[patch] SymbianOS Arm executables

[Paul Brook]

On Thursday 10 February 2005 10:55, Richard Earnshaw wrote:
> I'm uncomfortable about the way globals->symbian_p is getting scattered
> throughout the entire linking process.  I think we really need to try
> and distill that variable into the effects it has on linking (this would
> then make porting the linker to platforms with similar properties much
> less painful).
>
> In this case you've already identified the abstract property: the
> executable is relocated at link time.  Most of your used of ->symbian_p
> should therefore be ->exec_reloc_p.  There should then be exactly one
> place where symbian_p is tested, and that is then used to set the
> exec_reloc_p property.

Modified patch attached. No functional changes.

Retested on i686-linux, arm-none-elf and arm-none-symbianelf.
Ok?

Paul

2005-02-10  Paul Brook  <paul@codesourcery.com>

 * elf-bfd.h (struct elf_link_hash_table): Add exec_reloc_p.
 * elf.c (_bfd_elf_link_hash_table_init): Initialize it.
 * elflink.c (bfd_elf_link_record_dynamic_symbol): Create local dynamic
 symbols in relocatable executables.
 (bfd_elf_record_link_assignment): Create dynamic section symbols in
 relocatable executables.
 (_bfd_elf_link_renumber_dynsyms): Ditto.
 (bfd_elf_final_link): Ditto.
 * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_final_link_relocate): Copy absolute
 relocations into relocatable executables.
 (elf32_arm_check_relocs): Crate dynamic sections for relocatale
 executables.  Also copy absolute relocations.
 (elf32_arm_adjust_dynamic_symbol): Don't create copy relocations
 in relocatable executables.
 (allocate_dynrelocs): Copy relocations for relocatable executables.
 Output dynamic symbols for symbols defined in linker scripts.
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