2000-05-23 H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.org>
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1 /* bfdlink.h -- header file for BFD link routines
2 Copyright 1993, 94, 95, 96, 97, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 Written by Steve Chamberlain and Ian Lance Taylor, Cygnus Support.
5 This file is part of BFD, the Binary File Descriptor library.
7 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
8 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
9 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
10 (at your option) any later version.
12 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
13 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
14 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
15 GNU General Public License for more details.
17 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
18 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
19 Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
21 #ifndef BFDLINK_H
22 #define BFDLINK_H
24 /* Which symbols to strip during a link. */
25 enum bfd_link_strip
27 strip_none, /* Don't strip any symbols. */
28 strip_debugger, /* Strip debugging symbols. */
29 strip_some, /* keep_hash is the list of symbols to keep. */
30 strip_all /* Strip all symbols. */
33 /* Which local symbols to discard during a link. This is irrelevant
34 if strip_all is used. */
35 enum bfd_link_discard
37 discard_none, /* Don't discard any locals. */
38 discard_l, /* Discard local temporary symbols. */
39 discard_all /* Discard all locals. */
42 /* These are the possible types of an entry in the BFD link hash
43 table. */
45 enum bfd_link_hash_type
47 bfd_link_hash_new, /* Symbol is new. */
48 bfd_link_hash_undefined, /* Symbol seen before, but undefined. */
49 bfd_link_hash_undefweak, /* Symbol is weak and undefined. */
50 bfd_link_hash_defined, /* Symbol is defined. */
51 bfd_link_hash_defweak, /* Symbol is weak and defined. */
52 bfd_link_hash_common, /* Symbol is common. */
53 bfd_link_hash_indirect, /* Symbol is an indirect link. */
54 bfd_link_hash_warning /* Like indirect, but warn if referenced. */
57 /* The linking routines use a hash table which uses this structure for
58 its elements. */
60 struct bfd_link_hash_entry
62 /* Base hash table entry structure. */
63 struct bfd_hash_entry root;
64 /* Type of this entry. */
65 enum bfd_link_hash_type type;
67 /* Undefined and common symbols are kept in a linked list through
68 this field. This field is not in the union because that would
69 force us to remove entries from the list when we changed their
70 type, which would force the list to be doubly linked, which would
71 waste more memory. When an undefined or common symbol is
72 created, it should be added to this list, the head of which is in
73 the link hash table itself. As symbols are defined, they need
74 not be removed from the list; anything which reads the list must
75 doublecheck the symbol type.
77 Weak symbols are not kept on this list.
79 Defined and defweak symbols use this field as a reference marker.
80 If the field is not NULL, or this structure is the tail of the
81 undefined symbol list, the symbol has been referenced. If the
82 symbol is undefined and becomes defined, this field will
83 automatically be non-NULL since the symbol will have been on the
84 undefined symbol list. */
85 struct bfd_link_hash_entry *next;
86 /* A union of information depending upon the type. */
87 union
89 /* Nothing is kept for bfd_hash_new. */
90 /* bfd_link_hash_undefined, bfd_link_hash_undefweak. */
91 struct
93 bfd *abfd; /* BFD symbol was found in. */
94 } undef;
95 /* bfd_link_hash_defined, bfd_link_hash_defweak. */
96 struct
98 bfd_vma value; /* Symbol value. */
99 asection *section; /* Symbol section. */
100 } def;
101 /* bfd_link_hash_indirect, bfd_link_hash_warning. */
102 struct
104 struct bfd_link_hash_entry *link; /* Real symbol. */
105 const char *warning; /* Warning (bfd_link_hash_warning only). */
106 } i;
107 /* bfd_link_hash_common. */
108 struct
110 /* The linker needs to know three things about common
111 symbols: the size, the alignment, and the section in
112 which the symbol should be placed. We store the size
113 here, and we allocate a small structure to hold the
114 section and the alignment. The alignment is stored as a
115 power of two. We don't store all the information
116 directly because we don't want to increase the size of
117 the union; this structure is a major space user in the
118 linker. */
119 bfd_size_type size; /* Common symbol size. */
120 struct bfd_link_hash_common_entry
122 unsigned int alignment_power; /* Alignment. */
123 asection *section; /* Symbol section. */
124 } *p;
125 } c;
126 } u;
129 /* This is the link hash table. It is a derived class of
130 bfd_hash_table. */
132 struct bfd_link_hash_table
134 /* The hash table itself. */
135 struct bfd_hash_table table;
136 /* The back end which created this hash table. This indicates the
137 type of the entries in the hash table, which is sometimes
138 important information when linking object files of different
139 types together. */
140 const bfd_target *creator;
141 /* A linked list of undefined and common symbols, linked through the
142 next field in the bfd_link_hash_entry structure. */
143 struct bfd_link_hash_entry *undefs;
144 /* Entries are added to the tail of the undefs list. */
145 struct bfd_link_hash_entry *undefs_tail;
148 /* Look up an entry in a link hash table. If FOLLOW is true, this
149 follows bfd_link_hash_indirect and bfd_link_hash_warning links to
150 the real symbol. */
151 extern struct bfd_link_hash_entry *bfd_link_hash_lookup
152 PARAMS ((struct bfd_link_hash_table *, const char *, boolean create,
153 boolean copy, boolean follow));
155 /* Look up an entry in the main linker hash table if the symbol might
156 be wrapped. This should only be used for references to an
157 undefined symbol, not for definitions of a symbol. */
159 extern struct bfd_link_hash_entry *bfd_wrapped_link_hash_lookup
160 PARAMS ((bfd *, struct bfd_link_info *, const char *, boolean, boolean,
161 boolean));
163 /* Traverse a link hash table. */
164 extern void bfd_link_hash_traverse
165 PARAMS ((struct bfd_link_hash_table *,
166 boolean (*) (struct bfd_link_hash_entry *, PTR),
167 PTR));
169 /* Add an entry to the undefs list. */
170 extern void bfd_link_add_undef
171 PARAMS ((struct bfd_link_hash_table *, struct bfd_link_hash_entry *));
173 /* This structure holds all the information needed to communicate
174 between BFD and the linker when doing a link. */
176 struct bfd_link_info
178 /* Function callbacks. */
179 const struct bfd_link_callbacks *callbacks;
180 /* true if BFD should generate a relocateable object file. */
181 boolean relocateable;
182 /* true if BFD should generate relocation information in the final executable. */
183 boolean emitrelocations;
184 /* true if BFD should generate a "task linked" object file,
185 similar to relocatable but also with globals converted to statics. */
186 boolean task_link;
187 /* true if BFD should generate a shared object. */
188 boolean shared;
189 /* true if BFD should pre-bind symbols in a shared object. */
190 boolean symbolic;
191 /* true if shared objects should be linked directly, not shared. */
192 boolean static_link;
193 /* true if the output file should be in a traditional format. This
194 is equivalent to the setting of the BFD_TRADITIONAL_FORMAT flag
195 on the output file, but may be checked when reading the input
196 files. */
197 boolean traditional_format;
198 /* true if we want to produced optimized output files. This might
199 need much more time and therefore must be explicitly selected. */
200 boolean optimize;
201 /* true if BFD should generate errors for undefined symbols
202 even if generating a shared object. */
203 boolean no_undefined;
204 /* Which symbols to strip. */
205 enum bfd_link_strip strip;
206 /* Which local symbols to discard. */
207 enum bfd_link_discard discard;
208 /* true if symbols should be retained in memory, false if they
209 should be freed and reread. */
210 boolean keep_memory;
211 /* The list of input BFD's involved in the link. These are chained
212 together via the link_next field. */
213 bfd *input_bfds;
214 /* If a symbol should be created for each input BFD, this is section
215 where those symbols should be placed. It must be a section in
216 the output BFD. It may be NULL, in which case no such symbols
217 will be created. This is to support CREATE_OBJECT_SYMBOLS in the
218 linker command language. */
219 asection *create_object_symbols_section;
220 /* Hash table handled by BFD. */
221 struct bfd_link_hash_table *hash;
222 /* Hash table of symbols to keep. This is NULL unless strip is
223 strip_some. */
224 struct bfd_hash_table *keep_hash;
225 /* true if every symbol should be reported back via the notice
226 callback. */
227 boolean notice_all;
228 /* Hash table of symbols to report back via the notice callback. If
229 this is NULL, and notice_all is false, then no symbols are
230 reported back. */
231 struct bfd_hash_table *notice_hash;
232 /* Hash table of symbols which are being wrapped (the --wrap linker
233 option). If this is NULL, no symbols are being wrapped. */
234 struct bfd_hash_table *wrap_hash;
235 /* If a base output file is wanted, then this points to it */
236 PTR base_file;
238 /* If non-zero, specifies that branches which are problematic for the
239 MPC860 C0 (or earlier) should be checked for and modified. It gives the
240 number of bytes that should be checked at the end of each text page. */
241 int mpc860c0;
243 /* The function to call when the executable or shared object is
244 loaded. */
245 const char *init_function;
246 /* The function to call when the executable or shared object is
247 unloaded. */
248 const char *fini_function;
251 /* This structures holds a set of callback functions. These are
252 called by the BFD linker routines. The first argument to each
253 callback function is the bfd_link_info structure being used. Each
254 function returns a boolean value. If the function returns false,
255 then the BFD function which called it will return with a failure
256 indication. */
258 struct bfd_link_callbacks
260 /* A function which is called when an object is added from an
261 archive. ABFD is the archive element being added. NAME is the
262 name of the symbol which caused the archive element to be pulled
263 in. */
264 boolean (*add_archive_element) PARAMS ((struct bfd_link_info *,
265 bfd *abfd,
266 const char *name));
267 /* A function which is called when a symbol is found with multiple
268 definitions. NAME is the symbol which is defined multiple times.
269 OBFD is the old BFD, OSEC is the old section, OVAL is the old
270 value, NBFD is the new BFD, NSEC is the new section, and NVAL is
271 the new value. OBFD may be NULL. OSEC and NSEC may be
272 bfd_com_section or bfd_ind_section. */
273 boolean (*multiple_definition) PARAMS ((struct bfd_link_info *,
274 const char *name,
275 bfd *obfd,
276 asection *osec,
277 bfd_vma oval,
278 bfd *nbfd,
279 asection *nsec,
280 bfd_vma nval));
281 /* A function which is called when a common symbol is defined
282 multiple times. NAME is the symbol appearing multiple times.
283 OBFD is the BFD of the existing symbol; it may be NULL if this is
284 not known. OTYPE is the type of the existing symbol, which may
285 be bfd_link_hash_defined, bfd_link_hash_defweak,
286 bfd_link_hash_common, or bfd_link_hash_indirect. If OTYPE is
287 bfd_link_hash_common, OSIZE is the size of the existing symbol.
288 NBFD is the BFD of the new symbol. NTYPE is the type of the new
289 symbol, one of bfd_link_hash_defined, bfd_link_hash_common, or
290 bfd_link_hash_indirect. If NTYPE is bfd_link_hash_common, NSIZE
291 is the size of the new symbol. */
292 boolean (*multiple_common) PARAMS ((struct bfd_link_info *,
293 const char *name,
294 bfd *obfd,
295 enum bfd_link_hash_type otype,
296 bfd_vma osize,
297 bfd *nbfd,
298 enum bfd_link_hash_type ntype,
299 bfd_vma nsize));
300 /* A function which is called to add a symbol to a set. ENTRY is
301 the link hash table entry for the set itself (e.g.,
302 __CTOR_LIST__). RELOC is the relocation to use for an entry in
303 the set when generating a relocateable file, and is also used to
304 get the size of the entry when generating an executable file.
305 ABFD, SEC and VALUE identify the value to add to the set. */
306 boolean (*add_to_set) PARAMS ((struct bfd_link_info *,
307 struct bfd_link_hash_entry *entry,
308 bfd_reloc_code_real_type reloc,
309 bfd *abfd, asection *sec, bfd_vma value));
310 /* A function which is called when the name of a g++ constructor or
311 destructor is found. This is only called by some object file
312 formats. CONSTRUCTOR is true for a constructor, false for a
313 destructor. This will use BFD_RELOC_CTOR when generating a
314 relocateable file. NAME is the name of the symbol found. ABFD,
315 SECTION and VALUE are the value of the symbol. */
316 boolean (*constructor) PARAMS ((struct bfd_link_info *,
317 boolean constructor,
318 const char *name, bfd *abfd, asection *sec,
319 bfd_vma value));
320 /* A function which is called to issue a linker warning. For
321 example, this is called when there is a reference to a warning
322 symbol. WARNING is the warning to be issued. SYMBOL is the name
323 of the symbol which triggered the warning; it may be NULL if
324 there is none. ABFD, SECTION and ADDRESS identify the location
325 which trigerred the warning; either ABFD or SECTION or both may
326 be NULL if the location is not known. */
327 boolean (*warning) PARAMS ((struct bfd_link_info *,
328 const char *warning, const char *symbol,
329 bfd *abfd, asection *section,
330 bfd_vma address));
331 /* A function which is called when a relocation is attempted against
332 an undefined symbol. NAME is the symbol which is undefined.
333 ABFD, SECTION and ADDRESS identify the location from which the
334 reference is made. FATAL indicates whether an undefined symbol is
335 a fatal error or not. In some cases SECTION may be NULL. */
336 boolean (*undefined_symbol) PARAMS ((struct bfd_link_info *,
337 const char *name, bfd *abfd,
338 asection *section,
339 bfd_vma address,
340 boolean fatal));
341 /* A function which is called when a reloc overflow occurs. NAME is
342 the name of the symbol or section the reloc is against,
343 RELOC_NAME is the name of the relocation, and ADDEND is any
344 addend that is used. ABFD, SECTION and ADDRESS identify the
345 location at which the overflow occurs; if this is the result of a
346 bfd_section_reloc_link_order or bfd_symbol_reloc_link_order, then
347 ABFD will be NULL. */
348 boolean (*reloc_overflow) PARAMS ((struct bfd_link_info *,
349 const char *name,
350 const char *reloc_name, bfd_vma addend,
351 bfd *abfd, asection *section,
352 bfd_vma address));
353 /* A function which is called when a dangerous reloc is performed.
354 The canonical example is an a29k IHCONST reloc which does not
355 follow an IHIHALF reloc. MESSAGE is an appropriate message.
356 ABFD, SECTION and ADDRESS identify the location at which the
357 problem occurred; if this is the result of a
358 bfd_section_reloc_link_order or bfd_symbol_reloc_link_order, then
359 ABFD will be NULL. */
360 boolean (*reloc_dangerous) PARAMS ((struct bfd_link_info *,
361 const char *message,
362 bfd *abfd, asection *section,
363 bfd_vma address));
364 /* A function which is called when a reloc is found to be attached
365 to a symbol which is not being written out. NAME is the name of
366 the symbol. ABFD, SECTION and ADDRESS identify the location of
367 the reloc; if this is the result of a
368 bfd_section_reloc_link_order or bfd_symbol_reloc_link_order, then
369 ABFD will be NULL. */
370 boolean (*unattached_reloc) PARAMS ((struct bfd_link_info *,
371 const char *name,
372 bfd *abfd, asection *section,
373 bfd_vma address));
374 /* A function which is called when a symbol in notice_hash is
375 defined or referenced. NAME is the symbol. ABFD, SECTION and
376 ADDRESS are the value of the symbol. If SECTION is
377 bfd_und_section, this is a reference. */
378 boolean (*notice) PARAMS ((struct bfd_link_info *, const char *name,
379 bfd *abfd, asection *section, bfd_vma address));
382 /* The linker builds link_order structures which tell the code how to
383 include input data in the output file. */
385 /* These are the types of link_order structures. */
387 enum bfd_link_order_type
389 bfd_undefined_link_order, /* Undefined. */
390 bfd_indirect_link_order, /* Built from a section. */
391 bfd_fill_link_order, /* Fill with a 16 bit constant. */
392 bfd_data_link_order, /* Set to explicit data. */
393 bfd_section_reloc_link_order, /* Relocate against a section. */
394 bfd_symbol_reloc_link_order /* Relocate against a symbol. */
397 /* This is the link_order structure itself. These form a chain
398 attached to the section whose contents they are describing. */
400 struct bfd_link_order
402 /* Next link_order in chain. */
403 struct bfd_link_order *next;
404 /* Type of link_order. */
405 enum bfd_link_order_type type;
406 /* Offset within output section. */
407 bfd_vma offset;
408 /* Size within output section. */
409 bfd_size_type size;
410 /* Type specific information. */
411 union
413 struct
415 /* Section to include. If this is used, then
416 section->output_section must be the section the
417 link_order is attached to, section->output_offset must
418 equal the link_order offset field, and section->_raw_size
419 must equal the link_order size field. Maybe these
420 restrictions should be relaxed someday. */
421 asection *section;
422 } indirect;
423 struct
425 /* Value to fill with. */
426 unsigned int value;
427 } fill;
428 struct
430 /* Data to put into file. The size field gives the number
431 of bytes which this field points to. */
432 bfd_byte *contents;
433 } data;
434 struct
436 /* Description of reloc to generate. Used for
437 bfd_section_reloc_link_order and
438 bfd_symbol_reloc_link_order. */
439 struct bfd_link_order_reloc *p;
440 } reloc;
441 } u;
444 /* A linker order of type bfd_section_reloc_link_order or
445 bfd_symbol_reloc_link_order means to create a reloc against a
446 section or symbol, respectively. This is used to implement -Ur to
447 generate relocs for the constructor tables. The
448 bfd_link_order_reloc structure describes the reloc that BFD should
449 create. It is similar to a arelent, but I didn't use arelent
450 because the linker does not know anything about most symbols, and
451 any asymbol structure it creates will be partially meaningless.
452 This information could logically be in the bfd_link_order struct,
453 but I didn't want to waste the space since these types of relocs
454 are relatively rare. */
456 struct bfd_link_order_reloc
458 /* Reloc type. */
459 bfd_reloc_code_real_type reloc;
461 union
463 /* For type bfd_section_reloc_link_order, this is the section
464 the reloc should be against. This must be a section in the
465 output BFD, not any of the input BFDs. */
466 asection *section;
467 /* For type bfd_symbol_reloc_link_order, this is the name of the
468 symbol the reloc should be against. */
469 const char *name;
470 } u;
472 /* Addend to use. The object file should contain zero. The BFD
473 backend is responsible for filling in the contents of the object
474 file correctly. For some object file formats (e.g., COFF) the
475 addend must be stored into in the object file, and for some
476 (e.g., SPARC a.out) it is kept in the reloc. */
477 bfd_vma addend;
480 /* Allocate a new link_order for a section. */
481 extern struct bfd_link_order *bfd_new_link_order PARAMS ((bfd *, asection *));
483 /* These structures are used to describe version information for the
484 ELF linker. These structures could be manipulated entirely inside
485 BFD, but it would be a pain. Instead, the regular linker sets up
486 these structures, and then passes them into BFD. */
488 /* Regular expressions for a version. */
490 struct bfd_elf_version_expr
492 /* Next regular expression for this version. */
493 struct bfd_elf_version_expr *next;
494 /* Regular expression. */
495 const char *pattern;
496 /* Matching function. */
497 int (*match) PARAMS((struct bfd_elf_version_expr *, const char *));
500 /* Version dependencies. */
502 struct bfd_elf_version_deps
504 /* Next dependency for this version. */
505 struct bfd_elf_version_deps *next;
506 /* The version which this version depends upon. */
507 struct bfd_elf_version_tree *version_needed;
510 /* A node in the version tree. */
512 struct bfd_elf_version_tree
514 /* Next version. */
515 struct bfd_elf_version_tree *next;
516 /* Name of this version. */
517 const char *name;
518 /* Version number. */
519 unsigned int vernum;
520 /* Regular expressions for global symbols in this version. */
521 struct bfd_elf_version_expr *globals;
522 /* Regular expressions for local symbols in this version. */
523 struct bfd_elf_version_expr *locals;
524 /* List of versions which this version depends upon. */
525 struct bfd_elf_version_deps *deps;
526 /* Index of the version name. This is used within BFD. */
527 unsigned int name_indx;
528 /* Whether this version tree was used. This is used within BFD. */
529 int used;
532 #endif