[PATCH] readelf: Report if no GOT section found

H.J. Lu hjl.tools@gmail.com
Mon Sep 1 18:00:43 GMT 2025


Update "readelf --got-contents" to report if no GOT section found.

	* readelf.c (process_got_section_contents): Report if no GOT
	section found.
	* testsuite/binutils-all/readelf-got.d: New file.
	* testsuite/binutils-all/readelf.exp: Run readelf-got.

Signed-off-by: H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com>
---
 binutils/readelf.c                            | 13 +++++++++++++
 binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/readelf-got.d |  5 +++++
 binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/readelf.exp   |  1 +
 3 files changed, 19 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/readelf-got.d

diff --git a/binutils/readelf.c b/binutils/readelf.c
index 4915db928ba..5838f40e869 100644
--- a/binutils/readelf.c
+++ b/binutils/readelf.c
@@ -21009,6 +21009,7 @@ process_got_section_contents (Filedata * filedata)
   uint64_t entries;
   unsigned char *data;
   bool res = true;
+  bool found = false;
 
   if (!do_got_section_contents)
     return res;
@@ -21020,6 +21021,7 @@ process_got_section_contents (Filedata * filedata)
       /* process_mips_specific also displays GOT related contents.  */
       if (!do_arch)
 	res = process_mips_specific (filedata, true);
+      found = true;
       goto out;
     }
 
@@ -21040,6 +21042,8 @@ process_got_section_contents (Filedata * filedata)
 	if (!startswith (name, ".got"))
 	  continue;
 
+	found = true;
+
 	data = (unsigned char *) get_section_contents (section,
 						       filedata);
 	if (data == NULL)
@@ -21123,6 +21127,15 @@ process_got_section_contents (Filedata * filedata)
       }
 
  out:
+  if (! found)
+    {
+      if (filedata->is_separate)
+	printf (_("\nThere is no GOT section in linked file '%s'.\n"),
+		filedata->file_name);
+      else
+	printf (_("\nThere is no GOT section in this file.\n"));
+    }
+
   for (size_t j = 0; j < all_relocations_count; j++)
     free (all_relocations_root[j].r_symbol);
   free (all_relocations_root);
diff --git a/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/readelf-got.d b/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/readelf-got.d
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c5b29018f97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/readelf-got.d
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#name: readelf --got-contents
+#source: pr25543.s
+#readelf: --got-contents
+
+There is no GOT section in this file.
diff --git a/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/readelf.exp b/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/readelf.exp
index 22f2a355bfd..10de1e5cf40 100644
--- a/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/readelf.exp
+++ b/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/readelf.exp
@@ -402,6 +402,7 @@ if {[which $AS] != 0} then {
     run_dump_test "readelf-maskos-1a"
     run_dump_test "readelf-maskos-1b"
     run_dump_test "readelf-debug-str-offsets-dw4"
+    run_dump_test "readelf-got"
     if {![istarget *-*-hpux*]} then {
 	run_dump_test pr26548
 	if {![binutils_assemble_flags $srcdir/$subdir/pr26548.s tmpdir/pr26548e.o {--defsym ERROR=1}]} then {
-- 
2.51.0



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