1 //===- MarkLive.cpp -------------------------------------------------------===//
2 //
3 // Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
4 // See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
5 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
6 //
7 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
8 //
9 // This file implements --gc-sections, which is a feature to remove unused
10 // sections from output. Unused sections are sections that are not reachable
11 // from known GC-root symbols or sections. Naturally the feature is
12 // implemented as a mark-sweep garbage collector.
13 //
14 // Here's how it works. Each InputSectionBase has a "Live" bit. The bit is off
15 // by default. Starting with GC-root symbols or sections, markLive function
16 // defined in this file visits all reachable sections to set their Live
17 // bits. Writer will then ignore sections whose Live bits are off, so that
18 // such sections are not included into output.
19 //
20 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
21
22 #include "MarkLive.h"
23 #include "InputFiles.h"
24 #include "InputSection.h"
25 #include "LinkerScript.h"
26 #include "SymbolTable.h"
27 #include "Symbols.h"
28 #include "SyntheticSections.h"
29 #include "Target.h"
30 #include "lld/Common/CommonLinkerContext.h"
31 #include "lld/Common/Strings.h"
32 #include "llvm/ADT/STLExtras.h"
33 #include "llvm/Object/ELF.h"
34 #include "llvm/Support/TimeProfiler.h"
35 #include <vector>
36
37 using namespace llvm;
38 using namespace llvm::ELF;
39 using namespace llvm::object;
40 using namespace llvm::support::endian;
41 using namespace lld;
42 using namespace lld::elf;
43
44 namespace {
45 template <class ELFT> class MarkLive {
46 public:
MarkLive(unsigned partition)47 MarkLive(unsigned partition) : partition(partition) {}
48
49 void run();
50 void moveToMain();
51
52 private:
53 void enqueue(InputSectionBase *sec, uint64_t offset);
54 void markSymbol(Symbol *sym);
55 void mark();
56
57 template <class RelTy>
58 void resolveReloc(InputSectionBase &sec, RelTy &rel, bool fromFDE);
59
60 template <class RelTy>
61 void scanEhFrameSection(EhInputSection &eh, ArrayRef<RelTy> rels);
62
63 // The index of the partition that we are currently processing.
64 unsigned partition;
65
66 // A list of sections to visit.
67 SmallVector<InputSection *, 0> queue;
68
69 // There are normally few input sections whose names are valid C
70 // identifiers, so we just store a SmallVector instead of a multimap.
71 DenseMap<StringRef, SmallVector<InputSectionBase *, 0>> cNamedSections;
72 };
73 } // namespace
74
75 template <class ELFT>
getAddend(InputSectionBase & sec,const typename ELFT::Rel & rel)76 static uint64_t getAddend(InputSectionBase &sec,
77 const typename ELFT::Rel &rel) {
78 return target->getImplicitAddend(sec.content().begin() + rel.r_offset,
79 rel.getType(config->isMips64EL));
80 }
81
82 template <class ELFT>
getAddend(InputSectionBase & sec,const typename ELFT::Rela & rel)83 static uint64_t getAddend(InputSectionBase &sec,
84 const typename ELFT::Rela &rel) {
85 return rel.r_addend;
86 }
87
88 // Currently, we assume all input CREL relocations have an explicit addend.
89 template <class ELFT>
getAddend(InputSectionBase & sec,const typename ELFT::Crel & rel)90 static uint64_t getAddend(InputSectionBase &sec,
91 const typename ELFT::Crel &rel) {
92 return rel.r_addend;
93 }
94
95 template <class ELFT>
96 template <class RelTy>
resolveReloc(InputSectionBase & sec,RelTy & rel,bool fromFDE)97 void MarkLive<ELFT>::resolveReloc(InputSectionBase &sec, RelTy &rel,
98 bool fromFDE) {
99 // If a symbol is referenced in a live section, it is used.
100 Symbol &sym = sec.file->getRelocTargetSym(rel);
101 sym.used = true;
102
103 if (auto *d = dyn_cast<Defined>(&sym)) {
104 auto *relSec = dyn_cast_or_null<InputSectionBase>(d->section);
105 if (!relSec)
106 return;
107
108 uint64_t offset = d->value;
109 if (d->isSection())
110 offset += getAddend<ELFT>(sec, rel);
111
112 // fromFDE being true means this is referenced by a FDE in a .eh_frame
113 // piece. The relocation points to the described function or to a LSDA. We
114 // only need to keep the LSDA live, so ignore anything that points to
115 // executable sections. If the LSDA is in a section group or has the
116 // SHF_LINK_ORDER flag, we ignore the relocation as well because (a) if the
117 // associated text section is live, the LSDA will be retained due to section
118 // group/SHF_LINK_ORDER rules (b) if the associated text section should be
119 // discarded, marking the LSDA will unnecessarily retain the text section.
120 if (!(fromFDE && ((relSec->flags & (SHF_EXECINSTR | SHF_LINK_ORDER)) ||
121 relSec->nextInSectionGroup)))
122 enqueue(relSec, offset);
123 return;
124 }
125
126 if (auto *ss = dyn_cast<SharedSymbol>(&sym))
127 if (!ss->isWeak())
128 cast<SharedFile>(ss->file)->isNeeded = true;
129
130 for (InputSectionBase *sec : cNamedSections.lookup(sym.getName()))
131 enqueue(sec, 0);
132 }
133
134 // The .eh_frame section is an unfortunate special case.
135 // The section is divided in CIEs and FDEs and the relocations it can have are
136 // * CIEs can refer to a personality function.
137 // * FDEs can refer to a LSDA
138 // * FDEs refer to the function they contain information about
139 // The last kind of relocation cannot keep the referred section alive, or they
140 // would keep everything alive in a common object file. In fact, each FDE is
141 // alive if the section it refers to is alive.
142 // To keep things simple, in here we just ignore the last relocation kind. The
143 // other two keep the referred section alive.
144 //
145 // A possible improvement would be to fully process .eh_frame in the middle of
146 // the gc pass. With that we would be able to also gc some sections holding
147 // LSDAs and personality functions if we found that they were unused.
148 template <class ELFT>
149 template <class RelTy>
scanEhFrameSection(EhInputSection & eh,ArrayRef<RelTy> rels)150 void MarkLive<ELFT>::scanEhFrameSection(EhInputSection &eh,
151 ArrayRef<RelTy> rels) {
152 for (const EhSectionPiece &cie : eh.cies)
153 if (cie.firstRelocation != unsigned(-1))
154 resolveReloc(eh, rels[cie.firstRelocation], false);
155 for (const EhSectionPiece &fde : eh.fdes) {
156 size_t firstRelI = fde.firstRelocation;
157 if (firstRelI == (unsigned)-1)
158 continue;
159 uint64_t pieceEnd = fde.inputOff + fde.size;
160 for (size_t j = firstRelI, end2 = rels.size();
161 j < end2 && rels[j].r_offset < pieceEnd; ++j)
162 resolveReloc(eh, rels[j], true);
163 }
164 }
165
166 // Some sections are used directly by the loader, so they should never be
167 // garbage-collected. This function returns true if a given section is such
168 // section.
isReserved(InputSectionBase * sec)169 static bool isReserved(InputSectionBase *sec) {
170 switch (sec->type) {
171 case SHT_FINI_ARRAY:
172 case SHT_INIT_ARRAY:
173 case SHT_PREINIT_ARRAY:
174 return true;
175 case SHT_NOTE:
176 // SHT_NOTE sections in a group are subject to garbage collection.
177 return !sec->nextInSectionGroup;
178 default:
179 // Support SHT_PROGBITS .init_array (https://golang.org/issue/50295) and
180 // .init_array.N (https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/92181) for a
181 // while.
182 StringRef s = sec->name;
183 return s == ".init" || s == ".fini" || s.starts_with(".init_array") ||
184 s == ".jcr" || s.starts_with(".ctors") || s.starts_with(".dtors");
185 }
186 }
187
188 template <class ELFT>
enqueue(InputSectionBase * sec,uint64_t offset)189 void MarkLive<ELFT>::enqueue(InputSectionBase *sec, uint64_t offset) {
190 // Usually, a whole section is marked as live or dead, but in mergeable
191 // (splittable) sections, each piece of data has independent liveness bit.
192 // So we explicitly tell it which offset is in use.
193 if (auto *ms = dyn_cast<MergeInputSection>(sec))
194 ms->getSectionPiece(offset).live = true;
195
196 // Set Sec->Partition to the meet (i.e. the "minimum") of Partition and
197 // Sec->Partition in the following lattice: 1 < other < 0. If Sec->Partition
198 // doesn't change, we don't need to do anything.
199 if (sec->partition == 1 || sec->partition == partition)
200 return;
201 sec->partition = sec->partition ? 1 : partition;
202
203 // Add input section to the queue.
204 if (InputSection *s = dyn_cast<InputSection>(sec))
205 queue.push_back(s);
206 }
207
markSymbol(Symbol * sym)208 template <class ELFT> void MarkLive<ELFT>::markSymbol(Symbol *sym) {
209 if (auto *d = dyn_cast_or_null<Defined>(sym))
210 if (auto *isec = dyn_cast_or_null<InputSectionBase>(d->section))
211 enqueue(isec, d->value);
212 }
213
214 // This is the main function of the garbage collector.
215 // Starting from GC-root sections, this function visits all reachable
216 // sections to set their "Live" bits.
run()217 template <class ELFT> void MarkLive<ELFT>::run() {
218 // Add GC root symbols.
219
220 // Preserve externally-visible symbols if the symbols defined by this
221 // file can interpose other ELF file's symbols at runtime.
222 for (Symbol *sym : symtab.getSymbols())
223 if (sym->includeInDynsym() && sym->partition == partition)
224 markSymbol(sym);
225
226 // If this isn't the main partition, that's all that we need to preserve.
227 if (partition != 1) {
228 mark();
229 return;
230 }
231
232 markSymbol(symtab.find(config->entry));
233 markSymbol(symtab.find(config->init));
234 markSymbol(symtab.find(config->fini));
235 for (StringRef s : config->undefined)
236 markSymbol(symtab.find(s));
237 for (StringRef s : script->referencedSymbols)
238 markSymbol(symtab.find(s));
239 for (auto [symName, _] : symtab.cmseSymMap) {
240 markSymbol(symtab.cmseSymMap[symName].sym);
241 markSymbol(symtab.cmseSymMap[symName].acleSeSym);
242 }
243
244 // Mark .eh_frame sections as live because there are usually no relocations
245 // that point to .eh_frames. Otherwise, the garbage collector would drop
246 // all of them. We also want to preserve personality routines and LSDA
247 // referenced by .eh_frame sections, so we scan them for that here.
248 for (EhInputSection *eh : ctx.ehInputSections) {
249 const RelsOrRelas<ELFT> rels =
250 eh->template relsOrRelas<ELFT>(/*supportsCrel=*/false);
251 if (rels.areRelocsRel())
252 scanEhFrameSection(*eh, rels.rels);
253 else if (rels.relas.size())
254 scanEhFrameSection(*eh, rels.relas);
255 }
256 for (InputSectionBase *sec : ctx.inputSections) {
257 if (sec->flags & SHF_GNU_RETAIN) {
258 enqueue(sec, 0);
259 continue;
260 }
261 if (sec->flags & SHF_LINK_ORDER)
262 continue;
263
264 // Usually, non-SHF_ALLOC sections are not removed even if they are
265 // unreachable through relocations because reachability is not a good signal
266 // whether they are garbage or not (e.g. there is usually no section
267 // referring to a .comment section, but we want to keep it.) When a
268 // non-SHF_ALLOC section is retained, we also retain sections dependent on
269 // it.
270 //
271 // Note on SHF_LINK_ORDER: Such sections contain metadata and they
272 // have a reverse dependency on the InputSection they are linked with.
273 // We are able to garbage collect them.
274 //
275 // Note on SHF_REL{,A}: Such sections reach here only when -r
276 // or --emit-reloc were given. And they are subject of garbage
277 // collection because, if we remove a text section, we also
278 // remove its relocation section.
279 //
280 // Note on nextInSectionGroup: The ELF spec says that group sections are
281 // included or omitted as a unit. We take the interpretation that:
282 //
283 // - Group members (nextInSectionGroup != nullptr) are subject to garbage
284 // collection.
285 // - Groups members are retained or discarded as a unit.
286 if (!(sec->flags & SHF_ALLOC)) {
287 if (!isStaticRelSecType(sec->type) && !sec->nextInSectionGroup) {
288 sec->markLive();
289 for (InputSection *isec : sec->dependentSections)
290 isec->markLive();
291 }
292 }
293
294 // Preserve special sections and those which are specified in linker
295 // script KEEP command.
296 if (isReserved(sec) || script->shouldKeep(sec)) {
297 enqueue(sec, 0);
298 } else if ((!config->zStartStopGC || sec->name.starts_with("__libc_")) &&
299 isValidCIdentifier(sec->name)) {
300 // As a workaround for glibc libc.a before 2.34
301 // (https://sourceware.org/PR27492), retain __libc_atexit and similar
302 // sections regardless of zStartStopGC.
303 cNamedSections[saver().save("__start_" + sec->name)].push_back(sec);
304 cNamedSections[saver().save("__stop_" + sec->name)].push_back(sec);
305 }
306 }
307
308 mark();
309 }
310
mark()311 template <class ELFT> void MarkLive<ELFT>::mark() {
312 // Mark all reachable sections.
313 while (!queue.empty()) {
314 InputSectionBase &sec = *queue.pop_back_val();
315
316 const RelsOrRelas<ELFT> rels = sec.template relsOrRelas<ELFT>();
317 for (const typename ELFT::Rel &rel : rels.rels)
318 resolveReloc(sec, rel, false);
319 for (const typename ELFT::Rela &rel : rels.relas)
320 resolveReloc(sec, rel, false);
321 for (const typename ELFT::Crel &rel : rels.crels)
322 resolveReloc(sec, rel, false);
323
324 for (InputSectionBase *isec : sec.dependentSections)
325 enqueue(isec, 0);
326
327 // Mark the next group member.
328 if (sec.nextInSectionGroup)
329 enqueue(sec.nextInSectionGroup, 0);
330 }
331 }
332
333 // Move the sections for some symbols to the main partition, specifically ifuncs
334 // (because they can result in an IRELATIVE being added to the main partition's
335 // GOT, which means that the ifunc must be available when the main partition is
336 // loaded) and TLS symbols (because we only know how to correctly process TLS
337 // relocations for the main partition).
338 //
339 // We also need to move sections whose names are C identifiers that are referred
340 // to from __start_/__stop_ symbols because there will only be one set of
341 // symbols for the whole program.
moveToMain()342 template <class ELFT> void MarkLive<ELFT>::moveToMain() {
343 for (ELFFileBase *file : ctx.objectFiles)
344 for (Symbol *s : file->getSymbols())
345 if (auto *d = dyn_cast<Defined>(s))
346 if ((d->type == STT_GNU_IFUNC || d->type == STT_TLS) && d->section &&
347 d->section->isLive())
348 markSymbol(s);
349
350 for (InputSectionBase *sec : ctx.inputSections) {
351 if (!sec->isLive() || !isValidCIdentifier(sec->name))
352 continue;
353 if (symtab.find(("__start_" + sec->name).str()) ||
354 symtab.find(("__stop_" + sec->name).str()))
355 enqueue(sec, 0);
356 }
357
358 mark();
359 }
360
361 // Before calling this function, Live bits are off for all
362 // input sections. This function make some or all of them on
363 // so that they are emitted to the output file.
markLive()364 template <class ELFT> void elf::markLive() {
365 llvm::TimeTraceScope timeScope("markLive");
366 // If --gc-sections is not given, retain all input sections.
367 if (!config->gcSections) {
368 // If a DSO defines a symbol referenced in a regular object, it is needed.
369 for (Symbol *sym : symtab.getSymbols())
370 if (auto *s = dyn_cast<SharedSymbol>(sym))
371 if (s->isUsedInRegularObj && !s->isWeak())
372 cast<SharedFile>(s->file)->isNeeded = true;
373 return;
374 }
375
376 for (InputSectionBase *sec : ctx.inputSections)
377 sec->markDead();
378
379 // Follow the graph to mark all live sections.
380 for (unsigned curPart = 1; curPart <= partitions.size(); ++curPart)
381 MarkLive<ELFT>(curPart).run();
382
383 // If we have multiple partitions, some sections need to live in the main
384 // partition even if they were allocated to a loadable partition. Move them
385 // there now.
386 if (partitions.size() != 1)
387 MarkLive<ELFT>(1).moveToMain();
388
389 // Report garbage-collected sections.
390 if (config->printGcSections)
391 for (InputSectionBase *sec : ctx.inputSections)
392 if (!sec->isLive())
393 message("removing unused section " + toString(sec));
394 }
395
396 template void elf::markLive<ELF32LE>();
397 template void elf::markLive<ELF32BE>();
398 template void elf::markLive<ELF64LE>();
399 template void elf::markLive<ELF64BE>();
400