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-rw-r--r--ld/ChangeLog13
-rw-r--r--ld/ld.texinfo3
-rw-r--r--ld/ldlang.c21
-rw-r--r--ld/ldwrite.c7
4 files changed, 26 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index 4c4f8884548..79d06d2de3e 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+2010-09-16 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+ * ld.texinfo (NOLOAD): Do not erroneously state that contents will
+ appear in output file.
+ * ldlang.c (lang_add_section): Clear SEC_HAS_CONTENTS on noload
+ unless SEC_COFF_SHARED_LIBRARY.
+ (map_input_to_output_sections): Don't set SEC_HAS_CONTENTS for noload
+ output sections.
+ (lang_size_sections_1): Don't test SEC_NEVER_LOAD when deciding
+ to update dot in region. Ditto when setting SEC_ALLOC if dot
+ advanced due to assignment.
+ * ldwrite.c (build_link_order): Don't test SEC_NEVER_LOAD.
+
2010-09-15 Kai Tietz <kai.tietz@onevision.com>
* scripttempl/pep.sc: Add .xdata segment and
diff --git a/ld/ld.texinfo b/ld/ld.texinfo
index a3d8b9a740b..28c59f2a79f 100644
--- a/ld/ld.texinfo
+++ b/ld/ld.texinfo
@@ -4290,8 +4290,7 @@ The linker normally sets the attributes of an output section based on
the input sections which map into it. You can override this by using
the section type. For example, in the script sample below, the
@samp{ROM} section is addressed at memory location @samp{0} and does not
-need to be loaded when the program is run. The contents of the
-@samp{ROM} section will appear in the linker output file as usual.
+need to be loaded when the program is run.
@smallexample
@group
SECTIONS @{
diff --git a/ld/ldlang.c b/ld/ldlang.c
index 7f444451309..75fa25c28d0 100644
--- a/ld/ldlang.c
+++ b/ld/ldlang.c
@@ -2245,6 +2245,8 @@ lang_add_section (lang_statement_list_type *ptr,
case noload_section:
flags &= ~SEC_LOAD;
flags |= SEC_NEVER_LOAD;
+ if ((flags & SEC_COFF_SHARED_LIBRARY) == 0)
+ flags &= ~SEC_HAS_CONTENTS;
break;
}
@@ -3479,8 +3481,8 @@ map_input_to_output_sections
/* Make sure that any sections mentioned in the expression
are initialized. */
exp_init_os (s->data_statement.exp);
- /* The output section gets CONTENTS, and usually ALLOC and
- LOAD, but the latter two may be overridden by the script. */
+ /* The output section gets CONTENTS, ALLOC and LOAD, but
+ these may be overridden by the script. */
flags = SEC_HAS_CONTENTS | SEC_ALLOC | SEC_LOAD;
switch (os->sectype)
{
@@ -3491,7 +3493,7 @@ map_input_to_output_sections
flags = SEC_HAS_CONTENTS;
break;
case noload_section:
- flags = SEC_HAS_CONTENTS | SEC_NEVER_LOAD;
+ flags = SEC_NEVER_LOAD;
break;
}
if (os->bfd_section == NULL)
@@ -4979,14 +4981,9 @@ lang_size_sections_1
/* Update dot in the region ?
We only do this if the section is going to be allocated,
since unallocated sections do not contribute to the region's
- overall size in memory.
-
- If the SEC_NEVER_LOAD bit is not set, it will affect the
- addresses of sections after it. We have to update
- dot. */
+ overall size in memory. */
if (os->region != NULL
- && ((os->bfd_section->flags & SEC_NEVER_LOAD) == 0
- || (os->bfd_section->flags & (SEC_ALLOC | SEC_LOAD))))
+ && (os->bfd_section->flags & (SEC_ALLOC | SEC_LOAD)))
{
os->region->current = dot;
@@ -5172,8 +5169,8 @@ lang_size_sections_1
/* If dot is advanced, this implies that the section
should have space allocated to it, unless the
user has explicitly stated that the section
- should never be loaded. */
- if (!(output_section_statement->flags & SEC_NEVER_LOAD))
+ should not be allocated. */
+ if (output_section_statement->sectype != noalloc_section)
output_section_statement->bfd_section->flags |= SEC_ALLOC;
}
dot = newdot;
diff --git a/ld/ldwrite.c b/ld/ldwrite.c
index 7eb8b2b01d3..6b8423b5683 100644
--- a/ld/ldwrite.c
+++ b/ld/ldwrite.c
@@ -276,10 +276,9 @@ build_link_order (lang_statement_union_type *statement)
output_section = statement->padding_statement.output_section;
ASSERT (statement->padding_statement.output_section->owner
== link_info.output_bfd);
- if (((output_section->flags & SEC_HAS_CONTENTS) != 0
- || ((output_section->flags & SEC_LOAD) != 0
- && (output_section->flags & SEC_THREAD_LOCAL)))
- && (output_section->flags & SEC_NEVER_LOAD) == 0)
+ if ((output_section->flags & SEC_HAS_CONTENTS) != 0
+ || ((output_section->flags & SEC_LOAD) != 0
+ && (output_section->flags & SEC_THREAD_LOCAL)))
{
link_order = bfd_new_link_order (link_info.output_bfd,
output_section);