D73999 / commit 75af9da755
added for LLVM 11 a check that sh_flags and sh_entsize (and sh_type)
changes are an error, in line with GNU assembler.
However, GNU assembler accepts and GCC generates an abbreviated form:
while the first .section contains the flags and entsize, subsequent
sections simply contain the name without repeating entsize or flags.
Do likewise for better compatibility.
See https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48201
Reviewed By: jhenderson, MaskRay
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D92052
Heads-up message: https://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-dev/2020-February/139390.html
GNU as started to emit warnings for changed sh_type or sh_flags in 2000.
GNU as>=2.35 will emit errors for most sh_type/sh_flags change, and error for entsize change.
Some cases remain warnings for legacy reasons:
.section .init_array,"ax", @progbits
.section .init_array,"ax", @init_array
# And some obscure sh_flags changes (OS/Processor specific flags)
The rationale of a diagnostic (warning or error) is that sh_type,
sh_flags or sh_entsize changes usually indicate user errors. The values
are taken from the first .section directive. Successive directives are ignored.
We just try to be rigid and emit errors for all sh_type/sh_flags/sh_entsize change.
A possible improvement in the future is to reuse
llvm-readobj/ELFDumper.cpp:getSectionTypeString so that we can name the
type in the diagnostics.
Reviewed By: psmith
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D73999
Tobias Burnus