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1 /* Object file "section" support for the BFD library.
2    Copyright (C) 1990, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 1999
3    Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4    Written by Cygnus Support.
5 
6 This file is part of BFD, the Binary File Descriptor library.
7 
8 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
9 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
10 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
11 (at your option) any later version.
12 
13 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
14 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
15 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
16 GNU General Public License for more details.
17 
18 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
19 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
20 Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
21 
22 /*
23 SECTION
24 	Sections
25 
26 	The raw data contained within a BFD is maintained through the
27 	section abstraction.  A single BFD may have any number of
28 	sections.  It keeps hold of them by pointing to the first;
29 	each one points to the next in the list.
30 
31 	Sections are supported in BFD in <<section.c>>.
32 
33 @menu
34 @* Section Input::
35 @* Section Output::
36 @* typedef asection::
37 @* section prototypes::
38 @end menu
39 
40 INODE
41 Section Input, Section Output, Sections, Sections
42 SUBSECTION
43 	Section input
44 
45 	When a BFD is opened for reading, the section structures are
46 	created and attached to the BFD.
47 
48 	Each section has a name which describes the section in the
49 	outside world---for example, <<a.out>> would contain at least
50 	three sections, called <<.text>>, <<.data>> and <<.bss>>.
51 
52 	Names need not be unique; for example a COFF file may have several
53 	sections named <<.data>>.
54 
55 	Sometimes a BFD will contain more than the ``natural'' number of
56 	sections. A back end may attach other sections containing
57 	constructor data, or an application may add a section (using
58 	<<bfd_make_section>>) to the sections attached to an already open
59 	BFD. For example, the linker creates an extra section
60 	<<COMMON>> for each input file's BFD to hold information about
61 	common storage.
62 
63 	The raw data is not necessarily read in when
64 	the section descriptor is created. Some targets may leave the
65 	data in place until a <<bfd_get_section_contents>> call is
66 	made. Other back ends may read in all the data at once.  For
67 	example, an S-record file has to be read once to determine the
68 	size of the data. An IEEE-695 file doesn't contain raw data in
69 	sections, but data and relocation expressions intermixed, so
70 	the data area has to be parsed to get out the data and
71 	relocations.
72 
73 INODE
74 Section Output, typedef asection, Section Input, Sections
75 
76 SUBSECTION
77 	Section output
78 
79 	To write a new object style BFD, the various sections to be
80 	written have to be created. They are attached to the BFD in
81 	the same way as input sections; data is written to the
82 	sections using <<bfd_set_section_contents>>.
83 
84 	Any program that creates or combines sections (e.g., the assembler
85 	and linker) must use the <<asection>> fields <<output_section>> and
86 	<<output_offset>> to indicate the file sections to which each
87 	section must be written.  (If the section is being created from
88 	scratch, <<output_section>> should probably point to the section
89 	itself and <<output_offset>> should probably be zero.)
90 
91 	The data to be written comes from input sections attached
92 	(via <<output_section>> pointers) to
93 	the output sections.  The output section structure can be
94 	considered a filter for the input section: the output section
95 	determines the vma of the output data and the name, but the
96 	input section determines the offset into the output section of
97 	the data to be written.
98 
99 	E.g., to create a section "O", starting at 0x100, 0x123 long,
100 	containing two subsections, "A" at offset 0x0 (i.e., at vma
101 	0x100) and "B" at offset 0x20 (i.e., at vma 0x120) the <<asection>>
102 	structures would look like:
103 
104 |   section name          "A"
105 |     output_offset   0x00
106 |     size            0x20
107 |     output_section ----------->  section name    "O"
108 |                             |    vma             0x100
109 |   section name          "B" |    size            0x123
110 |     output_offset   0x20    |
111 |     size            0x103   |
112 |     output_section  --------|
113 
114 
115 SUBSECTION
116 	Link orders
117 
118 	The data within a section is stored in a @dfn{link_order}.
119 	These are much like the fixups in <<gas>>.  The link_order
120 	abstraction allows a section to grow and shrink within itself.
121 
122 	A link_order knows how big it is, and which is the next
123 	link_order and where the raw data for it is; it also points to
124 	a list of relocations which apply to it.
125 
126 	The link_order is used by the linker to perform relaxing on
127 	final code.  The compiler creates code which is as big as
128 	necessary to make it work without relaxing, and the user can
129 	select whether to relax.  Sometimes relaxing takes a lot of
130 	time.  The linker runs around the relocations to see if any
131 	are attached to data which can be shrunk, if so it does it on
132 	a link_order by link_order basis.
133 
134 */
135 
136 
137 #include "bfd.h"
138 #include "sysdep.h"
139 #include "libbfd.h"
140 #include "bfdlink.h"
141 
142 /*
143 DOCDD
144 INODE
145 typedef asection, section prototypes, Section Output, Sections
146 SUBSECTION
147 	typedef asection
148 
149 	Here is the section structure:
150 
151 CODE_FRAGMENT
152 .
153 . {* This structure is used for a comdat section, as in PE.  A comdat
154 .    section is associated with a particular symbol.  When the linker
155 .    sees a comdat section, it keeps only one of the sections with a
156 .    given name and associated with a given symbol. *}
157 .
158 .struct bfd_comdat_info
159 .{
160 .  {* The name of the symbol associated with a comdat section.  *}
161 .  const char *name;
162 .
163 .  {* The local symbol table index of the symbol associated with a
164 .     comdat section.  This is only meaningful to the object file format
165 .     specific code; it is not an index into the list returned by
166 .     bfd_canonicalize_symtab.  *}
167 .  long symbol;
168 .
169 .  {* If this section is being discarded, the linker uses this field
170 .     to point to the input section which is being kept.  *}
171 .  struct sec *sec;
172 .};
173 .
174 .typedef struct sec
175 .{
176 .        {* The name of the section; the name isn't a copy, the pointer is
177 .        the same as that passed to bfd_make_section. *}
178 .
179 .    CONST char *name;
180 .
181 .        {* Which section is it; 0..nth.      *}
182 .
183 .   int index;
184 .
185 .        {* The next section in the list belonging to the BFD, or NULL. *}
186 .
187 .    struct sec *next;
188 .
189 .        {* The field flags contains attributes of the section. Some
190 .           flags are read in from the object file, and some are
191 .           synthesized from other information.  *}
192 .
193 .    flagword flags;
194 .
195 .#define SEC_NO_FLAGS   0x000
196 .
197 .        {* Tells the OS to allocate space for this section when loading.
198 .           This is clear for a section containing debug information
199 .           only. *}
200 .#define SEC_ALLOC      0x001
201 .
202 .        {* Tells the OS to load the section from the file when loading.
203 .           This is clear for a .bss section. *}
204 .#define SEC_LOAD       0x002
205 .
206 .        {* The section contains data still to be relocated, so there is
207 .           some relocation information too. *}
208 .#define SEC_RELOC      0x004
209 .
210 .#if 0   {* Obsolete ? *}
211 .#define SEC_BALIGN     0x008
212 .#endif
213 .
214 .        {* A signal to the OS that the section contains read only
215 .          data. *}
216 .#define SEC_READONLY   0x010
217 .
218 .        {* The section contains code only. *}
219 .#define SEC_CODE       0x020
220 .
221 .        {* The section contains data only. *}
222 .#define SEC_DATA       0x040
223 .
224 .        {* The section will reside in ROM. *}
225 .#define SEC_ROM        0x080
226 .
227 .        {* The section contains constructor information. This section
228 .           type is used by the linker to create lists of constructors and
229 .           destructors used by <<g++>>. When a back end sees a symbol
230 .           which should be used in a constructor list, it creates a new
231 .           section for the type of name (e.g., <<__CTOR_LIST__>>), attaches
232 .           the symbol to it, and builds a relocation. To build the lists
233 .           of constructors, all the linker has to do is catenate all the
234 .           sections called <<__CTOR_LIST__>> and relocate the data
235 .           contained within - exactly the operations it would peform on
236 .           standard data. *}
237 .#define SEC_CONSTRUCTOR 0x100
238 .
239 .        {* The section is a constructor, and should be placed at the
240 .          end of the text, data, or bss section(?). *}
241 .#define SEC_CONSTRUCTOR_TEXT 0x1100
242 .#define SEC_CONSTRUCTOR_DATA 0x2100
243 .#define SEC_CONSTRUCTOR_BSS  0x3100
244 .
245 .        {* The section has contents - a data section could be
246 .           <<SEC_ALLOC>> | <<SEC_HAS_CONTENTS>>; a debug section could be
247 .           <<SEC_HAS_CONTENTS>> *}
248 .#define SEC_HAS_CONTENTS 0x200
249 .
250 .        {* An instruction to the linker to not output the section
251 .           even if it has information which would normally be written. *}
252 .#define SEC_NEVER_LOAD 0x400
253 .
254 .        {* The section is a COFF shared library section.  This flag is
255 .           only for the linker.  If this type of section appears in
256 .           the input file, the linker must copy it to the output file
257 .           without changing the vma or size.  FIXME: Although this
258 .           was originally intended to be general, it really is COFF
259 .           specific (and the flag was renamed to indicate this).  It
260 .           might be cleaner to have some more general mechanism to
261 .           allow the back end to control what the linker does with
262 .           sections. *}
263 .#define SEC_COFF_SHARED_LIBRARY 0x800
264 .
265 .        {* The section contains common symbols (symbols may be defined
266 .           multiple times, the value of a symbol is the amount of
267 .           space it requires, and the largest symbol value is the one
268 .           used).  Most targets have exactly one of these (which we
269 .	    translate to bfd_com_section_ptr), but ECOFF has two. *}
270 .#define SEC_IS_COMMON 0x8000
271 .
272 .        {* The section contains only debugging information.  For
273 .           example, this is set for ELF .debug and .stab sections.
274 .           strip tests this flag to see if a section can be
275 .           discarded. *}
276 .#define SEC_DEBUGGING 0x10000
277 .
278 .        {* The contents of this section are held in memory pointed to
279 .           by the contents field.  This is checked by
280 .           bfd_get_section_contents, and the data is retrieved from
281 .           memory if appropriate.  *}
282 .#define SEC_IN_MEMORY 0x20000
283 .
284 .        {* The contents of this section are to be excluded by the
285 .	    linker for executable and shared objects unless those
286 .	    objects are to be further relocated.  *}
287 .#define SEC_EXCLUDE 0x40000
288 .
289 .	{* The contents of this section are to be sorted by the
290 .	   based on the address specified in the associated symbol
291 .	   table.  *}
292 .#define SEC_SORT_ENTRIES 0x80000
293 .
294 .	{* When linking, duplicate sections of the same name should be
295 .	   discarded, rather than being combined into a single section as
296 .	   is usually done.  This is similar to how common symbols are
297 .	   handled.  See SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES below.  *}
298 .#define SEC_LINK_ONCE 0x100000
299 .
300 .	{* If SEC_LINK_ONCE is set, this bitfield describes how the linker
301 .	   should handle duplicate sections.  *}
302 .#define SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES 0x600000
303 .
304 .	{* This value for SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES means that duplicate
305 .	   sections with the same name should simply be discarded. *}
306 .#define SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES_DISCARD 0x0
307 .
308 .	{* This value for SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES means that the linker
309 .	   should warn if there are any duplicate sections, although
310 .	   it should still only link one copy.  *}
311 .#define SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES_ONE_ONLY 0x200000
312 .
313 .	{* This value for SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES means that the linker
314 .	   should warn if any duplicate sections are a different size.  *}
315 .#define SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES_SAME_SIZE 0x400000
316 .
317 .	{* This value for SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES means that the linker
318 .	   should warn if any duplicate sections contain different
319 .	   contents.  *}
320 .#define SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES_SAME_CONTENTS 0x600000
321 .
322 .	{* This section was created by the linker as part of dynamic
323 .	   relocation or other arcane processing.  It is skipped when
324 .	   going through the first-pass output, trusting that someone
325 .	   else up the line will take care of it later.  *}
326 .#define SEC_LINKER_CREATED 0x800000
327 .
328 .	{* This section should not be subject to garbage collection.  *}
329 .#define SEC_KEEP 0x1000000
330 .
331 .	{* This section contains "short" data, and should be placed
332 .	   "near" the GP.  *}
333 .#define SEC_SMALL_DATA 0x2000000
334 .
335 . 	{* This section contains data which may be shared with other
336 .	   executables or shared objects.  *}
337 .#define SEC_SHARED 0x4000000
338 .
339 .	{*  End of section flags.  *}
340 .
341 .	{* Some internal packed boolean fields.  *}
342 .
343 .	{* See the vma field.  *}
344 .	unsigned int user_set_vma : 1;
345 .
346 .	{* Whether relocations have been processed.  *}
347 .	unsigned int reloc_done : 1;
348 .
349 .	{* A mark flag used by some of the linker backends.  *}
350 .	unsigned int linker_mark : 1;
351 .
352 .	{* A mark flag used by some linker backends for garbage collection.  *}
353 .	unsigned int gc_mark : 1;
354 .
355 .	{* End of internal packed boolean fields.  *}
356 .
357 .       {*  The virtual memory address of the section - where it will be
358 .           at run time.  The symbols are relocated against this.  The
359 .	    user_set_vma flag is maintained by bfd; if it's not set, the
360 .	    backend can assign addresses (for example, in <<a.out>>, where
361 .	    the default address for <<.data>> is dependent on the specific
362 .	    target and various flags).  *}
363 .
364 .   bfd_vma vma;
365 .
366 .       {*  The load address of the section - where it would be in a
367 .           rom image; really only used for writing section header
368 .	    information. *}
369 .
370 .   bfd_vma lma;
371 .
372 .        {* The size of the section in octets, as it will be output.
373 .           Contains a value even if the section has no contents (e.g., the
374 .           size of <<.bss>>).  This will be filled in after relocation.  *}
375 .
376 .   bfd_size_type _cooked_size;
377 .
378 .        {* The original size on disk of the section, in octets.  Normally this
379 .	    value is the same as the size, but if some relaxing has
380 .	    been done, then this value will be bigger.  *}
381 .
382 .   bfd_size_type _raw_size;
383 .
384 .        {* If this section is going to be output, then this value is the
385 .           offset in *bytes* into the output section of the first byte in the
386 .           input section (byte ==> smallest addressable unit on the
387 .           target).  In most cases, if this was going to start at the
388 .           100th octet (8-bit quantity) in the output section, this value
389 .           would be 100.  However, if the target byte size is 16 bits
390 .           (bfd_octets_per_byte is "2"), this value would be 50. *}
391 .
392 .   bfd_vma output_offset;
393 .
394 .        {* The output section through which to map on output. *}
395 .
396 .   struct sec *output_section;
397 .
398 .        {* The alignment requirement of the section, as an exponent of 2 -
399 .           e.g., 3 aligns to 2^3 (or 8). *}
400 .
401 .   unsigned int alignment_power;
402 .
403 .        {* If an input section, a pointer to a vector of relocation
404 .           records for the data in this section. *}
405 .
406 .   struct reloc_cache_entry *relocation;
407 .
408 .        {* If an output section, a pointer to a vector of pointers to
409 .           relocation records for the data in this section. *}
410 .
411 .   struct reloc_cache_entry **orelocation;
412 .
413 .        {* The number of relocation records in one of the above  *}
414 .
415 .   unsigned reloc_count;
416 .
417 .        {* Information below is back end specific - and not always used
418 .           or updated.  *}
419 .
420 .        {* File position of section data    *}
421 .
422 .   file_ptr filepos;
423 .
424 .        {* File position of relocation info *}
425 .
426 .   file_ptr rel_filepos;
427 .
428 .        {* File position of line data       *}
429 .
430 .   file_ptr line_filepos;
431 .
432 .        {* Pointer to data for applications *}
433 .
434 .   PTR userdata;
435 .
436 .        {* If the SEC_IN_MEMORY flag is set, this points to the actual
437 .           contents.  *}
438 .   unsigned char *contents;
439 .
440 .        {* Attached line number information *}
441 .
442 .   alent *lineno;
443 .
444 .        {* Number of line number records   *}
445 .
446 .   unsigned int lineno_count;
447 .
448 .	 {* Optional information about a COMDAT entry; NULL if not COMDAT *}
449 .
450 .   struct bfd_comdat_info *comdat;
451 .
452 .        {* When a section is being output, this value changes as more
453 .           linenumbers are written out *}
454 .
455 .   file_ptr moving_line_filepos;
456 .
457 .        {* What the section number is in the target world  *}
458 .
459 .   int target_index;
460 .
461 .   PTR used_by_bfd;
462 .
463 .        {* If this is a constructor section then here is a list of the
464 .           relocations created to relocate items within it. *}
465 .
466 .   struct relent_chain *constructor_chain;
467 .
468 .        {* The BFD which owns the section. *}
469 .
470 .   bfd *owner;
471 .
472 .	 {* A symbol which points at this section only *}
473 .   struct symbol_cache_entry *symbol;
474 .   struct symbol_cache_entry **symbol_ptr_ptr;
475 .
476 .   struct bfd_link_order *link_order_head;
477 .   struct bfd_link_order *link_order_tail;
478 .} asection ;
479 .
480 .    {* These sections are global, and are managed by BFD.  The application
481 .       and target back end are not permitted to change the values in
482 .	these sections.  New code should use the section_ptr macros rather
483 .       than referring directly to the const sections.  The const sections
484 .       may eventually vanish.  *}
485 .#define BFD_ABS_SECTION_NAME "*ABS*"
486 .#define BFD_UND_SECTION_NAME "*UND*"
487 .#define BFD_COM_SECTION_NAME "*COM*"
488 .#define BFD_IND_SECTION_NAME "*IND*"
489 .
490 .    {* the absolute section *}
491 .extern const asection bfd_abs_section;
492 .#define bfd_abs_section_ptr ((asection *) &bfd_abs_section)
493 .#define bfd_is_abs_section(sec) ((sec) == bfd_abs_section_ptr)
494 .    {* Pointer to the undefined section *}
495 .extern const asection bfd_und_section;
496 .#define bfd_und_section_ptr ((asection *) &bfd_und_section)
497 .#define bfd_is_und_section(sec) ((sec) == bfd_und_section_ptr)
498 .    {* Pointer to the common section *}
499 .extern const asection bfd_com_section;
500 .#define bfd_com_section_ptr ((asection *) &bfd_com_section)
501 .    {* Pointer to the indirect section *}
502 .extern const asection bfd_ind_section;
503 .#define bfd_ind_section_ptr ((asection *) &bfd_ind_section)
504 .#define bfd_is_ind_section(sec) ((sec) == bfd_ind_section_ptr)
505 .
506 .extern const struct symbol_cache_entry * const bfd_abs_symbol;
507 .extern const struct symbol_cache_entry * const bfd_com_symbol;
508 .extern const struct symbol_cache_entry * const bfd_und_symbol;
509 .extern const struct symbol_cache_entry * const bfd_ind_symbol;
510 .#define bfd_get_section_size_before_reloc(section) \
511 .     ((section)->reloc_done ? (abort (), (bfd_size_type) 1) \
512 .                            : (section)->_raw_size)
513 .#define bfd_get_section_size_after_reloc(section) \
514 .     ((section)->reloc_done ? (section)->_cooked_size \
515 .                            : (abort (), (bfd_size_type) 1))
516 */
517 
518 /* We use a macro to initialize the static asymbol structures because
519    traditional C does not permit us to initialize a union member while
520    gcc warns if we don't initialize it.  */
521  /* the_bfd, name, value, attr, section [, udata] */
522 #ifdef __STDC__
523 #define GLOBAL_SYM_INIT(NAME, SECTION) \
524   { 0, NAME, 0, BSF_SECTION_SYM, (asection *) SECTION, { 0 }}
525 #else
526 #define GLOBAL_SYM_INIT(NAME, SECTION) \
527   { 0, NAME, 0, BSF_SECTION_SYM, (asection *) SECTION }
528 #endif
529 
530 /* These symbols are global, not specific to any BFD.  Therefore, anything
531    that tries to change them is broken, and should be repaired.  */
532 
533 static const asymbol global_syms[] =
534 {
535   GLOBAL_SYM_INIT (BFD_COM_SECTION_NAME, &bfd_com_section),
536   GLOBAL_SYM_INIT (BFD_UND_SECTION_NAME, &bfd_und_section),
537   GLOBAL_SYM_INIT (BFD_ABS_SECTION_NAME, &bfd_abs_section),
538   GLOBAL_SYM_INIT (BFD_IND_SECTION_NAME, &bfd_ind_section)
539 };
540 
541 #define STD_SECTION(SEC, FLAGS, SYM, NAME, IDX)	\
542   const asymbol * const SYM = (asymbol *) &global_syms[IDX]; \
543   const asection SEC = \
544     /* name, index, next, flags, set_vma, reloc_done, linker_mark, gc_mark */ \
545     { NAME,  0,     0,    FLAGS, 0,       0,          0,           0,	      \
546 									      \
547     /* vma, lma, _cooked_size, _raw_size, output_offset, output_section, */   \
548        0,   0,   0,            0,         0,             (struct sec *) &SEC, \
549 									      \
550     /* alig..., reloc..., orel..., reloc_count, filepos, rel_..., line_... */ \
551        0,       0,        0,       0,           0,       0, 	   0,	      \
552 									      \
553     /* userdata, contents, lineno, lineno_count */ 			      \
554        0,        0,        0,      0,                      		      \
555 									      \
556     /* comdat_info, moving_line_filepos, target_index, used_by_bfd,  */       \
557        NULL,        0,                   0,            0, 		      \
558 									      \
559     /* cons..., owner, symbol */ 					      \
560        0,       0,     (struct symbol_cache_entry *) &global_syms[IDX],       \
561 									      \
562     /* symbol_ptr_ptr,                      link_order_head, ..._tail */      \
563        (struct symbol_cache_entry **) &SYM, 0,               0                \
564     }
565 
566 STD_SECTION (bfd_com_section, SEC_IS_COMMON, bfd_com_symbol,
567 	     BFD_COM_SECTION_NAME, 0);
568 STD_SECTION (bfd_und_section, 0, bfd_und_symbol, BFD_UND_SECTION_NAME, 1);
569 STD_SECTION (bfd_abs_section, 0, bfd_abs_symbol, BFD_ABS_SECTION_NAME, 2);
570 STD_SECTION (bfd_ind_section, 0, bfd_ind_symbol, BFD_IND_SECTION_NAME, 3);
571 #undef STD_SECTION
572 
573 /*
574 DOCDD
575 INODE
576 section prototypes,  , typedef asection, Sections
577 SUBSECTION
578 	Section prototypes
579 
580 These are the functions exported by the section handling part of BFD.
581 */
582 
583 /*
584 FUNCTION
585 	bfd_get_section_by_name
586 
587 SYNOPSIS
588 	asection *bfd_get_section_by_name(bfd *abfd, CONST char *name);
589 
590 DESCRIPTION
591 	Run through @var{abfd} and return the one of the
592 	<<asection>>s whose name matches @var{name}, otherwise <<NULL>>.
593 	@xref{Sections}, for more information.
594 
595 	This should only be used in special cases; the normal way to process
596 	all sections of a given name is to use <<bfd_map_over_sections>> and
597 	<<strcmp>> on the name (or better yet, base it on the section flags
598 	or something else) for each section.
599 */
600 
601 asection *
602 bfd_get_section_by_name (abfd, name)
603      bfd *abfd;
604      CONST char *name;
605 {
606   asection *sect;
607 
608   for (sect = abfd->sections; sect != NULL; sect = sect->next)
609     if (!strcmp (sect->name, name))
610       return sect;
611   return NULL;
612 }
613 
614 
615 /*
616 FUNCTION
617 	bfd_make_section_old_way
618 
619 SYNOPSIS
620 	asection *bfd_make_section_old_way(bfd *abfd, CONST char *name);
621 
622 DESCRIPTION
623 	Create a new empty section called @var{name}
624 	and attach it to the end of the chain of sections for the
625 	BFD @var{abfd}. An attempt to create a section with a name which
626 	is already in use returns its pointer without changing the
627 	section chain.
628 
629 	It has the funny name since this is the way it used to be
630 	before it was rewritten....
631 
632 	Possible errors are:
633 	o <<bfd_error_invalid_operation>> -
634 	If output has already started for this BFD.
635 	o <<bfd_error_no_memory>> -
636 	If memory allocation fails.
637 
638 */
639 
640 
641 asection *
642 bfd_make_section_old_way (abfd, name)
643      bfd *abfd;
644      CONST char *name;
645 {
646   asection *sec = bfd_get_section_by_name (abfd, name);
647   if (sec == (asection *) NULL)
648     {
649       sec = bfd_make_section (abfd, name);
650     }
651   return sec;
652 }
653 
654 /*
655 FUNCTION
656 	bfd_make_section_anyway
657 
658 SYNOPSIS
659 	asection *bfd_make_section_anyway(bfd *abfd, CONST char *name);
660 
661 DESCRIPTION
662    Create a new empty section called @var{name} and attach it to the end of
663    the chain of sections for @var{abfd}.  Create a new section even if there
664    is already a section with that name.
665 
666    Return <<NULL>> and set <<bfd_error>> on error; possible errors are:
667    o <<bfd_error_invalid_operation>> - If output has already started for @var{abfd}.
668    o <<bfd_error_no_memory>> - If memory allocation fails.
669 */
670 
671 sec_ptr
672 bfd_make_section_anyway (abfd, name)
673      bfd *abfd;
674      CONST char *name;
675 {
676   asection *newsect;
677   asection **prev = &abfd->sections;
678   asection *sect = abfd->sections;
679 
680   if (abfd->output_has_begun)
681     {
682       bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
683       return NULL;
684     }
685 
686   while (sect)
687     {
688       prev = &sect->next;
689       sect = sect->next;
690     }
691 
692   newsect = (asection *) bfd_zalloc (abfd, sizeof (asection));
693   if (newsect == NULL)
694     return NULL;
695 
696   newsect->name = name;
697   newsect->index = abfd->section_count++;
698   newsect->flags = SEC_NO_FLAGS;
699 
700   newsect->userdata = NULL;
701   newsect->contents = NULL;
702   newsect->next = (asection *) NULL;
703   newsect->relocation = (arelent *) NULL;
704   newsect->reloc_count = 0;
705   newsect->line_filepos = 0;
706   newsect->owner = abfd;
707   newsect->comdat = NULL;
708 
709   /* Create a symbol whos only job is to point to this section. This is
710      useful for things like relocs which are relative to the base of a
711      section.  */
712   newsect->symbol = bfd_make_empty_symbol (abfd);
713   if (newsect->symbol == NULL)
714     return NULL;
715   newsect->symbol->name = name;
716   newsect->symbol->value = 0;
717   newsect->symbol->section = newsect;
718   newsect->symbol->flags = BSF_SECTION_SYM;
719 
720   newsect->symbol_ptr_ptr = &newsect->symbol;
721 
722   if (BFD_SEND (abfd, _new_section_hook, (abfd, newsect)) != true)
723     {
724       free (newsect);
725       return NULL;
726     }
727 
728   *prev = newsect;
729   return newsect;
730 }
731 
732 /*
733 FUNCTION
734 	bfd_make_section
735 
736 SYNOPSIS
737 	asection *bfd_make_section(bfd *, CONST char *name);
738 
739 DESCRIPTION
740    Like <<bfd_make_section_anyway>>, but return <<NULL>> (without calling
741    bfd_set_error ()) without changing the section chain if there is already a
742    section named @var{name}.  If there is an error, return <<NULL>> and set
743    <<bfd_error>>.
744 */
745 
746 asection *
747 bfd_make_section (abfd, name)
748      bfd *abfd;
749      CONST char *name;
750 {
751   asection *sect = abfd->sections;
752 
753   if (strcmp (name, BFD_ABS_SECTION_NAME) == 0)
754     {
755       return bfd_abs_section_ptr;
756     }
757   if (strcmp (name, BFD_COM_SECTION_NAME) == 0)
758     {
759       return bfd_com_section_ptr;
760     }
761   if (strcmp (name, BFD_UND_SECTION_NAME) == 0)
762     {
763       return bfd_und_section_ptr;
764     }
765 
766   if (strcmp (name, BFD_IND_SECTION_NAME) == 0)
767     {
768       return bfd_ind_section_ptr;
769     }
770 
771   while (sect)
772     {
773       if (!strcmp (sect->name, name))
774 	return NULL;
775       sect = sect->next;
776     }
777 
778   /* The name is not already used; go ahead and make a new section.  */
779   return bfd_make_section_anyway (abfd, name);
780 }
781 
782 
783 /*
784 FUNCTION
785 	bfd_set_section_flags
786 
787 SYNOPSIS
788 	boolean bfd_set_section_flags(bfd *abfd, asection *sec, flagword flags);
789 
790 DESCRIPTION
791 	Set the attributes of the section @var{sec} in the BFD
792 	@var{abfd} to the value @var{flags}. Return <<true>> on success,
793 	<<false>> on error. Possible error returns are:
794 
795 	o <<bfd_error_invalid_operation>> -
796 	The section cannot have one or more of the attributes
797 	requested. For example, a .bss section in <<a.out>> may not
798 	have the <<SEC_HAS_CONTENTS>> field set.
799 
800 */
801 
802 /*ARGSUSED*/
803 boolean
804 bfd_set_section_flags (abfd, section, flags)
805      bfd *abfd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED;
806      sec_ptr section;
807      flagword flags;
808 {
809 #if 0
810   /* If you try to copy a text section from an input file (where it
811      has the SEC_CODE flag set) to an output file, this loses big if
812      the bfd_applicable_section_flags (abfd) doesn't have the SEC_CODE
813      set - which it doesn't, at least not for a.out.  FIXME */
814 
815   if ((flags & bfd_applicable_section_flags (abfd)) != flags)
816     {
817       bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
818       return false;
819     }
820 #endif
821 
822   section->flags = flags;
823   return true;
824 }
825 
826 
827 /*
828 FUNCTION
829 	bfd_map_over_sections
830 
831 SYNOPSIS
832 	void bfd_map_over_sections(bfd *abfd,
833 				   void (*func)(bfd *abfd,
834 						asection *sect,
835 						PTR obj),
836 				   PTR obj);
837 
838 DESCRIPTION
839 	Call the provided function @var{func} for each section
840 	attached to the BFD @var{abfd}, passing @var{obj} as an
841 	argument. The function will be called as if by
842 
843 |	func(abfd, the_section, obj);
844 
845 	This is the prefered method for iterating over sections; an
846 	alternative would be to use a loop:
847 
848 |	   section *p;
849 |	   for (p = abfd->sections; p != NULL; p = p->next)
850 |	      func(abfd, p, ...)
851 
852 
853 */
854 
855 /*VARARGS2*/
856 void
857 bfd_map_over_sections (abfd, operation, user_storage)
858      bfd *abfd;
859      void (*operation) PARAMS ((bfd * abfd, asection * sect, PTR obj));
860      PTR user_storage;
861 {
862   asection *sect;
863   unsigned int i = 0;
864 
865   for (sect = abfd->sections; sect != NULL; i++, sect = sect->next)
866     (*operation) (abfd, sect, user_storage);
867 
868   if (i != abfd->section_count)	/* Debugging */
869     abort ();
870 }
871 
872 
873 /*
874 FUNCTION
875 	bfd_set_section_size
876 
877 SYNOPSIS
878 	boolean bfd_set_section_size(bfd *abfd, asection *sec, bfd_size_type val);
879 
880 DESCRIPTION
881 	Set @var{sec} to the size @var{val}. If the operation is
882 	ok, then <<true>> is returned, else <<false>>.
883 
884 	Possible error returns:
885 	o <<bfd_error_invalid_operation>> -
886 	Writing has started to the BFD, so setting the size is invalid.
887 
888 */
889 
890 boolean
891 bfd_set_section_size (abfd, ptr, val)
892      bfd *abfd;
893      sec_ptr ptr;
894      bfd_size_type val;
895 {
896   /* Once you've started writing to any section you cannot create or change
897      the size of any others. */
898 
899   if (abfd->output_has_begun)
900     {
901       bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
902       return false;
903     }
904 
905   ptr->_cooked_size = val;
906   ptr->_raw_size = val;
907 
908   return true;
909 }
910 
911 /*
912 FUNCTION
913 	bfd_set_section_contents
914 
915 SYNOPSIS
916 	boolean bfd_set_section_contents
917          (bfd *abfd,
918          asection *section,
919          PTR data,
920          file_ptr offset,
921          bfd_size_type count);
922 
923 
924 DESCRIPTION
925 	Sets the contents of the section @var{section} in BFD
926 	@var{abfd} to the data starting in memory at @var{data}. The
927 	data is written to the output section starting at offset
928 	@var{offset} for @var{count} octets.
929 
930 
931 
932 	Normally <<true>> is returned, else <<false>>. Possible error
933 	returns are:
934 	o <<bfd_error_no_contents>> -
935 	The output section does not have the <<SEC_HAS_CONTENTS>>
936 	attribute, so nothing can be written to it.
937 	o and some more too
938 
939 	This routine is front end to the back end function
940 	<<_bfd_set_section_contents>>.
941 
942 
943 */
944 
945 #define bfd_get_section_size_now(abfd,sec) \
946 (sec->reloc_done \
947  ? bfd_get_section_size_after_reloc (sec) \
948  : bfd_get_section_size_before_reloc (sec))
949 
950 boolean
951 bfd_set_section_contents (abfd, section, location, offset, count)
952      bfd *abfd;
953      sec_ptr section;
954      PTR location;
955      file_ptr offset;
956      bfd_size_type count;
957 {
958   bfd_size_type sz;
959 
960   if (!(bfd_get_section_flags (abfd, section) & SEC_HAS_CONTENTS))
961     {
962       bfd_set_error (bfd_error_no_contents);
963       return (false);
964     }
965 
966   if (offset < 0)
967     {
968     bad_val:
969       bfd_set_error (bfd_error_bad_value);
970       return false;
971     }
972   sz = bfd_get_section_size_now (abfd, section);
973   if ((bfd_size_type) offset > sz
974       || count > sz
975       || offset + count > sz)
976     goto bad_val;
977 
978   switch (abfd->direction)
979     {
980     case read_direction:
981     case no_direction:
982       bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
983       return false;
984 
985     case write_direction:
986       break;
987 
988     case both_direction:
989       /* File is opened for update. `output_has_begun' some time ago when
990 	   the file was created.  Do not recompute sections sizes or alignments
991 	   in _bfd_set_section_content.  */
992       abfd->output_has_begun = true;
993       break;
994     }
995 
996   if (BFD_SEND (abfd, _bfd_set_section_contents,
997 		(abfd, section, location, offset, count)))
998     {
999       abfd->output_has_begun = true;
1000       return true;
1001     }
1002 
1003   return false;
1004 }
1005 
1006 /*
1007 FUNCTION
1008 	bfd_get_section_contents
1009 
1010 SYNOPSIS
1011 	boolean bfd_get_section_contents
1012         (bfd *abfd, asection *section, PTR location,
1013          file_ptr offset, bfd_size_type count);
1014 
1015 DESCRIPTION
1016 	Read data from @var{section} in BFD @var{abfd}
1017 	into memory starting at @var{location}. The data is read at an
1018 	offset of @var{offset} from the start of the input section,
1019 	and is read for @var{count} bytes.
1020 
1021 	If the contents of a constructor with the <<SEC_CONSTRUCTOR>>
1022 	flag set are requested or if the section does not have the
1023 	<<SEC_HAS_CONTENTS>> flag set, then the @var{location} is filled
1024 	with zeroes. If no errors occur, <<true>> is returned, else
1025 	<<false>>.
1026 
1027 
1028 
1029 */
1030 boolean
1031 bfd_get_section_contents (abfd, section, location, offset, count)
1032      bfd *abfd;
1033      sec_ptr section;
1034      PTR location;
1035      file_ptr offset;
1036      bfd_size_type count;
1037 {
1038   bfd_size_type sz;
1039 
1040   if (section->flags & SEC_CONSTRUCTOR)
1041     {
1042       memset (location, 0, (unsigned) count);
1043       return true;
1044     }
1045 
1046   if (offset < 0)
1047     {
1048     bad_val:
1049       bfd_set_error (bfd_error_bad_value);
1050       return false;
1051     }
1052   /* Even if reloc_done is true, this function reads unrelocated
1053      contents, so we want the raw size.  */
1054   sz = section->_raw_size;
1055   if ((bfd_size_type) offset > sz || count > sz || offset + count > sz)
1056     goto bad_val;
1057 
1058   if (count == 0)
1059     /* Don't bother.  */
1060     return true;
1061 
1062   if ((section->flags & SEC_HAS_CONTENTS) == 0)
1063     {
1064       memset (location, 0, (unsigned) count);
1065       return true;
1066     }
1067 
1068   if ((section->flags & SEC_IN_MEMORY) != 0)
1069     {
1070       memcpy (location, section->contents + offset, (size_t) count);
1071       return true;
1072     }
1073 
1074   return BFD_SEND (abfd, _bfd_get_section_contents,
1075 		   (abfd, section, location, offset, count));
1076 }
1077 
1078 /*
1079 FUNCTION
1080 	bfd_copy_private_section_data
1081 
1082 SYNOPSIS
1083 	boolean bfd_copy_private_section_data(bfd *ibfd, asection *isec, bfd *obfd, asection *osec);
1084 
1085 DESCRIPTION
1086 	Copy private section information from @var{isec} in the BFD
1087 	@var{ibfd} to the section @var{osec} in the BFD @var{obfd}.
1088 	Return <<true>> on success, <<false>> on error.  Possible error
1089 	returns are:
1090 
1091 	o <<bfd_error_no_memory>> -
1092 	Not enough memory exists to create private data for @var{osec}.
1093 
1094 .#define bfd_copy_private_section_data(ibfd, isection, obfd, osection) \
1095 .     BFD_SEND (obfd, _bfd_copy_private_section_data, \
1096 .		(ibfd, isection, obfd, osection))
1097 */
1098 
1099 /*
1100 FUNCTION
1101 	_bfd_strip_section_from_output
1102 
1103 SYNOPSIS
1104 	void _bfd_strip_section_from_output
1105 	(struct bfd_link_info *info, asection *section);
1106 
1107 DESCRIPTION
1108 	Remove @var{section} from the output.  If the output section
1109 	becomes empty, remove it from the output bfd.  @var{info} may
1110 	be NULL; if it is not, it is used to decide whether the output
1111 	section is empty.
1112 */
1113 void
1114 _bfd_strip_section_from_output (info, s)
1115      struct bfd_link_info *info;
1116      asection *s;
1117 {
1118   asection **spp, *os;
1119   struct bfd_link_order *p, *pp;
1120   boolean keep_os;
1121 
1122   /* Excise the input section from the link order.
1123 
1124      FIXME: For all calls that I can see to this function, the link
1125      orders have not yet been set up.  So why are we checking them? --
1126      Ian */
1127   os = s->output_section;
1128   for (p = os->link_order_head, pp = NULL; p != NULL; pp = p, p = p->next)
1129     if (p->type == bfd_indirect_link_order
1130 	&& p->u.indirect.section == s)
1131       {
1132 	if (pp)
1133 	  pp->next = p->next;
1134 	else
1135 	  os->link_order_head = p->next;
1136 	if (!p->next)
1137 	  os->link_order_tail = pp;
1138 	break;
1139       }
1140 
1141   keep_os = os->link_order_head != NULL;
1142 
1143   if (! keep_os && info != NULL)
1144     {
1145       bfd *abfd;
1146       for (abfd = info->input_bfds; abfd != NULL; abfd = abfd->link_next)
1147 	{
1148 	  asection *is;
1149 	  for (is = abfd->sections; is != NULL; is = is->next)
1150 	    {
1151 	      if (is != s && is->output_section == os)
1152 		break;
1153 	    }
1154 	  if (is != NULL)
1155 	    break;
1156 	}
1157       if (abfd != NULL)
1158 	keep_os = true;
1159     }
1160 
1161   /* If the output section is empty, remove it too.  Careful about sections
1162      that have been discarded in the link script -- they are mapped to
1163      bfd_abs_section, which has no owner.  */
1164   if (!keep_os && os->owner != NULL)
1165     {
1166       for (spp = &os->owner->sections; *spp; spp = &(*spp)->next)
1167 	if (*spp == os)
1168 	  {
1169 	    *spp = os->next;
1170 	    os->owner->section_count--;
1171 	    break;
1172 	  }
1173     }
1174 }
1175