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Re: PATCH: PR ld/11146: Add "readelf --dyn-syms"


On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 5:51 AM, Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@codesourcery.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 12:28:03PM +0000, Nick Clifton wrote:
>> Hi H.J.
>>
>> >binutils/
>> >2010-01-07 ?H.J. Lu ?<hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
>> >
>> > ? ? PR ld/11146
>> > ? ? * readelf.c (do_dyn_syms): New.
>> > ? ? (OPTION_DYN_SYMBS): Likewise.
>
> Why syms versus symbs?
>
> It seems to me very confusing to have -Ds (dynamic symbols) and
> --dyn-syms. ?The description in the manual sounds like -Ds and
> --dyn-syms should both do what your new patch does. ?I wouldn't
> be able to tell the difference. ?Is the existing -Ds useful? ?If both
> are useful, the manual should differentiate them. ?If the other is not
> useful, just change -Ds.
>
> --

Here is the updated patch with updated document for -Ds. I didn't
change -Ds since someone may expect the current behavior.

-- 
H.J.
---
binutils/

2010-01-11  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

	PR ld/11146
	* readelf.c (do_dyn_syms): New.
	(OPTION_DYN_SYMS): Likewise.
	(options): Add "dyn-syms".
	(usage): Add --dyn-syms.
	(parse_args): Handle OPTION_DYN_SYMS.
	(process_symbol_table): Handle do_dyn_syms.
	(process_object): Likewise.
	(process_archive): Likewise.

	* doc/binutils.texi: Document --dyn-syms for readelf.  Mention
	symbol hash tables for -D.

ld/testsuite/

2010-01-11  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

	PR ld/11146
	* ld-elf/dynsym1.d: New.
binutils/

2010-01-11  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

	PR ld/11146
	* readelf.c (do_dyn_syms): New.
	(OPTION_DYN_SYMS): Likewise.
	(options): Add "dyn-syms".
	(usage): Add --dyn-syms.
	(parse_args): Handle OPTION_DYN_SYMS.
	(process_symbol_table): Handle do_dyn_syms.
	(process_object): Likewise.
	(process_archive): Likewise.

	* doc/binutils.texi: Document --dyn-syms for readelf.  Mention
	symbol hash tables for -D.

ld/testsuite/

2010-01-11  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

	PR ld/11146
	* ld-elf/dynsym1.d: New.

diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
index aedb80f..b0df698 100644
--- a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
+++ b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
@@ -3894,6 +3894,7 @@ readelf [@option{-a}|@option{--all}]
         [@option{-t}|@option{--section-details}]
         [@option{-e}|@option{--headers}]
         [@option{-s}|@option{--syms}|@option{--symbols}]
+        [@option{--dyn-syms}]
         [@option{-n}|@option{--notes}]
         [@option{-r}|@option{--relocs}]
         [@option{-u}|@option{--unwind}]
@@ -3982,6 +3983,11 @@ Displays the detailed section information. Implies @option{-S}.
 @cindex ELF symbol table information
 Displays the entries in symbol table section of the file, if it has one.
 
+@item --dyn-syms
+@cindex ELF dynamic symbol table information
+Displays the entries in dynamic symbol table section of the file, if it
+has one.
+
 @item -e
 @itemx --headers
 Display all the headers in the file.  Equivalent to @option{-h -l -S}.
@@ -4021,8 +4027,8 @@ is any.
 @item -D
 @itemx --use-dynamic
 When displaying symbols, this option makes @command{readelf} use the
-symbol table in the file's dynamic section, rather than the one in the
-symbols section.
+symbol hash tables in the file's dynamic section, rather than the
+symbol table sections.
 
 @item -x <number or name>
 @itemx --hex-dump=<number or name>
diff --git a/binutils/readelf.c b/binutils/readelf.c
index 8550c31..122bd73 100644
--- a/binutils/readelf.c
+++ b/binutils/readelf.c
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ static Elf_Internal_Shdr * symtab_shndx_hdr;
 static int show_name;
 static int do_dynamic;
 static int do_syms;
+static int do_dyn_syms;
 static int do_reloc;
 static int do_sections;
 static int do_section_groups;
@@ -2923,6 +2924,7 @@ get_section_type_name (unsigned int sh_type)
 }
 
 #define OPTION_DEBUG_DUMP	512
+#define OPTION_DYN_SYMS		513
 
 static struct option options[] =
 {
@@ -2939,6 +2941,7 @@ static struct option options[] =
   {"full-section-name",no_argument, 0, 'N'},
   {"symbols",	       no_argument, 0, 's'},
   {"syms",	       no_argument, 0, 's'},
+  {"dyn-syms",	       no_argument, 0, OPTION_DYN_SYMS},
   {"relocs",	       no_argument, 0, 'r'},
   {"notes",	       no_argument, 0, 'n'},
   {"dynamic",	       no_argument, 0, 'd'},
@@ -2978,6 +2981,7 @@ usage (FILE * stream)
   -e --headers           Equivalent to: -h -l -S\n\
   -s --syms              Display the symbol table\n\
      --symbols           An alias for --syms\n\
+  --dyn-syms             Display the dynamic symbol table\n\
   -n --notes             Display the core notes (if present)\n\
   -r --relocs            Display the relocations (if present)\n\
   -u --unwind            Display the unwind info (if present)\n\
@@ -3202,6 +3206,9 @@ parse_args (int argc, char ** argv)
 	      dwarf_select_sections_by_names (optarg);
 	    }
 	  break;
+	case OPTION_DYN_SYMS:
+	  do_dyn_syms++;
+	  break;
 #ifdef SUPPORT_DISASSEMBLY
 	case 'i':
 	  request_dump (DISASS_DUMP);
@@ -3228,7 +3235,8 @@ parse_args (int argc, char ** argv)
   if (!do_dynamic && !do_syms && !do_reloc && !do_unwind && !do_sections
       && !do_segments && !do_header && !do_dump && !do_version
       && !do_histogram && !do_debugging && !do_arch && !do_notes
-      && !do_section_groups && !do_archive_index)
+      && !do_section_groups && !do_archive_index
+      && !do_dyn_syms)
     usage (stderr);
   else if (argc < 3)
     {
@@ -7343,12 +7351,14 @@ process_symbol_table (FILE * file)
   bfd_vma * gnuchains = NULL;
   bfd_vma gnusymidx = 0;
 
-  if (! do_syms && !do_histogram)
+  if (!do_syms && !do_dyn_syms && !do_histogram)
     return 1;
 
   if (dynamic_info[DT_HASH]
       && (do_histogram
-	  || (do_using_dynamic && dynamic_strings != NULL)))
+	  || (do_using_dynamic
+	      && !do_dyn_syms
+	      && dynamic_strings != NULL)))
     {
       unsigned char nb[8];
       unsigned char nc[8];
@@ -7404,7 +7414,9 @@ process_symbol_table (FILE * file)
 
   if (dynamic_info_DT_GNU_HASH
       && (do_histogram
-	  || (do_using_dynamic && dynamic_strings != NULL)))
+	  || (do_using_dynamic
+	      && !do_dyn_syms
+	      && dynamic_strings != NULL)))
     {
       unsigned char nb[16];
       bfd_vma i, maxchain = 0xffffffff, bitmaskwords;
@@ -7561,7 +7573,7 @@ process_symbol_table (FILE * file)
 	      }
 	}
     }
-  else if (do_syms && !do_using_dynamic)
+  else if (do_dyn_syms || (do_syms && !do_using_dynamic))
     {
       unsigned int i;
 
@@ -7575,8 +7587,10 @@ process_symbol_table (FILE * file)
 	  Elf_Internal_Sym * symtab;
 	  Elf_Internal_Sym * psym;
 
-	  if (   section->sh_type != SHT_SYMTAB
-	      && section->sh_type != SHT_DYNSYM)
+	  if ((section->sh_type != SHT_SYMTAB
+	       && section->sh_type != SHT_DYNSYM)
+	      || (!do_syms
+		  && section->sh_type == SHT_SYMTAB))
 	    continue;
 
 	  printf (_("\nSymbol table '%s' contains %lu entries:\n"),
@@ -10859,7 +10873,7 @@ process_object (char * file_name, FILE * file)
       do_unwind = do_version = do_dump = do_arch = 0;
 
       if (! do_using_dynamic)
-	do_syms = do_reloc = 0;
+	do_syms = do_dyn_syms = do_reloc = 0;
     }
 
   if (! process_section_groups (file))
@@ -11463,7 +11477,7 @@ process_archive (char * file_name, FILE * file, bfd_boolean is_thin_archive)
       if (!do_dynamic && !do_syms && !do_reloc && !do_unwind && !do_sections
 	  && !do_segments && !do_header && !do_dump && !do_version
 	  && !do_histogram && !do_debugging && !do_arch && !do_notes
-	  && !do_section_groups)
+	  && !do_section_groups && !do_dyn_syms)
 	{
 	  ret = 0; /* Archive index only.  */
 	  goto out;
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/dynsym1.d b/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/dynsym1.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..88037ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/dynsym1.d
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#source: empty.s
+#ld: -shared
+#readelf: --dyn-syms
+#target: *-*-linux*
+
+#...
+ +[0-9]+: +[0-9a-f]+ +[0-9]+ +FUNC +GLOBAL +DEFAULT +[1-9] _start
+#pass

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