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authorFangrui Song <maskray@google.com>2022-02-16 17:41:23 +0000
committerNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2022-02-16 17:41:23 +0000
commitc212f39d9a82c6c09f4a1447d9d2ff09843827c5 (patch)
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downloadbinutils-gdb-c212f39d9a82c6c09f4a1447d9d2ff09843827c5.tar.gz
ld: Support customized output section type
bfd/ PR ld/28841 * bfd-in2.h (struct bfd_section): Add type. (discarded_section): Add field. * elf.c (elf_fake_sections): Handle bfd_section::type. * section.c (BFD_FAKE_SECTION): Add field. * mri.c (mri_draw_tree): Update function call. ld/ PR ld/28841 * ld.texi: Document new output section type. * ldlex.l: Add new token TYPE. * ldgram.y: Handle TYPE=exp. * ldlang.h: Add type_section to list of section types. * ldlang.c (lang_add_section): Handle type_section. (map_input_to_output_sections): Handle type_section. * testsuite/ld-scripts/output-section-types.t: Add tests. * testsuite/ld-scripts/output-section-types.d: Update.
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-*- text -*-
+* TYPE=<type> is now supported in an output section description to set the
+ section type value.
+
Changes in 2.38:
* Add -z pack-relative-relocs/-z no pack-relative-relocs to x86 ELF