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<h3 class="section">2.17 Linker Functions</h3>
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<p><a name="index-Linker-1368"></a>The linker uses three special entry points in the BFD target
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vector. It is not necessary to write special routines for
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these entry points when creating a new BFD back end, since
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generic versions are provided. However, writing them can
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speed up linking and make it use significantly less runtime
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memory.
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<p>The first routine creates a hash table used by the other
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routines. The second routine adds the symbols from an object
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file to the hash table. The third routine takes all the
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object files and links them together to create the output
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file. These routines are designed so that the linker proper
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does not need to know anything about the symbols in the object
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files that it is linking. The linker merely arranges the
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sections as directed by the linker script and lets BFD handle
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the details of symbols and relocs.
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<p>The second routine and third routines are passed a pointer to
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a <code>struct bfd_link_info</code> structure (defined in
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<code>bfdlink.h</code>) which holds information relevant to the link,
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including the linker hash table (which was created by the
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first routine) and a set of callback functions to the linker
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proper.
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<p>The generic linker routines are in <code>linker.c</code>, and use the
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header file <code>genlink.h</code>. As of this writing, the only back
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ends which have implemented versions of these routines are
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a.out (in <code>aoutx.h</code>) and ECOFF (in <code>ecoff.c</code>). The a.out
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routines are used as examples throughout this section.
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<li><a accesskey="1" href="Creating-a-Linker-Hash-Table.html#Creating-a-Linker-Hash-Table">Creating a Linker Hash Table</a>
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<li><a accesskey="2" href="Adding-Symbols-to-the-Hash-Table.html#Adding-Symbols-to-the-Hash-Table">Adding Symbols to the Hash Table</a>
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<li><a accesskey="3" href="Performing-the-Final-Link.html#Performing-the-Final-Link">Performing the Final Link</a>
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