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1 /* bfdlink.h -- header file for BFD link routines
2    Copyright (C) 1993-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3    Written by Steve Chamberlain and Ian Lance Taylor, Cygnus Support.
4 
5    This file is part of BFD, the Binary File Descriptor library.
6 
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 3 of the License, or
10    (at your option) any later version.
11 
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.
16 
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., 51 Franklin Street - Fifth Floor, Boston,
20    MA 02110-1301, USA.  */
21 
22 #ifndef BFDLINK_H
23 #define BFDLINK_H
24 
25 /* Which symbols to strip during a link.  */
26 enum bfd_link_strip
27 {
28   strip_none,		/* Don't strip any symbols.  */
29   strip_debugger,	/* Strip debugging symbols.  */
30   strip_some,		/* keep_hash is the list of symbols to keep.  */
31   strip_all		/* Strip all symbols.  */
32 };
33 
34 /* Which local symbols to discard during a link.  This is irrelevant
35    if strip_all is used.  */
36 enum bfd_link_discard
37 {
38   discard_sec_merge,	/* Discard local temporary symbols in SEC_MERGE
39 			   sections.  */
40   discard_none,		/* Don't discard any locals.  */
41   discard_l,		/* Discard local temporary symbols.  */
42   discard_all		/* Discard all locals.  */
43 };
44 
45 enum notice_asneeded_action {
46   notice_as_needed,
47   notice_not_needed,
48   notice_needed
49 };
50 
51 /* Whether to generate ELF common symbols with the STT_COMMON type
52    during a relocatable link.  */
53 enum bfd_link_elf_stt_common
54 {
55   unchanged,
56   elf_stt_common,
57   no_elf_stt_common
58 };
59 
60 /* Describes the type of hash table entry structure being used.
61    Different hash table structure have different fields and so
62    support different linking features.  */
63 enum bfd_link_hash_table_type
64   {
65     bfd_link_generic_hash_table,
66     bfd_link_elf_hash_table
67   };
68 
69 /* These are the possible types of an entry in the BFD link hash
70    table.  */
71 
72 enum bfd_link_hash_type
73 {
74   bfd_link_hash_new,		/* Symbol is new.  */
75   bfd_link_hash_undefined,	/* Symbol seen before, but undefined.  */
76   bfd_link_hash_undefweak,	/* Symbol is weak and undefined.  */
77   bfd_link_hash_defined,	/* Symbol is defined.  */
78   bfd_link_hash_defweak,	/* Symbol is weak and defined.  */
79   bfd_link_hash_common,		/* Symbol is common.  */
80   bfd_link_hash_indirect,	/* Symbol is an indirect link.  */
81   bfd_link_hash_warning		/* Like indirect, but warn if referenced.  */
82 };
83 
84 enum bfd_link_common_skip_ar_symbols
85 {
86   bfd_link_common_skip_none,
87   bfd_link_common_skip_text,
88   bfd_link_common_skip_data,
89   bfd_link_common_skip_all
90 };
91 
92 struct bfd_link_hash_common_entry
93   {
94     unsigned int alignment_power;	/* Alignment.  */
95     asection *section;		/* Symbol section.  */
96   };
97 
98 /* The linking routines use a hash table which uses this structure for
99    its elements.  */
100 
101 struct bfd_link_hash_entry
102 {
103   /* Base hash table entry structure.  */
104   struct bfd_hash_entry root;
105 
106   /* Type of this entry.  */
107   ENUM_BITFIELD (bfd_link_hash_type) type : 8;
108 
109   /* Symbol is referenced in a normal regular object file,
110      as distinct from a LTO IR object file.  */
111   unsigned int non_ir_ref_regular : 1;
112 
113   /* Symbol is referenced in a normal dynamic object file,
114      as distinct from a LTO IR object file.  */
115   unsigned int non_ir_ref_dynamic : 1;
116 
117   /* The symbol, SYM, is referenced by __real_SYM in an object file.  */
118   unsigned int ref_real : 1;
119 
120   /* Symbol is a built-in define.  These will be overridden by PROVIDE
121      in a linker script.  */
122   unsigned int linker_def : 1;
123 
124   /* Symbol defined in a linker script.  */
125   unsigned int ldscript_def : 1;
126 
127   /* Symbol will be converted from absolute to section-relative.  Set for
128      symbols defined by a script from "dot" (also SEGMENT_START or ORIGIN)
129      outside of an output section statement.  */
130   unsigned int rel_from_abs : 1;
131 
132   /* A union of information depending upon the type.  */
133   union
134     {
135       /* Nothing is kept for bfd_hash_new.  */
136       /* bfd_link_hash_undefined, bfd_link_hash_undefweak.  */
137       struct
138 	{
139 	  /* Undefined and common symbols are kept in a linked list through
140 	     this field.  This field is present in all of the union element
141 	     so that we don't need to remove entries from the list when we
142 	     change their type.  Removing entries would either require the
143 	     list to be doubly linked, which would waste more memory, or
144 	     require a traversal.  When an undefined or common symbol is
145 	     created, it should be added to this list, the head of which is in
146 	     the link hash table itself.  As symbols are defined, they need
147 	     not be removed from the list; anything which reads the list must
148 	     doublecheck the symbol type.
149 
150 	     Weak symbols are not kept on this list.
151 
152 	     Defined and defweak symbols use this field as a reference marker.
153 	     If the field is not NULL, or this structure is the tail of the
154 	     undefined symbol list, the symbol has been referenced.  If the
155 	     symbol is undefined and becomes defined, this field will
156 	     automatically be non-NULL since the symbol will have been on the
157 	     undefined symbol list.  */
158 	  struct bfd_link_hash_entry *next;
159 	  /* BFD symbol was found in.  */
160 	  bfd *abfd;
161 	} undef;
162       /* bfd_link_hash_defined, bfd_link_hash_defweak.  */
163       struct
164 	{
165 	  struct bfd_link_hash_entry *next;
166 	  /* Symbol section.  */
167 	  asection *section;
168 	  /* Symbol value.  */
169 	  bfd_vma value;
170 	} def;
171       /* bfd_link_hash_indirect, bfd_link_hash_warning.  */
172       struct
173 	{
174 	  struct bfd_link_hash_entry *next;
175 	  /* Real symbol.  */
176 	  struct bfd_link_hash_entry *link;
177 	  /* Warning message (bfd_link_hash_warning only).  */
178 	  const char *warning;
179 	} i;
180       /* bfd_link_hash_common.  */
181       struct
182 	{
183 	  struct bfd_link_hash_entry *next;
184 	  /* The linker needs to know three things about common
185 	     symbols: the size, the alignment, and the section in
186 	     which the symbol should be placed.  We store the size
187 	     here, and we allocate a small structure to hold the
188 	     section and the alignment.  The alignment is stored as a
189 	     power of two.  We don't store all the information
190 	     directly because we don't want to increase the size of
191 	     the union; this structure is a major space user in the
192 	     linker.  */
193 	  struct bfd_link_hash_common_entry *p;
194 	  /* Common symbol size.  */
195 	  bfd_size_type size;
196 	} c;
197     } u;
198 };
199 
200 /* This is the link hash table.  It is a derived class of
201    bfd_hash_table.  */
202 
203 struct bfd_link_hash_table
204 {
205   /* The hash table itself.  */
206   struct bfd_hash_table table;
207   /* A linked list of undefined and common symbols, linked through the
208      next field in the bfd_link_hash_entry structure.  */
209   struct bfd_link_hash_entry *undefs;
210   /* Entries are added to the tail of the undefs list.  */
211   struct bfd_link_hash_entry *undefs_tail;
212   /* Function to free the hash table on closing BFD.  */
213   void (*hash_table_free) (bfd *);
214   /* The type of the link hash table.  */
215   enum bfd_link_hash_table_type type;
216 };
217 
218 /* Look up an entry in a link hash table.  If FOLLOW is TRUE, this
219    follows bfd_link_hash_indirect and bfd_link_hash_warning links to
220    the real symbol.  */
221 extern struct bfd_link_hash_entry *bfd_link_hash_lookup
222   (struct bfd_link_hash_table *, const char *, bool create,
223    bool copy, bool follow);
224 
225 /* Look up an entry in the main linker hash table if the symbol might
226    be wrapped.  This should only be used for references to an
227    undefined symbol, not for definitions of a symbol.  */
228 
229 extern struct bfd_link_hash_entry *bfd_wrapped_link_hash_lookup
230   (bfd *, struct bfd_link_info *, const char *, bool, bool, bool);
231 
232 /* If H is a wrapped symbol, ie. the symbol name starts with "__wrap_"
233    and the remainder is found in wrap_hash, return the real symbol.  */
234 
235 extern struct bfd_link_hash_entry *unwrap_hash_lookup
236   (struct bfd_link_info *, bfd *, struct bfd_link_hash_entry *);
237 
238 /* Traverse a link hash table.  */
239 extern void bfd_link_hash_traverse
240   (struct bfd_link_hash_table *,
241     bool (*) (struct bfd_link_hash_entry *, void *),
242     void *);
243 
244 /* Add an entry to the undefs list.  */
245 extern void bfd_link_add_undef
246   (struct bfd_link_hash_table *, struct bfd_link_hash_entry *);
247 
248 /* Remove symbols from the undefs list that don't belong there.  */
249 extern void bfd_link_repair_undef_list
250   (struct bfd_link_hash_table *table);
251 
252 /* Read symbols and cache symbol pointer array in outsymbols.  */
253 extern bool bfd_generic_link_read_symbols (bfd *);
254 
255 /* Check the relocs in the BFD.  Called after all the input
256    files have been loaded, and garbage collection has tagged
257    any unneeded sections.  */
258 extern bool bfd_link_check_relocs (bfd *,struct bfd_link_info *);
259 
260 struct bfd_sym_chain
261 {
262   struct bfd_sym_chain *next;
263   const char *name;
264 };
265 
266 /* How to handle unresolved symbols.
267    There are four possibilities which are enumerated below:  */
268 enum report_method
269 {
270   /* This is the initial value when then link_info structure is created.
271      It allows the various stages of the linker to determine whether they
272      allowed to set the value.  */
273   RM_NOT_YET_SET = 0,
274   RM_IGNORE,
275   RM_DIAGNOSE,
276 };
277 
278 /* How to handle DT_TEXTREL.  */
279 
280 enum textrel_check_method
281 {
282   textrel_check_none,
283   textrel_check_warning,
284   textrel_check_error
285 };
286 
287 #define bfd_link_textrel_check(info) \
288   (info->textrel_check != textrel_check_none)
289 
290 typedef enum {with_flags, without_flags} flag_type;
291 
292 /* A section flag list.  */
293 struct flag_info_list
294 {
295   flag_type with;
296   const char *name;
297   bool valid;
298   struct flag_info_list *next;
299 };
300 
301 /* Section flag info.  */
302 struct flag_info
303 {
304   flagword only_with_flags;
305   flagword not_with_flags;
306   struct flag_info_list *flag_list;
307   bool flags_initialized;
308 };
309 
310 struct bfd_elf_dynamic_list;
311 struct bfd_elf_version_tree;
312 
313 /* Types of output.  */
314 
315 enum output_type
316 {
317   type_pde,
318   type_pie,
319   type_relocatable,
320   type_dll,
321 };
322 
323 #define bfd_link_pde(info)	   ((info)->type == type_pde)
324 #define bfd_link_dll(info)	   ((info)->type == type_dll)
325 #define bfd_link_relocatable(info) ((info)->type == type_relocatable)
326 #define bfd_link_pie(info)	   ((info)->type == type_pie)
327 #define bfd_link_executable(info)  (bfd_link_pde (info) || bfd_link_pie (info))
328 #define bfd_link_pic(info)	   (bfd_link_dll (info) || bfd_link_pie (info))
329 
330 /* This structure holds all the information needed to communicate
331    between BFD and the linker when doing a link.  */
332 
333 struct bfd_link_info
334 {
335   /* Output type.  */
336   ENUM_BITFIELD (output_type) type : 2;
337 
338   /* TRUE if BFD should pre-bind symbols in a shared object.  */
339   unsigned int symbolic: 1;
340 
341   /* TRUE if BFD should export all symbols in the dynamic symbol table
342      of an executable, rather than only those used.  */
343   unsigned int export_dynamic: 1;
344 
345   /* TRUE if a default symbol version should be created and used for
346      exported symbols.  */
347   unsigned int create_default_symver: 1;
348 
349   /* TRUE if unreferenced sections should be removed.  */
350   unsigned int gc_sections: 1;
351 
352   /* TRUE if exported symbols should be kept during section gc.  */
353   unsigned int gc_keep_exported: 1;
354 
355   /* TRUE if every symbol should be reported back via the notice
356      callback.  */
357   unsigned int notice_all: 1;
358 
359   /* TRUE if the LTO plugin is active.  */
360   unsigned int lto_plugin_active: 1;
361 
362   /* TRUE if all LTO IR symbols have been read.  */
363   unsigned int lto_all_symbols_read : 1;
364 
365   /* TRUE if global symbols in discarded sections should be stripped.  */
366   unsigned int strip_discarded: 1;
367 
368   /* TRUE if all data symbols should be dynamic.  */
369   unsigned int dynamic_data: 1;
370 
371   /* TRUE if section groups should be resolved.  */
372   unsigned int resolve_section_groups: 1;
373 
374   /* Set if output file is big-endian, or if that is unknown, from
375      the command line or first input file endianness.  */
376   unsigned int big_endian : 1;
377 
378   /* Which symbols to strip.  */
379   ENUM_BITFIELD (bfd_link_strip) strip : 2;
380 
381   /* Which local symbols to discard.  */
382   ENUM_BITFIELD (bfd_link_discard) discard : 2;
383 
384   /* Whether to generate ELF common symbols with the STT_COMMON type.  */
385   ENUM_BITFIELD (bfd_link_elf_stt_common) elf_stt_common : 2;
386 
387   /* Criteria for skipping symbols when determining
388      whether to include an object from an archive.  */
389   ENUM_BITFIELD (bfd_link_common_skip_ar_symbols) common_skip_ar_symbols : 2;
390 
391   /* What to do with unresolved symbols in an object file.
392      When producing executables the default is GENERATE_ERROR.
393      When producing shared libraries the default is IGNORE.  The
394      assumption with shared libraries is that the reference will be
395      resolved at load/execution time.  */
396   ENUM_BITFIELD (report_method) unresolved_syms_in_objects : 2;
397 
398   /* What to do with unresolved symbols in a shared library.
399      The same defaults apply.  */
400   ENUM_BITFIELD (report_method) unresolved_syms_in_shared_libs : 2;
401 
402   /* TRUE if unresolved symbols are to be warned, rather than errored.  */
403   unsigned int warn_unresolved_syms: 1;
404 
405   /* TRUE if shared objects should be linked directly, not shared.  */
406   unsigned int static_link: 1;
407 
408   /* TRUE if symbols should be retained in memory, FALSE if they
409      should be freed and reread.  */
410   unsigned int keep_memory: 1;
411 
412   /* TRUE if BFD should generate relocation information in the final
413      executable.  */
414   unsigned int emitrelocations: 1;
415 
416   /* TRUE if PT_GNU_RELRO segment should be created.  */
417   unsigned int relro: 1;
418 
419   /* TRUE if DT_RELR should be enabled for compact relative
420      relocations.  */
421   unsigned int enable_dt_relr: 1;
422 
423   /* TRUE if separate code segment should be created.  */
424   unsigned int separate_code: 1;
425 
426   /* Nonzero if .eh_frame_hdr section and PT_GNU_EH_FRAME ELF segment
427      should be created.  1 for DWARF2 tables, 2 for compact tables.  */
428   unsigned int eh_frame_hdr_type: 2;
429 
430   /* What to do with DT_TEXTREL in output.  */
431   ENUM_BITFIELD (textrel_check_method) textrel_check: 2;
432 
433   /* TRUE if .hash section should be created.  */
434   unsigned int emit_hash: 1;
435 
436   /* TRUE if .gnu.hash section should be created.  */
437   unsigned int emit_gnu_hash: 1;
438 
439   /* If TRUE reduce memory overheads, at the expense of speed. This will
440      cause map file generation to use an O(N^2) algorithm and disable
441      caching ELF symbol buffer.  */
442   unsigned int reduce_memory_overheads: 1;
443 
444   /* TRUE if the output file should be in a traditional format.  This
445      is equivalent to the setting of the BFD_TRADITIONAL_FORMAT flag
446      on the output file, but may be checked when reading the input
447      files.  */
448   unsigned int traditional_format: 1;
449 
450   /* TRUE if non-PLT relocs should be merged into one reloc section
451      and sorted so that relocs against the same symbol come together.  */
452   unsigned int combreloc: 1;
453 
454   /* TRUE if a default symbol version should be created and used for
455      imported symbols.  */
456   unsigned int default_imported_symver: 1;
457 
458   /* TRUE if the new ELF dynamic tags are enabled. */
459   unsigned int new_dtags: 1;
460 
461   /* FALSE if .eh_frame unwind info should be generated for PLT and other
462      linker created sections, TRUE if it should be omitted.  */
463   unsigned int no_ld_generated_unwind_info: 1;
464 
465   /* TRUE if BFD should generate a "task linked" object file,
466      similar to relocatable but also with globals converted to
467      statics.  */
468   unsigned int task_link: 1;
469 
470   /* TRUE if ok to have multiple definitions, without warning.  */
471   unsigned int allow_multiple_definition: 1;
472 
473   /* TRUE if multiple definition of absolute symbols (eg. from -R) should
474      be reported.  */
475   unsigned int prohibit_multiple_definition_absolute: 1;
476 
477   /* TRUE if multiple definitions should only warn.  */
478   unsigned int warn_multiple_definition: 1;
479 
480   /* TRUE if ok to have version with no definition.  */
481   unsigned int allow_undefined_version: 1;
482 
483   /* TRUE if some symbols have to be dynamic, controlled by
484      --dynamic-list command line options.  */
485   unsigned int dynamic: 1;
486 
487   /* Set if the "-z execstack" option has been used to request that a
488      PT_GNU_STACK segment should be created with PF_R, PF_W and PF_X
489      flags set.
490 
491      Note - if performing a relocatable link then a .note.GNU-stack
492      section will be created instead, if one does not exist already.
493      The section will have the SHF_EXECINSTR flag bit set.  */
494   unsigned int execstack: 1;
495 
496   /* Set if the "-z noexecstack" option has been used to request that a
497      PT_GNU_STACK segment should be created with PF_R and PF_W flags.  Or
498      a non-executable .note.GNU-stack section for relocateable links.
499 
500      Note - this flag is not quite orthogonal to execstack, since both
501      of these flags can be 0.  In this case a stack segment can still
502      be created, but it will only have the PF_X flag bit set if one or
503      more of the input files contains a .note.GNU-stack section with the
504      SHF_EXECINSTR flag bit set, or if the default behaviour for the
505      architecture is to create executable stacks.
506 
507      The execstack and noexecstack flags should never both be 1.  */
508   unsigned int noexecstack: 1;
509 
510   /* Tri-state variable:
511      0 => do not warn when creating an executable stack.
512      1 => always warn when creating an executable stack (for any reason).
513      2 => only warn when an executable stack has been requested an object
514           file and execstack is 0 or noexecstack is 1.
515      3 => not used.  */
516   unsigned int warn_execstack: 2;
517   /* TRUE if a warning generated because of warn_execstack should be instead
518      be treated as an error.  */
519   unsigned int error_execstack: 1;
520 
521   /* TRUE if warnings should NOT be generated for TLS segments with eXecute
522      permission or LOAD segments with RWX permissions.  */
523   unsigned int no_warn_rwx_segments: 1;
524   /* TRUE if the user gave either --warn-rwx-segments or
525      --no-warn-rwx-segments on the linker command line.  */
526   unsigned int user_warn_rwx_segments: 1;
527   /* TRUE if warnings generated when no_warn_rwx_segements is 0 should
528      instead be treated as errors.  */
529   unsigned int warn_is_error_for_rwx_segments: 1;
530 
531   /* TRUE if the stack can be made executable because of the absence of a
532      .note.GNU-stack section in an input file.  Note - even if this field
533      is set, some targets may choose to ignore the setting and not create
534      an executable stack.  */
535   unsigned int default_execstack : 1;
536 
537   /* TRUE if we want to produced optimized output files.  This might
538      need much more time and therefore must be explicitly selected.  */
539   unsigned int optimize: 1;
540 
541   /* TRUE if user should be informed of removed unreferenced sections.  */
542   unsigned int print_gc_sections: 1;
543 
544   /* TRUE if we should warn alternate ELF machine code.  */
545   unsigned int warn_alternate_em: 1;
546 
547   /* TRUE if the linker script contained an explicit PHDRS command.  */
548   unsigned int user_phdrs: 1;
549 
550   /* TRUE if program headers ought to be loaded.  */
551   unsigned int load_phdrs: 1;
552 
553   /* TRUE if we should check relocations after all input files have
554      been opened.  */
555   unsigned int check_relocs_after_open_input: 1;
556 
557   /* TRUE if generation of .interp/PT_INTERP should be suppressed.  */
558   unsigned int nointerp: 1;
559 
560   /* TRUE if common symbols should be treated as undefined.  */
561   unsigned int inhibit_common_definition : 1;
562 
563   /* TRUE if "-Map map" is passed to linker.  */
564   unsigned int has_map_file : 1;
565 
566   /* TRUE if "--enable-non-contiguous-regions" is passed to the
567      linker.  */
568   unsigned int non_contiguous_regions : 1;
569 
570   /* TRUE if "--enable-non-contiguous-regions-warnings" is passed to
571      the linker.  */
572   unsigned int non_contiguous_regions_warnings : 1;
573 
574   /* TRUE if all symbol names should be unique.  */
575   unsigned int unique_symbol : 1;
576 
577   /* TRUE if maxpagesize is set on command-line.  */
578   unsigned int maxpagesize_is_set : 1;
579 
580   /* TRUE if commonpagesize is set on command-line.  */
581   unsigned int commonpagesize_is_set : 1;
582 
583   /* Char that may appear as the first char of a symbol, but should be
584      skipped (like symbol_leading_char) when looking up symbols in
585      wrap_hash.  Used by PowerPC Linux for 'dot' symbols.  */
586   char wrap_char;
587 
588   /* Separator between archive and filename in linker script filespecs.  */
589   char path_separator;
590 
591   /* Default stack size.  Zero means default (often zero itself), -1
592      means explicitly zero-sized.  */
593   bfd_signed_vma stacksize;
594 
595   /* Enable or disable target specific optimizations.
596 
597      Not all targets have optimizations to enable.
598 
599      Normally these optimizations are disabled by default but some targets
600      prefer to enable them by default.  So this field is a tri-state variable.
601      The values are:
602 
603      zero: Enable the optimizations (either from --relax being specified on
604        the command line or the backend's before_allocation emulation function.
605 
606      positive: The user has requested that these optimizations be disabled.
607        (Via the --no-relax command line option).
608 
609      negative: The optimizations are disabled.  (Set when initializing the
610        args_type structure in ldmain.c:main.  */
611   signed int disable_target_specific_optimizations;
612 
613   /* Function callbacks.  */
614   const struct bfd_link_callbacks *callbacks;
615 
616   /* Hash table handled by BFD.  */
617   struct bfd_link_hash_table *hash;
618 
619   /* Hash table of symbols to keep.  This is NULL unless strip is
620      strip_some.  */
621   struct bfd_hash_table *keep_hash;
622 
623   /* Hash table of symbols to report back via the notice callback.  If
624      this is NULL, and notice_all is FALSE, then no symbols are
625      reported back.  */
626   struct bfd_hash_table *notice_hash;
627 
628   /* Hash table of symbols which are being wrapped (the --wrap linker
629      option).  If this is NULL, no symbols are being wrapped.  */
630   struct bfd_hash_table *wrap_hash;
631 
632   /* Hash table of symbols which may be left unresolved during
633      a link.  If this is NULL, no symbols can be left unresolved.  */
634   struct bfd_hash_table *ignore_hash;
635 
636   /* The output BFD.  */
637   bfd *output_bfd;
638 
639   /* The import library generated.  */
640   bfd *out_implib_bfd;
641 
642   /* The list of input BFD's involved in the link.  These are chained
643      together via the link.next field.  */
644   bfd *input_bfds;
645   bfd **input_bfds_tail;
646 
647   /* If a symbol should be created for each input BFD, this is section
648      where those symbols should be placed.  It must be a section in
649      the output BFD.  It may be NULL, in which case no such symbols
650      will be created.  This is to support CREATE_OBJECT_SYMBOLS in the
651      linker command language.  */
652   asection *create_object_symbols_section;
653 
654   /* List of global symbol names that are starting points for marking
655      sections against garbage collection.  */
656   struct bfd_sym_chain *gc_sym_list;
657 
658   /* If a base output file is wanted, then this points to it */
659   void *base_file;
660 
661   /* The function to call when the executable or shared object is
662      loaded.  */
663   const char *init_function;
664 
665   /* The function to call when the executable or shared object is
666      unloaded.  */
667   const char *fini_function;
668 
669   /* Number of relaxation passes.  Usually only one relaxation pass
670      is needed.  But a backend can have as many relaxation passes as
671      necessary.  During bfd_relax_section call, it is set to the
672      current pass, starting from 0.  */
673   int relax_pass;
674 
675   /* Number of relaxation trips.  This number is incremented every
676      time the relaxation pass is restarted due to a previous
677      relaxation returning true in *AGAIN.  */
678   int relax_trip;
679 
680   /* > 0 to treat protected data defined in the shared library as
681      reference external.  0 to treat it as internal.  -1 to let
682      backend to decide.  */
683   int extern_protected_data;
684 
685   /* 1 to make undefined weak symbols dynamic when building a dynamic
686      object.  0 to resolve undefined weak symbols to zero.  -1 to let
687      the backend decide.  */
688   int dynamic_undefined_weak;
689 
690   /* Non-zero if auto-import thunks for DATA items in pei386 DLLs
691      should be generated/linked against.  Set to 1 if this feature
692      is explicitly requested by the user, -1 if enabled by default.  */
693   int pei386_auto_import;
694 
695   /* Non-zero if runtime relocs for DATA items with non-zero addends
696      in pei386 DLLs should be generated.  Set to 1 if this feature
697      is explicitly requested by the user, -1 if enabled by default.  */
698   int pei386_runtime_pseudo_reloc;
699 
700   /* How many spare .dynamic DT_NULL entries should be added?  */
701   unsigned int spare_dynamic_tags;
702 
703   /* GNU_PROPERTY_1_NEEDED_INDIRECT_EXTERN_ACCESS control:
704        > 1: Turn on by -z indirect-extern-access or by backend.
705       == 1: Turn on by an input.
706          0: Turn off.
707        < 0: Turn on if it is set on any inputs or let backend to
708 	    decide.  */
709   int indirect_extern_access;
710 
711   /* Non-zero if executable should not contain copy relocs.
712        > 1: Implied by indirect_extern_access.
713       == 1: Turn on by -z nocopyreloc.
714          0: Turn off.
715     Setting this to non-zero may result in a non-sharable text
716     segment.  */
717   int nocopyreloc;
718 
719   /* Pointer to the GNU_PROPERTY_1_NEEDED property in memory.  */
720   bfd_byte *needed_1_p;
721 
722   /* May be used to set DT_FLAGS for ELF. */
723   bfd_vma flags;
724 
725   /* May be used to set DT_FLAGS_1 for ELF. */
726   bfd_vma flags_1;
727 
728   /* May be used to set DT_GNU_FLAGS_1 for ELF. */
729   bfd_vma gnu_flags_1;
730 
731   /* TRUE if references to __start_/__stop_ synthesized symbols do not
732      specially retain C identifier named sections.  */
733   int start_stop_gc;
734 
735   /* May be used to set ELF visibility for __start_* / __stop_.  */
736   unsigned int start_stop_visibility;
737 
738   /* The maximum page size for ELF.  */
739   bfd_vma maxpagesize;
740 
741   /* The common page size for ELF.  */
742   bfd_vma commonpagesize;
743 
744   /* Start and end of RELRO region.  */
745   bfd_vma relro_start, relro_end;
746 
747   /* List of symbols should be dynamic.  */
748   struct bfd_elf_dynamic_list *dynamic_list;
749 
750   /* The version information.  */
751   struct bfd_elf_version_tree *version_info;
752 
753   /* Size of cache.  Backend can use it to keep strace cache size.   */
754   bfd_size_type cache_size;
755 
756   /* The maximum cache size.  Backend can use cache_size and and
757      max_cache_size to decide if keep_memory should be honored.  */
758   bfd_size_type max_cache_size;
759 };
760 
761 /* Some forward-definitions used by some callbacks.  */
762 
763 struct elf_strtab_hash;
764 struct elf_internal_sym;
765 
766 /* This structures holds a set of callback functions.  These are called
767    by the BFD linker routines.  */
768 
769 struct bfd_link_callbacks
770 {
771   /* A function which is called when an object is added from an
772      archive.  ABFD is the archive element being added.  NAME is the
773      name of the symbol which caused the archive element to be pulled
774      in.  This function may set *SUBSBFD to point to an alternative
775      BFD from which symbols should in fact be added in place of the
776      original BFD's symbols.  Returns TRUE if the object should be
777      added, FALSE if it should be skipped.  */
778   bool (*add_archive_element)
779     (struct bfd_link_info *, bfd *abfd, const char *name, bfd **subsbfd);
780   /* A function which is called when a symbol is found with multiple
781      definitions.  H is the symbol which is defined multiple times.
782      NBFD is the new BFD, NSEC is the new section, and NVAL is the new
783      value.  NSEC may be bfd_com_section or bfd_ind_section.  */
784   void (*multiple_definition)
785     (struct bfd_link_info *, struct bfd_link_hash_entry *h,
786      bfd *nbfd, asection *nsec, bfd_vma nval);
787   /* A function which is called when a common symbol is defined
788      multiple times.  H is the symbol appearing multiple times.
789      NBFD is the BFD of the new symbol.  NTYPE is the type of the new
790      symbol, one of bfd_link_hash_defined, bfd_link_hash_common, or
791      bfd_link_hash_indirect.  If NTYPE is bfd_link_hash_common, NSIZE
792      is the size of the new symbol.  */
793   void (*multiple_common)
794     (struct bfd_link_info *, struct bfd_link_hash_entry *h,
795      bfd *nbfd, enum bfd_link_hash_type ntype, bfd_vma nsize);
796   /* A function which is called to add a symbol to a set.  ENTRY is
797      the link hash table entry for the set itself (e.g.,
798      __CTOR_LIST__).  RELOC is the relocation to use for an entry in
799      the set when generating a relocatable file, and is also used to
800      get the size of the entry when generating an executable file.
801      ABFD, SEC and VALUE identify the value to add to the set.  */
802   void (*add_to_set)
803     (struct bfd_link_info *, struct bfd_link_hash_entry *entry,
804      bfd_reloc_code_real_type reloc, bfd *abfd, asection *sec, bfd_vma value);
805   /* A function which is called when the name of a g++ constructor or
806      destructor is found.  This is only called by some object file
807      formats.  CONSTRUCTOR is TRUE for a constructor, FALSE for a
808      destructor.  This will use BFD_RELOC_CTOR when generating a
809      relocatable file.  NAME is the name of the symbol found.  ABFD,
810      SECTION and VALUE are the value of the symbol.  */
811   void (*constructor)
812     (struct bfd_link_info *, bool constructor, const char *name,
813      bfd *abfd, asection *sec, bfd_vma value);
814   /* A function which is called to issue a linker warning.  For
815      example, this is called when there is a reference to a warning
816      symbol.  WARNING is the warning to be issued.  SYMBOL is the name
817      of the symbol which triggered the warning; it may be NULL if
818      there is none.  ABFD, SECTION and ADDRESS identify the location
819      which trigerred the warning; either ABFD or SECTION or both may
820      be NULL if the location is not known.  */
821   void (*warning)
822     (struct bfd_link_info *, const char *warning, const char *symbol,
823      bfd *abfd, asection *section, bfd_vma address);
824   /* A function which is called when a relocation is attempted against
825      an undefined symbol.  NAME is the symbol which is undefined.
826      ABFD, SECTION and ADDRESS identify the location from which the
827      reference is made. IS_FATAL indicates whether an undefined symbol is
828      a fatal error or not. In some cases SECTION may be NULL.  */
829   void (*undefined_symbol)
830     (struct bfd_link_info *, const char *name, bfd *abfd,
831      asection *section, bfd_vma address, bool is_fatal);
832   /* A function which is called when a reloc overflow occurs. ENTRY is
833      the link hash table entry for the symbol the reloc is against.
834      NAME is the name of the local symbol or section the reloc is
835      against, RELOC_NAME is the name of the relocation, and ADDEND is
836      any addend that is used.  ABFD, SECTION and ADDRESS identify the
837      location at which the overflow occurs; if this is the result of a
838      bfd_section_reloc_link_order or bfd_symbol_reloc_link_order, then
839      ABFD will be NULL.  */
840   void (*reloc_overflow)
841     (struct bfd_link_info *, struct bfd_link_hash_entry *entry,
842      const char *name, const char *reloc_name, bfd_vma addend,
843      bfd *abfd, asection *section, bfd_vma address);
844   /* A function which is called when a dangerous reloc is performed.
845      MESSAGE is an appropriate message.
846      ABFD, SECTION and ADDRESS identify the location at which the
847      problem occurred; if this is the result of a
848      bfd_section_reloc_link_order or bfd_symbol_reloc_link_order, then
849      ABFD will be NULL.  */
850   void (*reloc_dangerous)
851     (struct bfd_link_info *, const char *message,
852      bfd *abfd, asection *section, bfd_vma address);
853   /* A function which is called when a reloc is found to be attached
854      to a symbol which is not being written out.  NAME is the name of
855      the symbol.  ABFD, SECTION and ADDRESS identify the location of
856      the reloc; if this is the result of a
857      bfd_section_reloc_link_order or bfd_symbol_reloc_link_order, then
858      ABFD will be NULL.  */
859   void (*unattached_reloc)
860     (struct bfd_link_info *, const char *name,
861      bfd *abfd, asection *section, bfd_vma address);
862   /* A function which is called when a symbol in notice_hash is
863      defined or referenced.  H is the symbol, INH the indirect symbol
864      if applicable.  ABFD, SECTION and ADDRESS are the (new) value of
865      the symbol.  If SECTION is bfd_und_section, this is a reference.
866      FLAGS are the symbol BSF_* flags.  */
867   bool (*notice)
868     (struct bfd_link_info *, struct bfd_link_hash_entry *h,
869      struct bfd_link_hash_entry *inh,
870      bfd *abfd, asection *section, bfd_vma address, flagword flags);
871   /* Error or warning link info message.  */
872   void (*einfo)
873     (const char *fmt, ...);
874   /* General link info message.  */
875   void (*info)
876     (const char *fmt, ...);
877   /* Message to be printed in linker map file.  */
878   void (*minfo)
879     (const char *fmt, ...);
880   /* This callback provides a chance for users of the BFD library to
881      override its decision about whether to place two adjacent sections
882      into the same segment.  */
883   bool (*override_segment_assignment)
884     (struct bfd_link_info *, bfd * abfd,
885      asection * current_section, asection * previous_section,
886      bool new_segment);
887   /* This callback provides a chance for callers of the BFD to examine the
888      ELF (dynamic) string table once it is complete.  */
889   void (*examine_strtab)
890     (struct elf_strtab_hash *symstrtab);
891   /* This callback is called just before a symbol is swapped out, so that the
892      CTF machinery can look up symbols during construction.  The name is
893      already an external strtab offset at this point.  */
894   void (*ctf_new_symbol)
895     (int symidx, struct elf_internal_sym *sym);
896   /* Likewise, for dynamic symbols.  */
897   void (*ctf_new_dynsym)
898     (int symidx, struct elf_internal_sym *sym);
899   /* This callback should emit the CTF section into a non-loadable section in
900      the output BFD named .ctf or a name beginning with ".ctf.".  */
901   void (*emit_ctf)
902     (void);
903 };
904 
905 /* The linker builds link_order structures which tell the code how to
906    include input data in the output file.  */
907 
908 /* These are the types of link_order structures.  */
909 
910 enum bfd_link_order_type
911 {
912   bfd_undefined_link_order,	/* Undefined.  */
913   bfd_indirect_link_order,	/* Built from a section.  */
914   bfd_data_link_order,		/* Set to explicit data.  */
915   bfd_section_reloc_link_order,	/* Relocate against a section.  */
916   bfd_symbol_reloc_link_order	/* Relocate against a symbol.  */
917 };
918 
919 /* This is the link_order structure itself.  These form a chain
920    attached to the output section whose contents they are describing.  */
921 
922 struct bfd_link_order
923 {
924   /* Next link_order in chain.  */
925   struct bfd_link_order *next;
926   /* Type of link_order.  */
927   enum bfd_link_order_type type;
928   /* Offset within output section in bytes.  */
929   bfd_vma offset;
930   /* Size within output section in octets.  */
931   bfd_size_type size;
932   /* Type specific information.  */
933   union
934     {
935       struct
936 	{
937 	  /* Section to include.  If this is used, then
938 	     section->output_section must be the section the
939 	     link_order is attached to, section->output_offset must
940 	     equal the link_order offset field, and section->size
941 	     must equal the link_order size field.  Maybe these
942 	     restrictions should be relaxed someday.  */
943 	  asection *section;
944 	} indirect;
945       struct
946 	{
947 	  /* Size of contents, or zero when contents should be filled by
948 	     the architecture-dependent fill function.
949 	     A non-zero value allows filling of the output section
950 	     with an arbitrary repeated pattern.  */
951 	  unsigned int size;
952 	  /* Data to put into file.  */
953 	  bfd_byte *contents;
954 	} data;
955       struct
956 	{
957 	  /* Description of reloc to generate.  Used for
958 	     bfd_section_reloc_link_order and
959 	     bfd_symbol_reloc_link_order.  */
960 	  struct bfd_link_order_reloc *p;
961 	} reloc;
962     } u;
963 };
964 
965 /* A linker order of type bfd_section_reloc_link_order or
966    bfd_symbol_reloc_link_order means to create a reloc against a
967    section or symbol, respectively.  This is used to implement -Ur to
968    generate relocs for the constructor tables.  The
969    bfd_link_order_reloc structure describes the reloc that BFD should
970    create.  It is similar to a arelent, but I didn't use arelent
971    because the linker does not know anything about most symbols, and
972    any asymbol structure it creates will be partially meaningless.
973    This information could logically be in the bfd_link_order struct,
974    but I didn't want to waste the space since these types of relocs
975    are relatively rare.  */
976 
977 struct bfd_link_order_reloc
978 {
979   /* Reloc type.  */
980   bfd_reloc_code_real_type reloc;
981 
982   union
983     {
984       /* For type bfd_section_reloc_link_order, this is the section
985 	 the reloc should be against.  This must be a section in the
986 	 output BFD, not any of the input BFDs.  */
987       asection *section;
988       /* For type bfd_symbol_reloc_link_order, this is the name of the
989 	 symbol the reloc should be against.  */
990       const char *name;
991     } u;
992 
993   /* Addend to use.  The object file should contain zero.  The BFD
994      backend is responsible for filling in the contents of the object
995      file correctly.  For some object file formats (e.g., COFF) the
996      addend must be stored into in the object file, and for some
997      (e.g., SPARC a.out) it is kept in the reloc.  */
998   bfd_vma addend;
999 };
1000 
1001 /* Allocate a new link_order for a section.  */
1002 extern struct bfd_link_order *bfd_new_link_order (bfd *, asection *);
1003 
1004 struct bfd_section_already_linked;
1005 
1006 extern bool bfd_section_already_linked_table_init (void);
1007 extern void bfd_section_already_linked_table_free (void);
1008 extern bool _bfd_handle_already_linked
1009   (struct bfd_section *, struct bfd_section_already_linked *,
1010    struct bfd_link_info *);
1011 
1012 extern struct bfd_section *_bfd_nearby_section
1013   (bfd *, struct bfd_section *, bfd_vma);
1014 
1015 extern void _bfd_fix_excluded_sec_syms
1016   (bfd *, struct bfd_link_info *);
1017 
1018 /* These structures are used to describe version information for the
1019    ELF linker.  These structures could be manipulated entirely inside
1020    BFD, but it would be a pain.  Instead, the regular linker sets up
1021    these structures, and then passes them into BFD.  */
1022 
1023 /* Glob pattern for a version.  */
1024 
1025 struct bfd_elf_version_expr
1026 {
1027   /* Next glob pattern for this version.  */
1028   struct bfd_elf_version_expr *next;
1029   /* Glob pattern.  */
1030   const char *pattern;
1031   /* Set if pattern is not a glob.  */
1032   unsigned int literal : 1;
1033   /* Defined by ".symver".  */
1034   unsigned int symver : 1;
1035   /* Defined by version script.  */
1036   unsigned int script : 1;
1037   /* Pattern type.  */
1038 #define BFD_ELF_VERSION_C_TYPE		1
1039 #define BFD_ELF_VERSION_CXX_TYPE	2
1040 #define BFD_ELF_VERSION_JAVA_TYPE	4
1041   unsigned int mask : 3;
1042 };
1043 
1044 struct bfd_elf_version_expr_head
1045 {
1046   /* List of all patterns, both wildcards and non-wildcards.  */
1047   struct bfd_elf_version_expr *list;
1048   /* Hash table for non-wildcards.  */
1049   void *htab;
1050   /* Remaining patterns.  */
1051   struct bfd_elf_version_expr *remaining;
1052   /* What kind of pattern types are present in list (bitmask).  */
1053   unsigned int mask;
1054 };
1055 
1056 /* Version dependencies.  */
1057 
1058 struct bfd_elf_version_deps
1059 {
1060   /* Next dependency for this version.  */
1061   struct bfd_elf_version_deps *next;
1062   /* The version which this version depends upon.  */
1063   struct bfd_elf_version_tree *version_needed;
1064 };
1065 
1066 /* A node in the version tree.  */
1067 
1068 struct bfd_elf_version_tree
1069 {
1070   /* Next version.  */
1071   struct bfd_elf_version_tree *next;
1072   /* Name of this version.  */
1073   const char *name;
1074   /* Version number.  */
1075   unsigned int vernum;
1076   /* Regular expressions for global symbols in this version.  */
1077   struct bfd_elf_version_expr_head globals;
1078   /* Regular expressions for local symbols in this version.  */
1079   struct bfd_elf_version_expr_head locals;
1080   /* List of versions which this version depends upon.  */
1081   struct bfd_elf_version_deps *deps;
1082   /* Index of the version name.  This is used within BFD.  */
1083   unsigned int name_indx;
1084   /* Whether this version tree was used.  This is used within BFD.  */
1085   int used;
1086   /* Matching hook.  */
1087   struct bfd_elf_version_expr *(*match)
1088     (struct bfd_elf_version_expr_head *head,
1089      struct bfd_elf_version_expr *prev, const char *sym);
1090 };
1091 
1092 struct bfd_elf_dynamic_list
1093 {
1094   struct bfd_elf_version_expr_head head;
1095   struct bfd_elf_version_expr *(*match)
1096     (struct bfd_elf_version_expr_head *head,
1097      struct bfd_elf_version_expr *prev, const char *sym);
1098 };
1099 
1100 #endif
1101