ld error message %C format

Jason Duerstock jason.duerstock@gmail.com
Wed May 18 16:04:00 GMT 2011


>+                     fprintf (fp, "%u%s", linenumber, ":" + done);

Isn't this a C++ism?  Shouldn't it be:

+             fprintf(fp, "%u:%s", linenumber, done);

?

Apologies if I'm have a braindead day.

Thanks

Jason

On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com> wrote:
> How do people feel about extending typical linker error messages like
> the following
>        tmpdir/dump0.o: In function `foo':
>        ./compressed1.c:13: undefined reference to `bar'
> to always include the section and offset information?
>        tmpdir/dump0.o: In function `foo':
>        ./compressed1.c:13:(.text+0x8): undefined reference to `bar'
>
> When debugging toolchain problems, the section and offset is often
> more useful than the source information.  I've checked that this
> change doesn't seem to break emacs parsing of error messages.
>
>        * ldmisc.c (vfinfo <%C>): Always print section+offset.
>
> Index: ld/ldmisc.c
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/src/ld/ldmisc.c,v
> retrieving revision 1.39
> diff -u -p -r1.39 ldmisc.c
> --- ld/ldmisc.c 28 Feb 2011 18:34:52 -0000      1.39
> +++ ld/ldmisc.c 14 May 2011 11:32:38 -0000
> @@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ vfinfo (FILE *fp, const char *fmt, va_li
>                const char *functionname;
>                unsigned int linenumber;
>                bfd_boolean discard_last;
> +               bfd_boolean done;
>
>                abfd = va_arg (arg, bfd *);
>                section = va_arg (arg, asection *);
> @@ -343,15 +344,21 @@ vfinfo (FILE *fp, const char *fmt, va_li
>                    if (filename != NULL)
>                      fprintf (fp, "%s:", filename);
>
> +                   done = fmt[-1] != 'C';
>                    if (functionname != NULL && fmt[-1] == 'G')
>                      lfinfo (fp, "%T", functionname);
>                    else if (filename != NULL && linenumber != 0)
> -                     fprintf (fp, "%u", linenumber);
> +                     fprintf (fp, "%u%s", linenumber, ":" + done);
>                    else
> -                     lfinfo (fp, "(%A+0x%v)", section, offset);
> +                     done = FALSE;
>                  }
>                else
> -                 lfinfo (fp, "%B:(%A+0x%v)", abfd, section, offset);
> +                 {
> +                   lfinfo (fp, "%B:", abfd);
> +                   done = FALSE;
> +                 }
> +               if (!done)
> +                 lfinfo (fp, "(%A+0x%v)", section, offset);
>
>                if (discard_last)
>                  {
> Index: ld/testsuite/ld-cris/undef2.d
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/src/ld/testsuite/ld-cris/undef2.d,v
> retrieving revision 1.1
> diff -u -p -r1.1 undef2.d
> --- ld/testsuite/ld-cris/undef2.d       7 Feb 2005 02:53:32 -0000       1.1
> +++ ld/testsuite/ld-cris/undef2.d       14 May 2011 10:41:43 -0000
> @@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
>  # target: cris-*-*elf* cris-*-*aout*
>  # as: --em=crisaout
>  # ld: -mcrisaout
> -# error: .o:/blah/foo.c:96: undefined reference to `globsym1'$
> +# error: .o:/blah/foo.c:96:\(\.text\+0x4\): undefined reference to `globsym1'$
> Index: ld/testsuite/ld-cris/undef3.d
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/src/ld/testsuite/ld-cris/undef3.d,v
> retrieving revision 1.1
> diff -u -p -r1.1 undef3.d
> --- ld/testsuite/ld-cris/undef3.d       7 Feb 2005 02:53:32 -0000       1.1
> +++ ld/testsuite/ld-cris/undef3.d       14 May 2011 10:41:43 -0000
> @@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
>  #target: cris-*-*elf* cris-*-*aout*
>  #as: --em=criself
>  #ld: -mcriself
> -#error: .o:/blah/foo.c:96: undefined reference to `globsym1'$
> +#error: .o:/blah/foo.c:96:\(\.text\+0x4\): undefined reference to `globsym1'$
> Index: ld/testsuite/ld-i386/compressed1.d
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/src/ld/testsuite/ld-i386/compressed1.d,v
> retrieving revision 1.1
> diff -u -p -r1.1 compressed1.d
> --- ld/testsuite/ld-i386/compressed1.d  15 Jul 2010 00:42:23 -0000      1.1
> +++ ld/testsuite/ld-i386/compressed1.d  14 May 2011 10:41:44 -0000
> @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
>  #name: undefined symbol with compressed debug sections
>  #as: --32
>  #ld: -e foo -melf_i386 --noinhibit-exec
> -#warning: .*/compressed1.c:13: undefined reference to .bar.
> +#warning: .*/compressed1.c:13.*: undefined reference to .bar.
>  #nm: -n
>
>  #...
> Index: ld/testsuite/ld-ia64/line.exp
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/src/ld/testsuite/ld-ia64/line.exp,v
> retrieving revision 1.1
> diff -u -p -r1.1 line.exp
> --- ld/testsuite/ld-ia64/line.exp       2 Sep 2007 13:29:20 -0000       1.1
> +++ ld/testsuite/ld-ia64/line.exp       14 May 2011 10:41:44 -0000
> @@ -52,6 +52,6 @@ proc checkund { string testname } {
>     }
>  }
>
> -set ml "undefined.c:9: undefined reference to `*this_function_is_not_defined'"
> +set ml "undefined.c:9*: undefined reference to `*this_function_is_not_defined'"
>
>  checkund $ml $testline
> Index: ld/testsuite/ld-undefined/undefined.exp
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/src/ld/testsuite/ld-undefined/undefined.exp,v
> retrieving revision 1.32
> diff -u -p -r1.32 undefined.exp
> --- ld/testsuite/ld-undefined/undefined.exp     6 Apr 2011 17:09:56 -0000       1.32
> +++ ld/testsuite/ld-undefined/undefined.exp     14 May 2011 10:41:44 -0000
> @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ if ![is_elf_format] {
>     #setup_xfail "arm*-*-pe*"
>  }
>
> -set ml "undefined.c:9: undefined reference to `*this_function_is_not_defined'"
> +set ml "undefined.c:9*: undefined reference to `*this_function_is_not_defined'"
>  # With targets that use elf/dwarf2, such as the arm-elf
>  # toolchain, the code in bfd/elf.c:_bfd_elf_find_nearest_line() is called
>  # in order to locate the file name/line number where the undefined
> Index: ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/compressed1.d
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/src/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/compressed1.d,v
> retrieving revision 1.1
> diff -u -p -r1.1 compressed1.d
> --- ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/compressed1.d        15 Jul 2010 00:42:23 -0000      1.1
> +++ ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/compressed1.d        14 May 2011 10:41:44 -0000
> @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
>  #name: undefined symbol with compressed debug sections
>  #as: --64
>  #ld: -e foo -melf_x86_64 --noinhibit-exec
> -#warning: .*/compressed1.c:13: undefined reference to .bar.
> +#warning: .*/compressed1.c:13.*: undefined reference to .bar.
>  #nm: -n
>
>  #...
> Index: ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/line.exp
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/src/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/line.exp,v
> retrieving revision 1.2
> diff -u -p -r1.2 line.exp
> --- ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/line.exp     2 Sep 2007 13:29:20 -0000       1.2
> +++ ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/line.exp     14 May 2011 10:41:44 -0000
> @@ -52,6 +52,6 @@ proc checkund { string testname } {
>     }
>  }
>
> -set ml "undefined.c:9: undefined reference to `*this_function_is_not_defined'"
> +set ml "undefined.c:9*: undefined reference to `*this_function_is_not_defined'"
>
>  checkund $ml $testline
>
> --
> Alan Modra
> Australia Development Lab, IBM
>



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