https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23611
--- Comment #2 from cvs-commit at gcc dot gnu.org <cvs-commit at gcc dot gnu.org> --- The master branch has been updated by Alan Modra <amo...@sourceware.org>: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=f9853190c8d90e9f7d43fae90478a0db291f9c03 commit f9853190c8d90e9f7d43fae90478a0db291f9c03 Author: Alan Modra <amo...@gmail.com> Date: Mon Sep 10 11:57:08 2018 +0930 PR23611, objcopy is not removing executable relocatable sections BFD handles ELF relocation sections in an executable differently to relocation sections in a relocatable object. For a relocatable object, BFD carries the relocations as data associated with the section to which they apply; The relocation section doesn't appear as a separate section. For an executable, dynamic relocation sections do appear as separate sections. This means that objcopy needs to use different strategies when dealing with relocations. When --remove-relocations was added to objcopy with commit d3e5f6c8f1e, objcopy lost the ability to remove dynamic relocation sections such as .rela.plt from executables using the option "--remove-section=.rela.plt". This patch reinstates that functionality. I thought it best to keep --remove-relocations as is, rather than extending to handle dynamic relocations as per the patch in the PR, because executables linked with --emit-relocs may have both dynamic and non-dynamic relocations. In that case --remove-relocataions=* is useful to remove all the non-dynamic relocations. PR binutils/23611 * objcopy.c (handle_remove_section_option): Consider .rela and .rel sections for stripping directly as well as attached to the associated section they relocate. * doc/binutils.texi (remove-relocations): Specify that this option removes non-dynamic relocation sections. * testsuite/binutils-all/objcopy.exp (objcopy_remove_relocations_from_executable): New test. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ bug-binutils mailing list bug-binutils@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-binutils
