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1 2017-03-13 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
2 Taeung Song <treeze.taeung@gmail.com>
3
4 * objdump.c (update_source_path): Add abfd param. Add struct
5 stat var. Pass to try_print_file_open. Warn if source is more
6 recent than object.
7 (try_print_file_open, slurp_file): Add struct stat param to
8 return fstat.
9 (show_line): Call update_source_path with bfd.
10
11 2017-03-10 Chia-Hao Lo <fcamel@gmail.com>
12
13 PR binutils/21235
14 * objdump.c (main): Set do_wide with --wide.
15
16 2017-03-10 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
17
18 * readelf.c (get_machine_name): Rearrange switch table in order of
19 increasing machine number. Add missing entries.
20
21 2017-03-08 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
22
23 PR binutils/21231
24 * readelf.c (decode_x86_isa): Change argument to unsigned int.
25 (print_gnu_property_note): Retrieve property type and datasz as
26 4-byte integer. Consolidate property datasz check. Check
27 GNU_PROPERTY_LOPROC and GNU_PROPERTY_LOUSER.
28 * testsuite/binutils-all/i386/pr21231a.d: New file.
29 * testsuite/binutils-all/i386/pr21231a.s: Likewise.
30 * testsuite/binutils-all/i386/pr21231b.d: Likewise.
31 * testsuite/binutils-all/i386/pr21231b.s: Likewise.
32 * testsuite/binutils-all/x86-64/pr21231a.d: Likewise.
33 * testsuite/binutils-all/x86-64/pr21231a.s: Likewise.
34 * testsuite/binutils-all/x86-64/pr21231b.d: Likewise.
35 * testsuite/binutils-all/x86-64/pr21231b.s: Likewise.
36
37 2017-03-06 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
38
39 * readelf.c (print_gnu_build_attribute_name): Read byte values
40 from the name string as unsigned bytes.
41 (process_notes_at): Use memcpy to copy an unterminated name
42 string.
43
44 2017-03-06 Sam Thursfield <sam.thursfield@codethink.co.uk>
45
46 * configure.ac (AC_CHECK_DECLS): Add asprintf.
47 * config.in: Regenerate.
48 * configure: Regenerate.
49
50 2017-03-02 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
51
52 * readelf.c (print_gnu_build_attribute_description): Use global
53 symbols for OPEN attributes if at all possible.
54 * objcopy.c (is_merged_note_section): Support build note sections
55 without the SHF_GNU_BUILD_NOTE section flag set.
56
57 2017-03-02 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
58
59 * dwarf.c (debug_displays_assert): New static assertion.
60
61 2017-03-02 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
62
63 * dwarf.h (enum dwarf_section_display_enum): Add loclists and rnglists.
64
65 2017-03-01 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
66
67 * readelf.c (get_note_type): Add support for GNU_BUILD_NOTEs.
68 (get_gnu_elf_note_type): Add support for GNU_PROPERTY_NOTEs.
69 (decode_x86_isa): New function.
70 (print_gnu_property_note): New function.
71 (print_gnu_note): Handle GNU_PROPERTY_NOTEs.
72 (print_gnu_build_attribute_description): New function.
73 (print_gnu_build_attribute_name): New function.
74 (process_note): Add support for GNU_BUILD_NOTEs.
75 * objcopy.c (--merge-notes): New command line option.
76 (copy_options): Add merge-notes.
77 (copy_usage): Likewise.
78 (is_merge_note_section): New function.
79 (merge_gnu_build_notes): New function.
80 (copy_object): Merge note sections if asked to do so.
81 (skip_section): Add skip_copy parameter. Add support for skipping
82 merged note sections.
83 (copy_relocations_in_section): Update call to skip_section.
84 (copy_section): Likewise.
85 (copy_main): Add support for merge-notes option.
86 * doc/binutils.texi: Document the new option to objcopy.
87 * NEWS: Mention the new feature.
88 * testsuite/binutils-all/note-2-32.d: New test. Checks note
89 merging on 32-bit targets.
90 * testsuite/binutils-all/note-2-32.s: New test source file.
91 * testsuite/binutils-all/note-2-64.d: New test. Like note-2-32.d
92 but for 64-bit targets.
93 * testsuite/binutils-all/note-2-64.s: New test source file.
94 * testsuite/binutils-all/objcopy.exp: Run the new test.
95
96 2017-02-28 Peter Bergner <bergner@vnet.ibm.com>
97
98 * objdump.c (main): Use remove_whitespace_and_extra_commas.
99
100 2017-02-27 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
101
102 Fix compilation with GCC 4.4.7.
103 * dwarf.c (display_loclists_list, display_debug_rnglists_list):
104 Initialize begin and end.
105
106 2017-02-25 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
107
108 * testsuite/binutils-all/dw5.S: Replace .string with .asciz.
109 Support hpux .comm variant.
110 * testsuite/binutils-all/readelf.exp: Define HPUX when assembling
111 dw5 test for hppa64-hpux.
112
113 2017-02-24 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
114
115 * readelf.c (show_name, do_dynamic, do_syms, do_dyn_syms,
116 (do_reloc, do_sections, do_section_groups, do_section_details,
117 (do_segments, do_unwind, do_using_dynamic, do_header, do_dump,
118 (do_version, do_histogram, do_debugging, do_arch, do_notes,
119 (do_archive_index, is_32bit_elf, decompress_dumps): Use
120 bfd_boolean type.
121 (parse_args): Treat the do_* variables as booleans.
122 (print_vma): Return an unsigned int.
123 (print_symbol): Change width parameter to signed int.
124 (is_ia64_vms): Change return type to bfd_boolean.
125 (guess_is_rela): Likewise.
126 (slurp_rela_relocs): Likewise.
127 (slurp_rel_relocs): Likewise.
128 (dump_relocations): Likewise.
129 (process_file_header): Likewise.
130 (get_program_headers): Likewise.
131 (process_program_headers): Likewise.
132 (process_section_headers): Likewise.
133 (process_section_groups): Likewise.
134 (dump_ia64_vms_dynamic_fixups): Likewise.
135 (dump_ia64_vms_dynamic_relocs): Likewise.
136 (process_ia64_vms_dynamic_relocs): Likewise.
137 (process_relocs): Likewise.
138 (dump_ia64_unwind): Likewise.
139 (ia64_process_unwind): Likewise.
140 (dump_hppa_unwind): Likewise.
141 (slurp_hppa_unwind_table): Likewise.
142 (hppa_process_unwind): Likewise.
143 (decode_arm_unwind_bytecode): Likewise.
144 (decode_tic6x_unwind_bytecode): Likewise.
145 (decode_arm_unwind): Likewise.
146 (dump_arm_unwind): Likewise.
147 (arm_process_unwind): Likewise.
148 (process_unwind): Likewise.
149 (get_32bit_dynamic_section): Likewise.
150 (get_64bit_dynamic_section): Likewise.
151 (process_dynamic_section): Likewise.
152 (process_version_sections): Likewise.
153 (process_symbol_table): Likewise.
154 (process_syminfo): Likewise.
155 (apply_relocations): Likewise.
156 (disassemble_section): Likewise.
157 (dump_section_as_strings): Likewise.
158 (dump_section_as_bytes): Likewise.
159 (load_specific_debug_section): Likewise.
160 (load_debug_section): Likewise.
161 (display_debug_section): Likewise.
162 (process_section_contents): Likewise.
163 (process_attributes): Likewise.
164 (process_nds32_specific): Likewise.
165 (process_gnu_liblist): Likewise.
166 (print_core_note): Likewise.
167 (print_gnu_note): Likewise.
168 (print_v850_note): Likewise.
169 (process_netbsd_elf_note): Likewise.
170 (print_stapsdt_note): Likewise.
171 (print_ia64_vms_note): Likewise.
172 (process_note): Likewise.
173 (process_notes_at): Likewise.
174 (process_corefile_note_segments): Likewise.
175 (process_v850_notes): Likewise.
176 (process_note_sections): Likewise.
177 (process_notes): Likewise.
178 (process_arch_specific): Likewise.
179 (get_file_header): Likewise.
180 (process_object): Likewise.
181 (process_archive): Likewise.
182 (process_file): Likewise.
183 (section_subset): Make static.
184 (get_mips_reg_size): Return a signed integer.
185 (process_object): Reverse the logic of the return value.
186 (process_archive): Likewise.
187 (process_file): Likewise.
188 (process_program_headers): Fix snafu - if the program headers are
189 not available then this is not a cause to fail.
190 (process_corefile_note_segments): Likewise.
191
192 2017-02-24 Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@imgtec.com>
193
194 * readelf.c (get_ver_flags): Tidy the formatting of the string
195 returned
196
197 2017-02-24 Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@imgtec.com>
198
199 * readelf.c (process_version_sections) <SHT_GNU_verdef>: Make
200 `isum' unsigned.
201 <SHT_GNU_verneed>: Likewise.
202
203 2017-02-24 Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@imgtec.com>
204
205 * readelf.c (process_version_sections) <SHT_GNU_verdef>: Limit
206 the number of entries processed by the section size. Don't
207 break out of the loop if `ent.vd_next' is 0.
208
209 2017-02-23 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
210
211 * testsuite/binutils-all/dw5.S: New file.
212 * testsuite/binutils-all/dw5.W: New file.
213 * testsuite/binutils-all/readelf.exp (readelf -wiaoRlL): New test.
214
215 2017-02-23 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
216
217 * dwarf.c (read_and_display_attr_value): Support DW_FORM_data16.
218
219 2017-02-23 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
220
221 * dwarf.c (display_debug_macro): Support DWARF-5. Rename
222 DW_MACRO_GNU_*.
223
224 2017-02-23 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
225
226 * dwarf.c (decode_location_expression): Support DW_OP_implicit_pointer,
227 DW_OP_const_type, DW_OP_regval_type, DW_OP_deref_type, DW_OP_convert
228 and DW_OP_reinterpret.
229 (read_and_display_attr_value): Support DW_AT_call_value,
230 DW_AT_call_data_value, DW_AT_call_target and
231 DW_AT_call_target_clobbered.
232
233 2017-02-23 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
234
235 * dwarf.c (fetch_indirect_line_string): New function.
236 (abbrev_attr): New field implicit_const.
237 (add_abbrev_attr): New parameter implicit_const.
238 (process_abbrev_section): Support DW_FORM_implicit_const.
239 (decode_location_expression): Support DW_OP_entry_value.
240 (read_and_display_attr_value): Add parameter implicit_const. Support
241 DW_FORM_line_strp and DW_FORM_implicit_const.
242 (read_and_display_attr): Add parameter implicit_const.
243 (process_debug_info): Support line_str and DWARF-5.
244 (read_debug_line_header): Support DWARF-5.
245 (display_formatted_table): New function.
246 (display_debug_lines_raw): New parameter file. Support DWARF-5.
247 (display_debug_lines_decoded): New parameter fileptr. Support DWARF-5.
248 (display_debug_lines): Pass file parameter.
249 (display_debug_macro): Update read_and_display_attr_value caller.
250 (display_debug_abbrev): Support DW_FORM_implicit_const.
251 (display_loclists_list): New function.
252 (display_loc_list): Support .debug_loclists.
253 (display_debug_ranges_list): New function from display_debug_ranges.
254 (display_debug_rnglists_list): New function.
255 (display_debug_ranges): Support .debug_rnglists.
256 (debug_displays): Add .debug_line_str, .debug_loclists and
257 .debug_rnglists.
258 * dwarf.h: Include dwarf2.h
259 (DWARF2_Internal_LineInfo): Add li_offset_size.
260 (DWARF2_Internal_CompUnit): Add cu_unit_type.
261 (enum dwarf_section_display_enum): Add line_str.
262 * readelf.c (process_section_headers): Add rnglists and loclists.
263
264 2017-02-23 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
265
266 * dwarf.c (display_block): Add parameter delimiter.
267 (decode_location_expression): Update display_block callers.
268 (read_and_display_attr_value): Add parameter delimiter.
269 (read_and_display_attr, display_debug_macro): Update
270 read_and_display_attr_value caller.
271
272 2017-02-23 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
273
274 * dwarf.c (display_loc_list): Use dwarf_vma for offset, base_address
275 and off.
276 (display_loc_list_dwo): Use dwarf_vma for offset.
277 (display_debug_loc): Use dwarf_vma for offset, base_address.
278 (struct range_entry, range_entry_compar): Use dwarf_vma for
279 ranges_offset.
280 (display_debug_ranges): Use dwarf_vma for ranges_offset, offset and
281 base_address.
282
283 2017-02-23 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
284
285 * readelf.c (display_tag_value): Use an explicit signed type for
286 the tag parameter.
287 (display_gnu_attributes): Use an unsigned integer type for
288 attribute tags.
289 (display_power_gnu_attribute): Likewise.
290 (display_s390_gnu_attribute): Likewise.
291 (display_sparc_hwcaps): Likewise.
292 (display_sparc_hwcaps2): Likewise.
293 (display_sparc_gnu_attribute): Likewise.
294 (display_mips_gnu_attribute): Likewise.
295 (display_tic6x_attribute): Likewise.
296 (display_raw_attribute): Likewise.
297 (process_attributes): Likewise.
298 (process_arm_specific): Delete redundant function.
299 (process_power_specific): Likewise.
300 (process_s390_specific): Likewise.
301 (process_sparc_specific): Likewise.
302 (process_tic6x_specific): Likewise.
303 (process_msp430x_specific): Likewise.
304 (display_public_gnu_attributes): New function. Displays known
305 information about an unknown gnu attribute.
306 (display_generic_attribute): New function. Calls
307 display_tag_value for non-nul tags.
308 (process_arch_specific): Call process_attributes even for
309 architectures not known to specifically support gnu attributes.
310
311 2017-02-22 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
312
313 * dwarf.c (decode_location_expression): Display also OP.
314
315 2017-02-22 Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@imgtec.com>
316
317 * readelf.c (process_version_sections) <SHT_GNU_verdef>: Print a
318 new line between the heading and the first version definition
319 entry.
320
321 2017-02-20 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
322
323 PR binutils/21156
324 * dwarf.c (cu_tu_indexes_read): Move into...
325 (load_cu_tu_indexes): ... here. Change the variable into
326 tri-state. Change the function into boolean, returning
327 false if the indicies could not be loaded.
328 (find_cu_tu_set): Return NULL if the indicies could not be
329 loaded.
330
331 2017-02-17 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
332
333 PR binutils/21156
334 * readelf.c (find_section_in_set): Test for invalid section
335 indicies.
336
337 2017-02-17 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
338
339 * readelf.c (get_section_type_name): Add decoding of GNU section
340 types.
341
342 2017-02-15 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
343
344 * MAINTAINERS: (MIPS, MN10300): Move Eric Christopher to Past
345 Maintainers section.
346
347 2017-02-14 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
348
349 PR binutils/21159
350 * readelf.c (dump_section_as_strings): Reset the start address if
351 no decompression is perfromed.
352 (dump_section_as_bytes): Likewise.
353
354 2017-02-14 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
355
356 PR binutils/21158
357 * rddbg.c (read_symbol_stabs_debugging_info): Check for a null or
358 empty symbol name.
359
360 2017-02-14 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
361
362 PR binutils/21157
363 * stabs.c (parse_stab_enum_type): Check for corrupt NAME:VALUE
364 pairs.
365 (parse_number): Exit early if passed an empty string.
366
367 2017-02-14 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
368
369 PR binutils/21155
370 * readelf.c (IN_RANGE): New macro. Tests for an address + offset
371 being within a given range.
372 (target_specific_reloc_handling): Use macro to test for underflow
373 as well as overflow of reloc offset.
374
375 2017-02-13 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
376
377 PR binutils/21150
378 * nm.c (file_symbol): Add test of string length before testing
379 string characters.
380
381 2017-02-13 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
382
383 PR binutils/21135
384 * readelf.c (dump_section_as_bytes): Handle the case where
385 uncompress_section_contents returns false.
386 (dump_section_as_bytes, load_specific_debug_section): Likewise.
387
388 2017-02-13 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
389
390 PR binutils/21149
391 * readelf.c (get_compression_header): Add size parameter. Check
392 size against sizeof compression header before attempting to
393 extract the header.
394 (process_section_headers): Pass size to get_compression_header.
395 (dump_section_as_strings): Likewise.
396 (dump_section_as_bytes): Likewise.
397 (load_specific_debug_section): Likewise.
398
399 2017-02-13 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
400
401 PR binutils/21148
402 * readelf.c (process_version_sections): Include size of auxillary
403 version information when checking for buffer overflow.
404
405 2017-02-13 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
406
407 PR binutils/21147
408 * readelf.c (process_section_contents): Fix off by one error
409 reporting un-dumped sections.
410
411 2017-02-13 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
412
413 PR binutils/21139
414 * readelf.c (target_specific_reloc_handling): Add num_syms
415 parameter. Check for symbol table overflow before accessing
416 symbol value. If reloc pointer is NULL, discard all saved state.
417 (apply_relocations): Pass num_syms to target_specific_reloc_handling.
418 Call target_specific_reloc_handling with a NULL reloc pointer
419 after processing all of the relocs.
420
421 2017-02-13 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
422
423 PR binutils/21137
424 * readelf.c (target_specific_reloc_handling): Add end parameter.
425 Check for buffer overflow before writing relocated values.
426 (apply_relocations): Pass end to target_specific_reloc_handling.
427
428 2017-01-27 Dilyan Palauzov <dilyan.palauzov@aegee.org>
429 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
430
431 PR 20343
432 * doc/binutils.texi (ar): Extend documentation of the --plugin
433 option. Include a description of where the plugins should be
434 located.
435 (nm): Likewise.
436
437 2017-01-23 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
438
439 * MAINTAINERS: Add Bernd to Past Maintainers section.
440 (SCORE): Remove Mei Ligang as maintainer. Add to Past Maintainers
441 section.
442
443 2017-01-23 Bernd Schmidt <bschmidt@redhat.com>
444
445 * MAINTAINERS (BFIN): Remove myself as Blackfin maintainer.
446
447 2017-01-20 Andrew Burgess <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>
448
449 * objdump.c (dump_section_header): Extract max section name length
450 from data parameter, use this when formatting output.
451 (find_longest_section_name): New function.
452 (dump_headers): Calculate longest section name when in wide mode,
453 reformat to unify printing of header line.
454
455 2017-01-18 Bernhard Rosenkranzer <bero@lindev.ch>
456
457 PR 21059
458 * arlex.l: Support processing with flex 2.6.3.
459 * deflex.l: Likewise.
460
461 2017-01-17 Dmitry Timoshkov <dmitry@baikal.ru>
462
463 * resbin.c: Optional dialog control data immediately follows
464 the control description without alignment.
465 * testsuite/binutils-all/windres/controldata.rc: New test.
466 source.
467 * testsuite/binutils-all/windres/controldata.rsd: New test.
468
469 2017-01-12 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
470
471 PR binutils/20876
472 * NEWS: Mention the new feature.
473 * testsuite/binutils-all/objdump.exp (test_build_id_debuglink):
474 New proc to test the location of separate debug info files using
475 the build-id method.
476
477 2017-01-10 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
478
479 PR 21034
480 * stabs.c (parse_stab_members): Fix thinko checking for g++
481 version 1 stabs information.
482
483 2017-01-09 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
484
485 * objdump.c (display_file): Add new parameter 'last_file'. If
486 last_file is true, do not call bfd_close at the end of the
487 function.
488 (main): Set the value of the last_file parameter when calling
489 display_file.
490
491 2017-01-09 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
492
493 * readelf.c (process_section_headers): Correct .rel.dyn/.rela.dyn
494 comment.
495
496 2017-01-06 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
497
498 * MAINTAINERS: Move Paul Brook to the Past Maintainers section.
499
500 2017-01-04 Dilan Palauzov <dilyan.palauzov@aegee.org>
501
502 PR 20958
503 * syslex.l (option): Add noyywrap
504 (yywrap): Delete.
505
506 2017-01-02 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
507
508 Update year range in copyright notice of all files.
509
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