LLD currently does not allow non-contiguous SHF_LINK_ORDER components in an
output section. This makes it infeasible to add SHF_LINK_ORDER to an existing
metadata section if backward compatibility with older object files are
concerned.
We did not allow mixed components (like GNU ld) and D77007 relaxed to allow
non-contiguous SHF_LINK_ORDER components. This patch allows arbitrary mix, with
sorting performed within an InputSectionDescription. For example,
`.rodata : {*(.rodata.foo) *(.rodata.bar)}`, has two InputSectionDescription's.
If there is at least one SHF_LINK_ORDER and at least one non-SHF_LINK_ORDER in
.rodata.foo, they are ordered within `*(.rodata.foo)`: we arbitrarily place
SHF_LINK_ORDER components before non-SHF_LINK_ORDER components (like Solaris ld).
`*(.rodata.bar)` is ordered similarly, but the two InputSectionDescription's
don't interact. It can be argued that this is more reasonable than the previous
behavior where written order was not respected.
It would be nice if the two different semantics (ordering requirement & garbage
collection) were not overloaded on one section flag, however, it is probably
difficult to obtain a generic flag at this point
(https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/generic-abi/hgx_m1aXqUo
"SHF_LINK_ORDER's original semantics make upgrade difficult").
(Actually, without the GC semantics, SHF_LINK_ORDER would still have the
sh_link!=0 & sh_link=0 issue. It is just that people find the GC semantics more
useful and tend to use the feature more often.)
GNU ld feature request: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16833
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D84001
Currently, `error: incompatible section flags for .rodata` is reported
when we mix SHF_LINK_ORDER and non-SHF_LINK_ORDER sections in an output section.
This is overconstrained. This patch allows mixed flags with the
requirement that SHF_LINK_ORDER sections must be contiguous. Mixing
flags is used by Linux aarch64 (https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/953)
.init.data : { ... KEEP(*(__patchable_function_entries)) ... }
When the integrated assembler is enabled, clang's -fpatchable-function-entry=N[,M]
implementation sets the SHF_LINK_ORDER flag (D72215) to fix a number of
garbage collection issues.
Strictly speaking, the ELF specification does not require contiguous
SHF_LINK_ORDER sections but for many current uses of SHF_LINK_ORDER like
.ARM.exidx/__patchable_function_entries there has been a requirement for
the sections to be contiguous on top of the requirements of the ELF
specification.
This patch also imposes one restriction: SHF_LINK_ORDER sections cannot
be separated by a symbol assignment or a BYTE command. Not allowing BYTE
is a natural extension that a non-SHF_LINK_ORDER cannot be a separator.
Symbol assignments can delimiter the contents of SHF_LINK_ORDER
sections. Allowing SHF_LINK_ORDER sections across symbol assignments
(especially __start_/__stop_) can make things hard to explain. The
restriction should not be a problem for practical use cases.
Reviewed By: psmith
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D77007
This behavior matches GNU ld and seems reasonable.
```
// If a SECTIONS command is not specified
.text.* -> .text
.rodata.* -> .rodata
.init_array.* -> .init_array
```
A proposed Linux feature CONFIG_FG_KASLR may depend on the GNU ld behavior.
Reword a comment about -z keep-text-section-prefix and a comment about
CommonSection (deleted by rL286234).
Reviewed By: grimar
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D75225
Fangrui Song