[llvm] r365042 - [docs][llvm-objcopy] Write documentation for llvm-objcopy

Wed Jul 3 07:21:48 PDT 2019

Author: jhenderson
Date: Wed Jul  3 07:21:48 2019
New Revision: 365042

URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project?rev=365042&view=rev
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[docs][llvm-objcopy] Write documentation for llvm-objcopy

This patch addresses https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42183 by replacing
the stub markdown doc for llvm-objcopy with a full one describing the current
options available in llvm-objcopy.

Reviewed by: jakehehrlich, MaskRay

Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D63820

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    llvm/trunk/docs/CommandGuide/llvm-objcopy.rst
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    llvm/trunk/docs/CommandGuide/llvm-objcopy.md

Removed: llvm/trunk/docs/CommandGuide/llvm-objcopy.md
URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project/llvm/trunk/docs/CommandGuide/llvm-objcopy.md?rev=365041&view=auto
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-# llvm-objcopy - object copying tool
-
-## SYNOPSIS
-
-**llvm-objcopy** [*options*]
-
-## DESCRIPTION
-
-**llvm-objcopy** is a tool to copy and manipulate objects.
-
-The tool is still in active development, but in most scenarios it works as a
-drop-in replacement for GNU's **objcopy**.
-
-## SEE ALSO
-
-[llvm-strip](llvm-strip.html)

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+llvm-objcopy - object copying and editing tool
+==============================================
+
+.. program:: llvm-objcopy
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+
+:program:`llvm-objcopy` [*options*] *input* [*output*]
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+
+:program:`llvm-objcopy` is a tool to copy and manipulate objects. In basic
+usage, it makes a semantic copy of the input to the output. If any options are
+specified, the output may be modified along the way, e.g. by removing sections.
+
+If no output file is specified, the input file is modified in-place. If "-" is
+specified for the input file, the input is read from the program's standard
+input stream. If "-" is specified for the output file, the output is written to
+the standard output stream of the program.
+
+If the input is an archive, any requested operations will be applied to each
+archive member individually.
+
+The tool is still in active development, but in most scenarios it works as a
+drop-in replacement for GNU's :program:`objcopy`.
+
+GENERIC AND CROSS-PLATFORM OPTIONS
+----------------------------------
+
+The following options are either agnostic of the file format, or apply to
+multiple file formats.
+
+.. option:: --add-gnu-debuglink <debug-file>
+
+ Add a .gnu_debuglink section for ``<debug-file>`` to the output.
+
+.. option:: --disable-deterministic-archives, -U
+
+ Use real values for UIDs, GIDs and timestamps when updating archive member
+ headers.
+
+.. option:: --discard-all, -x
+
+ Remove most local symbols from the output. Different file formats may limit
+ this to a subset of the local symbols. For example, file and section symbols in
+ ELF objects will not be discarded.
+
+.. option:: --enable-deterministic-archives, -D
+
+ Enable deterministic mode when copying archives, i.e. use 0 for archive member
+ header UIDs, GIDs and timestamp fields. On by default.
+
+.. option:: --help, -h
+
+ Print a summary of command line options.
+
+.. option:: --only-section <section>, -j
+
+ Remove all sections from the output, except for sections named ``<section>``.
+ Can be specified multiple times to keep multiple sections.
+
+.. option:: --regex
+
+ If specified, symbol and section names specified by other switches are treated
+ as extended POSIX regular expression patterns.
+
+.. option:: --remove-section <section>, -R
+
+ Remove the specified section from the output. Can be specified multiple times
+ to remove multiple sections simultaneously.
+
+.. option:: --strip-all-gnu
+
+ Remove all symbols, debug sections and relocations from the output. This option
+ is equivalent to GNU :program:`objcopy`'s ``--strip-all`` switch.
+
+.. option:: --strip-all, -S
+
+ For ELF objects, remove from the output all symbols and non-alloc sections not
+ within segments, except for .gnu.warning sections and the section name table.
+
+ For COFF objects, remove all symbols, debug sections, and relocations from the
+ output.
+
+.. option:: --strip-debug, -g
+
+ Remove all debug sections from the output.
+
+.. option:: --strip-symbol <symbol>, -N
+
+ Remove all symbols named ``<symbol>`` from the output. Can be specified
+ multiple times to remove multiple symbols.
+
+.. option:: --strip-symbols <filename>
+
+ Remove all symbols whose names appear in the file ``<filename>``, from the
+ output. In the file, each line represents a single symbol name, with leading
+ and trailing whitespace ignored, as is anything following a '#'. Can be
+ specified multiple times to read names from multiple files.
+
+.. option:: --strip-unneeded-symbol <symbol>
+
+ Remove from the output all symbols named ``<symbol>`` that are local or
+ undefined and are not required by any relocation.
+
+.. option:: --strip-unneeded-symbols <filename>
+
+ Remove all symbols whose names appear in the file ``<filename>``, from the
+ output, if they are local or undefined and are not required by any relocation.
+ In the file, each line represents a single symbol name, with leading and
+ trailing whitespace ignored, as is anything following a '#'. Can be specified
+ multiple times to read names from multiple files.
+
+.. option:: --strip-unneeded
+
+ Remove from the output all local or undefined symbols that are not required by
+ relocations.
+
+.. option:: --version, -V
+
+  Display the version of this program.
+
+COFF-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
+---------------------
+
+The following options are implemented only for COFF objects. If used with other
+objects, :program:`llvm-objcopy` will either emit an error or silently ignore
+them.
+
+.. option:: --only-keep-debug
+
+ Remove the contents of non-debug sections from the output, but keep the section
+ headers.
+
+ELF-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
+--------------------
+
+The following options are implemented only for ELF objects. If used with other
+objects, :program:`llvm-objcopy` will either emit an error or silently ignore
+them.
+
+.. option:: --add-section <section=file>
+
+ Add a section named ``<section>`` with the contents of ``<file>`` to the
+ output. The section will be of type `SHT_NOTE`, if the name starts with
+ ".note". Otherwise, it will have type `SHT_PROGBITS`. Can be specified multiple
+ times to add multiple sections.
+
+.. option:: --add-symbol <name>=[<section>:]<value>[,<flags>]
+
+ Add to the output a new symbol called ``<name>`` to the symbol table, in the
+ section named ``<section>``, with value ``<value>``. If ``<section>`` is not
+ specified, the symbol is added as an absolute symbol. The ``<flags>`` affect
+ the symbol properties. Accepted values are:
+
+ - `global` = the symbol will have global binding.
+ - `local` = the symbol will have local binding.
+ - `weak` = the symbol will have weak binding.
+ - `default` = the symbol will have default visibility.
+ - `hidden` = the symbol will have hidden visibility.
+ - `file` = the symbol will be an `STT_FILE` symbol.
+ - `section` = the symbol will be an `STT_SECTION` symbol.
+ - `object` = the symbol will be an `STT_OBJECT` symbol.
+ - `function` = the symbol will be an `STT_FUNC` symbol.
+ - `indirect-function` = the symbol will be an `STT_GNU_IFUNC` symbol.
+
+ Additionally, the following flags are accepted but ignored: `debug`,
+ `constructor`, `warning`, `indirect`, `synthetic`, `unique-object`, `before`.
+
+ Can be specified multiple times to add multiple symbols.
+
+.. option:: --allow-broken-links
+
+ Allow llvm-objcopy to remove sections even if it would leave invalid section
+ references. Any invalid sh_link fields will be set to zero.
+
+.. option:: --binary-architecture <arch>, -B
+
+ Specify the architecture to use, when transforming an architecture-less format
+ (e.g. binary) to another format. Valid options are:
+
+ - `aarch64`
+ - `arm`
+ - `i386`
+ - `i386:x86-64`
+ - `mips`
+ - `powerpc:common64`
+ - `riscv:rv32`
+ - `riscv:rv64`
+ - `sparc`
+ - `sparcel`
+ - `x86-64`
+
+.. option:: --build-id-link-dir <dir>
+
+ Set the directory used by :option:`--build-id-link-input` and
+ :option:`--build-id-link-output`.
+
+.. option:: --build-id-link-input <suffix>
+
+ Hard-link the input to ``<dir>/xx/xxx<suffix>``, where ``<dir>`` is the directory
+ specified by :option:`--build-id-link-dir`. The path used is derived from the
+ hex build ID.
+
+.. option:: --build-id-link-output <suffix>
+
+ Hard-link the output to ``<dir>/xx/xxx<suffix>``, where ``<dir>`` is the directory
+ specified by :option:`--build-id-link-dir`. The path used is derived from the
+ hex build ID.
+
+.. option:: --change-start <incr>, --adjust-start
+
+ Add ``<incr>`` to the program's start address. Can be specified multiple
+ times, in which case the values will be applied cumulatively.
+
+.. option:: --compress-debug-sections [<style>]
+
+ Compress DWARF debug sections in the output, using the specified style.
+ Supported styles are `zlib-gnu` and `zlib`. Defaults to `zlib` if no style is
+ specified.
+
+.. option:: --decompress-debug-sections
+
+ Decompress any compressed DWARF debug sections in the output.
+
+.. option:: --discard-locals, -X
+
+ Remove local symbols starting with ".L" from the output.
+
+.. option:: --dump-section <section>=<file>
+
+ Dump the contents of section ``<section>`` into the file ``<file>``. Can be
+ specified multiple times to dump multiple sections to different files.
+ ``<file>`` is unrelated to the input and output files provided to
+ :program:`llvm-objcopy` and as such the normal copying and editing
+ operations will still be performed. No operations are performed on the sections
+ prior to dumping them.
+
+.. option:: --extract-dwo
+
+ Remove all sections that are not DWARF .dwo sections from the output.
+
+.. option:: --extract-main-partition
+
+ Extract the main partition from the output.
+
+.. option:: --extract-partition <name>
+
+ Extract the named partition from the output.
+
+.. option:: --globalize-symbol <symbol>
+
+ Mark any defined symbols named ``<symbol>`` as global symbols in the output.
+ Can be specified multiple times to mark multiple symbols.
+
+.. option:: --globalize-symbols <filename>
+
+ Read a list of names from the file ``<filename>`` and mark defined symbols with
+ those names as global in the output. In the file, each line represents a single
+ symbol, with leading and trailing whitespace ignored, as is anything following
+ a '#'. Can be specified multiple times to read names from multiple files.
+
+.. option:: --input-target <format>, -I
+
+ Read the input as the specified format. See `SUPPORTED FORMATS`_ for a list of
+ valid ``<format>`` values. If unspecified, :program:`llvm-objcopy` will attempt
+ to determine the format automatically.
+
+.. option:: --keep-file-symbols
+
+ Keep symbols of type `STT_FILE`, even if they would otherwise be stripped.
+
+.. option:: --keep-global-symbol <symbol>
+
+ Make all symbols local in the output, except for symbols with the name
+ ``<symbol>``. Can be specified multiple times to ignore multiple symbols.
+
+.. option:: --keep-global-symbols <filename>
+
+ Make all symbols local in the output, except for symbols named in the file
+ ``<filename>``. In the file, each line represents a single symbol, with leading
+ and trailing whitespace ignored, as is anything following a '#'. Can be
+ specified multiple times to read names from multiple files.
+
+.. option:: --keep-section <section>
+
+ When removing sections from the output, do not remove sections named
+ ``<section>``. Can be specified multiple times to keep multiple sections.
+
+.. option:: --keep-symbol <symbol>, -K
+
+ When removing symbols from the output, do not remove symbols named
+ ``<symbol>``. Can be specified multiple times to keep multiple symbols.
+
+.. option:: --keep-symbols <filename>
+
+ When removing symbols from the output do not remove symbols named in the file
+ ``<filename>``. In the file, each line represents a single symbol, with leading
+ and trailing whitespace ignored, as is anything following a '#'. Can be
+ specified multiple times to read names from multiple files.
+
+.. option:: --localize-hidden
+
+ Make all symbols with hidden or internal visibility local in the output.
+
+.. option:: --localize-symbol <symbol>, -L
+
+ Mark any defined non-common symbol named ``<symbol>`` as a local symbol in the
+ output. Can be specified multiple times to mark multiple symbols as local.
+
+.. option:: --localize-symbols <filename>
+
+ Read a list of names from the file ``<filename>`` and mark defined non-common
+ symbols with those names as local in the output. In the file, each line
+ represents a single symbol, with leading and trailing whitespace ignored, as is
+ anything following a '#'. Can be specified multiple times to read names from
+ multiple files.
+
+.. option:: --output-target <format>, -O
+
+ Write the output as the specified format. See `SUPPORTED FORMATS`_ for a list
+ of valid ``<format>`` values. If unspecified, the output format is assumed to
+ be the same as the input file's format.
+
+.. option:: --prefix-alloc-sections <prefix>
+
+ Add ``<prefix>`` to the front of the names of all allocatable sections in the
+ output.
+
+.. option:: --prefix-symbols <prefix>
+
+ Add ``<prefix>`` to the front of every symbol name in the output.
+
+.. option:: --preserve-dates, -p
+
+ Preserve access and modification timestamps in the output.
+
+.. option:: --redefine-sym <old>=<new>
+
+ Rename symbols called ``<old>`` to ``<new>`` in the output. Can be specified
+ multiple times to rename multiple symbols.
+
+.. option:: --redefine-syms <filename>
+
+ Rename symbols in the output as described in the file ``<filename>``. In the
+ file, each line represents a single symbol to rename, with the old name and new
+ name separated by an equals sign. Leading and trailing whitespace is ignored,
+ as is anything following a '#'. Can be specified multiple times to read names
+ from multiple files.
+
+.. option:: --rename-section <old>=<new>[,<flag>,...]
+
+ Rename sections called ``<old>`` to ``<new>`` in the output, and apply any
+ specified ``<flag>`` values. See :option:`--set-section-flags` for a list of
+ supported flags. Can be specified multiple times to rename multiple sections.
+
+.. option:: --set-section-flags <section>=<flag>[,<flag>,...]
+
+ Set section properties in the output of section ``<section>`` based on the
+ specified ``<flag>`` values. Can be specified multiple times to update multiple
+ sections.
+
+ Following is a list of supported flags and their effects:
+
+ - `alloc` = add the `SHF_ALLOC` flag.
+ - `load` = if the section has `SHT_NOBITS` type, mark it as a `SHT_PROGBITS`
+   section.
+ - `readonly` = if this flag is not specified, add the `SHF_WRITE` flag.
+ - `code` = add the `SHF_EXECINSTR` flag.
+ - `merge` = add the `SHF_MERGE` flag.
+ - `strings` = add the `SHF_STRINGS` flag.
+ - `contents` = if the section has `SHT_NOBITS` type, mark it as a `SHT_PROGBITS`
+   section.
+
+ The following flags are also accepted, but are ignored for GNU compatibility:
+ `noload`, `debug`, `data`, `rom`, `share`.
+
+.. option:: --set-start-addr <addr>
+
+ Set the start address of the output to ``<addr>``. Overrides any previously
+ specified :option:`--change-start` or :option:`--adjust-start` options.
+
+.. option:: --split-dwo <dwo-file>
+
+ Equivalent to running :program:`llvm-objcopy` with :option:`--extract-dwo` and
+ ``<dwo-file>`` as the output file and no other options, and then with
+ :option:`--strip-dwo` on the input file.
+
+.. option:: --strip-dwo
+
+ Remove all DWARF .dwo sections from the output.
+
+.. option:: --strip-non-alloc
+
+ Remove from the output all non-allocatable sections that are not within
+ segments.
+
+.. option:: --strip-sections
+
+ Remove from the output all section headers and all section data not within
+ segments. Note that many tools will not be able to use an object without
+ section headers.
+
+.. option:: --target <format>, -F
+
+ Equivalent to :option:`--input-target` and :option:`--output-target` for the
+ specified format. See `SUPPORTED FORMATS`_ for a list of valid ``<format>``
+ values.
+
+.. option:: --weaken-symbol <symbol>, -W
+
+ Mark any global symbol named ``<symbol>`` as a weak symbol in the output. Can
+ be specified multiple times to mark multiple symbols as weak.
+
+.. option:: --weaken-symbols <filename>
+
+ Read a list of names from the file ``<filename>`` and mark global symbols with
+ those names as weak in the output. In the file, each line represents a single
+ symbol, with leading and trailing whitespace ignored, as is anything following
+ a '#'. Can be specified multiple times to read names from multiple files.
+
+.. option:: --weaken
+
+ Mark all defined global symbols as weak in the output.
+
+SUPPORTED FORMATS
+-----------------
+
+The following values are currently supported by :program:`llvm-objcopy` for the
+:option:`--input-target`, :option:`--output-target`, and :option:`--target`
+options. For GNU :program:`objcopy` compatibility, the values are all bfdnames.
+
+- `binary`
+- `ihex`
+- `elf32-i386`
+- `elf32-x86-64`
+- `elf64-x86-64`
+- `elf32-iamcu`
+- `elf32-littlearm`
+- `elf64-aarch64`
+- `elf64-littleaarch64`
+- `elf32-littleriscv`
+- `elf64-littleriscv`
+- `elf32-powerpc`
+- `elf32-powerpcle`
+- `elf64-powerpc`
+- `elf64-powerpcle`
+- `elf32-bigmips`
+- `elf32-ntradbigmips`
+- `elf32-ntradlittlemips`
+- `elf32-tradbigmips`
+- `elf32-tradlittlemips`
+- `elf64-tradbigmips`
+- `elf64-tradlittlemips`
+- `elf32-sparc`
+- `elf32-sparcel`
+
+Additionally, all targets except ``binary`` and ``ihex`` can have ``-freebsd``
+as a suffix.
+
+EXIT STATUS
+-----------
+
+:program:`llvm-objcopy` exits with a non-zero exit code if there is an error.
+Otherwise, it exits with code 0.
+
+BUGS
+----
+
+To report bugs, please visit <http://llvm.org/bugs/>.
+
+There is a known issue with :option:`--input-target` and :option:`--target`
+causing only ``binary`` and ``ihex`` formats to have any effect. Other values
+will be ignored and :program:`llvm-objcopy` will attempt to guess the input
+format.
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+
+:manpage:`llvm-strip(1)`


