Problem with recent GNU ld packages

[Edouard Gomez]

Hello,

I  am experiencing  problems  with  recent GNU  ld  packages. The  short
version is that  the COFF object file reader seems  to not determine the
.text  section correct  size, thus  ld panics,  complaining about  a bad
relocation.

I have also to make clear, that though i experience this using cross
compiling tools (linux->win32), cygwin users have the same problems,
that's why i post this bug report here (the binutils-bug list seems to
be a spam list)

Here is a more detailed report:
------------------------------------------------------------------------

The  buggy  coff  file can  be  obtained  thanks  to the  assembly  file
attached. This  is the most  reduced code i  could do that  triggers the
bug.
 $ nasm -f elf -DPREFIX -o ld-bug.obj ld-bug.asm

When trying to link that file, i always have this error with GNU ld
2.14 (no errors with GNU ld 2.13):
ld-bug.obj: bad reloc address 0xa1 in section `.text'

So here we go, with a GNU ld 2.13, objdump -x reports that (only
relevent parts):
$ i386-mingw32-objdump -x ld-bug.obj
[...]
Sections:
Idx Nom           Taille    VMA       LMA       Fich off  Algn
  0 .data         0000000c  00000000  00000000  00000064  2**2
                  CONTENTS, ALLOC, LOAD, DATA
  1 .text         000000f3  00000000  00000000  00000070  2**4
                  CONTENTS, ALLOC, LOAD, RELOC, READONLY, CODE
[...]

But GNU ld 2.14 (and current head cvs as well):
[...]
Sections:
Idx Nom           Taille    VMA       LMA       Fich off  Algn
  0 .data         0000000c  00000000  00000000  00000064  2**2
                  CONTENTS, ALLOC, LOAD, DATA
  1 .text         0000000c  00000000  00000000  00000070  2**4
                  CONTENTS, ALLOC, LOAD, RELOC, READONLY, CODE
[...]

Note that the .text section is wrong in the second case.

I     tried    to    debug     GNU    ld     to    find     where    the
(section_type_struct)->_raw_size field was set...  but no luck. Is there
in this list a GNU ld (coff)  guru wanting to help me spot and crush the
bug ?

--
Edouard Gomez
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BITS 32

;;----------------------------------------------------------------------------
;; Macros
;;----------------------------------------------------------------------------
	
%macro cglobal 1
	%ifdef PREFIX
		global _%1
		%define %1 _%1
	%else
		global %1
	%endif
%endmacro

%define CPUID_TSC   0x00000010
%define CPUID_MMX   0x00800000
%define CPUID_SSE   0x02000000
%define CPUID_SSE2  0x04000000

%define EXT_CPUID_3DNOW        0x80000000
%define EXT_CPUID_AMD_3DNOWEXT 0x40000000
%define EXT_CPUID_AMD_MMXEXT   0x00400000

%define XVID_CPU_MMX      (1<< 0)
%define XVID_CPU_MMXEXT   (1<< 1)
%define XVID_CPU_SSE      (1<< 2)
%define XVID_CPU_SSE2     (1<< 3)
%define XVID_CPU_3DNOW    (1<< 4)
%define XVID_CPU_3DNOWEXT (1<< 5)
%define XVID_CPU_TSC      (1<< 6)

	;; CHECK_FEATURE
	;;   arg1: cpu feature bit as defined by the cpu spec
	;;   arg2: cpu feature bit as defined in XviD
	;;   arg3: register where to store the result
%macro  CHECK_FEATURE         3

    mov     ecx, %1
    and     ecx, edx
    neg     ecx
    sbb     ecx, ecx
    and     ecx, %2
    or      %3, ecx

%endmacro

;;----------------------------------------------------------------------------
;; Data
;;----------------------------------------------------------------------------

SECTION .data

vendorAMD:
	db "AuthenticAMD"

;;----------------------------------------------------------------------------
;; Code
;;----------------------------------------------------------------------------
	
SECTION .text

	;;
	;; uint32_t do_cpuid(void)
	;; returns cpuid info

ALIGN 16
cglobal do_cpuid
do_cpuid:

	push	ebx
	push	esi
	push	edi
	push	ebp

	xor	ebp, ebp

	; CPUID command ?
	pushfd
	pop	eax
	mov	ecx, eax
	xor	eax, 0x00200000
	push	eax
	popfd
	pushfd
	pop	eax
	cmp	eax, ecx

	jz	near .cpu_quit ; no CPUID command -> exit


	; get vendor string, used later
	xor     eax, eax
	cpuid
	mov     [esp-12], ebx       ; vendor string
	mov     [esp-12+4], edx
	mov     [esp-12+8], ecx
	test    eax, eax

	jz      near .cpu_quit

	mov     eax, 1
	cpuid

	; RDTSC command ?
	CHECK_FEATURE CPUID_TSC, XVID_CPU_TSC, ebp

	; MMX support ?
	CHECK_FEATURE CPUID_MMX, XVID_CPU_MMX, ebp

	; SSE support ?
	CHECK_FEATURE CPUID_SSE, (XVID_CPU_MMXEXT|XVID_CPU_SSE), ebp

	; SSE2 support?
	CHECK_FEATURE CPUID_SSE2, XVID_CPU_SSE2, ebp

	; extended functions?
	mov     eax, 0x80000000
	cpuid
	cmp     eax, 0x80000000
	jbe     near .cpu_quit 	; No extended features, quit

	; Yes there is
	mov     eax, 0x80000001
	cpuid

	; Compare the saved vendor string against AMD's string
	lea     esi, [vendorAMD]
	lea     edi, [esp-12]
	mov     ecx, 12
	cld
	repe    cmpsb
	jnz     .cpu_quit

	; 3DNow! support ?
	CHECK_FEATURE EXT_CPUID_3DNOW, XVID_CPU_3DNOW, ebp

	; 3DNOW extended ?
	CHECK_FEATURE EXT_CPUID_AMD_3DNOWEXT, XVID_CPU_3DNOWEXT, ebp

	; extended MMX ?
	CHECK_FEATURE EXT_CPUID_AMD_MMXEXT, XVID_CPU_MMXEXT, ebp

.cpu_quit:

	mov	eax, ebp

	pop	ebp
	pop	edi
	pop	esi
	pop	ebx

	ret

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