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1 2017-03-01 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
2
3 * readelf.c (get_note_type): Add support for GNU_BUILD_NOTEs.
4 (get_gnu_elf_note_type): Add support for GNU_PROPERTY_NOTEs.
5 (decode_x86_isa): New function.
6 (print_gnu_property_note): New function.
7 (print_gnu_note): Handle GNU_PROPERTY_NOTEs.
8 (print_gnu_build_attribute_description): New function.
9 (print_gnu_build_attribute_name): New function.
10 (process_note): Add support for GNU_BUILD_NOTEs.
11 * objcopy.c (--merge-notes): New command line option.
12 (copy_options): Add merge-notes.
13 (copy_usage): Likewise.
14 (is_merge_note_section): New function.
15 (merge_gnu_build_notes): New function.
16 (copy_object): Merge note sections if asked to do so.
17 (skip_section): Add skip_copy parameter. Add support for skipping
18 merged note sections.
19 (copy_relocations_in_section): Update call to skip_section.
20 (copy_section): Likewise.
21 (copy_main): Add support for merge-notes option.
22 * doc/binutils.texi: Document the new option to objcopy.
23 * NEWS: Mention the new feature.
24 * testsuite/binutils-all/note-2-32.d: New test. Checks note
25 merging on 32-bit targets.
26 * testsuite/binutils-all/note-2-32.s: New test source file.
27 * testsuite/binutils-all/note-2-64.d: New test. Like note-2-32.d
28 but for 64-bit targets.
29 * testsuite/binutils-all/note-2-64.s: New test source file.
30 * testsuite/binutils-all/objcopy.exp: Run the new test.
31
32 2017-02-28 Peter Bergner <bergner@vnet.ibm.com>
33
34 * objdump.c (main): Use remove_whitespace_and_extra_commas.
35
36 2017-02-27 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
37
38 Fix compilation with GCC 4.4.7.
39 * dwarf.c (display_loclists_list, display_debug_rnglists_list):
40 Initialize begin and end.
41
42 2017-02-25 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
43
44 * testsuite/binutils-all/dw5.S: Replace .string with .asciz.
45 Support hpux .comm variant.
46 * testsuite/binutils-all/readelf.exp: Define HPUX when assembling
47 dw5 test for hppa64-hpux.
48
49 2017-02-24 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
50
51 * readelf.c (show_name, do_dynamic, do_syms, do_dyn_syms,
52 (do_reloc, do_sections, do_section_groups, do_section_details,
53 (do_segments, do_unwind, do_using_dynamic, do_header, do_dump,
54 (do_version, do_histogram, do_debugging, do_arch, do_notes,
55 (do_archive_index, is_32bit_elf, decompress_dumps): Use
56 bfd_boolean type.
57 (parse_args): Treat the do_* variables as booleans.
58 (print_vma): Return an unsigned int.
59 (print_symbol): Change width parameter to signed int.
60 (is_ia64_vms): Change return type to bfd_boolean.
61 (guess_is_rela): Likewise.
62 (slurp_rela_relocs): Likewise.
63 (slurp_rel_relocs): Likewise.
64 (dump_relocations): Likewise.
65 (process_file_header): Likewise.
66 (get_program_headers): Likewise.
67 (process_program_headers): Likewise.
68 (process_section_headers): Likewise.
69 (process_section_groups): Likewise.
70 (dump_ia64_vms_dynamic_fixups): Likewise.
71 (dump_ia64_vms_dynamic_relocs): Likewise.
72 (process_ia64_vms_dynamic_relocs): Likewise.
73 (process_relocs): Likewise.
74 (dump_ia64_unwind): Likewise.
75 (ia64_process_unwind): Likewise.
76 (dump_hppa_unwind): Likewise.
77 (slurp_hppa_unwind_table): Likewise.
78 (hppa_process_unwind): Likewise.
79 (decode_arm_unwind_bytecode): Likewise.
80 (decode_tic6x_unwind_bytecode): Likewise.
81 (decode_arm_unwind): Likewise.
82 (dump_arm_unwind): Likewise.
83 (arm_process_unwind): Likewise.
84 (process_unwind): Likewise.
85 (get_32bit_dynamic_section): Likewise.
86 (get_64bit_dynamic_section): Likewise.
87 (process_dynamic_section): Likewise.
88 (process_version_sections): Likewise.
89 (process_symbol_table): Likewise.
90 (process_syminfo): Likewise.
91 (apply_relocations): Likewise.
92 (disassemble_section): Likewise.
93 (dump_section_as_strings): Likewise.
94 (dump_section_as_bytes): Likewise.
95 (load_specific_debug_section): Likewise.
96 (load_debug_section): Likewise.
97 (display_debug_section): Likewise.
98 (process_section_contents): Likewise.
99 (process_attributes): Likewise.
100 (process_nds32_specific): Likewise.
101 (process_gnu_liblist): Likewise.
102 (print_core_note): Likewise.
103 (print_gnu_note): Likewise.
104 (print_v850_note): Likewise.
105 (process_netbsd_elf_note): Likewise.
106 (print_stapsdt_note): Likewise.
107 (print_ia64_vms_note): Likewise.
108 (process_note): Likewise.
109 (process_notes_at): Likewise.
110 (process_corefile_note_segments): Likewise.
111 (process_v850_notes): Likewise.
112 (process_note_sections): Likewise.
113 (process_notes): Likewise.
114 (process_arch_specific): Likewise.
115 (get_file_header): Likewise.
116 (process_object): Likewise.
117 (process_archive): Likewise.
118 (process_file): Likewise.
119 (section_subset): Make static.
120 (get_mips_reg_size): Return a signed integer.
121 (process_object): Reverse the logic of the return value.
122 (process_archive): Likewise.
123 (process_file): Likewise.
124 (process_program_headers): Fix snafu - if the program headers are
125 not available then this is not a cause to fail.
126 (process_corefile_note_segments): Likewise.
127
128 2017-02-24 Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@imgtec.com>
129
130 * readelf.c (get_ver_flags): Tidy the formatting of the string
131 returned
132
133 2017-02-24 Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@imgtec.com>
134
135 * readelf.c (process_version_sections) <SHT_GNU_verdef>: Make
136 `isum' unsigned.
137 <SHT_GNU_verneed>: Likewise.
138
139 2017-02-24 Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@imgtec.com>
140
141 * readelf.c (process_version_sections) <SHT_GNU_verdef>: Limit
142 the number of entries processed by the section size. Don't
143 break out of the loop if `ent.vd_next' is 0.
144
145 2017-02-23 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
146
147 * testsuite/binutils-all/dw5.S: New file.
148 * testsuite/binutils-all/dw5.W: New file.
149 * testsuite/binutils-all/readelf.exp (readelf -wiaoRlL): New test.
150
151 2017-02-23 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
152
153 * dwarf.c (read_and_display_attr_value): Support DW_FORM_data16.
154
155 2017-02-23 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
156
157 * dwarf.c (display_debug_macro): Support DWARF-5. Rename
158 DW_MACRO_GNU_*.
159
160 2017-02-23 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
161
162 * dwarf.c (decode_location_expression): Support DW_OP_implicit_pointer,
163 DW_OP_const_type, DW_OP_regval_type, DW_OP_deref_type, DW_OP_convert
164 and DW_OP_reinterpret.
165 (read_and_display_attr_value): Support DW_AT_call_value,
166 DW_AT_call_data_value, DW_AT_call_target and
167 DW_AT_call_target_clobbered.
168
169 2017-02-23 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
170
171 * dwarf.c (fetch_indirect_line_string): New function.
172 (abbrev_attr): New field implicit_const.
173 (add_abbrev_attr): New parameter implicit_const.
174 (process_abbrev_section): Support DW_FORM_implicit_const.
175 (decode_location_expression): Support DW_OP_entry_value.
176 (read_and_display_attr_value): Add parameter implicit_const. Support
177 DW_FORM_line_strp and DW_FORM_implicit_const.
178 (read_and_display_attr): Add parameter implicit_const.
179 (process_debug_info): Support line_str and DWARF-5.
180 (read_debug_line_header): Support DWARF-5.
181 (display_formatted_table): New function.
182 (display_debug_lines_raw): New parameter file. Support DWARF-5.
183 (display_debug_lines_decoded): New parameter fileptr. Support DWARF-5.
184 (display_debug_lines): Pass file parameter.
185 (display_debug_macro): Update read_and_display_attr_value caller.
186 (display_debug_abbrev): Support DW_FORM_implicit_const.
187 (display_loclists_list): New function.
188 (display_loc_list): Support .debug_loclists.
189 (display_debug_ranges_list): New function from display_debug_ranges.
190 (display_debug_rnglists_list): New function.
191 (display_debug_ranges): Support .debug_rnglists.
192 (debug_displays): Add .debug_line_str, .debug_loclists and
193 .debug_rnglists.
194 * dwarf.h: Include dwarf2.h
195 (DWARF2_Internal_LineInfo): Add li_offset_size.
196 (DWARF2_Internal_CompUnit): Add cu_unit_type.
197 (enum dwarf_section_display_enum): Add line_str.
198 * readelf.c (process_section_headers): Add rnglists and loclists.
199
200 2017-02-23 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
201
202 * dwarf.c (display_block): Add parameter delimiter.
203 (decode_location_expression): Update display_block callers.
204 (read_and_display_attr_value): Add parameter delimiter.
205 (read_and_display_attr, display_debug_macro): Update
206 read_and_display_attr_value caller.
207
208 2017-02-23 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
209
210 * dwarf.c (display_loc_list): Use dwarf_vma for offset, base_address
211 and off.
212 (display_loc_list_dwo): Use dwarf_vma for offset.
213 (display_debug_loc): Use dwarf_vma for offset, base_address.
214 (struct range_entry, range_entry_compar): Use dwarf_vma for
215 ranges_offset.
216 (display_debug_ranges): Use dwarf_vma for ranges_offset, offset and
217 base_address.
218
219 2017-02-23 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
220
221 * readelf.c (display_tag_value): Use an explicit signed type for
222 the tag parameter.
223 (display_gnu_attributes): Use an unsigned integer type for
224 attribute tags.
225 (display_power_gnu_attribute): Likewise.
226 (display_s390_gnu_attribute): Likewise.
227 (display_sparc_hwcaps): Likewise.
228 (display_sparc_hwcaps2): Likewise.
229 (display_sparc_gnu_attribute): Likewise.
230 (display_mips_gnu_attribute): Likewise.
231 (display_tic6x_attribute): Likewise.
232 (display_raw_attribute): Likewise.
233 (process_attributes): Likewise.
234 (process_arm_specific): Delete redundant function.
235 (process_power_specific): Likewise.
236 (process_s390_specific): Likewise.
237 (process_sparc_specific): Likewise.
238 (process_tic6x_specific): Likewise.
239 (process_msp430x_specific): Likewise.
240 (display_public_gnu_attributes): New function. Displays known
241 information about an unknown gnu attribute.
242 (display_generic_attribute): New function. Calls
243 display_tag_value for non-nul tags.
244 (process_arch_specific): Call process_attributes even for
245 architectures not known to specifically support gnu attributes.
246
247 2017-02-22 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
248
249 * dwarf.c (decode_location_expression): Display also OP.
250
251 2017-02-22 Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@imgtec.com>
252
253 * readelf.c (process_version_sections) <SHT_GNU_verdef>: Print a
254 new line between the heading and the first version definition
255 entry.
256
257 2017-02-20 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
258
259 PR binutils/21156
260 * dwarf.c (cu_tu_indexes_read): Move into...
261 (load_cu_tu_indexes): ... here. Change the variable into
262 tri-state. Change the function into boolean, returning
263 false if the indicies could not be loaded.
264 (find_cu_tu_set): Return NULL if the indicies could not be
265 loaded.
266
267 2017-02-17 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
268
269 PR binutils/21156
270 * readelf.c (find_section_in_set): Test for invalid section
271 indicies.
272
273 2017-02-17 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
274
275 * readelf.c (get_section_type_name): Add decoding of GNU section
276 types.
277
278 2017-02-15 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
279
280 * MAINTAINERS: (MIPS, MN10300): Move Eric Christopher to Past
281 Maintainers section.
282
283 2017-02-14 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
284
285 PR binutils/21159
286 * readelf.c (dump_section_as_strings): Reset the start address if
287 no decompression is perfromed.
288 (dump_section_as_bytes): Likewise.
289
290 2017-02-14 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
291
292 PR binutils/21158
293 * rddbg.c (read_symbol_stabs_debugging_info): Check for a null or
294 empty symbol name.
295
296 2017-02-14 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
297
298 PR binutils/21157
299 * stabs.c (parse_stab_enum_type): Check for corrupt NAME:VALUE
300 pairs.
301 (parse_number): Exit early if passed an empty string.
302
303 2017-02-14 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
304
305 PR binutils/21155
306 * readelf.c (IN_RANGE): New macro. Tests for an address + offset
307 being within a given range.
308 (target_specific_reloc_handling): Use macro to test for underflow
309 as well as overflow of reloc offset.
310
311 2017-02-13 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
312
313 PR binutils/21150
314 * nm.c (file_symbol): Add test of string length before testing
315 string characters.
316
317 2017-02-13 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
318
319 PR binutils/21135
320 * readelf.c (dump_section_as_bytes): Handle the case where
321 uncompress_section_contents returns false.
322 (dump_section_as_bytes, load_specific_debug_section): Likewise.
323
324 2017-02-13 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
325
326 PR binutils/21149
327 * readelf.c (get_compression_header): Add size parameter. Check
328 size against sizeof compression header before attempting to
329 extract the header.
330 (process_section_headers): Pass size to get_compression_header.
331 (dump_section_as_strings): Likewise.
332 (dump_section_as_bytes): Likewise.
333 (load_specific_debug_section): Likewise.
334
335 2017-02-13 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
336
337 PR binutils/21148
338 * readelf.c (process_version_sections): Include size of auxillary
339 version information when checking for buffer overflow.
340
341 2017-02-13 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
342
343 PR binutils/21147
344 * readelf.c (process_section_contents): Fix off by one error
345 reporting un-dumped sections.
346
347 2017-02-13 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
348
349 PR binutils/21139
350 * readelf.c (target_specific_reloc_handling): Add num_syms
351 parameter. Check for symbol table overflow before accessing
352 symbol value. If reloc pointer is NULL, discard all saved state.
353 (apply_relocations): Pass num_syms to target_specific_reloc_handling.
354 Call target_specific_reloc_handling with a NULL reloc pointer
355 after processing all of the relocs.
356
357 2017-02-13 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
358
359 PR binutils/21137
360 * readelf.c (target_specific_reloc_handling): Add end parameter.
361 Check for buffer overflow before writing relocated values.
362 (apply_relocations): Pass end to target_specific_reloc_handling.
363
364 2017-01-27 Dilyan Palauzov <dilyan.palauzov@aegee.org>
365 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
366
367 PR 20343
368 * doc/binutils.texi (ar): Extend documentation of the --plugin
369 option. Include a description of where the plugins should be
370 located.
371 (nm): Likewise.
372
373 2017-01-23 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
374
375 * MAINTAINERS: Add Bernd to Past Maintainers section.
376 (SCORE): Remove Mei Ligang as maintainer. Add to Past Maintainers
377 section.
378
379 2017-01-23 Bernd Schmidt <bschmidt@redhat.com>
380
381 * MAINTAINERS (BFIN): Remove myself as Blackfin maintainer.
382
383 2017-01-20 Andrew Burgess <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>
384
385 * objdump.c (dump_section_header): Extract max section name length
386 from data parameter, use this when formatting output.
387 (find_longest_section_name): New function.
388 (dump_headers): Calculate longest section name when in wide mode,
389 reformat to unify printing of header line.
390
391 2017-01-18 Bernhard Rosenkranzer <bero@lindev.ch>
392
393 PR 21059
394 * arlex.l: Support processing with flex 2.6.3.
395 * deflex.l: Likewise.
396
397 2017-01-17 Dmitry Timoshkov <dmitry@baikal.ru>
398
399 * resbin.c: Optional dialog control data immediately follows
400 the control description without alignment.
401 * testsuite/binutils-all/windres/controldata.rc: New test.
402 source.
403 * testsuite/binutils-all/windres/controldata.rsd: New test.
404
405 2017-01-12 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
406
407 PR binutils/20876
408 * NEWS: Mention the new feature.
409 * testsuite/binutils-all/objdump.exp (test_build_id_debuglink):
410 New proc to test the location of separate debug info files using
411 the build-id method.
412
413 2017-01-10 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
414
415 PR 21034
416 * stabs.c (parse_stab_members): Fix thinko checking for g++
417 version 1 stabs information.
418
419 2017-01-09 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
420
421 * objdump.c (display_file): Add new parameter 'last_file'. If
422 last_file is true, do not call bfd_close at the end of the
423 function.
424 (main): Set the value of the last_file parameter when calling
425 display_file.
426
427 2017-01-09 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
428
429 * readelf.c (process_section_headers): Correct .rel.dyn/.rela.dyn
430 comment.
431
432 2017-01-06 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
433
434 * MAINTAINERS: Move Paul Brook to the Past Maintainers section.
435
436 2017-01-04 Dilan Palauzov <dilyan.palauzov@aegee.org>
437
438 PR 20958
439 * syslex.l (option): Add noyywrap
440 (yywrap): Delete.
441
442 2017-01-02 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
443
444 Update year range in copyright notice of all files.
445
446 For older changes see ChangeLog-2016
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