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12016-02-24 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
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3 * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_need_pic): New function.
4 (elf_x86_64_relocate_section): Use it. Replace
5 x86_64_elf_howto_table[r_type] with howto.
6
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72016-02-24 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
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9 PR ld/19698
10 * elflink.c (bfd_elf_record_link_assignment): Set versioned if
11 symbol version is unknown.
12
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132016-02-24 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
14
15 * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_allocate_dynrelocs): Set plt_got.offset
16 to (bfd_vma) -1 when setting needs_plt to 0.
17 * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_allocate_dynrelocs): Likewise.
18
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192016-02-23 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
20
21 * elflink.c (bfd_elf_record_link_assignment): Check for shared
22 library, instead of PIC, and don't check PDE when making linker
23 assigned symbol dynamic.
24
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252016-02-23 Faraz Shahbazker <faraz.shahbazker@imgtec.com>
26
27 * bfd/elfxx-mips.c (_bfd_mips_post_process_headers): Increment
28 ABIVERSION for non-executable stack.
29
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302016-02-23 Rich Felker <bugdal@aerifal.cx>
31
32 PR target/19516
33 * elf32-microblaze.c (microblaze_elf_finish_dynamic_symbol):
34 Always produce a RELATIVE reloc for a local symbol.
35
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362016-02-23 Hans-Peter Nilsson <hp@axis.com>
37
38 Fix test-case ld-elf/pr19617b
39 * elf32-cris.c (elf_cris_discard_excess_program_dynamics): Don't
40 discard unused non-function symbols when --dynamic-list-data.
41
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422016-02-22 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
43
44 * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_link_renumber_dynsyms): Always create the
45 dynsym section, even if it is empty, with dynamic sections.
46
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472016-02-22 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
48
49 * syms.c: Remove BSF_COMMON from comments.
50 * bfd-in2.h: Regenerated.
51
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522016-02-22 Jiong Wang <jiong.wang@arm.com>
53
54 * elfnn-aarch64. (aarch64_type_of_stub): Remove redundation calcuation
55 for destination. Remove useless function parameters.
56 (elfNN_aarch64_size_stubs): Update parameters for aarch64_type_of_stub.
57
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582016-02-19 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
59
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60 PR ld/19629
61 * aoutx.h (aout_link_add_symbols): Check for out of range string
62 table offsets.
63
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64 PR ld/19628
65 * reloc.c (bfd_generic_get_relocated_section_contents): Stop
66 processing if we encounter a reloc without an associated symbol.
67
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682016-02-18 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
69
70 PR ld/19617
71 * elflink.c (elf_link_add_object_symbols): Always create dynamic
72 sections for -E/--dynamic-list.
73
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742016-02-17 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
75
76 * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_backend_omit_section_dynsym): New. Defined
77 to bfd_true.
78
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792016-02-16 Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com>
80
81 * plugin.c (plugin_vec): Set match priority to 255.
82 * format.c (bfd_check_format_matches) [BFD_SUPPORTS_PLUGINS]: When
83 matching against the plugin vector, take priority from there not
84 from TEMP.
85
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862016-02-15 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
87
88 * elf-bfd.h (struct bfd_elf_special_section): Use unsigned values
89 for length and type fields. Use a signed value for the
90 suffix_length field.
91
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922016-02-10 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
93
94 PR ld/19601
95 * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_relocate_section): Mask off the least
96 significant bit in GOT offset for R_386_GOT32X.
97
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982016-02-10 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
99
100 PR 19405
101 * elf32-nios2.c (nios2_elf32_install_imm16): Allow for signed
102 immediate values.
103 * elf-eh-frame.c (_bfd_elf_discard_section_eh_frame): Limit the
104 number of messages about FDE encoding preventing .eh_frame_hdr
105 generation.
106
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1072016-02-09 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
108
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109 * oasys.c (oasys_archive_p): Fix indentation.
110 * elf32-nds32.c (nds32_elf_relax_section): Use an unsigned
111 constant for left shifting.
112
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113 * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_relocate_section): Add a more
114 helpful warning message to explain why certain AArch64 relocs
115 might overflow.
116
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1172016-02-05 Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@ericsson.com>
118
119 * pe-mips.c (coff_mips_reloc): Fix formatting.
120
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1212016-02-05 Cupertino Miranda <Cupertino.Miranda@synopsys.com>
122
123 * cpu-arc.c: Change default archure from bfd_mach_arc_arcv2
124 to bfd_mach_arc_arc600.
125
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1262016-02-04 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
127
128 * elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_relocate_section): Adjust last patch
129 for big-endian.
130
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1312016-02-02 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
132
133 PR ld/19542
134 * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_convert_load): Store the estimated
fb06f1c0 135 distances in the compressed_size field of the output section.
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1372016-02-02 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
138
139 * elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_relocate_section): Further restrict
140 ELFv2 entry optimization.
141
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1422016-02-02 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
143
144 PR binutils/19547
145 * elf.c (assign_section_numbers): Clear HAS_RELOC if there are
146 no relocations in relocatable files.
147
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1482016-02-01 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
149
150 PR ld/19553
151 * elflink.c (elf_link_add_object_symbols): Don't add DT_NEEDED
152 if a symbol from a library loaded via DT_NEEDED doesn't match
153 the symbol referenced by regular object.
154
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1552016-02-01 Nathaniel Smith <njs@pobox.com>
156
157 * peicode.h (pe_ILF_build_a_bfd): Create an import symbol for both
158 CODE and DATA.
159
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1602016-02-01 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
161
162 * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_get_plt_sym_val): Don't abort on
163 an out of range reloc_index.
164 * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_get_plt_sym_val): Likewise.
165
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1662016-02-01 Kamil Rytarowski <n54@gmx.com>
167
168 * Makefile.am (OPTIONAL_BACKENDS): Add netbsd-core.lo.
169 (OPTIONAL_BACKENDS_CFILES): Add netbsd-core.c.
170 * Makefile.in: Regenerated.
171
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1722016-02-01 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
173
174 * elf64-s390.c (elf_s390_reloc_name_lookup): Fix indentation.
175
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1762016-01-31 John David Anglin <danglin@gcc.gnu.org>
177
178 PR ld/19526
179 * elf32-hppa.c (elf32_hppa_final_link): Don't sort non-regular output
180 files.
181 * elf64-hppa.c (elf32_hppa_final_link): Likewise. Remove retval.
182
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1832016-01-30 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
184
185 PR ld/19539
186 * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_reloc_type_class): Check relocation
187 against STT_GNU_IFUNC symbol only with dynamic symbols.
188 * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_reloc_type_class): Likewise.
189
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1902016-01-28 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
191
192 PR binutils/19523
193 * dwarf2.c (_bfd_dwarf2_slurp_debug_info): Set BFD_DECOMPRESS to
194 decompress debug sections.
195
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1962016-01-25 Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@imgtec.com>
197
198 * elf32-arc.c (elf_arc_finish_dynamic_symbol): Rename `index' to
199 `dynindx'.
200
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2012016-01-25 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
202
203 PR target/19435
204 * mach-o.c (bfd_mach_o_close_and_cleanup): Suppress code to free
205 dsym filename buffer.
206
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2072016-01-24 Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@imgtec.com>
208
209 * elfxx-mips.c (BZ16_REG_FIELD): Simplify calculation.
210
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2112016-01-24 Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@imgtec.com>
212
213 * elfxx-mips.c (BZ16_REG): Correct calculation.
214
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2152016-01-21 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
216
217 * elf32-arc.c (ADD_RELA): Fix compile time warning errors by
218 changing the type of _loc to be bfd_byte *.
219 (elf_arc_finish_dynamic_symbol): Likewise.
220
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2212016-01-21 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
222
223 PR ld/19455
224 * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_create_dynamic_sections): Set the ELF
225 class of the linker stub bfd.
226 (elf32_arm_check_relocs): Skip check for pic format after
227 processing a vxWorks R_ARM_ABS12 reloc.
228 * elflink.c (bfd_elf_final_link): Check for ELFCLASSNONE when
229 reporting a class mismatch.
230
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2312016-01-21 Jiong Wang <jiong.wang@arm.com>
232
233 * elfnn-aarch64.c (aarch64_type_of_stub): Allow insert long branch
234 veneer for sym_sec != input_sec.
235 (elfNN_aarch64_size_stub): Support STT_SECTION symbol.
236 (elfNN_aarch64_final_link_relocate): Take rela addend into account when
237 calculation destination.
238
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2392016-01-21 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
240
241 * elf-linux-core.h (swap_linux_prpsinfo32_out): New function.
242 (swap_linux_prpsinfo64_out): New function.
243 (LINUX_PRPSINFO32_SWAP_FIELDS): Delete.
244 (LINUX_PRPSINFO64_SWAP_FIELDS): Delete.
245 * elf.c (elfcore_write_linux_prpsinfo32): Adjust. Don't memset.
246 (elfcore_write_linux_prpsinfo64): Likewise.
247 * elf32-ppc.c (swap_ppc_linux_prpsinfo32_out): New function.
248 (PPC_LINUX_PRPSINFO32_SWAP_FIELDS): Delete.
249 (elfcore_write_ppc_linux_prpsinfo32): Adjust. Don't memset.
250
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2512016-01-21 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
252
253 * elf-linux-core.h: Rename from elf-linux-psinfo.h.
254 * elf.c: Adjust #include.
255 * elf32-ppc.c: Don't #include elf-linux-psinfo.h
256 * Makefile.am (SOURCE_HFILES): Update.
257 * Makefile.in: Regenerate.
258 * po/SRC-PORFILES.in: Regenerate.
259
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2602016-01-21 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
261
262 * configure.ac: Move corefile selection later in file. Move
263 tdefaults code immediately after other target vector code.
264 * configure: Regenerate.
265
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2662016-01-20 Mickael Guene <mickael.guene@st.com>
267
268 * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_special_sections): Remove catch of noread
269 section using '.text.noread' pattern.
270
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2712016-01-19 John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
272
273 * elf.c (elfcore_grok_note): Recognize NT_FREEBSD_THRMISC notes.
274
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2752016-01-18 Miranda Cupertino <Cupertino.Miranda@synopsys.com>
276 Zissulescu Claudiu <Claudiu.Zissulescu@synopsys.com>
277
278 * arc-plt.def: New file.
279 * arc-plt.h: Likewise.
280 * elf32-arc.c (elf_arc_abs_plt0_entry, elf_arc_abs_pltn_entry,
281 elf_arcV2_abs_plt0_entry, elf_arcV2_abs_pltn_entry,
282 elf_arc_pic_plt0_entry, elf_arc_pic_pltn_entry,
283 elf_arcV2_pic_plt0_entry, elf_arcV2_pic_pltn_entry): Remove.
284 (name_for_global_symbol): Added.
285 (ADD_RELA): Helper to create dynamic relocs.
286 (new_got_entry_to_list): Create a new got entry in linked list.
287 (symbol_has_entry_of_type): Search for specific type of entry in
288 list.
289 (is_reloc_for_GOT): return FALSE for any TLS related relocs.
290 (is_reloc_for_TLS, arc_elf_set_private_flags)
291 (arc_elf_print_private_bfd_data, arc_elf_copy_private_bfd_data)
292 (arc_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): New functions.
293 (debug_arc_reloc): Cleaned debug info printing.
294 (PDATA reloc): Changed not to perform address alignment.
295 (reverse_me): Added. Fix for ARC_32 relocs.
296 (arc_do_relocation): Return bfd_reloc_of when no relocation should
297 occur.
298 (arc_get_local_got_ents): Renamed from arc_get_local_got_offsets.
299 Changed function to access an array of list of GOT entries instead
300 of just an array of offsets.
301 (elf_arc_relocate_section): Added support for PIC and TLS related relocations.
302 (elf_arc_check_relocs): Likewise.
303 (elf_arc_adjust_dynamic_symbol, elf_arc_finish_dynamic_symbol,
304 (elf_arc_finish_dynamic_sections): Likewise
305 (arc_create_dynamic_sections): Modified conditions to create
306 dynamic sections.
307 (ADD_SYMBOL_REF_SEC_AND_RELOC): New macro.
308 (plt_do_relocs_for_symbol, relocate_plt_for_symbol)
309 (relocate_plt_for_entry): Changed to support new way to define PLT
310 related code.
311 (add_symbol_to_plt): Likewise.
312 (arc_elf_link_hash_table_create): New function.
313
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3142016-01-18 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
315
316 PR ld/19440
317 * coff-rs6000.c (_bfd_xcoff_swap_sym_in): Sign extend external
318 section number into internal section number.
319 * coff64-rs6000.c (_bfd_xcoff64_swap_sym_in): Likewise.
320 * coffswap.h (coff_swap_sym_in): Likewise.
321 * peXXigen.c (_bfd_XXi_swap_sym_in): Likewise.
322 * coffcode.h (_coff_bigobj_swap_sym_in): Make sure that internal
323 section number field is big enough to hold the external value.
324
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3252016-01-17 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
326
327 * configure: Regenerate.
328
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3292016-01-12 Yury Usishchev <y.usishchev@samsung.com>
330
331 * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_fix_exidx_coverage): Insert cantunwind
332 when address in first unwind entry does not match start of
333 section.
334
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3352016-01-08 Richard Sandiford <richard.sandiford@arm.com>
336 Jiong Wang <jiong.wang@arm.com>
337
338 PR ld/19368
339 * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_reloc_type_class): Map R_ARM_IRELATIVE to
340 reloc_class_ifunc.
341
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3422016-01-06 Andrew Burgess <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>
343
344 * elf32-arc.c (reloc_type_to_name): Change ARC_RELOC_HOWTO to
345 place 'R_' before the reloc name returned.
346 (elf_arc_howto_table): Change ARC_RELOC_HOWTO to place 'R_' before
347 the relocation string.
348
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3492016-01-04 Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@imgtec.com>
350
351 * elfxx-mips.c (mips_elf_merge_obj_abiflags): New function,
352 factored out from...
353 (_bfd_mips_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): ... here.
354
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3552016-01-04 Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@imgtec.com>
356
357 * elfxx-mips.c (_bfd_mips_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Move
358 attribute check after ELF file header flag check.
359
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3602016-01-04 Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@imgtec.com>
361
362 * elfxx-mips.c (mips_elf_merge_obj_attributes): Propagate the
363 return status from `_bfd_elf_merge_object_attributes'.
364
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3652016-01-04 Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@imgtec.com>
366
367 * elfxx-mips.c (mips_elf_merge_obj_e_flags): New function,
368 factored out from...
369 (_bfd_mips_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): ... here.
370
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3712016-01-04 Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@imgtec.com>
372
373 * elfxx-mips.c (_bfd_mips_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Fold the
374 handling of input MIPS ABI flags together.
375
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3762016-01-04 Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@imgtec.com>
377
378 * elfxx-mips.c (_bfd_mips_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Suppress
379 attribute checks for null input.
380
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3812016-01-04 Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@imgtec.com>
382
383 * elfxx-mips.c (_bfd_mips_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Use local
384 pointers to target data.
385
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3862016-01-04 Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@imgtec.com>
387
388 * elfxx-mips.c (_bfd_mips_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Correct
389 an FP ABI warning.
390
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3912016-01-01 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
392
393 Update year range in copyright notice of all files.
394
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395For older changes see ChangeLog-2015 and doc/ChangeLog-0415
396\f
397Copyright (C) 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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