition evaluation.
(fold_name <NAME>): Set expld.assign_src.
(try_copy_symbol_type): Delete.
(exp_fold_tree_1): Set symbol type using expld.assign_src.
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README for LD
This is the GNU linker. It is distributed with other "binary
utilities" which should be in ../binutils. See ../binutils/README for
more general notes, including where to send bug reports.
There are many features of the linker:
* The linker uses a Binary File Descriptor library (../bfd)
that it uses to read and write object files. This helps
insulate the linker itself from the format of object files.
* The linker supports a number of different object file
formats. It can even handle multiple formats at once:
Read two input formats and write a third.
* The linker can be configured for cross-linking.
* The linker supports a control language.
* There is a user manual (ld.texinfo), as well as the
beginnings of an internals manual (ldint.texinfo).
Installation
============
See ../binutils/README.
If you want to make a cross-linker, you may want to specify
a different search path of -lfoo libraries than the default.
You can do this by setting the LIB_PATH variable in ./Makefile
or using the --with-lib-path configure switch.
To build just the linker, make the target all-ld from the top level
directory (one directory above this one).
Porting to a new target
=======================
See the ldint.texinfo manual.
Reporting bugs etc
===========================
See ../binutils/README.
Known problems
==============
The Solaris linker normally exports all dynamic symbols from an
executable. The GNU linker does not do this by default. This is
because the GNU linker tries to present the same interface for all
similar targets (in this case, all native ELF targets). This does not
matter for normal programs, but it can make a difference for programs
which try to dlopen an executable, such as PERL or Tcl. You can make
the GNU linker export all dynamic symbols with the -E or
--export-dynamic command line option.
HP/UX 9.01 has a shell bug that causes the linker scripts to be
generated incorrectly. The symptom of this appears to be "fatal error
- scanner input buffer overflow" error messages. There are various
workarounds to this:
* Build and install bash, and build with "make SHELL=bash".
* Update to a version of HP/UX with a working shell (e.g., 9.05).
* Replace "(. ${srcdir}/scripttempl/${SCRIPT_NAME}.sc)" in
genscripts.sh with "sh ${srcdir}..." (no parens) and make sure the
emulparams script used exports any shell variables it sets.
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