PR ld/6430

[deliverable/binutils-gdb.git] / ld / lexsup.c

diff --git a/ld/lexsup.c b/ld/lexsup.c
index 1e133d9f9a51c747d4b9e38173fd6489aff7003d..5a30cfb13e7f9f7efa86072e421bc5c4cc0a7806 100644 (file)
--- a/ld/lexsup.c
+++ b/ld/lexsup.c
@@ -473,8 +473,10 @@ static const struct ld_option ld_options[] =
     '\0', NULL, N_("Create a position independent executable"), ONE_DASH },
   { {"pic-executable", no_argument, NULL, OPTION_PIE},
     '\0', NULL, NULL, TWO_DASHES },
-  { {"sort-common", no_argument, NULL, OPTION_SORT_COMMON},
-    '\0', NULL, N_("Sort common symbols by size"), TWO_DASHES },
+  { {"sort-common", optional_argument, NULL, OPTION_SORT_COMMON},
+    '\0', N_("[=ascending|descending]"), 
+    N_("Sort common symbols by alignment [in specified order]"), 
+    TWO_DASHES },
   { {"sort_common", no_argument, NULL, OPTION_SORT_COMMON},
     '\0', NULL, NULL, NO_HELP },
   { {"sort-section", required_argument, NULL, OPTION_SORT_SECTION},
@@ -1142,7 +1144,14 @@ parse_args (unsigned argc, char **argv)
          command_line.soname = optarg;
          break;
        case OPTION_SORT_COMMON:
-         config.sort_common = TRUE;
+         if (optarg == NULL
+             || strcmp (optarg, N_("descending")) == 0)
+            config.sort_common = sort_descending;
+          else if (strcmp (optarg, N_("ascending")) == 0)
+           config.sort_common = sort_ascending;
+         else
+           einfo (_("%P%F: invalid common section sorting option: %s\n"),
+                  optarg);
          break;
        case OPTION_SORT_SECTION:
          if (strcmp (optarg, N_("name")) == 0)