Remove the global variable `symtab` and add a member variable
(`std::unique_ptr<SymbolTable>`) to `Ctx` instead.
This is one step toward eliminating global states.
Pull Request: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/109612
Ctx was introduced in March 2022 as a more suitable place for such
singletons.
llvm/Support/thread.h includes <thread>, which transitively includes
sstream in libc++ and uses ios_base::in, so we cannot use `#define in ctx.sec`.
`symtab, config, ctx` are now the only variables using
LLVM_LIBRARY_VISIBILITY.
* Don't call raw_string_ostream::flush(), which is essentially a no-op.
* Strip calls to raw_string_ostream::str(), to avoid excess layer of indirection.
Ctx was introduced in March 2022 as a more suitable place for such
singletons.
We now use default-initialization for `LinkerScript` and should pay
attention to non-class types (e.g. `dot` is initialized by commit
503907dc50).
Ctx was introduced in March 2022 as a more suitable place for such
singletons. ctx's hidden visibility optimizes generated instructions.
This change fixes a pitfall: certain ElfSym members (e.g.
globalOffsetTable, tlsModuleBase) were not zeroed and might be stale
when lld::elf::link was invoked the second time.
Ctx was introduced in March 2022 as a more suitable place for such
singletons. ctx's hidden visibility optimizes generated instructions.
bufferStart and tlsPhdr, which are not OutputSection, can now be moved
outside of `Out`.
... using the temporary section type code 0x40000020
(`clang -c -Wa,--crel,--allow-experimental-crel`). LLVM will change the
code and break compatibility (Clang and lld of different versions are
not guaranteed to cooperate, unlike other features). CREL with implicit
addends are not supported.
---
Introduce `RelsOrRelas::crels` to iterate over SHT_CREL sections and
update users to check `crels`.
(The decoding performance is critical and error checking is difficult.
Follow `skipLeb` and `R_*LEB128` handling, do not use
`llvm::decodeULEB128`, whichs compiles to a lot of code.)
A few users (e.g. .eh_frame, LLDDwarfObj, s390x) require random access. Pass
`/*supportsCrel=*/false` to `relsOrRelas` to allocate a buffer and
convert CREL to RELA (`relas` instead of `crels` will be used). Since
allocating a buffer increases, the conversion is only performed when
absolutely necessary.
---
Non-alloc SHT_CREL sections may be created in -r and --emit-relocs
links. SHT_CREL and SHT_RELA components need reencoding since
r_offset/r_symidx/r_type/r_addend may change. (r_type may change because
relocations referencing a symbol in a discarded section are converted to
`R_*_NONE`).
* SHT_CREL components: decode with `RelsOrRelas` and re-encode (`OutputSection::finalizeNonAllocCrel`)
* SHT_RELA components: convert to CREL (`relToCrel`). An output section can only have one relocation section.
* SHT_REL components: print an error for now.
SHT_REL to SHT_CREL conversion for -r/--emit-relocs is complex and
unsupported yet.
Link: https://discourse.llvm.org/t/rfc-crel-a-compact-relocation-format-for-elf/77600
Pull Request: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/98115
GNU ld since 2.41 supports this option, which is mildly useful. It omits
the section header table and non-ALLOC sections (including
.symtab/.strtab (--strip-all)).
This option is simple to implement and might be used by LLDB to test
program headers parsing without the section header table (#100900).
-z sectionheader, which is the default, is also added.
Pull Request: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/101286
Implement the two commands described by
https://sourceware.org/binutils/docs/ld/Miscellaneous-Commands.html
After `outputSections` is available, check each output section described
by at least one `NOCROSSREFS`/`NOCROSSERFS_TO` command. For each checked
output section, scan relocations from its input sections.
This step is slow, therefore utilize `parallelForEach(isd->sections, ...)`.
To support non SHF_ALLOC sections, `InputSectionBase::relocations`
(empty) cannot be used. In addition, we may explore eliminating this
member to speed up relocation scanning.
Some parse code is adapted from #95714.
Close#41825
Pull Request: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/98773
- Add support for `.openbsd.mutable`
(rebaser's note) adapted from:
bd249b5664
New auto-coalescing sections removed
In the linkers, collect objects in section "openbsd.mutable" and place
them into a page-aligned region in the bss, with the right markers for
kernel/ld.so to identify the region and skip making it immutable. While
here, fix readelf/objdump versions to show all of this. ok miod kettenis
- Add support for `.openbsd.syscalls`
(rebaser's note) adapted from:
42a61acefa
Collect .openbsd.syscalls sections into a new PT_OPENBSD_SYSCALLS
segment. This will be used soon to pin system calls to designated call
sites.
ok deraadt@
- Scope OpenBSD special section handling under that ELFOSABI
As a preexisting comment in `ELF/Writer.cpp` says:
> section names shouldn't be significant in ELF in spirit.
so scoping OSABI-specific magic name hacks to just the OSABI in
question limits the degree to which we deviate from that "spirit" for
all other OSABIs.
OpenBSD in particular is very fast moving, having added a number of
special sections, etc. in recent years. It is unclear how possible /
reasonable it is for upstream to implement all these features in any
event, but scoping like this at least mitigates the fallout for other
OSABIs systems which wish to be more slow-moving.
Co-authored-by: deraadt <deraadt@openbsd.org>
An empty output section specified in the `SECTIONS` command (e.g.
`empty : { *(empty) }`) may be discarded. Due to phase ordering, we
might define `__start_empty`/`__stop_empty` symbols with incorrect
section indexes (usually benign, but could go out of bounds and cause
`readelf -s` to print `BAD`).
```
finalizeSections
addStartStopSymbols // __start_empty is defined
// __start_empty is added to .symtab
sortSections
adjustOutputSections // `empty` is discarded
writeSections
// __start_empty is Defined with an invalid section index
```
Loaders use `st_value` members of the start/stop symbols and expect no
"undefined symbol" linker error, but do not particularly care whether
the symbols are defined or undefined. Let's retain the associated empty
output section so that start/stop symbols will have correct section
indexes.
The approach allows us to remove `LinkerScript::isDiscarded`
(https://reviews.llvm.org/D114179). Also delete the
`findSection(".text")` special case from https://reviews.llvm.org/D46200,
which is unnecessary even before this patch (`elfHeader` would be fine
even with very large executables).
Note: we should be careful not to unnecessarily retain .ARM.exidx, which
would create an empty PT_ARM_EXIDX. ~40 tests would need to be updated.
---
An alternative is to discard the empty output section and keep the
start/stop symbols undefined. This approach needs more code and requires
`LinkerScript::isDiscarded` before we discard empty sections in
``adjustOutputSections`.
Pull Request: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/96343
`.rela.dyn` is currently created outside of the `config->hasDynSymTab`
condition. In relocatable links, `.rela.dyn` will be discarded by
`removeUnusedSyntheticSections`. It's better than suppress the creation
so that .relr.auth.dyn support (#96496) does not need to adjust
`removeUnusedSyntheticSections`.
