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Re: GAS reloc->addend
"Vineet Sharma" <Vineet.Sharma@noida.hcltech.com> writes:
> I am porting binutils 2.15 for new 16 bit processor. I have some query :
>
> Q1. Regarding the role of reloc_entry->addend.
> I want to know how does the genreic part fills up this value and what does it symbolises. ?
The generic code does not set reloc_entry->addend. It is set by
tc_gen_reloc(). Unfortunately, it is then modified by code in
BFD--code which is also CPU-specific. Getting these to work together
correctly is a real pain. See the discussion in bfd/doc/bfdint.texi.
> Q2. If in GAS function coff_XXX_reloc() i want to identify the section of the symbol(symbol_in parameter) in question.
> I tried "symbol_in->section->flags & SEC_CODE" the flag are not set and always fails in GAS(but works properly in linker). Any hints?
You should probably be using
subseg_text_p (S_GET_SEGMENT (symbol_in))
However, the result should be more or less the same, and I don't know
why it does not work offhand.
Ian