binutils: properly split objcopy and strip

By not linking the exact same object file twice, in particular strip can
benefit quite a bit from the compiler eliminating dead code.

diff --git a/binutils/Makefile.am b/binutils/Makefile.am
index 20c711aca9286ba4f02ce89a3689519b8892c422..243b38c145bcf132426d2efaacad7b2527197017 100644 (file)
--- a/binutils/Makefile.am
+++ b/binutils/Makefile.am
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ LDADD = $(BFDLIB) $(LIBIBERTY) $(LIBINTL)
 
 size_SOURCES = size.c $(BULIBS)
 
-objcopy_SOURCES = objcopy.c not-strip.c rename.c $(WRITE_DEBUG_SRCS) $(BULIBS)
+objcopy_SOURCES = not-strip.c rename.c $(WRITE_DEBUG_SRCS) $(BULIBS)
 
 strings_SOURCES = strings.c $(BULIBS)
 
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ readelf_LDADD   = $(LIBCTF_NOBFD) $(LIBINTL) $(LIBIBERTY) $(ZLIB) $(ZSTD_LIBS) $
 elfedit_SOURCES = elfedit.c version.c $(ELFLIBS)
 elfedit_LDADD = $(LIBINTL) $(LIBIBERTY)
 
-strip_new_SOURCES = objcopy.c is-strip.c rename.c $(WRITE_DEBUG_SRCS) $(BULIBS)
+strip_new_SOURCES = is-strip.c rename.c $(WRITE_DEBUG_SRCS) $(BULIBS)
 
 nm_new_SOURCES = nm.c demanguse.c $(BULIBS)
 

diff --git a/binutils/Makefile.in b/binutils/Makefile.in
index 8029bc29d57d4a82f2b471a59ff052ad902a6c34..c2c31bf2ae22c46d622c0ebdaf3c44c3562940a8 100644 (file)
--- a/binutils/Makefile.in
+++ b/binutils/Makefile.in
@@ -240,8 +240,8 @@ nm_new_LDADD = $(LDADD)
 am__objects_3 = rddbg.$(OBJEXT) debug.$(OBJEXT) stabs.$(OBJEXT) \
        rdcoff.$(OBJEXT)
 am__objects_4 = $(am__objects_3) wrstabs.$(OBJEXT)
-am_objcopy_OBJECTS = objcopy.$(OBJEXT) not-strip.$(OBJEXT) \
-       rename.$(OBJEXT) $(am__objects_4) $(am__objects_1)
+am_objcopy_OBJECTS = not-strip.$(OBJEXT) rename.$(OBJEXT) \
+       $(am__objects_4) $(am__objects_1)
 objcopy_OBJECTS = $(am_objcopy_OBJECTS)
 objcopy_LDADD = $(LDADD)
 am_objdump_OBJECTS = objdump.$(OBJEXT) dwarf.$(OBJEXT) prdbg.$(OBJEXT) \
@@ -268,8 +268,8 @@ srconv_LDADD = $(LDADD)
 am_strings_OBJECTS = strings.$(OBJEXT) $(am__objects_1)
 strings_OBJECTS = $(am_strings_OBJECTS)
 strings_LDADD = $(LDADD)
-am_strip_new_OBJECTS = objcopy.$(OBJEXT) is-strip.$(OBJEXT) \
-       rename.$(OBJEXT) $(am__objects_4) $(am__objects_1)
+am_strip_new_OBJECTS = is-strip.$(OBJEXT) rename.$(OBJEXT) \
+       $(am__objects_4) $(am__objects_1)
 strip_new_OBJECTS = $(am_strip_new_OBJECTS)
 strip_new_LDADD = $(LDADD)
 am_sysdump_OBJECTS = sysdump.$(OBJEXT) $(am__objects_1)
@@ -793,13 +793,13 @@ bfdtest1_DEPENDENCIES = $(LIBINTL_DEP) $(LIBIBERTY) $(BFDLIB)
 bfdtest2_DEPENDENCIES = $(LIBINTL_DEP) $(LIBIBERTY) $(BFDLIB)
 LDADD = $(BFDLIB) $(LIBIBERTY) $(LIBINTL)
 size_SOURCES = size.c $(BULIBS)
-objcopy_SOURCES = objcopy.c not-strip.c rename.c $(WRITE_DEBUG_SRCS) $(BULIBS)
+objcopy_SOURCES = not-strip.c rename.c $(WRITE_DEBUG_SRCS) $(BULIBS)
 strings_SOURCES = strings.c $(BULIBS)
 readelf_SOURCES = readelf.c version.c unwind-ia64.c dwarf.c demanguse.c $(ELFLIBS)
 readelf_LDADD = $(LIBCTF_NOBFD) $(LIBINTL) $(LIBIBERTY) $(ZLIB) $(ZSTD_LIBS) $(DEBUGINFOD_LIBS) $(MSGPACK_LIBS) $(LIBSFRAME)
 elfedit_SOURCES = elfedit.c version.c $(ELFLIBS)
 elfedit_LDADD = $(LIBINTL) $(LIBIBERTY)
-strip_new_SOURCES = objcopy.c is-strip.c rename.c $(WRITE_DEBUG_SRCS) $(BULIBS)
+strip_new_SOURCES = is-strip.c rename.c $(WRITE_DEBUG_SRCS) $(BULIBS)
 nm_new_SOURCES = nm.c demanguse.c $(BULIBS)
 objdump_SOURCES = objdump.c dwarf.c prdbg.c demanguse.c $(DEBUG_SRCS) $(BULIBS) $(ELFLIBS)
 EXTRA_objdump_SOURCES = od-elf32_avr.c od-macho.c od-xcoff.c od-pe.c

diff --git a/binutils/is-strip.c b/binutils/is-strip.c
index 26aeaf0ccb97df7712e9491266a0bc80f252595f..4ac10359ef6f6b01a13635a649d26126013f452f 100644 (file)
--- a/binutils/is-strip.c
+++ b/binutils/is-strip.c
@@ -17,7 +17,5 @@
    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street - Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
    02110-1301, USA.  */
 
-/* Linked with objcopy.o to flag that this program is 'strip' (not
-   'objcopy').  */
-
-int is_strip = 1;
+#define is_strip 1
+#include "objcopy.c"

diff --git a/binutils/not-strip.c b/binutils/not-strip.c
index 5c7284852ad3b18ed917a3679a05f031463fb764..9e39da42564ad0c0aad496707178426c26d0b548 100644 (file)
--- a/binutils/not-strip.c
+++ b/binutils/not-strip.c
@@ -17,7 +17,5 @@
    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street - Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
    02110-1301, USA.  */
 
-/* Linked with objcopy.o to flag that this program is 'objcopy' (not
-   'strip').  */
-
-int is_strip = 0;
+#define is_strip 0
+#include "objcopy.c"

diff --git a/binutils/objcopy.c b/binutils/objcopy.c
index 572f22c9d365260a0d7c7b505b552e258ff05ad6..1cc4fe4876f5d61b7626dfa11b0e35cd9bdbcb36 100644 (file)
--- a/binutils/objcopy.c
+++ b/binutils/objcopy.c
@@ -533,7 +533,9 @@ extern char *program_name;
 /* This flag distinguishes between strip and objcopy:
    1 means this is 'strip'; 0 means this is 'objcopy'.
    -1 means if we should use argv[0] to decide.  */
+#ifndef is_strip
 extern int is_strip;
+#endif
 
 /* The maximum length of an S record.  This variable is defined in srec.c
    and can be modified by the --srec-len parameter.  */
@@ -6222,6 +6224,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
     fatal (_("fatal error: libbfd ABI mismatch"));
   set_default_bfd_target ();
 
+#ifndef is_strip
   if (is_strip < 0)
     {
       int i = strlen (program_name);
@@ -6235,6 +6238,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 #endif
       is_strip = (i >= 5 && FILENAME_CMP (program_name + i - 5, "strip") == 0);
     }
+#endif /* is_strip */
 
   create_symbol_htabs ();
   xatexit (delete_symbol_htabs);