Document optional comma in linker script.

The linker script documentation does not mention the optional comma
that may follow an output section command or an overlay command.
In some cases, where a fill expression is used, and the next
output section command begins with an operator (e.g., "/DISCARD/"),
the comma may be required to separate the two commands.

Currently, GNU ld doesn't require the comma, but gold does.

ld/
	PR gold/16804
	* ld.texinfo: Document optional comma following output section
	command and overlay command.

diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index 5a3ddf2ef5fcb8848135969eaacd4f66093d663b..0a02f900a781985a5c37c1e0ef15c952d3c4e518 100644 (file)
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2014-04-04  Cary Coutant  <ccoutant@google.com>
+
+       PR gold/16804
+       * ld.texinfo: Document optional comma following output section
+       command and overlay command.
+
 2014-04-04  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
        * ldlang.c (lang_size_sections_1 <lang_input_section_enum>): Use

diff --git a/ld/ld.texinfo b/ld/ld.texinfo
index 8a41ee8725eab2c6513ba75c72eb5f2043832e4a..62d8aa75632aab8efdcaf509abe75bd0d6f9e67e 100644 (file)
--- a/ld/ld.texinfo
+++ b/ld/ld.texinfo
@@ -3788,7 +3788,7 @@ The full description of an output section looks like this:
     @var{output-section-command}
     @var{output-section-command}
     @dots{}
-  @} [>@var{region}] [AT>@var{lma_region}] [:@var{phdr} :@var{phdr} @dots{}] [=@var{fillexp}]
+  @} [>@var{region}] [AT>@var{lma_region}] [:@var{phdr} :@var{phdr} @dots{}] [=@var{fillexp}] [,]
 @end group
 @end smallexample
 
@@ -3796,6 +3796,8 @@ Most output sections do not use most of the optional section attributes.
 
 The whitespace around @var{section} is required, so that the section
 name is unambiguous.  The colon and the curly braces are also required.
+The comma at the end may be required if a @var{fillexp} is used and
+the next @var{sections-command} looks like a continuation of the expression.
 The line breaks and other white space are optional.
 
 Each @var{output-section-command} may be one of the following:
@@ -4729,7 +4731,7 @@ OVERLAY [@var{start}] : [NOCROSSREFS] [AT ( @var{ldaddr} )]
         @dots{}
       @} [:@var{phdr}@dots{}] [=@var{fill}]
     @dots{}
-  @} [>@var{region}] [:@var{phdr}@dots{}] [=@var{fill}]
+  @} [>@var{region}] [:@var{phdr}@dots{}] [=@var{fill}] [,]
 @end group
 @end smallexample
 
@@ -4740,6 +4742,9 @@ those within the general @code{SECTIONS} construct (@pxref{SECTIONS}),
 except that no addresses and no memory regions may be defined for
 sections within an @code{OVERLAY}.
 
+The comma at the end may be required if a @var{fill} is used and
+the next @var{sections-command} looks like a continuation of the expression.
+
 The sections are all defined with the same starting address.  The load
 addresses of the sections are arranged such that they are consecutive in
 memory starting at the load address used for the @code{OVERLAY} as a