ELF: Strip section header in ELF objects
authorKaylee Blake <klkblake@gmail.com>
Wed, 4 Mar 2020 08:48:07 +0000 (19:18 +1030)
committerH.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com>
Thu, 29 Jun 2023 17:29:46 +0000 (10:29 -0700)
commit96cc7918c18cdb7bd0331d836fa7f05341732580
tree906a911fb1b123f4ae238f8504671b1aeecbbe89
parentfa2b501cdcbb7e9e8437f1dfb4b1e939dcb07264
ELF: Strip section header in ELF objects

Section header isn't mandatory on ELF executable nor shared library.
This patch adds a new linker option, -z nosectionheader, to omit ELF
section header, a new objcopy and strip option, --strip-section-headers,
to remove ELF section headers.

bfd/

2023-06-06  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
    Kaylee Blake  <klkblake@gmail.com>

PR ld/25617
* bfd.c (BFD_NO_SECTION_HEADER): New.
(BFD_FLAGS_SAVED): Add BFD_NO_SECTION_HEADER.
(BFD_FLAGS_FOR_BFD_USE_MASK): Likewise.
* elfcode.h (elf_swap_ehdr_out): Omit section header with
BFD_NO_SECTION_HEADER.
(elf_write_shdrs_and_ehdr): Likewise.
* elfxx-target.h (TARGET_BIG_SYM): Add BFD_NO_SECTION_HEADER
to object_flags.
(TARGET_LITTLE_SYM): Likewise.
* bfd-in2.h: Regenerated.

binutils/

2023-06-06  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

PR ld/25617
* NEWS: Mention --strip-section-headers for objcopy and strip.
* objcopy.c (strip_section_headers): New.
(command_line_switch): Add OPTION_STRIP_SECTION_HEADERS.
(strip_options): Add --strip-section-headers.
(copy_options): Likewise.
(copy_usage): Add --strip-section-headers.
(strip_usage): Likewise.
(copy_object): Handle --strip-section-headers for ELF files.
(strip_main): Handle OPTION_STRIP_SECTION_HEADERS.
(copy_main): Likewise.
* doc/binutils.texi: Document --strip-section-headers for objcopy
and strip.

ld/

2023-06-06  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
    Kaylee Blake  <klkblake@gmail.com>

PR ld/25617
* NEWS: Mention -z nosectionheader.
* emultempl/elf.em: Support -z sectionheader and
-z nosectionheader.
* ld.h (ld_config_type): Add no_section_header.
* ld.texi: Document -z sectionheader and -z nosectionheader.
* ldlang.c (ldlang_open_output): Handle
config.no_section_header.
* lexsup.c (parse_args): Enable --strip-all with
-z nosectionheader.  Disallow -r with -z nosectionheader.
(elf_static_list_options): Add -z sectionheader and
-z nosectionheader.
13 files changed:
bfd/bfd-in2.h
bfd/bfd.c
bfd/elfcode.h
bfd/elfxx-target.h
binutils/NEWS
binutils/doc/binutils.texi
binutils/objcopy.c
ld/NEWS
ld/emultempl/elf.em
ld/ld.h
ld/ld.texi
ld/ldlang.c
ld/lexsup.c