[PATCH] [GOLD] Add plugin API for processing plugin-added input files

[Sriraman Tallam via binutils]

On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 9:04 PM, Cary Coutant <ccoutant@gmail.com> wrote:
>> include/ChangeLog:
>> 2017-11-09  Stephen Crane  <sjc@immunant.com>
>>
>>         * plugin-api.h: Add new plugin hook to allow processing of input
>>         files added by a plugin.
>>         (ld_plugin_new_input_handler): New funcion hook type.
>>         (ld_plugin_register_new_input): New interface.
>>         (LDPT_REGISTER_NEW_INPUT_HOOK): New enum val.
>>         (tv_register_new_input): New member.
>>
>>
>> gold/ChangeLog:
>> 2017-11-09  Stephen Crane  <sjc@immunant.com>
>>
>>         * plugin.cc (Plugin::load): Include hooks for register_new_input
>>         in transfer vector.
>>         (Plugin::new_input): New function.
>>         (register_new_input): New function.
>>         (Plugin_manager::claim_file): Call Plugin::new_input if in
>>         replacement phase.
>>         * plugin.h (Plugin::set_new_input_handler): New function.
>>         * testsuite/plugin_new_section_layout.c: New plugin to test
>>         new_input plugin API.
>>         * testsuite/plugin_final_layout.sh: Add new input test.
>>         * testsuite/Makefile.am (plugin_layout_new_file): New test case.
>>         * testsuite/Makefile.in: Regenerate.
>
> These are OK. Thanks!
>
> Sri, I'm out of town through 11/18, and won't be able to commit the
> include/ patch to GCC before Stage 1 ends. Can you take care of it?
> (If not, I'll take care of it when I get back -- it was approved
> during Stage 1, so I think it's OK to commit early in Stage 3,
> especially since it's nothing but new declarations.)

Stephen, I was looking at binutils and realized this patch has not
been committed yet.  I only committed the GCC portion, plugin-api.h.

Thanks
Sri

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> -cary