When both SHF_LINK_ORDER | SHF_GROUP flags are set, GNU assembler from
2.35 onwards (https://sourceware.org/PR25381https://sourceware.org/binutils/docs/as/Section.html) parses the
SHF_LINK_ORDER argument before section group name, different from us.
This is unfortunate, but does not matter because the `.section` flag `o`
is a niche feature only used by compiler instrumentations, not adopted
by hand-written assembly, and using both flags is extremely rare. Let's
just match GNU assembler. There is another benefit: we now support
zero-flag section group with the SHF_LINK_ORDER flag, while previously
there isn't a syntax.
While here, print 'G' after 'o' to be clear that the 'G' argument is
parsed after the 'o' argument. To make the diff smaller, we don't print
'G' after 'w' in the absence of 'o' for now.
The placement is currently wrong in the presence of function entry related
instrumentations (prefixdata, -fpatchable-function-entry=, -fsanitize=kcfi,
etc).
This matches GCC behavior when the configure-time binutils is new. GNU ld<2.36
did not support mixed SHF_LINK_ORDER and non-SHF_LINK_ORDER sections in an
output section, so we conservatively disable SHF_LINK_ORDER for <2.36.
Follow-up for D74006.
When the integrated assembler is used, we use SHF_LINK_ORDER. The
linked-to symbol is part of ELFSectionKey, thus we can omit the unique
ID.
https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44775
This rule has been implemented by GNU as https://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2020-02/msg00028.html (binutils >= 2.35)
It allows us to simplify
```
.section .foo,"o",foo,unique,0
.section .foo,"o",bar,unique,1 # different section
```
to
```
.section .foo,"o",foo
.section .foo,"o",bar # different section
```
We consider the two `.foo` different even if the linked-to symbols foo and bar
are defined in the same section. This is a deliberate choice so that we don't
need to know the section where foo and bar are defined beforehand.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D74006
Similar to the function attribute `prefix` (prefix data),
"patchable-function-prefix" inserts data (M NOPs) before the function
entry label.
-fpatchable-function-entry=2,1 (1 NOP before entry, 1 NOP after entry)
will look like:
```
.type foo,@function
.Ltmp0: # @foo
nop
foo:
.Lfunc_begin0:
# optional `bti c` (AArch64 Branch Target Identification) or
# `endbr64` (Intel Indirect Branch Tracking)
nop
.section __patchable_function_entries,"awo",@progbits,get,unique,0
.p2align 3
.quad .Ltmp0
```
-fpatchable-function-entry=N,0 + -mbranch-protection=bti/-fcf-protection=branch has two reasonable
placements (https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2020-01/msg01185.html):
```
(a) (b)
func: func:
.Ltmp0: bti c
bti c .Ltmp0:
nop nop
```
(a) needs no additional code. If the consensus is to go for (b), we will
need more code in AArch64BranchTargets.cpp / X86IndirectBranchTracking.cpp .
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D73070
.section name, "flags"G, @type, GroupName[, linkage]
As of binutils 2.33, linkage cannot be 'unique'. For integrated
assembler, we use both 'o' flag and 'unique' linkage to support
--gc-sections and COMDAT with lld.
https://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2019-11/msg00266.html
The Linux kernel uses -fpatchable-function-entry to implement DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS
for arm64 and parisc. GCC 8 implemented
-fpatchable-function-entry, which can be seen as a generalized form of
-mnop-mcount. The N,M form (function entry points before the Mth NOP) is
currently only used by parisc.
This patch adds N,0 support to AArch64 codegen. N is represented as the
function attribute "patchable-function-entry". We will use a different
function attribute for M, if we decide to implement it.
The patch reuses the existing patchable-function pass, and
TargetOpcode::PATCHABLE_FUNCTION_ENTER which is currently used by XRay.
When the integrated assembler is used, __patchable_function_entries will
be created for each text section with the SHF_LINK_ORDER flag to prevent
--gc-sections (https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=93197) and
COMDAT (https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=93195) issues.
Retrospectively, __patchable_function_entries should use a PC-relative
relocation type to avoid the SHF_WRITE flag and dynamic relocations.
"patchable-function-entry"'s interaction with Branch Target
Identification is still unclear (see
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=92424 for GCC discussions).
Reviewed By: peter.smith
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D72215
