Hi,
This patch was approved by Ian:
http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2012-08/msg00447.html
I have synced plugin-api.h with the following patch:
* plugin-api.h (ld_plugin_allow_unique_segment_for_sections):
New interface.
(ld_plugin_unique_segment_for_sections): New interface.
(LDPT_ALLOW_UNIQUE_SEGMENT_FOR_SECTIONS): New enum val.
(LDPT_UNIQUE_SEGMENT_FOR_SECTIONS): New enum val.
(tv_allow_unique_segment_for_sections): New member.
(tv_unique_segment_for_sections): New member.
Index: plugin-api.h
===================================================================
--- plugin-api.h (revision 190650)
+++ plugin-api.h (working copy)
@@ -318,6 +318,33 @@ typedef
enum ld_plugin_status
(*ld_plugin_allow_section_ordering) (void);
+/* The linker's interface for specifying that a subset of sections is
+ to be mapped to a unique segment. If the plugin wants to call
+ unique_segment_for_sections, it must call this function from a
+ claim_file_handler or when it is first loaded. */
+
+typedef
+enum ld_plugin_status
+(*ld_plugin_allow_unique_segment_for_sections) (void);
+
+/* The linker's interface for specifying that a specific set of sections
+ must be mapped to a unique segment. ELF segments do not have names
+ and the NAME is used as the name of the newly created output section
+ that is then placed in the unique PT_LOAD segment. FLAGS is used to
+ specify if any additional segment flags need to be set. For instance,
+ a specific segment flag can be set to identify this segment. Unsetting
+ segment flags that would be set by default is not possible. The
+ parameter SEGMENT_ALIGNMENT when non-zero will override the default. */
+
+typedef
+enum ld_plugin_status
+(*ld_plugin_unique_segment_for_sections) (
+ const char* segment_name,
+ uint64_t segment_flags,
+ uint64_t segment_alignment,
+ const struct ld_plugin_section * section_list,
+ unsigned int num_sections);
+
enum ld_plugin_level
{
LDPL_INFO,
@@ -355,7 +382,9 @@ enum ld_plugin_tag
LDPT_GET_INPUT_SECTION_CONTENTS,
LDPT_UPDATE_SECTION_ORDER,
LDPT_ALLOW_SECTION_ORDERING,
- LDPT_GET_SYMBOLS_V2
+ LDPT_GET_SYMBOLS_V2,
+ LDPT_ALLOW_UNIQUE_SEGMENT_FOR_SECTIONS,
+ LDPT_UNIQUE_SEGMENT_FOR_SECTIONS
};
/* The plugin transfer vector. */
@@ -385,6 +414,8 @@ struct ld_plugin_tv
ld_plugin_get_input_section_contents tv_get_input_section_contents;
ld_plugin_update_section_order tv_update_section_order;
ld_plugin_allow_section_ordering tv_allow_section_ordering;
+ ld_plugin_allow_unique_segment_for_sections
tv_allow_unique_segment_for_sections;
+ ld_plugin_unique_segment_for_sections tv_unique_segment_for_sections;
} tv_u;
};
Thanks,
-Sri.
