[LLVMdev] Question on ELF relocations and GNU ld compatibility.

[Dominique Torette]

Hi,

I'm writing a 'LLVM Integrated Assembler' for an in-house 32bits micro controller.
As far as now, I've followed the instructions from Simon Cook (Embecosm) as described in  http://www.embecosm.com/appnotes/ean10/ean10-howto-llvmas-1.0.html
But, I don't catch how to finalize the relocations.

In the case of my micro controller, relocation are only used for the 'Jump' instruction.
The 'Jump' instruction is composed of 32 bits opcode, followed bit a 32 bits absolute jump address.
When parsed, this jump address is saved as an expression.
Later, this expression is translated into a fixup.
Finally, the fixup is translated into a relocation type by the GetRelocType(). (I only have one relocation type.)
The generated ELF file includes the relocation records.  I can dump this relocation records with standard linux 'readelf' command.

Relocation section '.rela.text' at offset 0x470 contains 2 entries:
Offset     Info    Type            Sym.Value  Sym. Name + Addend
0000024c  00000101 unrecognized: 1       00000224   Lback + 0
00000254  00000101 unrecognized: 1       00000224   Lback + 0

So far, so good! But the relocation type are unrecognized and the standard linux 'ld' command reports an error.
ld: /tmp/branch.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 201)
/tmp/branch.o: error adding symbols: File in wrong format
My understanding is that now I have to 'open' the GNU 'ld' sources files to add the relocation schema for my 'jump' instruction.
I  would like to avoid modifying the GNU 'ld' or the LLVM linker.
My relocation schema is quite simple: at relocation record offset, I have to write the Sym. Value on 32 bits big endian.
Is there such  simple relocation schema already built-in the GNU 'ld'?
And how to activate it, by returning a relocation type in the GetRelocType()?

Thanks, in advance?       Dominique Torette.

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