Change the default characteristics of DLLs built by the linker to more secure settings.

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+2020-08-27  Jeremy Drake  <sourceware-bugzilla@jdrake.com>
+
+       PR 19011
+       * emultempl/pe.em (DEFAULT_DLL_CHARACTERISTICS): Define.
+       (pe_dll_characteristics): Initialise to DEFAULT_DLL_CHARACTERISTICS.
+       (add_options): Add options to disable DLL characteristics.
+       (list_options): List the new options.
+       (handle_options): Handle the new options.
+       * emultempl/pep.em: Similar changes to above.
+       (NT_EXE_IMAGE_BASE): Default to an address above 4G.
+       (NT_DLL_IMAGE_BASE, NT_DLL_AUTO_IMAGE_BASE,
+       (NT_DLL_AUTO_IMAGE_MASK): Likewise.
+       * ld.texi: Document the new options.
+       * pe-dll.c (pe_dll_enable_reloc_section): Change to default to
+       true.
+       (generate_reloc): Do nothing if there is no reloc section.
+       (pe_exe_fill_sections): Only assign the reloc section contents if
+       the section exists.
+       * testsuite/ld-pe/pe.exp: Add the --disable-reloc-section flag to
+       the .secrel32 tests.
+       * testsuite/ld-scripts/provide-8.d: Expect for fail on PE targets.
+       * NEWS: Mention the change in DLL generation.
+
 2020-08-26  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
        * testsuite/ld-elf/indirect.exp: Append $NOSANTIZE_CFLAGS to CC.