[PATCH 5/8] bfd: simplify _bfd_{link,write,discard}_section_stabs() interface

Jan Beulich jbeulich@suse.com
Mon Oct 13 09:09:41 GMT 2025


... as well as that of _bfd_stab_section_offset(): As sec_info is now
hanging off of sec, there's no need for the extra 4th parameter anymore.
Along these line struct struct coff_section_tdata's stab_info member then
isn't needed anymore either.

Furthermore there also hasn't been a good reason to have the caller of
_bfd_link_section_stabs() set sec_info_type. 

--- a/bfd/coff-bfd.h
+++ b/bfd/coff-bfd.h
@@ -54,8 +54,6 @@ struct coff_section_tdata
   /* Optional information about a COMDAT entry; NULL if not COMDAT. */
   struct coff_comdat_info *comdat;
   int line_base;
-  /* A pointer used for .stab linking optimizations.  */
-  void * stab_info;
   /* Available for individual backends.  */
   void * tdata;
 };
--- a/bfd/cofflink.c
+++ b/bfd/cofflink.c
@@ -584,23 +584,11 @@ coff_link_add_symbols (bfd *abfd,
 		    || (stab->name[5] == '.' && ISDIGIT (stab->name[6]))))
 	    {
 	      struct coff_link_hash_table *table;
-	      struct coff_section_tdata *secdata
-		= coff_section_data (abfd, stab);
-
-	      if (secdata == NULL)
-		{
-		  amt = sizeof (struct coff_section_tdata);
-		  stab->used_by_bfd = bfd_zalloc (abfd, amt);
-		  if (stab->used_by_bfd == NULL)
-		    goto error_return;
-		  secdata = coff_section_data (abfd, stab);
-		}
 
 	      table = coff_hash_table (info);
 
 	      if (! _bfd_link_section_stabs (abfd, &table->stab_info,
 					     stab, stabstr,
-					     &secdata->stab_info,
 					     &string_offset))
 		goto error_return;
 	    }
@@ -2541,7 +2529,7 @@ _bfd_coff_link_input_bfd (struct coff_fi
 	}
 
       /* Write out the modified section contents.  */
-      if (secdata == NULL || secdata->stab_info == NULL)
+      if (o->sec_info_type != SEC_INFO_TYPE_STABS)
 	{
 	  file_ptr loc = (o->output_offset
 			  * bfd_octets_per_byte (output_bfd, o));
@@ -2553,7 +2541,7 @@ _bfd_coff_link_input_bfd (struct coff_fi
 	{
 	  if (! (_bfd_write_section_stabs
 		 (output_bfd, &coff_hash_table (flaginfo->info)->stab_info,
-		  o, &secdata->stab_info, contents)))
+		  o, contents)))
 	    return false;
 	}
     }
--- a/bfd/elf.c
+++ b/bfd/elf.c
@@ -13308,7 +13308,7 @@ _bfd_elf_section_offset (bfd *abfd,
   switch (sec->sec_info_type)
     {
     case SEC_INFO_TYPE_STABS:
-      return _bfd_stab_section_offset (sec, sec->sec_info, offset);
+      return _bfd_stab_section_offset (sec, offset);
 
     case SEC_INFO_TYPE_EH_FRAME:
       return _bfd_elf_eh_frame_section_offset (abfd, info, sec, offset);
--- a/bfd/elflink.c
+++ b/bfd/elflink.c
@@ -6127,15 +6127,10 @@ elf_link_add_object_symbols (bfd *abfd,
 		&& (!stab->name[5] ||
 		    (stab->name[5] == '.' && ISDIGIT (stab->name[6])))
 		&& (stab->flags & SEC_MERGE) == 0
-		&& !bfd_is_abs_section (stab->output_section))
-	      {
-		if (! _bfd_link_section_stabs (abfd, &htab->stab_info, stab,
-					       stabstr, &stab->sec_info,
-					       &string_offset))
-		  goto error_return;
-		if (stab->sec_info)
-		  stab->sec_info_type = SEC_INFO_TYPE_STABS;
-	    }
+		&& !bfd_is_abs_section (stab->output_section)
+		&& !_bfd_link_section_stabs (abfd, &htab->stab_info, stab,
+					     stabstr, &string_offset))
+	      goto error_return;
 	}
     }
 
@@ -12231,8 +12226,7 @@ elf_link_input_bfd (struct elf_final_lin
 	case SEC_INFO_TYPE_STABS:
 	  if (! (_bfd_write_section_stabs
 		 (output_bfd,
-		  &elf_hash_table (flinfo->info)->stab_info,
-		  o, &o->sec_info, contents)))
+		  &elf_hash_table (flinfo->info)->stab_info, o, contents)))
 	    return false;
 	  break;
 	case SEC_INFO_TYPE_MERGE:
@@ -15218,7 +15212,7 @@ bfd_elf_discard_info (bfd *output_bfd, s
 	  if (!init_reloc_cookie_for_section (&cookie, info, i, false))
 	    return -1;
 
-	  if (_bfd_discard_section_stabs (abfd, i, i->sec_info,
+	  if (_bfd_discard_section_stabs (abfd, i,
 					  bfd_elf_reloc_symbol_deleted_p,
 					  &cookie))
 	    changed = 1;
--- a/bfd/libbfd.h
+++ b/bfd/libbfd.h
@@ -3705,18 +3705,18 @@ bool _bfd_unrecognized_reloc
 
 /* Extracted from stabs.c.  */
 bool _bfd_link_section_stabs
-   (bfd *, struct stab_info *, asection *, asection *, void **,
+   (bfd *, struct stab_info *, asection *, asection *,
     bfd_size_type *) ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN;
 
 bool _bfd_discard_section_stabs
-   (bfd *, asection *, void *, bool (*) (bfd_vma, void *), void *) ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN;
+   (bfd *, asection *, bool (*) (bfd_vma, void *), void *) ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN;
 
 bool _bfd_write_section_stabs
-   (bfd *, struct stab_info *, asection *, void **, bfd_byte *) ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN;
+   (bfd *, struct stab_info *, asection *, bfd_byte *) ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN;
 
 bool _bfd_write_stab_strings (bfd *, struct stab_info *) ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN;
 
-bfd_vma _bfd_stab_section_offset (asection *, void *, bfd_vma) ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN;
+bfd_vma _bfd_stab_section_offset (asection *, bfd_vma) ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN;
 
 /* Extracted from targets.c.  */
 #ifdef __cplusplus
--- a/bfd/stabs.c
+++ b/bfd/stabs.c
@@ -176,7 +176,6 @@ _bfd_link_section_stabs (bfd *abfd,
 			 struct stab_info *sinfo,
 			 asection *stabsec,
 			 asection *stabstrsec,
-			 void * *psecinfo,
 			 bfd_size_type *pstring_offset)
 {
   bool first;
@@ -242,11 +241,12 @@ _bfd_link_section_stabs (bfd *abfd,
 
   amt = sizeof (struct stab_section_info);
   amt += (count - 1) * sizeof (bfd_size_type);
-  *psecinfo = bfd_alloc (abfd, amt);
-  if (*psecinfo == NULL)
+  secinfo = bfd_alloc (abfd, amt);
+  if (secinfo == NULL)
     goto error_return;
 
-  secinfo = (struct stab_section_info *) *psecinfo;
+  stabsec->sec_info = secinfo;
+  stabsec->sec_info_type = SEC_INFO_TYPE_STABS;
   secinfo->excls = NULL;
   stabsec->rawsize = stabsec->size;
   secinfo->cumulative_skips = NULL;
@@ -546,7 +546,6 @@ DESCRIPTION
 bool
 _bfd_discard_section_stabs (bfd *abfd,
 			    asection *stabsec,
-			    void * psecinfo,
 			    bool (*reloc_symbol_deleted_p) (bfd_vma, void *),
 			    void * cookie)
 {
@@ -576,11 +575,11 @@ _bfd_discard_section_stabs (bfd *abfd,
   /* We should have initialized our data in _bfd_link_section_stabs.
      If there was some bizarre error reading the string sections, though,
      we might not have.  Bail rather than asserting.  */
-  if (psecinfo == NULL)
+  if (stabsec->sec_info_type != SEC_INFO_TYPE_STABS)
     return false;
 
   count = stabsec->rawsize / STABSIZE;
-  secinfo = (struct stab_section_info *) psecinfo;
+  secinfo = stabsec->sec_info;
 
   /* Read the stabs information from abfd.  */
   if (!bfd_malloc_and_get_section (abfd, stabsec, &stabbuf))
@@ -705,17 +704,14 @@ bool
 _bfd_write_section_stabs (bfd *output_bfd,
 			  struct stab_info *sinfo,
 			  asection *stabsec,
-			  void * *psecinfo,
 			  bfd_byte *contents)
 {
-  struct stab_section_info *secinfo;
+  struct stab_section_info *secinfo = stabsec->sec_info;
   struct stab_excl_list *e;
   bfd_byte *sym, *tosym, *symend;
   bfd_size_type *pstridx;
 
-  secinfo = (struct stab_section_info *) *psecinfo;
-
-  if (secinfo == NULL)
+  if (stabsec->sec_info_type != SEC_INFO_TYPE_STABS)
     return bfd_set_section_contents (output_bfd, stabsec->output_section,
 				     contents, stabsec->output_offset,
 				     stabsec->size);
@@ -823,14 +819,11 @@ DESCRIPTION
 
 bfd_vma
 _bfd_stab_section_offset (asection *stabsec,
-			  void * psecinfo,
 			  bfd_vma offset)
 {
-  struct stab_section_info *secinfo;
-
-  secinfo = (struct stab_section_info *) psecinfo;
+  struct stab_section_info *secinfo = stabsec->sec_info;
 
-  if (secinfo == NULL)
+  if (stabsec->sec_info_type != SEC_INFO_TYPE_STABS)
     return offset;
 
   if (offset >= stabsec->rawsize)



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