The object_p (and archive_p, core_file_p) functions are not supposed
to have any target specific malloc'd memory attached to the bfd on
their return. This should be obvious on a failure return, but it's
also true for a successful return. The reason is that even though the
object_p recognises the file, that particular target may not be used
and thus the bfd won't be closed calling close_and_cleanup for the
target that allocated the memory.
It turns out that the object_p bfd_target* return value isn't needed.
In all cases except ld/plugin.c the target is abfd->xvec and with
ld/plugin.c the target isn't used. So this patch returns a cleanup
function from object_p instead, called in bfd_check_format_matches to
tidy the bfd before trying a different target match. The only cleanup
that does anything at this stage is the alpha-vms one.
bfd/
* targets.c (bfd_cleanup): New typedef.
(struct bfd <_bfd_check_format>): Return a bfd_cleanup.
* libbfd-in.h (_bfd_no_cleanup): Define.
* format.c (bfd_reinit): Add cleanup parameter, call it.
(bfd_check_format_matches): Set cleanup from _bfd_check_format
call and pass to bfd_reinit. Delete temp, use abfd->xvec instead.
* aout-target.h (callback, object_p): Return bfd_cleanup.
* aout-tic30.c (tic30_aout_callback, tic30_aout_object_p): Likewise.
* archive.c (bfd_generic_archive_p): Likewise.
* binary.c (binary_object_p): Likewise.
* coff-alpha.c (alpha_ecoff_object_p): Likewise.
* coff-ia64.c (ia64coff_object_p): Likewise.
* coff-rs6000.c (_bfd_xcoff_archive_p, rs6000coff_core_p): Likewise.
* coff-sh.c (coff_small_object_p): Likewise.
* coff-stgo32.c (go32_check_format): Likewise.
* coff64-rs6000.c (xcoff64_archive_p, rs6000coff_core_p),
(xcoff64_core_p): Likewise.
* coffgen.c (coff_real_object_p, coff_object_p): Likewise.
* elf-bfd.h (bfd_elf32_object_p, bfd_elf32_core_file_p),
(bfd_elf64_object_p, bfd_elf64_core_file_p): Likewise.
* elfcode.h (elf_object_p): Likewise.
* elfcore.h (elf_core_file_p): Likewise.
* i386msdos.c (msdos_object_p): Likewise.
* ihex.c (ihex_object_p): Likewise.
* libaout.h (some_aout_object_p): Likewise.
* libbfd-in.h (bfd_generic_archive_p, _bfd_dummy_target),
(_bfd_vms_lib_alpha_archive_p, _bfd_vms_lib_ia64_archive_p): Likewise.
* libbfd.c (_bfd_dummy_target): Likewise.
* libcoff-in.h (coff_object_p): Likewise.
* mach-o-aarch64.c (bfd_mach_o_arm64_object_p),
(bfd_mach_o_arm64_core_p): Likewise.
* mach-o-arm.c (bfd_mach_o_arm_object_p),
(bfd_mach_o_arm_core_p): Likewise.
* mach-o-i386.c (bfd_mach_o_i386_object_p),
(bfd_mach_o_i386_core_p): Likewise.
* mach-o-x86-64.c (bfd_mach_o_x86_64_object_p),
(bfd_mach_o_x86_64_core_p): Likewise.
* mach-o.c (bfd_mach_o_header_p, bfd_mach_o_gen_object_p),
(bfd_mach_o_gen_core_p, bfd_mach_o_fat_archive_p): Likewise.
* mach-o.h (bfd_mach_o_object_p, bfd_mach_o_core_p),
(bfd_mach_o_fat_archive_p, bfd_mach_o_header_p): Likewise.
* mmo.c (mmo_object_p): Likewise.
* pef.c (bfd_pef_object_p, bfd_pef_xlib_object_p): Likewise.
* peicode.h (coff_real_object_p, pe_ILF_object_p),
(pe_bfd_object_p): Likewise.
* plugin.c (ld_plugin_object_p, bfd_plugin_object_p): Likewise.
* ppcboot.c (ppcboot_object_p): Likewise.
* rs6000-core.c (rs6000coff_core_p): Likewise.
* som.c (som_object_setup, som_object_p): Likewise.
* srec.c (srec_object_p, symbolsrec_object_p): Likewise.
* tekhex.c (tekhex_object_p): Likewise.
* vms-alpha.c (alpha_vms_object_p): Likewise.
* vms-lib.c (_bfd_vms_lib_archive_p, _bfd_vms_lib_alpha_archive_p),
(_bfd_vms_lib_ia64_archive_p, _bfd_vms_lib_txt_archive_p): Likewise.
* wasm-module.c (wasm_object_p): Likewise.
* xsym.c (bfd_sym_object_p): Likewise.
* xsym.h (bfd_sym_object_p): Likewise.
* aoutx.h (some_aout_object_p): Likewise, and callback parameter
return type.
* pdp11.c (some_aout_object_p): Likewise.
* plugin.c (register_ld_plugin_object_p): Update object_p
parameter type.
* plugin.h (register_ld_plugin_object_p): Likewise.
* bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
* libbfd.h: Regenerate.
* libcoff.h: Regenerate.
ld/
* plugin.c (plugin_object_p): Return a bfd_cleanup.
(plugin_cleanup): New function.
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BFD is used by the GNU debugger, assembler, linker, and the binary
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