[PATCH] xtensa: add separate property sections option

[augustine.sterling@gmail.com]

On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 11:30 AM, Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@gmail.com> wrote:

> It is currently not possible to correctly match .xt.prop information
> for sections with identical VMA. Allow creation of separate property
> sections in the BFD. Add assembler option --separate-prop-tables to
> allow creation of separate property sections.
>
> 2018-05-22  Volodymyr Arbatov  <arbatov@cadence.com>
> bfd/
>
>         * elf32-xtensa.c (elf32xtensa_separate_props): New global
>         variable.
>         (xtensa_add_names): New function.
>         (xtensa_property_section_name): Add new parameter
>         separate_sections, use it to choose property section name.
>         (xtensa_get_separate_property_section): New function.
>         (xtensa_get_property_section): Invoke
>         xtensa_get_separate_property_section to get individual property
>         section if it exists, common property section otherwise.
>         (xtensa_make_property_section): Pass elf32xtensa_separate_props
>         to xtensa_property_section_name.
>
> gas/
>         * config/tc-xtensa.c (elf32xtensa_separate_props): New
>         declaration.
>         (option_separate_props, option_no_separate_props): New
>         enumeration constants.
>         (md_longopts): Add separate-prop-tables option.
>         (md_parse_option): Add cases for option_separate_props and
>         option_no_separate_props.
>         (md_show_usage): Add help for [no-]separate-prop-tables options.
>
Approved. Thanks.