ELF: Support .noinit and .persistent sections
authorJozef Lawrynowicz <jozef.l@mittosystems.com>
Fri, 27 Nov 2020 10:45:35 +0000 (10:45 +0000)
committerJozef Lawrynowicz <jozef.l@mittosystems.com>
Fri, 27 Nov 2020 10:45:35 +0000 (10:45 +0000)
commit2c6f3e56cbba35365ce0f558e9bfbb122a63a63d
tree4a8dac1296da1bfb56c19087d2a339dfeb3b0956
parentbab6ead85f444cbd81c3f8ee100e12629418648a
ELF: Support .noinit and .persistent sections

The ".persistent" section is for data that should be initialized during
load, but not during application reset.

The ".noinit" section is for data that should not be initialized during
load or application reset.

Targets utilizing the elf.sc linker script template can define
HAVE_{NOINIT,PERSISTENT}=yes to include the .noinit or .persistent
output sections in the generated linker script.

Targets with existing support for .noinit did not handle unique
.noinit.* and .gnu.linkonce.n.* sections the .noinit output section,
this patch also fixes that.

bfd/ChangeLog:

* elf.c (special_sections_g): Add .gnu.linkonce.n and .gnu.linkonce.p.
(special_sections_n): Add .noinit.
(special_sections_p): Add .persistent.

binutils/ChangeLog:

* testsuite/lib/binutils-common.exp (supports_noinit_section): New.
(supports_persistent_section): New.

gas/ChangeLog:

* testsuite/gas/elf/elf.exp: Run new tests.
* testsuite/gas/elf/section25.d: New test.
* testsuite/gas/elf/section25.s: New test.
* testsuite/gas/elf/section26.d: New test.
* testsuite/gas/elf/section26.s: New test.

ld/ChangeLog:

* emulparams/armelf.sh (OTHER_SECTIONS): Remove .noinit section
definition.
Define HAVE_{NOINIT,PERSISTENT}=yes.
* scripttempl/avr.sc (.noinit): Add .noinit.* and .gnu.linkonce.n.*
input section wildcard patterns.
* scripttempl/elf.sc: Define .noinit and .persistent sections when
HAVE_NOINIT or HAVE_PERSISTENT are defined to "yes".
* scripttempl/elf32msp430.sc (.noinit): Add .noinit.* and
.gnu.linkonce.n.*. input section wildcard patterns.
(.persistent): Add .persistent.* and
.gnu.linkonce.p.*. input section wildcard patterns.
* scripttempl/elfarcv2.sc (.noinit): Add .noinit.* and
.gnu.linkonce.n.*. input section wildcard patterns.
* scripttempl/pru.sc: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-elf/noinit-sections-1.d: New test.
* testsuite/ld-elf/noinit-sections-2.d: New test.
* testsuite/ld-elf/noinit-sections-2.l: New test.
* testsuite/ld-elf/noinit-sections.s: New test.
* testsuite/ld-elf/persistent-sections-1.d: New test.
* testsuite/ld-elf/persistent-sections-2.d: New test.
* testsuite/ld-elf/persistent-sections-2.l: New test.
* testsuite/ld-elf/persistent-sections.s: New test.
25 files changed:
bfd/ChangeLog
bfd/elf.c
binutils/ChangeLog
binutils/testsuite/lib/binutils-common.exp
gas/ChangeLog
gas/testsuite/gas/elf/elf.exp
gas/testsuite/gas/elf/section25.d [new file with mode: 0644]
gas/testsuite/gas/elf/section25.s [new file with mode: 0644]
gas/testsuite/gas/elf/section26.d [new file with mode: 0644]
gas/testsuite/gas/elf/section26.s [new file with mode: 0644]
ld/ChangeLog
ld/emulparams/armelf.sh
ld/scripttempl/avr.sc
ld/scripttempl/elf.sc
ld/scripttempl/elf32msp430.sc
ld/scripttempl/elfarcv2.sc
ld/scripttempl/pru.sc
ld/testsuite/ld-elf/noinit-sections-1.d [new file with mode: 0644]
ld/testsuite/ld-elf/noinit-sections-2.d [new file with mode: 0644]
ld/testsuite/ld-elf/noinit-sections-2.l [new file with mode: 0644]
ld/testsuite/ld-elf/noinit-sections.s [new file with mode: 0644]
ld/testsuite/ld-elf/persistent-sections-1.d [new file with mode: 0644]
ld/testsuite/ld-elf/persistent-sections-2.d [new file with mode: 0644]
ld/testsuite/ld-elf/persistent-sections-2.l [new file with mode: 0644]
ld/testsuite/ld-elf/persistent-sections.s [new file with mode: 0644]