Delete _bfd_elf_get_dynamic_reloc_section
Project / Subsystem
binutils / binutils
Date
2026-05-01
Proposer
Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
Source type
public_inbox
Consensus
Proposed
Sentiment
—/10
Technical tradeoffs
- • Removes dead code, simplifying the codebase.
- • No functional change, as the same information is still accessible through a different method.
All attributes
- project
- binutils
- subsystem
- binutils
- patch_id
- —
- discussion_id
- afSgyrFTP_8j0wIy@squeak.grove.modra.org
- source_type
- public_inbox
- title
- Delete _bfd_elf_get_dynamic_reloc_section
- headline
- Delete _bfd_elf_get_dynamic_reloc_section
- tldr
- Removes the `_bfd_elf_get_dynamic_reloc_section` function as it is no longer needed.
- proposer
- Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
- consensus
- Proposed
- outcome
- proposed
- sentiment_score
- —
- technical_tradeoffs
-
- • Removes dead code, simplifying the codebase.
- • No functional change, as the same information is still accessible through a different method.
- series_id
- —
- series_role
- standalone
- series_parts
- []
- tags
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- • binutils
- • bfd
- • elf
- • relocation
- • code removal
- bugzilla_url
- —
- date
- 2026-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
Delete _bfd_elf_get_dynamic_reloc_section
Alan Modra proposes removing the _bfd_elf_get_dynamic_reloc_section function from the binutils library. The function is no longer necessary because _bfd_elf_make_dynamic_reloc_section now guarantees that elf_section_data(sec)->sreloc is set to the dynamic reloc section. The patch also updates several files to get the dynamic reloc section via elf_section_data.