1 /* as.c - GAS main program.
2 Copyright (C) 1987-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This file is part of GAS, the GNU Assembler.
6 GAS is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
7 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
8 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
11 GAS is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
12 ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
13 or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public
14 License for more details.
16 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
17 along with GAS; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free
18 Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street - Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
21 /* Main program for AS; a 32-bit assembler of GNU.
22 Understands command arguments.
23 Has a few routines that don't fit in other modules because they
29 Since no-one else says they will support them in future: I
30 don't support them now. */
34 /* Disable code to set FAKE_LABEL_NAME in obj-multi.h, to avoid circular
36 #define INITIALIZING_EMULS
40 #include "output-file.h"
43 #include "dwarf2dbg.h"
44 #include "dw2gencfi.h"
57 /* Perform any cgen specific initialisation for gas. */
58 extern void gas_cgen_begin (void);
61 /* We build a list of defsyms as we read the options, and then define
62 them after we have initialized everything. */
65 struct defsym_list
*next
;
71 /* True if a listing is wanted. */
74 /* Type of debugging to generate. */
75 enum debug_info_type debug_type
= DEBUG_UNSPECIFIED
;
76 int use_gnu_debug_info_extensions
= 0;
78 #ifndef MD_DEBUG_FORMAT_SELECTOR
79 #define MD_DEBUG_FORMAT_SELECTOR NULL
81 static enum debug_info_type (*md_debug_format_selector
) (int *) = MD_DEBUG_FORMAT_SELECTOR
;
83 /* Maximum level of macro nesting. */
84 int max_macro_nest
= 100;
89 /* The default obstack chunk size. If we set this to zero, the
90 obstack code will use whatever will fit in a 4096 byte block. */
93 /* To monitor memory allocation more effectively, make this non-zero.
94 Then the chunk sizes for gas and bfd will be reduced. */
97 /* Enable verbose mode. */
100 /* Which version of DWARF CIE to produce. This default value of -1
101 indicates that this value has not been set yet, a default value is
102 provided in dwarf2_init. A different value can also be supplied by the
103 command line flag --gdwarf-cie-version, or by a target in
104 MD_AFTER_PARSE_ARGS. */
105 int flag_dwarf_cie_version
= -1;
107 /* The maximum level of DWARF DEBUG information we should manufacture.
108 This defaults to 3 unless overridden by a command line option. */
109 unsigned int dwarf_level
= 3;
111 #if defined OBJ_ELF || defined OBJ_MAYBE_ELF
112 int flag_use_elf_stt_common
= DEFAULT_GENERATE_ELF_STT_COMMON
;
113 bool flag_generate_build_notes
= DEFAULT_GENERATE_BUILD_NOTES
;
122 /* Name of listing file. */
123 static char *listing_filename
= NULL
;
125 static struct defsym_list
*defsyms
;
127 static long start_time
;
130 #ifdef USE_EMULATIONS
131 #define EMULATION_ENVIRON "AS_EMULATION"
133 static struct emulation
*const emulations
[] = { EMULATIONS
};
134 static const int n_emulations
= sizeof (emulations
) / sizeof (emulations
[0]);
137 select_emulation_mode (int argc
, char **argv
)
141 const char *em
= NULL
;
143 for (i
= 1; i
< argc
; i
++)
144 if (startswith (argv
[i
], "--em"))
150 p
= strchr (argv
[i
], '=');
157 as_fatal (_("missing emulation mode name"));
162 em
= getenv (EMULATION_ENVIRON
);
164 em
= DEFAULT_EMULATION
;
168 for (i
= 0; i
< n_emulations
; i
++)
169 if (!strcmp (emulations
[i
]->name
, em
))
171 if (i
== n_emulations
)
172 as_fatal (_("unrecognized emulation name `%s'"), em
);
173 this_emulation
= emulations
[i
];
176 this_emulation
= emulations
[0];
178 this_emulation
->init ();
182 common_emul_init (void)
184 this_format
= this_emulation
->format
;
186 if (this_emulation
->leading_underscore
== 2)
187 this_emulation
->leading_underscore
= this_format
->dfl_leading_underscore
;
189 if (this_emulation
->default_endian
!= 2)
190 target_big_endian
= this_emulation
->default_endian
;
192 if (this_emulation
->fake_label_name
== 0)
194 if (this_emulation
->leading_underscore
)
195 this_emulation
->fake_label_name
= FAKE_LABEL_NAME
;
197 /* What other parameters should we test? */
198 this_emulation
->fake_label_name
= "." FAKE_LABEL_NAME
;
204 print_version_id (void)
212 fprintf (stderr
, _("GNU assembler version %s (%s) using BFD version %s\n"),
213 VERSION
, TARGET_ALIAS
, BFD_VERSION_STRING
);
216 #ifdef DEFAULT_FLAG_COMPRESS_DEBUG
217 enum compressed_debug_section_type flag_compress_debug
218 = DEFAULT_COMPRESSED_DEBUG_ALGORITHM
;
219 #define DEFAULT_COMPRESSED_DEBUG_ALGORITHM_HELP \
220 DEFAULT_COMPRESSED_DEBUG_ALGORITHM
222 #define DEFAULT_COMPRESSED_DEBUG_ALGORITHM_HELP COMPRESS_DEBUG_NONE
226 show_usage (FILE * stream
)
228 fprintf (stream
, _("Usage: %s [option...] [asmfile...]\n"), myname
);
230 fprintf (stream
, _("\
232 -a[sub-option...] turn on listings\n\
233 Sub-options [default hls]:\n\
234 c omit false conditionals\n\
235 d omit debugging directives\n\
236 g include general info\n\
237 h include high-level source\n\
238 i include ginsn and synthesized CFI info\n\
239 l include assembly\n\
240 m include macro expansions\n\
241 n omit forms processing\n\
243 =FILE list to FILE (must be last sub-option)\n"));
245 fprintf (stream
, _("\
246 --alternate initially turn on alternate macro syntax\n"));
247 fprintf (stream
, _("\
248 --compress-debug-sections[={none|zlib|zlib-gnu|zlib-gabi|zstd}]\n\
249 compress DWARF debug sections\n")),
250 fprintf (stream
, _("\
252 bfd_get_compression_algorithm_name
253 (DEFAULT_COMPRESSED_DEBUG_ALGORITHM_HELP
));
255 fprintf (stream
, _("\
256 --nocompress-debug-sections\n\
257 don't compress DWARF debug sections\n"));
258 fprintf (stream
, _("\
259 -D produce assembler debugging messages\n"));
260 fprintf (stream
, _("\
261 --dump-config display how the assembler is configured and then exit\n"));
262 fprintf (stream
, _("\
263 --debug-prefix-map OLD=NEW\n\
264 map OLD to NEW in debug information\n"));
265 fprintf (stream
, _("\
266 --defsym SYM=VAL define symbol SYM to given value\n"));
267 #ifdef USE_EMULATIONS
274 for (i
= 0; i
< n_emulations
- 1; i
++)
275 fprintf (stream
, "%s | ", emulations
[i
]->name
);
276 fprintf (stream
, "%s]\n", emulations
[i
]->name
);
278 def_em
= getenv (EMULATION_ENVIRON
);
280 def_em
= DEFAULT_EMULATION
;
281 fprintf (stream
, _("\
282 emulate output (default %s)\n"), def_em
);
285 #if defined OBJ_ELF || defined OBJ_MAYBE_ELF
286 fprintf (stream
, _("\
287 --execstack require executable stack for this object\n"));
288 fprintf (stream
, _("\
289 --noexecstack don't require executable stack for this object\n"));
290 fprintf (stream
, _("\
291 --size-check=[error|warning]\n\
292 ELF .size directive check (default --size-check=error)\n"));
293 fprintf (stream
, _("\
294 --elf-stt-common=[no|yes] "));
295 if (DEFAULT_GENERATE_ELF_STT_COMMON
)
296 fprintf (stream
, _("(default: yes)\n"));
298 fprintf (stream
, _("(default: no)\n"));
299 fprintf (stream
, _("\
300 generate ELF common symbols with STT_COMMON type\n"));
301 fprintf (stream
, _("\
302 --sectname-subst enable section name substitution sequences\n"));
304 fprintf (stream
, _("\
305 --generate-missing-build-notes=[no|yes] "));
306 #if DEFAULT_GENERATE_BUILD_NOTES
307 fprintf (stream
, _("(default: yes)\n"));
309 fprintf (stream
, _("(default: no)\n"));
311 fprintf (stream
, _("\
312 generate GNU Build notes if none are present in the input\n"));
313 fprintf (stream
, _("\
314 --gsframe generate SFrame stack trace information\n"));
315 # if defined (TARGET_USE_SCFI) && defined (TARGET_USE_GINSN)
316 fprintf (stream
, _("\
317 --scfi=experimental Synthesize DWARF CFI for hand-written asm\n\
318 (experimental support)\n"));
322 fprintf (stream
, _("\
323 -f skip whitespace and comment preprocessing\n"));
324 fprintf (stream
, _("\
325 -g, --gen-debug generate debugging information\n"));
326 fprintf (stream
, _("\
327 --gstabs generate STABS debugging information\n"));
328 fprintf (stream
, _("\
329 --gstabs+ generate STABS debug info with GNU extensions\n"));
330 fprintf (stream
, _("\
331 --gdwarf-<N> generate DWARF<N> debugging information. 2 <= <N> <= 5\n"));
332 fprintf (stream
, _("\
333 --gdwarf-cie-version=<N> generate version 1, 3 or 4 DWARF CIEs\n"));
334 fprintf (stream
, _("\
335 --gdwarf-sections generate per-function section names for DWARF line information\n"));
336 #if defined (TE_PE) && defined (O_secrel)
337 fprintf (stream
, _("\
338 --gcodeview generate CodeView debugging information\n"));
340 fprintf (stream
, _("\
341 --hash-size=<N> ignored\n"));
342 fprintf (stream
, _("\
343 --help show all assembler options\n"));
344 fprintf (stream
, _("\
345 --target-help show target specific options\n"));
346 fprintf (stream
, _("\
347 -I DIR add DIR to search list for .include directives\n"));
348 fprintf (stream
, _("\
349 -J don't warn about signed overflow\n"));
350 fprintf (stream
, _("\
351 -K warn when differences altered for long displacements\n"));
352 fprintf (stream
, _("\
353 -L, --keep-locals keep local symbols (e.g. starting with `L')\n"));
354 fprintf (stream
, _("\
355 -M, --mri assemble in MRI compatibility mode\n"));
356 fprintf (stream
, _("\
357 --MD FILE write dependency information in FILE (default none)\n"));
358 fprintf (stream
, _("\
359 --multibyte-handling=<method>\n\
360 what to do with multibyte characters encountered in the input\n"));
361 fprintf (stream
, _("\
363 fprintf (stream
, _("\
364 -no-pad-sections do not pad the end of sections to alignment boundaries\n"));
365 fprintf (stream
, _("\
366 -o OBJFILE name the object-file output OBJFILE (default a.out)\n"));
367 fprintf (stream
, _("\
368 -R fold data section into text section\n"));
369 fprintf (stream
, _("\
370 --reduce-memory-overheads ignored\n"));
371 fprintf (stream
, _("\
372 --statistics print various measured statistics from execution\n"));
373 fprintf (stream
, _("\
374 --strip-local-absolute strip local absolute symbols\n"));
375 fprintf (stream
, _("\
376 --traditional-format Use same format as native assembler when possible\n"));
377 fprintf (stream
, _("\
378 --version print assembler version number and exit\n"));
379 fprintf (stream
, _("\
380 -W, --no-warn suppress warnings\n"));
381 fprintf (stream
, _("\
382 --warn don't suppress warnings\n"));
383 fprintf (stream
, _("\
384 --fatal-warnings treat warnings as errors\n"));
385 fprintf (stream
, _("\
386 --no-info suppress information messages\n"));
387 fprintf (stream
, _("\
388 --info don't suppress information messages\n"));
390 fprintf (stream
, _("\
391 --itbl INSTTBL extend instruction set to include instructions\n\
392 matching the specifications defined in file INSTTBL\n"));
394 fprintf (stream
, _("\
396 fprintf (stream
, _("\
398 fprintf (stream
, _("\
399 -Z generate object file even after errors\n"));
400 fprintf (stream
, _("\
401 --listing-lhs-width set the width in words of the output data column of\n\
403 fprintf (stream
, _("\
404 --listing-lhs-width2 set the width in words of the continuation lines\n\
405 of the output data column; ignored if smaller than\n\
406 the width of the first line\n"));
407 fprintf (stream
, _("\
408 --listing-rhs-width set the max width in characters of the lines from\n\
409 the source file\n"));
410 fprintf (stream
, _("\
411 --listing-cont-lines set the maximum number of continuation lines used\n\
412 for the output data column of the listing\n"));
413 fprintf (stream
, _("\
414 @FILE read options from FILE\n"));
416 md_show_usage (stream
);
418 fputc ('\n', stream
);
420 if (REPORT_BUGS_TO
[0] && stream
== stdout
)
421 fprintf (stream
, _("Report bugs to %s\n"), REPORT_BUGS_TO
);
424 /* Since it is easy to do here we interpret the special arg "-"
425 to mean "use stdin" and we set that argv[] pointing to "".
426 After we have munged argv[], the only things left are source file
427 name(s) and ""(s) denoting stdin. These file names are used
428 (perhaps more than once) later.
430 check for new machine-dep cmdline options in
431 md_parse_option definitions in config/tc-*.c. */
434 parse_args (int * pargc
, char *** pargv
)
440 /* Starting the short option string with '-' is for programs that
441 expect options and other ARGV-elements in any order and that care about
442 the ordering of the two. We describe each non-option ARGV-element
443 as if it were the argument of an option with character code 1. */
445 static const char std_shortopts
[] =
448 #ifndef WORKING_DOT_WORD
449 /* -K is not meaningful if .word is not being hacked. */
452 'L', 'M', 'R', 'W', 'Z', 'a', ':', ':', 'D', 'f', 'g', ':',':', 'I', ':',
453 'o', ':', 'v', 'w', 'X',
455 /* New option for extending instruction set (see also --itbl below). */
460 struct option
*longopts
;
461 /* Codes used for the long options with no short synonyms. */
464 OPTION_HELP
= OPTION_STD_BASE
,
470 OPTION_DEBUG_PREFIX_MAP
,
473 OPTION_LISTING_LHS_WIDTH
,
474 OPTION_LISTING_LHS_WIDTH2
, /* = STD_BASE + 10 */
475 OPTION_LISTING_RHS_WIDTH
,
476 OPTION_LISTING_CONT_LINES
,
485 OPTION_GDWARF_SECTIONS
, /* = STD_BASE + 20 */
486 OPTION_GDWARF_CIE_VERSION
,
488 OPTION_STRIP_LOCAL_ABSOLUTE
,
489 OPTION_TRADITIONAL_FORMAT
,
495 OPTION_ELF_STT_COMMON
,
496 OPTION_ELF_BUILD_NOTES
, /* = STD_BASE + 30 */
497 OPTION_SECTNAME_SUBST
,
500 OPTION_HASH_TABLE_SIZE
,
501 OPTION_REDUCE_MEMORY_OVERHEADS
,
503 OPTION_COMPRESS_DEBUG
,
504 OPTION_NOCOMPRESS_DEBUG
,
505 OPTION_NO_PAD_SECTIONS
,
506 OPTION_MULTIBYTE_HANDLING
, /* = STD_BASE + 40 */
511 /* When you add options here, check that they do
512 not collide with OPTION_MD_BASE. See as.h. */
515 static const struct option std_longopts
[] =
517 /* Note: commas are placed at the start of the line rather than
518 the end of the preceding line so that it is simpler to
519 selectively add and remove lines from this list. */
520 {"alternate", no_argument
, NULL
, OPTION_ALTERNATE
}
521 /* The entry for "a" is here to prevent getopt_long_only() from
522 considering that -a is an abbreviation for --alternate. This is
523 necessary because -a=<FILE> is a valid switch but getopt would
524 normally reject it since --alternate does not take an argument. */
525 ,{"a", optional_argument
, NULL
, 'a'}
526 /* Handle -al=<FILE>. */
527 ,{"al", optional_argument
, NULL
, OPTION_AL
}
528 ,{"compress-debug-sections", optional_argument
, NULL
, OPTION_COMPRESS_DEBUG
}
529 ,{"nocompress-debug-sections", no_argument
, NULL
, OPTION_NOCOMPRESS_DEBUG
}
530 ,{"debug-prefix-map", required_argument
, NULL
, OPTION_DEBUG_PREFIX_MAP
}
531 ,{"defsym", required_argument
, NULL
, OPTION_DEFSYM
}
532 ,{"dump-config", no_argument
, NULL
, OPTION_DUMPCONFIG
}
533 ,{"emulation", required_argument
, NULL
, OPTION_EMULATION
}
534 #if defined OBJ_ELF || defined OBJ_MAYBE_ELF
535 ,{"execstack", no_argument
, NULL
, OPTION_EXECSTACK
}
536 ,{"noexecstack", no_argument
, NULL
, OPTION_NOEXECSTACK
}
537 ,{"size-check", required_argument
, NULL
, OPTION_SIZE_CHECK
}
538 ,{"elf-stt-common", required_argument
, NULL
, OPTION_ELF_STT_COMMON
}
539 ,{"sectname-subst", no_argument
, NULL
, OPTION_SECTNAME_SUBST
}
540 ,{"generate-missing-build-notes", required_argument
, NULL
, OPTION_ELF_BUILD_NOTES
}
541 ,{"gsframe", no_argument
, NULL
, OPTION_SFRAME
}
542 # if defined (TARGET_USE_SCFI) && defined (TARGET_USE_GINSN)
543 ,{"scfi", required_argument
, NULL
, OPTION_SCFI
}
545 #endif /* OBJ_ELF || OBJ_MAYBE_ELF. */
546 ,{"fatal-warnings", no_argument
, NULL
, OPTION_WARN_FATAL
}
547 ,{"gdwarf-2", no_argument
, NULL
, OPTION_GDWARF_2
}
548 ,{"gdwarf-3", no_argument
, NULL
, OPTION_GDWARF_3
}
549 ,{"gdwarf-4", no_argument
, NULL
, OPTION_GDWARF_4
}
550 ,{"gdwarf-5", no_argument
, NULL
, OPTION_GDWARF_5
}
551 /* GCC uses --gdwarf-2 but GAS used to to use --gdwarf2,
552 so we keep it here for backwards compatibility. */
553 ,{"gdwarf2", no_argument
, NULL
, OPTION_GDWARF_2
}
554 ,{"gdwarf-sections", no_argument
, NULL
, OPTION_GDWARF_SECTIONS
}
555 ,{"gdwarf-cie-version", required_argument
, NULL
, OPTION_GDWARF_CIE_VERSION
}
556 #if defined (TE_PE) && defined (O_secrel)
557 ,{"gcodeview", no_argument
, NULL
, OPTION_GCODEVIEW
}
559 ,{"gen-debug", no_argument
, NULL
, 'g'}
560 ,{"gstabs", no_argument
, NULL
, OPTION_GSTABS
}
561 ,{"gstabs+", no_argument
, NULL
, OPTION_GSTABS_PLUS
}
562 ,{"hash-size", required_argument
, NULL
, OPTION_HASH_TABLE_SIZE
}
563 ,{"help", no_argument
, NULL
, OPTION_HELP
}
565 /* New option for extending instruction set (see also -t above).
566 The "-t file" or "--itbl file" option extends the basic set of
567 valid instructions by reading "file", a text file containing a
568 list of instruction formats. The additional opcodes and their
569 formats are added to the built-in set of instructions, and
570 mnemonics for new registers may also be defined. */
571 ,{"itbl", required_argument
, NULL
, 't'}
573 /* getopt allows abbreviations, so we do this to stop it from
574 treating -k as an abbreviation for --keep-locals. Some
575 ports use -k to enable PIC assembly. */
576 ,{"keep-locals", no_argument
, NULL
, 'L'}
577 ,{"keep-locals", no_argument
, NULL
, 'L'}
579 ,{"listing-lhs-width", required_argument
, NULL
, OPTION_LISTING_LHS_WIDTH
}
580 ,{"listing-lhs-width2", required_argument
, NULL
, OPTION_LISTING_LHS_WIDTH2
}
581 ,{"listing-rhs-width", required_argument
, NULL
, OPTION_LISTING_RHS_WIDTH
}
582 ,{"listing-cont-lines", required_argument
, NULL
, OPTION_LISTING_CONT_LINES
}
584 ,{"MD", required_argument
, NULL
, OPTION_DEPFILE
}
585 ,{"mri", no_argument
, NULL
, 'M'}
586 ,{"nocpp", no_argument
, NULL
, OPTION_NOCPP
}
587 ,{"no-pad-sections", no_argument
, NULL
, OPTION_NO_PAD_SECTIONS
}
588 ,{"no-info", no_argument
, NULL
, OPTION_NOINFO
}
589 ,{"no-warn", no_argument
, NULL
, 'W'}
590 ,{"reduce-memory-overheads", no_argument
, NULL
, OPTION_REDUCE_MEMORY_OVERHEADS
}
591 ,{"statistics", no_argument
, NULL
, OPTION_STATISTICS
}
592 ,{"strip-local-absolute", no_argument
, NULL
, OPTION_STRIP_LOCAL_ABSOLUTE
}
593 ,{"version", no_argument
, NULL
, OPTION_VERSION
}
594 ,{"verbose", no_argument
, NULL
, 'v'}
595 ,{"target-help", no_argument
, NULL
, OPTION_TARGET_HELP
}
596 ,{"traditional-format", no_argument
, NULL
, OPTION_TRADITIONAL_FORMAT
}
597 ,{"info", no_argument
, NULL
, OPTION_INFO
}
598 ,{"warn", no_argument
, NULL
, OPTION_WARN
}
599 ,{"multibyte-handling", required_argument
, NULL
, OPTION_MULTIBYTE_HANDLING
}
602 /* Construct the option lists from the standard list and the target
603 dependent list. Include space for an extra NULL option and
604 always NULL terminate. */
605 shortopts
= concat (std_shortopts
, md_shortopts
, (char *) NULL
);
606 longopts
= (struct option
*) xmalloc (sizeof (std_longopts
)
607 + md_longopts_size
+ sizeof (struct option
));
608 memcpy (longopts
, std_longopts
, sizeof (std_longopts
));
609 memcpy (((char *) longopts
) + sizeof (std_longopts
), md_longopts
, md_longopts_size
);
610 memset (((char *) longopts
) + sizeof (std_longopts
) + md_longopts_size
,
611 0, sizeof (struct option
));
613 /* Make a local copy of the old argv. */
617 /* Initialize a new argv that contains no options. */
618 new_argv
= notes_alloc (sizeof (char *) * (old_argc
+ 1));
619 new_argv
[0] = old_argv
[0];
621 new_argv
[new_argc
] = NULL
;
625 /* getopt_long_only is like getopt_long, but '-' as well as '--' can
626 indicate a long option. */
628 int optc
= getopt_long_only (old_argc
, old_argv
, shortopts
, longopts
,
637 /* md_parse_option should return 1 if it recognizes optc,
639 if (md_parse_option (optc
, optarg
) != 0)
641 /* `-v' isn't included in the general short_opts list, so check for
642 it explicitly here before deciding we've gotten a bad argument. */
650 else if (is_a_char (optc
))
651 as_bad (_("unrecognized option `-%c%s'"), optc
, optarg
? optarg
: "");
653 as_bad (_("unrecognized option `--%s=%s'"), longopts
[longind
].name
, optarg
);
655 as_bad (_("unrecognized option `--%s'"), longopts
[longind
].name
);
661 case 1: /* File name. */
662 if (!strcmp (optarg
, "-"))
663 optarg
= (char *) "";
664 new_argv
[new_argc
++] = optarg
;
665 new_argv
[new_argc
] = NULL
;
668 case OPTION_TARGET_HELP
:
669 md_show_usage (stdout
);
679 case OPTION_NO_PAD_SECTIONS
:
680 do_not_pad_sections_to_alignment
= 1;
683 case OPTION_STATISTICS
:
684 flag_print_statistics
= 1;
687 case OPTION_STRIP_LOCAL_ABSOLUTE
:
688 flag_strip_local_absolute
= 1;
691 case OPTION_TRADITIONAL_FORMAT
:
692 flag_traditional_format
= 1;
695 case OPTION_MULTIBYTE_HANDLING
:
696 if (strcmp (optarg
, "allow") == 0)
697 multibyte_handling
= multibyte_allow
;
698 else if (strcmp (optarg
, "warn") == 0)
699 multibyte_handling
= multibyte_warn
;
700 else if (strcmp (optarg
, "warn-sym-only") == 0)
701 multibyte_handling
= multibyte_warn_syms
;
702 else if (strcmp (optarg
, "warn_sym_only") == 0)
703 multibyte_handling
= multibyte_warn_syms
;
705 as_fatal (_("unexpected argument to --multibyte-input-option: '%s'"), optarg
);
709 /* This output is intended to follow the GNU standards document. */
710 printf (_("GNU assembler %s\n"), BFD_VERSION_STRING
);
711 printf (_("Copyright (C) 2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.\n"));
713 This program is free software; you may redistribute it under the terms of\n\
714 the GNU General Public License version 3 or later.\n\
715 This program has absolutely no warranty.\n"));
716 #ifdef TARGET_WITH_CPU
717 printf (_("This assembler was configured for a target of `%s' "
718 "and default,\ncpu type `%s'.\n"),
719 TARGET_ALIAS
, TARGET_WITH_CPU
);
721 printf (_("This assembler was configured for a target of `%s'.\n"),
726 case OPTION_EMULATION
:
727 #ifdef USE_EMULATIONS
728 if (strcmp (optarg
, this_emulation
->name
))
729 as_fatal (_("multiple emulation names specified"));
731 as_fatal (_("emulations not handled in this configuration"));
735 case OPTION_DUMPCONFIG
:
736 fprintf (stderr
, _("alias = %s\n"), TARGET_ALIAS
);
737 fprintf (stderr
, _("canonical = %s\n"), TARGET_CANONICAL
);
738 fprintf (stderr
, _("cpu-type = %s\n"), TARGET_CPU
);
739 #ifdef TARGET_OBJ_FORMAT
740 fprintf (stderr
, _("format = %s\n"), TARGET_OBJ_FORMAT
);
743 fprintf (stderr
, _("bfd-target = %s\n"), TARGET_FORMAT
);
747 case OPTION_COMPRESS_DEBUG
:
750 #if defined OBJ_ELF || defined OBJ_MAYBE_ELF
751 flag_compress_debug
= bfd_get_compression_algorithm (optarg
);
753 if (flag_compress_debug
== COMPRESS_DEBUG_ZSTD
)
754 as_fatal (_ ("--compress-debug-sections=zstd: gas is not "
755 "built with zstd support"));
757 if (flag_compress_debug
== COMPRESS_UNKNOWN
)
758 as_fatal (_("Invalid --compress-debug-sections option: `%s'"),
761 as_fatal (_("--compress-debug-sections=%s is unsupported"),
766 flag_compress_debug
= DEFAULT_COMPRESSED_DEBUG_ALGORITHM
;
769 case OPTION_NOCOMPRESS_DEBUG
:
770 flag_compress_debug
= COMPRESS_DEBUG_NONE
;
773 case OPTION_DEBUG_PREFIX_MAP
:
774 add_debug_prefix_map (optarg
);
781 struct defsym_list
*n
;
783 for (s
= optarg
; *s
!= '\0' && *s
!= '='; s
++)
786 as_fatal (_("bad defsym; format is --defsym name=value"));
788 i
= bfd_scan_vma (s
, (const char **) NULL
, 0);
789 n
= XNEW (struct defsym_list
);
800 /* optarg is the name of the file containing the instruction
801 formats, opcodes, register names, etc. */
804 as_warn (_("no file name following -t option"));
808 /* Parse the file and add the new instructions to our internal
809 table. If multiple instruction tables are specified, the
810 information from this table gets appended onto the existing
812 if (itbl_parse (optarg
) != 0)
813 as_fatal (_("failed to read instruction table %s\n"),
820 start_dependencies (optarg
);
824 /* Some backends, eg Alpha and Mips, use the -g switch for their
825 own purposes. So we check here for an explicit -g and allow
826 the backend to decide if it wants to process it. */
827 if ( old_argv
[optind
- 1][1] == 'g'
828 && md_parse_option (optc
, optarg
))
831 /* We end up here for any -gsomething-not-already-a-long-option.
832 give some useful feedback on not (yet) supported -gdwarfxxx
833 versions/sections/options. */
834 if (startswith (old_argv
[optind
- 1], "-gdwarf"))
835 as_fatal (_("unknown DWARF option %s\n"), old_argv
[optind
- 1]);
836 else if (old_argv
[optind
- 1][1] == 'g' && optarg
!= NULL
)
837 as_fatal (_("unknown option `%s'"), old_argv
[optind
- 1]);
839 if (md_debug_format_selector
)
840 debug_type
= md_debug_format_selector (& use_gnu_debug_info_extensions
);
843 debug_type
= DEBUG_DWARF2
;
847 debug_type
= DEBUG_STABS
;
850 case OPTION_GSTABS_PLUS
:
851 use_gnu_debug_info_extensions
= 1;
854 debug_type
= DEBUG_STABS
;
857 case OPTION_GDWARF_2
:
858 debug_type
= DEBUG_DWARF2
;
862 case OPTION_GDWARF_3
:
863 debug_type
= DEBUG_DWARF2
;
867 case OPTION_GDWARF_4
:
868 debug_type
= DEBUG_DWARF2
;
872 case OPTION_GDWARF_5
:
873 debug_type
= DEBUG_DWARF2
;
877 case OPTION_GDWARF_SECTIONS
:
878 flag_dwarf_sections
= true;
881 #if defined (TE_PE) && defined (O_secrel)
882 case OPTION_GCODEVIEW
:
883 debug_type
= DEBUG_CODEVIEW
;
887 case OPTION_GDWARF_CIE_VERSION
:
888 flag_dwarf_cie_version
= atoi (optarg
);
889 /* The available CIE versions are 1 (DWARF 2), 3 (DWARF 3), and 4
891 if (flag_dwarf_cie_version
< 1
892 || flag_dwarf_cie_version
== 2
893 || flag_dwarf_cie_version
> 4)
894 as_fatal (_("Invalid --gdwarf-cie-version `%s'"), optarg
);
895 switch (flag_dwarf_cie_version
)
913 flag_signed_overflow_ok
= 1;
916 #ifndef WORKING_DOT_WORD
918 flag_warn_displacement
= 1;
922 flag_keep_locals
= 1;
926 case OPTION_LISTING_LHS_WIDTH
:
927 listing_lhs_width
= atoi (optarg
);
928 if (listing_lhs_width_second
< listing_lhs_width
)
929 listing_lhs_width_second
= listing_lhs_width
;
931 case OPTION_LISTING_LHS_WIDTH2
:
933 unsigned int tmp
= atoi (optarg
);
935 if (tmp
> listing_lhs_width
)
936 listing_lhs_width_second
= tmp
;
939 case OPTION_LISTING_RHS_WIDTH
:
940 listing_rhs_width
= atoi (optarg
);
942 case OPTION_LISTING_CONT_LINES
:
943 listing_lhs_cont_lines
= atoi (optarg
);
945 #endif /* NO_LISTING */
955 flag_readonly_data_in_text
= 1;
959 flag_no_warnings
= 1;
963 flag_no_warnings
= 0;
964 flag_fatal_warnings
= 0;
967 case OPTION_WARN_FATAL
:
968 flag_no_warnings
= 0;
969 flag_fatal_warnings
= 1;
973 flag_no_information
= true;
977 flag_no_information
= false;
980 #if defined OBJ_ELF || defined OBJ_MAYBE_ELF
981 case OPTION_EXECSTACK
:
983 flag_noexecstack
= 0;
986 case OPTION_NOEXECSTACK
:
987 flag_noexecstack
= 1;
991 # if defined (TARGET_USE_SCFI) && defined (TARGET_USE_GINSN)
993 if (optarg
&& strcasecmp (optarg
, "experimental") == 0)
994 flag_synth_cfi
= SYNTH_CFI_EXPERIMENTAL
;
996 as_fatal (_("Invalid --scfi= option: `%s'; suggested option: experimental"),
1001 case OPTION_SIZE_CHECK
:
1002 if (strcasecmp (optarg
, "error") == 0)
1003 flag_allow_nonconst_size
= false;
1004 else if (strcasecmp (optarg
, "warning") == 0)
1005 flag_allow_nonconst_size
= true;
1007 as_fatal (_("Invalid --size-check= option: `%s'"), optarg
);
1010 case OPTION_ELF_STT_COMMON
:
1011 if (strcasecmp (optarg
, "no") == 0)
1012 flag_use_elf_stt_common
= 0;
1013 else if (strcasecmp (optarg
, "yes") == 0)
1014 flag_use_elf_stt_common
= 1;
1016 as_fatal (_("Invalid --elf-stt-common= option: `%s'"),
1020 case OPTION_SECTNAME_SUBST
:
1021 flag_sectname_subst
= 1;
1024 case OPTION_ELF_BUILD_NOTES
:
1025 if (strcasecmp (optarg
, "no") == 0)
1026 flag_generate_build_notes
= false;
1027 else if (strcasecmp (optarg
, "yes") == 0)
1028 flag_generate_build_notes
= true;
1030 as_fatal (_("Invalid --generate-missing-build-notes option: `%s'"),
1035 flag_gen_sframe
= 1;
1038 #endif /* OBJ_ELF */
1041 flag_always_generate_output
= 1;
1045 listing
|= LISTING_LISTING
;
1047 listing_filename
= notes_strdup (optarg
);
1050 case OPTION_ALTERNATE
:
1051 optarg
= old_argv
[optind
- 1];
1052 while (* optarg
== '-')
1055 if (strcmp (optarg
, "alternate") == 0)
1057 flag_macro_alternate
= 1;
1066 if (optarg
!= old_argv
[optind
] && optarg
[-1] == '=')
1069 if (md_parse_option (optc
, optarg
) != 0)
1077 listing
|= LISTING_NOCOND
;
1080 listing
|= LISTING_NODEBUG
;
1083 listing
|= LISTING_GENERAL
;
1086 listing
|= LISTING_HLL
;
1089 listing
|= LISTING_GINSN_SCFI
;
1092 listing
|= LISTING_LISTING
;
1095 listing
|= LISTING_MACEXP
;
1098 listing
|= LISTING_NOFORM
;
1101 listing
|= LISTING_SYMBOLS
;
1104 listing_filename
= notes_strdup (optarg
+ 1);
1105 optarg
+= strlen (listing_filename
);
1108 as_fatal (_("invalid listing option `%c'"), *optarg
);
1115 listing
= LISTING_DEFAULT
;
1119 /* DEBUG is implemented: it debugs different
1120 things from other people's assemblers. */
1125 flag_no_comments
= 1;
1129 { /* Include file directory. */
1130 char *temp
= notes_strdup (optarg
);
1132 add_include_dir (temp
);
1137 out_file_name
= notes_strdup (optarg
);
1144 /* -X means treat warnings as errors. */
1147 case OPTION_REDUCE_MEMORY_OVERHEADS
:
1150 case OPTION_HASH_TABLE_SIZE
:
1161 #ifdef md_after_parse_args
1162 md_after_parse_args ();
1167 dump_statistics (void)
1169 long run_time
= get_run_time () - start_time
;
1171 fprintf (stderr
, _("%s: total time in assembly: %ld.%06ld\n"),
1172 myname
, run_time
/ 1000000, run_time
% 1000000);
1174 subsegs_print_statistics (stderr
);
1175 write_print_statistics (stderr
);
1176 symbol_print_statistics (stderr
);
1177 read_print_statistics (stderr
);
1179 #ifdef tc_print_statistics
1180 tc_print_statistics (stderr
);
1183 #ifdef obj_print_statistics
1184 obj_print_statistics (stderr
);
1188 /* Here to attempt 1 pass over each input file.
1189 We scan argv[*] looking for filenames or exactly "" which is
1190 shorthand for stdin. Any argv that is NULL is not a file-name.
1191 We set need_pass_2 TRUE if, after this, we still have unresolved
1192 expressions of the form (unknown value)+-(unknown value).
1194 Note the un*x semantics: there is only 1 logical input file, but it
1195 may be a catenation of many 'physical' input files. */
1198 perform_an_assembly_pass (int argc
, char ** argv
)
1205 subseg_set (text_section
, 0);
1208 /* This may add symbol table entries, which requires having an open BFD,
1209 and sections already created. */
1226 { /* Is it a file-name argument? */
1228 /* argv->"" if stdin desired, else->filename. */
1229 read_a_source_file (*argv
);
1231 argv
++; /* Completed that argv. */
1234 read_a_source_file ("");
1240 _obstack_free (¬es
, NULL
);
1243 /* Early initialisation, before gas prints messages. */
1246 gas_early_init (int *argcp
, char ***argvp
)
1248 start_time
= get_run_time ();
1251 #ifdef HAVE_LC_MESSAGES
1252 setlocale (LC_MESSAGES
, "");
1254 setlocale (LC_CTYPE
, "");
1255 bindtextdomain (PACKAGE
, LOCALEDIR
);
1256 textdomain (PACKAGE
);
1261 #ifndef OBJ_DEFAULT_OUTPUT_FILE_NAME
1262 #define OBJ_DEFAULT_OUTPUT_FILE_NAME "a.out"
1265 out_file_name
= OBJ_DEFAULT_OUTPUT_FILE_NAME
;
1268 if (bfd_init () != BFD_INIT_MAGIC
)
1269 as_fatal (_("libbfd ABI mismatch"));
1271 obstack_begin (¬es
, chunksize
);
1272 xatexit (free_notes
);
1275 xmalloc_set_program_name (myname
);
1276 bfd_set_error_program_name (myname
);
1278 expandargv (argcp
, argvp
);
1280 init_include_dir ();
1282 #ifdef HOST_SPECIAL_INIT
1283 HOST_SPECIAL_INIT (*argcp
, *argvp
);
1286 #ifdef USE_EMULATIONS
1287 select_emulation_mode (*argcp
, *argvp
);
1291 /* Tack on format specific section data and create a proper section
1292 symbol for one of the standard bfd sections. */
1295 bfd_std_section_init (const char *name
)
1297 asection
*sec
= bfd_make_section_old_way (stdoutput
, name
);
1298 gas_assert (BFD_SEND (stdoutput
, _new_section_hook
, (stdoutput
, sec
)));
1299 subseg_new (name
, 0);
1302 /* The bulk of gas initialisation. This is after args are parsed. */
1311 input_scrub_begin ();
1319 local_symbol_make (".gasversion.", absolute_section
,
1320 &predefined_address_frag
, BFD_VERSION
/ 10000UL);
1322 /* Note: Put new initialisation calls that don't depend on stdoutput
1323 being open above this point. stdoutput must be open for anything
1324 that might use stdoutput objalloc memory, eg. calling bfd_alloc
1325 or creating global symbols (via bfd_make_empty_symbol). */
1326 xatexit (output_file_close
);
1327 output_file_create (out_file_name
);
1328 gas_assert (stdoutput
!= 0);
1330 /* Must be called before output_file_close. xexit calls the xatexit
1331 list in reverse order. */
1332 if (flag_print_statistics
)
1333 xatexit (dump_statistics
);
1337 #ifdef tc_init_after_args
1338 tc_init_after_args ();
1343 /* Now that we have fully initialized, and have created the output
1344 file, define any symbols requested by --defsym command line
1346 while (defsyms
!= NULL
)
1349 struct defsym_list
*next
;
1351 sym
= symbol_new (defsyms
->name
, absolute_section
,
1352 &zero_address_frag
, defsyms
->value
);
1353 /* Make symbols defined on the command line volatile, so that they
1354 can be redefined inside a source file. This makes this assembler's
1355 behaviour compatible with earlier versions, but it may not be
1356 completely intuitive. */
1357 S_SET_VOLATILE (sym
);
1358 symbol_table_insert (sym
);
1359 next
= defsyms
->next
;
1365 /* Create the standard sections, and those the assembler uses
1367 text_section
= subseg_new (TEXT_SECTION_NAME
, 0);
1368 data_section
= subseg_new (DATA_SECTION_NAME
, 0);
1369 bss_section
= subseg_new (BSS_SECTION_NAME
, 0);
1370 /* @@ FIXME -- we're setting the RELOC flag so that sections are assumed
1371 to have relocs, otherwise we don't find out in time. */
1372 flagword applicable
= bfd_applicable_section_flags (stdoutput
);
1373 bfd_set_section_flags (text_section
,
1374 applicable
& (SEC_ALLOC
| SEC_LOAD
| SEC_RELOC
1375 | SEC_CODE
| SEC_READONLY
));
1376 bfd_set_section_flags (data_section
,
1377 applicable
& (SEC_ALLOC
| SEC_LOAD
| SEC_RELOC
1379 bfd_set_section_flags (bss_section
, applicable
& SEC_ALLOC
);
1380 seg_info (bss_section
)->bss
= 1;
1382 bfd_std_section_init (BFD_ABS_SECTION_NAME
);
1383 bfd_std_section_init (BFD_UND_SECTION_NAME
);
1384 reg_section
= subseg_new ("*GAS `reg' section*", 0);
1385 expr_section
= subseg_new ("*GAS `expr' section*", 0);
1389 main (int argc
, char ** argv
)
1392 char ** argv_orig
= argv
;
1396 gas_early_init (&argc
, &argv
);
1398 /* Call parse_args before gas_init so that switches like
1399 --hash-size can be honored. */
1400 parse_args (&argc
, &argv
);
1402 if (argc
> 1 && stat (out_file_name
, &sob
) == 0)
1406 for (i
= 1; i
< argc
; ++i
)
1410 /* Check that the input file and output file are different. */
1411 if (stat (argv
[i
], &sib
) == 0
1412 && sib
.st_ino
== sob
.st_ino
1413 /* POSIX emulating systems may support stat() but if the
1414 underlying file system does not support a file serial number
1415 of some kind then they will return 0 for the inode. So
1416 two files with an inode of 0 may not actually be the same.
1417 On real POSIX systems no ordinary file will ever have an
1420 /* Different files may have the same inode number if they
1421 reside on different devices, so check the st_dev field as
1423 && sib
.st_dev
== sob
.st_dev
1424 /* PR 25572: Only check regular files. Devices, sockets and so
1425 on might actually work as both input and output. Plus there
1426 is a use case for using /dev/null as both input and output
1427 when checking for command line option support in a script:
1428 as --foo /dev/null -o /dev/null; if $? then ... */
1429 && S_ISREG (sib
.st_mode
))
1431 const char *saved_out_file_name
= out_file_name
;
1433 /* Don't let as_fatal remove the output file! */
1434 out_file_name
= NULL
;
1435 as_fatal (_("The input '%s' and output '%s' files are the same"),
1436 argv
[i
], saved_out_file_name
);
1444 perform_an_assembly_pass (argc
, argv
);
1446 cond_finish_check (-1);
1452 #if defined OBJ_ELF || defined OBJ_MAYBE_ELF
1453 if ((flag_execstack
|| flag_noexecstack
)
1454 && OUTPUT_FLAVOR
== bfd_target_elf_flavour
)
1458 gnustack
= subseg_new (".note.GNU-stack", 0);
1459 bfd_set_section_flags (gnustack
,
1460 SEC_READONLY
| (flag_execstack
? SEC_CODE
: 0));
1467 /* If we've been collecting dwarf2 .debug_line info, either for
1468 assembly debugging or on behalf of the compiler, emit it now. */
1471 /* If we constructed dwarf2 .eh_frame info, either via .cfi
1472 directives from the user or by the backend, emit it now. */
1476 if (seen_at_least_1_file ())
1478 int n_warns
, n_errs
;
1482 write_object_file ();
1484 n_warns
= had_warnings ();
1485 n_errs
= had_errors ();
1488 ngettext ("%d warning", "%d warnings", n_warns
), n_warns
);
1490 ngettext ("%d error", "%d errors", n_errs
), n_errs
);
1491 if (flag_fatal_warnings
&& n_warns
!= 0)
1494 as_bad (_("%s, treating warnings as errors"), warn_msg
);
1500 else if (flag_always_generate_output
)
1502 /* The -Z flag indicates that an object file should be generated,
1503 regardless of warnings and errors. */
1505 fprintf (stderr
, _("%s, %s, generating bad object file\n"),
1513 listing_print (listing_filename
, argv_orig
);
1518 /* Use xexit instead of return, because under VMS environments they
1519 may not place the same interpretation on the value given. */
1520 if (had_errors () != 0)
1521 xexit (EXIT_FAILURE
);
1523 /* Only generate dependency file if assembler was successful. */
1524 print_dependencies ();
1526 xexit (EXIT_SUCCESS
);