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authorMickael Guene <mickael.guene@st.com>2016-01-20 12:53:50 +0000
committerNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2016-01-20 12:53:50 +0000
commit91f68a68f992e3f6c3da26c616b5257230bd1eec (patch)
tree9e549da0d8aaacafb6231069425241f003357a14 /binutils/doc
parentbe56871ee8f65c51b9eee611532ed036a71a72e0 (diff)
Add support for an ARM specific 'y' section attribute flag to mark the section as NOREAD.
bfd/ChangeLog: * elf32-arm.c ((elf32_arm_special_sections): Remove catch of noread section using '.text.noread' pattern. gas/ChangeLog: * config/obj-elf.c (obj_elf_change_section) : Allow arm section with SHF_ARM_NOREAD section flag. * config/tc-arm.h (md_elf_section_letter) : Implement this hook to handle letter 'y'. (arm_elf_section_letter) : Declare it. * config/tc-arm.c (arm_elf_section_letter): Handle letter 'y' to set SHF_ARM_NOREAD section flag. * doc/c-arm.texi (ARM section attribute 'y'): Document it. gas/testsuite/ChangeLog: * gas/arm/section-execute-only.s: New test case. * gas/arm/section-execute-only.d: Expected output. ld/testsuite/ChangeLog: * ld-arm/thumb1-noread-not-present-mixing-two-section.s: Add 'y' attribute usage. * ld-arm/thumb1-noread-present-one-section.s: Likewise. * ld-arm/thumb1-noread-present-two-section.s: Likewise. * ld-arm/thumb1-input-section-flag-match.s: Likewise. binutils/ChangeLog: * readelf.c (get_elf_section_flags): Display y letter for section with SHF_ARM_NOREAD section flag in readelf section output. (process_section_headers): Add y letter in readelf section output key mapping for ARM architecture.
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@@ -2125,6 +2125,11 @@ although @command{ld} relocates the sections correctly, using @samp{objdump
Instead, it shows the usual addresses, which are implicit for the
target.
+Note, in some cases it is possible for a section to have both the
+READONLY and the NOREAD attributes set. In such cases the NOREAD
+attribute takes precedence, but @command{objdump} will report both
+since the exact setting of the flag bits might be important.
+
@item -H
@itemx --help
Print a summary of the options to @command{objdump} and exit.