From: H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 21:47:15 +0000 (+0800)
Subject: x86: Improve relocation error reporting
X-Git-Tag: gdb-18-branchpoint~2
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=283d3198beda5110a8417fd09b336a34bbd2705c;p=thirdparty%2Fbinutils-gdb.git

x86: Improve relocation error reporting

For bfd_reloc_outofrange relocation error, instead of

ld: pr34448-bug_4.o(.debug_addr+0x7f000008): reloc against `.text.get_tls': error 4

linker now reports:

ld: pr34448-bug_4.o(.debug_addr+0x7f000008): relocation `R_X86_64_64' against `.text.get_tls': out of section range

	PR ld/34448
	* elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_relocate_section): Call
	_bfd_x86_elf_link_report_relocation_error for relocation error.
	* elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_relocate_section): Likewise.
	* elfxx-x86.c (_bfd_x86_elf_link_report_relocation_error): New.
	* elfxx-x86.h (_bfd_x86_elf_link_report_relocation_error): New.

Signed-off-by: H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com>
---

diff --git a/bfd/elf32-i386.c b/bfd/elf32-i386.c
index 8ad5cb4e354..36a957d03f1 100644
--- a/bfd/elf32-i386.c
+++ b/bfd/elf32-i386.c
@@ -3648,11 +3648,10 @@ elf_i386_relocate_section (struct bfd_link_info *info,
 	       (bfd_vma) 0, input_bfd, input_section, rel->r_offset);
 	  else
 	    {
-	      _bfd_error_handler
-		/* xgettext:c-format */
-		(_("%pB(%pA+%#" PRIx64 "): reloc against `%s': error %d"),
-		 input_bfd, input_section,
-		 (uint64_t) rel->r_offset, name, (int) r);
+	      _bfd_x86_elf_link_report_relocation_error (input_bfd,
+							 input_section,
+							 name, rel,
+							 howto, r);
 	      return false;
 	    }
 	}
diff --git a/bfd/elf64-x86-64.c b/bfd/elf64-x86-64.c
index 878feb20b85..2d40e8fc6d8 100644
--- a/bfd/elf64-x86-64.c
+++ b/bfd/elf64-x86-64.c
@@ -5152,11 +5152,10 @@ elf_x86_64_relocate_section (struct bfd_link_info *info,
 	    }
 	  else
 	    {
-	      _bfd_error_handler
-		/* xgettext:c-format */
-		(_("%pB(%pA+%#" PRIx64 "): reloc against `%s': error %d"),
-		 input_bfd, input_section,
-		 (uint64_t) rel->r_offset, name, (int) r);
+	      _bfd_x86_elf_link_report_relocation_error (input_bfd,
+							 input_section,
+							 name, rel,
+							 howto, r);
 	      return false;
 	    }
 	}
diff --git a/bfd/elfxx-x86.c b/bfd/elfxx-x86.c
index e08fec52636..da5fc3886ce 100644
--- a/bfd/elfxx-x86.c
+++ b/bfd/elfxx-x86.c
@@ -3424,6 +3424,37 @@ _bfd_x86_elf_link_report_error
   bfd_set_error (bfd_error_bad_value);
 }
 
+/* Report link relocation error.  */
+
+void
+_bfd_x86_elf_link_report_relocation_error (bfd *abfd, asection *sec,
+					   const char *name,
+					   Elf_Internal_Rela *rel,
+					   reloc_howto_type *howto,
+					   bfd_reloc_status_type status)
+{
+  const char *error_msg;
+
+  switch (status)
+    {
+    case bfd_reloc_outofrange:
+      error_msg = _("out of section range");
+      break;
+
+    case bfd_reloc_notsupported:
+      error_msg = _("not supported");
+      break;
+
+    default:
+      abort ();
+    }
+
+  _bfd_error_handler
+    /* xgettext:c-format */
+    (_("%pB(%pA+%#" PRIx64 "): relocation `%s' against `%s': %s"),
+     abfd, sec, (uint64_t) rel->r_offset, howto->name, name, error_msg);
+}
+
 /* Return TRUE if symbol should be hashed in the `.gnu.hash' section.  */
 
 bool
diff --git a/bfd/elfxx-x86.h b/bfd/elfxx-x86.h
index 430d61d3097..48e8ab4ad73 100644
--- a/bfd/elfxx-x86.h
+++ b/bfd/elfxx-x86.h
@@ -962,6 +962,10 @@ extern void _bfd_x86_elf_link_report_error
    Elf_Internal_Sym *, reloc_howto_type *,
    enum elf_x86_error_type) ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN;
 
+extern void _bfd_x86_elf_link_report_relocation_error
+  (bfd *, asection *, const char *, Elf_Internal_Rela *,
+   reloc_howto_type *, bfd_reloc_status_type) ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN;
+
 extern bool
 _bfd_elf_x86_copy_special_section_fields
   (const bfd *, bfd *, const Elf_Internal_Shdr *,