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* [PATCH 1/2] binutils/size: Update example output in documentation
  2019-01-31 10:55 [PATCH 0/2] New Output Format For size tool Andrew Burgess
  2019-01-31 10:55 ` [PATCH 2/2] binutils: Add new GNU format mode to `size` utility Andrew Burgess
@ 2019-01-31 10:55 ` Andrew Burgess
  2019-02-07 13:58   ` Nick Clifton
  1 sibling, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread
From: Andrew Burgess @ 2019-01-31 10:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: binutils; +Cc: Andrew Burgess

The example output from size in Berkeley format is out of date.  The
columns are now displayed right aligned.  This patch updates the
documentation to reflect reality.

binutils/ChangeLog:

	* doc/binutils.texi (size): Update example output for Berkeley
	format output.
---
 binutils/ChangeLog         | 5 +++++
 binutils/doc/binutils.texi | 6 +++---
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
index 49101888f5a..1137dce94b8 100644
--- a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
+++ b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
@@ -2921,9 +2921,9 @@
 @command{size}:
 @smallexample
 $ size --format=Berkeley ranlib size
-text    data    bss     dec     hex     filename
-294880  81920   11592   388392  5ed28   ranlib
-294880  81920   11888   388688  5ee50   size
+   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
+ 294880   81920   11592  388392   5ed28 ranlib
+ 294880   81920   11888  388688   5ee50 size
 @end smallexample
 
 @noindent
-- 
2.14.5

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* [PATCH 2/2] binutils: Add new GNU format mode to `size` utility
  2019-01-31 10:55 [PATCH 0/2] New Output Format For size tool Andrew Burgess
@ 2019-01-31 10:55 ` Andrew Burgess
  2019-02-01 11:18   ` Nick Clifton
  2019-02-07 14:05   ` Nick Clifton
  2019-01-31 10:55 ` [PATCH 1/2] binutils/size: Update example output in documentation Andrew Burgess
  1 sibling, 2 replies; 11+ messages in thread
From: Andrew Burgess @ 2019-01-31 10:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: binutils; +Cc: Andrew Burgess

The size tool currently defaults to berkeley format output.  However,
this output format has a weird quirk, read-only data is counted
against the text sections, not the data sections.

The code offers no real explanation for why this is, but I'm reluctant
to change it for two reasons, first, I'm assuming it probably makes
sense in some case that I'm not thinking of (maybe a target where
sections are not marked executable, and so there's no distinction
between read-only data and code), and second, the code has been this
way for at least 20 years, I worry that changing things now might
cause more confusion than it solves.

This commit then introduces a new output format for the size tool,
this new format displays the results in a similar manor to the
berkeley format, but counts read-only data in the data column, and
only executable sections are counted in the text column.

Given that this is a brand new output format I've gone ahead and
simplified things a little, while the berkeley format displays the
total twice, once in decimal and once in hex, the new display format
just displays the total in decimal.  Of course, there's still the
'--radix' option which can be used to display all the results in
hexadecimal or octal.

I've called the new format 'gnu', so '--format=gnu' or '-G' are used
to access it.

binutils/ChangeLog:

	* size.c (berkeley_format): Delete.
	(enum output_format): New enum.
	(selected_output_format): New variable.
	(usage): Update to mention GNU format.
	(main): Update to extract options, and select format as needed.
	Handle GNU format where needed.
	(berkeley_sum): Renamed to...
	(berkeley_or_gnu_sum): ...this, and updated to handle both formats.
	(berkeley_format): Renamed to...
	(berkeley_or_gnu_format): ...this, and updated to handle both
	formats.
	(print_sizes): Handle GNU format.
	* doc/binutils.texi (size): Document new GNU format.
	* testsuite/binutils-all/size.exp: Add test of extended
	functionality.
	* NEWS: Mention new functionality.
---
 binutils/ChangeLog                       |  19 ++++++
 binutils/NEWS                            |   5 ++
 binutils/doc/binutils.texi               |  29 ++++++--
 binutils/size.c                          | 110 +++++++++++++++++++++----------
 binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/size.exp |  20 ++++++
 5 files changed, 145 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/binutils/NEWS b/binutils/NEWS
index 9ea8297d65f..34fd9ec04a4 100644
--- a/binutils/NEWS
+++ b/binutils/NEWS
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ Changes in 2.32:
   3A1000 processor, The -march=loongson3a is an alias of -march=gs464 for
   compatibility.
 
+* The size tool now has a new output format '--format=GNU' or '-G'.  The
+  results are displayed in a similar manor to the default berkeley layout,
+  except read-only data is counted in the data column, not the text column.
+  Additionally the total is only included once.
+
 Changes in 2.31:
 
 * Add support for disassembling netronome Flow Processor (NFP) firmware files.
diff --git a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
index 1137dce94b8..3bd1440fbb1 100644
--- a/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
+++ b/binutils/doc/binutils.texi
@@ -2877,7 +2877,7 @@
 
 @smallexample
 @c man begin SYNOPSIS size
-size [@option{-A}|@option{-B}|@option{--format=}@var{compatibility}]
+size [@option{-A}|@option{-B}|@option{-G}|@option{--format=}@var{compatibility}]
      [@option{--help}]
      [@option{-d}|@option{-o}|@option{-x}|@option{--radix=}@var{number}]
      [@option{--common}]
@@ -2906,13 +2906,16 @@
 @table @env
 @item -A
 @itemx -B
+@itemx -G
 @itemx --format=@var{compatibility}
 @cindex @command{size} display format
 Using one of these options, you can choose whether the output from @sc{gnu}
 @command{size} resembles output from System V @command{size} (using @option{-A},
 or @option{--format=sysv}), or Berkeley @command{size} (using @option{-B}, or
 @option{--format=berkeley}).  The default is the one-line format similar to
-Berkeley's.
+Berkeley's.  Alternatively, you can choose GNU format output (using @option{-G},
+or @option{--format=gnu}), this is similar to Berkeley's output format, but
+sizes are counted differently.
 @c Bonus for doc-source readers: you can also say --format=strange (or
 @c anything else that starts with 's') for sysv, and --format=boring (or
 @c anything else that starts with 'b') for Berkeley.
@@ -2926,6 +2929,24 @@
  294880   81920   11888  388688   5ee50 size
 @end smallexample
 
+The Berkeley style output counts read only data in the @code{text}
+column, not in the @code{data} column, the @code{dec} and @code{hex}
+columns both display the sum of the @code{text}, @code{data}, and
+@code{bss} columns in decimal and hexadecimal respectively.
+
+The GNU format counts read only data in the @code{data} column, not
+the @code{text} column, and only displays the sum of the @code{text},
+@code{data}, and @code{bss} columns once, in the @code{total} column.
+The @option{--radix} option can be used to change the number base for
+all columns.  Here is the same data displayed with GNU conventions:
+
+@smallexample
+$ size --format=GNU ranlib size
+      text       data        bss      total filename
+    279880      96920      11592     388392 ranlib
+    279880      96920      11888     388688 size
+@end smallexample
+
 @noindent
 This is the same data, but displayed closer to System V conventions:
 
@@ -2966,11 +2987,11 @@
 
 @item --common
 Print total size of common symbols in each file.  When using Berkeley
-format these are included in the bss size.
+or GNU format these are included in the bss size.
 
 @item -t
 @itemx --totals
-Show totals of all objects listed (Berkeley format listing mode only).
+Show totals of all objects listed (Berkeley or GNU format mode only).
 
 @item --target=@var{bfdname}
 @cindex object code format
diff --git a/binutils/size.c b/binutils/size.c
index 93ec02691ea..479a4648877 100644
--- a/binutils/size.c
+++ b/binutils/size.c
@@ -46,8 +46,20 @@ static enum
   }
 radix = decimal;
 
-/* 0 means use AT&T-style output.  */
-static int berkeley_format = BSD_DEFAULT;
+/* Select the desired output format.  */
+enum output_format
+  {
+   FORMAT_BERKLEY,
+   FORMAT_SYSV,
+   FORMAT_GNU
+  };
+static enum output_format selected_output_format =
+#if BSD_DEFAULT
+  FORMAT_BERKLEY
+#else
+  FORMAT_SYSV
+#endif
+  ;
 
 static int show_version = 0;
 static int show_help = 0;
@@ -77,7 +89,7 @@ usage (FILE *stream, int status)
   fprintf (stream, _(" Displays the sizes of sections inside binary files\n"));
   fprintf (stream, _(" If no input file(s) are specified, a.out is assumed\n"));
   fprintf (stream, _(" The options are:\n\
-  -A|-B     --format={sysv|berkeley}  Select output style (default is %s)\n\
+  -A|-B|-G  --format={sysv|berkeley|gnu}  Select output style (default is %s)\n\
   -o|-d|-x  --radix={8|10|16}         Display numbers in octal, decimal or hex\n\
   -t        --totals                  Display the total sizes (Berkeley only)\n\
             --common                  Display total size for *COM* syms\n\
@@ -141,7 +153,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
     fatal (_("fatal error: libbfd ABI mismatch"));
   set_default_bfd_target ();
 
-  while ((c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "ABHhVvdfotx", long_options,
+  while ((c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "ABGHhVvdfotx", long_options,
 			   (int *) 0)) != EOF)
     switch (c)
       {
@@ -150,11 +162,15 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 	  {
 	  case 'B':
 	  case 'b':
-	    berkeley_format = 1;
+	    selected_output_format = FORMAT_BERKLEY;
 	    break;
 	  case 'S':
 	  case 's':
-	    berkeley_format = 0;
+	    selected_output_format = FORMAT_SYSV;
+	    break;
+	  case 'G':
+	  case 'g':
+	    selected_output_format = FORMAT_GNU;
 	    break;
 	  default:
 	    non_fatal (_("invalid argument to --format: %s"), optarg);
@@ -190,10 +206,13 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 	break;
 
       case 'A':
-	berkeley_format = 0;
+	selected_output_format = FORMAT_SYSV;
 	break;
       case 'B':
-	berkeley_format = 1;
+	selected_output_format = FORMAT_BERKLEY;
+	break;
+      case 'G':
+	selected_output_format = FORMAT_GNU;
 	break;
       case 'v':
       case 'V':
@@ -240,17 +259,25 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
     for (; optind < argc;)
       display_file (argv[optind++]);
 
-  if (show_totals && berkeley_format)
+  if (show_totals && (selected_output_format == FORMAT_BERKLEY
+		      || selected_output_format == FORMAT_GNU))
     {
       bfd_size_type total = total_textsize + total_datasize + total_bsssize;
-
-      rprint_number (7, total_textsize);
-      putchar('\t');
-      rprint_number (7, total_datasize);
-      putchar('\t');
-      rprint_number (7, total_bsssize);
-      printf (((radix == octal) ? "\t%7lo\t%7lx\t" : "\t%7lu\t%7lx\t"),
-	      (unsigned long) total, (unsigned long) total);
+      int col_width = (selected_output_format == FORMAT_BERKLEY) ? 7 : 10;
+      char sep_char = (selected_output_format == FORMAT_BERKLEY) ? '\t' : ' ';
+
+      rprint_number (col_width, total_textsize);
+      putchar(sep_char);
+      rprint_number (col_width, total_datasize);
+      putchar(sep_char);
+      rprint_number (col_width, total_bsssize);
+      putchar(sep_char);
+      if (selected_output_format == FORMAT_BERKLEY)
+	printf (((radix == octal) ? "%7lo\t%7lx" : "%7lu\t%7lx"),
+		(unsigned long) total, (unsigned long) total);
+      else
+	rprint_number (col_width, total);
+      putchar(sep_char);
       fputs ("(TOTALS)\n", stdout);
     }
 
@@ -445,8 +472,8 @@ static bfd_size_type datasize;
 static bfd_size_type textsize;
 
 static void
-berkeley_sum (bfd *abfd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, sec_ptr sec,
-	      void *ignore ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+berkeley_or_gnu_sum (bfd *abfd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, sec_ptr sec,
+		     void *ignore ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
 {
   flagword flags;
   bfd_size_type size;
@@ -456,7 +483,9 @@ berkeley_sum (bfd *abfd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, sec_ptr sec,
     return;
 
   size = bfd_get_section_size (sec);
-  if ((flags & SEC_CODE) != 0 || (flags & SEC_READONLY) != 0)
+  if ((flags & SEC_CODE) != 0
+      || (selected_output_format == FORMAT_BERKLEY
+	  && (flags & SEC_READONLY) != 0))
     textsize += size;
   else if ((flags & SEC_HAS_CONTENTS) != 0)
     datasize += size;
@@ -465,21 +494,28 @@ berkeley_sum (bfd *abfd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, sec_ptr sec,
 }
 
 static void
-print_berkeley_format (bfd *abfd)
+print_berkeley_or_gnu_format (bfd *abfd)
 {
   static int files_seen = 0;
   bfd_size_type total;
+  int col_width = (selected_output_format == FORMAT_BERKLEY) ? 7 : 10;
+  char sep_char = (selected_output_format == FORMAT_BERKLEY) ? '\t' : ' ';
 
   bsssize = 0;
   datasize = 0;
   textsize = 0;
 
-  bfd_map_over_sections (abfd, berkeley_sum, NULL);
+  bfd_map_over_sections (abfd, berkeley_or_gnu_sum, NULL);
 
   bsssize += common_size;
   if (files_seen++ == 0)
-    puts ((radix == octal) ? "   text\t   data\t    bss\t    oct\t    hex\tfilename" :
-	  "   text\t   data\t    bss\t    dec\t    hex\tfilename");
+    {
+      if (selected_output_format == FORMAT_BERKLEY)
+	puts ((radix == octal) ? "   text\t   data\t    bss\t    oct\t    hex\tfilename" :
+	      "   text\t   data\t    bss\t    dec\t    hex\tfilename");
+      else
+	puts ("      text       data        bss      total filename");
+    }
 
   total = textsize + datasize + bsssize;
 
@@ -490,14 +526,20 @@ print_berkeley_format (bfd *abfd)
       total_bsssize  += bsssize;
     }
 
-  rprint_number (7, textsize);
-  putchar ('\t');
-  rprint_number (7, datasize);
-  putchar ('\t');
-  rprint_number (7, bsssize);
-  printf (((radix == octal) ? "\t%7lo\t%7lx\t" : "\t%7lu\t%7lx\t"),
-	  (unsigned long) total, (unsigned long) total);
+  rprint_number (col_width, textsize);
+  putchar (sep_char);
+  rprint_number (col_width, datasize);
+  putchar (sep_char);
+  rprint_number (col_width, bsssize);
+  putchar (sep_char);
 
+  if (selected_output_format == FORMAT_BERKLEY)
+    printf (((radix == octal) ? "%7lo\t%7lx" : "%7lu\t%7lx"),
+	    (unsigned long) total, (unsigned long) total);
+  else
+    rprint_number (col_width, total);
+
+  putchar (sep_char);
   fputs (bfd_get_filename (abfd), stdout);
 
   if (abfd->my_archive)
@@ -611,8 +653,8 @@ print_sizes (bfd *file)
 {
   if (show_common)
     calculate_common_size (file);
-  if (berkeley_format)
-    print_berkeley_format (file);
-  else
+  if (selected_output_format == FORMAT_SYSV)
     print_sysv_format (file);
+  else
+    print_berkeley_or_gnu_format (file);
 }
diff --git a/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/size.exp b/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/size.exp
index 3fa04052d27..a102e15c0de 100644
--- a/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/size.exp
+++ b/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/size.exp
@@ -79,4 +79,24 @@ if {![binutils_assemble $srcdir/$subdir/bintest.s tmpdir/bintest.o]} then {
 	    pass "size -A"
 	}
     }
+
+    # Test size -G
+
+    set got [binutils_run $SIZE "$SIZEFLAGS -G $testfile"]
+
+    set want "($dec)\[ 	\]+($dec)\[ 	\]+($dec)\[ 	\]+($dec)\[ 	\]+${testfile}"
+
+    if ![regexp $want $got all text data bss dtot hextot] then {
+	fail "size -G"
+    } else {
+	if {$text < 8 || $data < 4} then {
+	    # The z80-coff port defaults to a "binary" like output
+	    # file format which does not include a data section.
+	    setup_xfail "z80-*-coff"
+	    fail "size -G"
+	} else {
+	    pass "size -G"
+	}
+    }
+
 }
-- 
2.14.5

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* [PATCH 0/2] New Output Format For size tool
@ 2019-01-31 10:55 Andrew Burgess
  2019-01-31 10:55 ` [PATCH 2/2] binutils: Add new GNU format mode to `size` utility Andrew Burgess
  2019-01-31 10:55 ` [PATCH 1/2] binutils/size: Update example output in documentation Andrew Burgess
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 11+ messages in thread
From: Andrew Burgess @ 2019-01-31 10:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: binutils; +Cc: Andrew Burgess

Interesting stuff is in patch #2, patch #1 is just a documentation
cleanup I spotted in passing.

Thanks,
Andrew

--

Andrew Burgess (2):
  binutils/size: Update example output in documentation
  binutils: Add new GNU format mode to `size` utility

 binutils/ChangeLog                       |  24 +++++++
 binutils/NEWS                            |   5 ++
 binutils/doc/binutils.texi               |  35 ++++++++--
 binutils/size.c                          | 110 +++++++++++++++++++++----------
 binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/size.exp |  20 ++++++
 5 files changed, 153 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)

-- 
2.14.5

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* Re: [PATCH 2/2] binutils: Add new GNU format mode to `size` utility
  2019-01-31 10:55 ` [PATCH 2/2] binutils: Add new GNU format mode to `size` utility Andrew Burgess
@ 2019-02-01 11:18   ` Nick Clifton
  2019-02-01 12:01     ` Andrew Burgess
  2019-02-07 14:05   ` Nick Clifton
  1 sibling, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread
From: Nick Clifton @ 2019-02-01 11:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Andrew Burgess, binutils

Hi Andrew,

> This commit then introduces a new output format for the size tool,
> this new format displays the results in a similar manor to the
> berkeley format, but counts read-only data in the data column, and
> only executable sections are counted in the text column.

I am waiting to see what others think of this new style output before
officially reviewing the patch, but I did have one thought which was:
would it be helpful if the read-only data was displayed in a separate
column, rather than being accumulated into the data column (or the text
column) ?

Also - blowing my own trumpet a little bit here - do you know about the
annocheck tool that currently ships as part of the annobin package in
Fedora ?  It has a feature similar to the size program, except that it
has a few advantages:

  * It only displays the sizes of specific sections, so if you are
    not interested in, say, the data sections then these can be ignored.

  * It displays a cumulative total of all of the sizes at the end of
    its run.

  * It can handle directories, archives and rpms.

So for example:

  % annocheck --section-size=.text /usr/bin
  Section '.text' found in 1497 files, total size: 0x94f0e6f

  % annocheck --section-size=.text /usr/bin --verbose
  [...]
  Section_Size: /usr/bin/secon: .text: 0x1375
  Section_Size: /usr/bin/echo: .text: 0x3722
  Section_Size: /usr/bin/broadwayd: .text: 0x4a45
  Section_Size: Section '.text' found in 1497 files, total size: 0x94f0e6f

  % annocheck --section-size=.text --human --section-size=.rodata binnutils-2.30-48.el6.ppc64.rpm 
  Section_Size: Section '.rodata' found in 20 files, total size: 2Mb
  Section_Size: Section '.text' found in 20 files, total size: 10Mb

Cheers
  Nick

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* Re: [PATCH 2/2] binutils: Add new GNU format mode to `size` utility
  2019-02-01 11:18   ` Nick Clifton
@ 2019-02-01 12:01     ` Andrew Burgess
  2019-02-01 13:36       ` Nick Clifton
  2019-02-01 15:44       ` Nick Clifton
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 11+ messages in thread
From: Andrew Burgess @ 2019-02-01 12:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Nick Clifton; +Cc: binutils

* Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> [2019-02-01 11:18:09 +0000]:

> Hi Andrew,
> 
> > This commit then introduces a new output format for the size tool,
> > this new format displays the results in a similar manor to the
> > berkeley format, but counts read-only data in the data column, and
> > only executable sections are counted in the text column.
> 
> I am waiting to see what others think of this new style output before
> officially reviewing the patch, but I did have one thought which was:
> would it be helpful if the read-only data was displayed in a separate
> column, rather than being accumulated into the data column (or the text
> column) ?

I did consider this, I think my concern was having too many columns,
but splitting them, and having the user sum r/o and r/w data if needed
is easy enough.  My immediate need is accurately counting executable
sections, so I'm flexible on splitting the data column, whatever helps
get this merged :)

> 
> Also - blowing my own trumpet a little bit here - do you know about the
> annocheck tool that currently ships as part of the annobin package in
> Fedora ?  It has a feature similar to the size program, except that it
> has a few advantages:
> 
>   * It only displays the sizes of specific sections, so if you are
>     not interested in, say, the data sections then these can be ignored.
> 
>   * It displays a cumulative total of all of the sizes at the end of
>     its run.
> 
>   * It can handle directories, archives and rpms.
> 
> So for example:
> 
>   % annocheck --section-size=.text /usr/bin
>   Section '.text' found in 1497 files, total size: 0x94f0e6f
> 
>   % annocheck --section-size=.text /usr/bin --verbose
>   [...]
>   Section_Size: /usr/bin/secon: .text: 0x1375
>   Section_Size: /usr/bin/echo: .text: 0x3722
>   Section_Size: /usr/bin/broadwayd: .text: 0x4a45
>   Section_Size: Section '.text' found in 1497 files, total size: 0x94f0e6f
> 
>   % annocheck --section-size=.text --human --section-size=.rodata binnutils-2.30-48.el6.ppc64.rpm 
>   Section_Size: Section '.rodata' found in 20 files, total size: 2Mb
>   Section_Size: Section '.text' found in 20 files, total size: 10Mb

That looks great, but does it allow filtering by section properties?

The columns of `size` are called 'text', 'data', etc, but its really
counting all executable sections '.init', '.plt', etc which is what I
need.  Looking at the man page I suspect adding such a test to
annocheck would be possible, but I'd still like to get this feature
added to size if possible.

Thanks,
Andrew

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* Re: [PATCH 2/2] binutils: Add new GNU format mode to `size` utility
  2019-02-01 12:01     ` Andrew Burgess
@ 2019-02-01 13:36       ` Nick Clifton
  2019-02-04 10:53         ` Andrew Burgess
  2019-02-01 15:44       ` Nick Clifton
  1 sibling, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread
From: Nick Clifton @ 2019-02-01 13:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Andrew Burgess; +Cc: binutils

Hi Andrew,

>> but I did have one thought which was:
>> would it be helpful if the read-only data was displayed in a separate
>> column, 

> I did consider this, I think my concern was having too many columns,
> but splitting them, and having the user sum r/o and r/w data if needed
> is easy enough.  My immediate need is accurately counting executable
> sections, so I'm flexible on splitting the data column, whatever helps
> get this merged :)

I doubt if there will be any clamouring for the feature, so I would not
worry about it for now.  It was just an idea that occurred to me whilst
reading your patch.

> That looks great, but does it allow filtering by section properties?

Not at the moment, but give me a hour or two and I will have the feature added...

> but I'd still like to get this feature
> added to size if possible.

Of course.  I have no objection to the size patch at all, although I am
wondering if there will be any push-back on using the word "gnu" as the
new style specifier.  But assuming that noone has any complaints I plan 
to review the patch officially next week.

Cheers
  Nick


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* Re: [PATCH 2/2] binutils: Add new GNU format mode to `size` utility
  2019-02-01 12:01     ` Andrew Burgess
  2019-02-01 13:36       ` Nick Clifton
@ 2019-02-01 15:44       ` Nick Clifton
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 11+ messages in thread
From: Nick Clifton @ 2019-02-01 15:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Andrew Burgess; +Cc: binutils

Hi Andrew,

> That looks great, but does it allow filtering by section properties?

It does now. :-)  For example:

  % annocheck --disable-hardened --ignore-unknown --size-sec-flags=X /usr/bin --size-human
  Section Size: 6794 sections match flag requirements, total size: 152Mb

You can combine W, A and X for the required section flags, and a ! character
inverts the following flags, so --size-sec-flags=A!WX would match any section 
that allocates space in memory but which is neither writeable nor executable.
(IE .rodata and the like).

You can also match segments instead of sections with the --size-seg-flags=[!WRX]
option.

You need annobin 8.70 for this enhancement, which should be in rawhide now,
but you can also clone the sources if you prefer:

 git clone git://sourceware.org/git/annobin.git

Cheers
  Nick

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* Re: [PATCH 2/2] binutils: Add new GNU format mode to `size` utility
  2019-02-01 13:36       ` Nick Clifton
@ 2019-02-04 10:53         ` Andrew Burgess
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 11+ messages in thread
From: Andrew Burgess @ 2019-02-04 10:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Nick Clifton; +Cc: binutils

* Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> [2019-02-01 13:36:30 +0000]:

> Hi Andrew,
> 
> >> but I did have one thought which was:
> >> would it be helpful if the read-only data was displayed in a separate
> >> column, 
> 
> > I did consider this, I think my concern was having too many columns,
> > but splitting them, and having the user sum r/o and r/w data if needed
> > is easy enough.  My immediate need is accurately counting executable
> > sections, so I'm flexible on splitting the data column, whatever helps
> > get this merged :)
> 
> I doubt if there will be any clamouring for the feature, so I would not
> worry about it for now.  It was just an idea that occurred to me whilst
> reading your patch.
> 
> > That looks great, but does it allow filtering by section properties?
> 
> Not at the moment, but give me a hour or two and I will have the feature added...
> 
> > but I'd still like to get this feature
> > added to size if possible.
> 
> Of course.  I have no objection to the size patch at all, although I am
> wondering if there will be any push-back on using the word "gnu" as the
> new style specifier.

Feel free to suggest any other name, I'm certainly not tied to "gnu".

Maybe 'Alternative', 'DataAsData'....

Thanks,
Andrew



>                       But assuming that noone has any complaints I plan 
> to review the patch officially next week.
> 
> Cheers
>   Nick
> 
> 

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* Re: [PATCH 1/2] binutils/size: Update example output in documentation
  2019-01-31 10:55 ` [PATCH 1/2] binutils/size: Update example output in documentation Andrew Burgess
@ 2019-02-07 13:58   ` Nick Clifton
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 11+ messages in thread
From: Nick Clifton @ 2019-02-07 13:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Andrew Burgess, binutils

Hi Andrew,

> binutils/ChangeLog:
> 
> 	* doc/binutils.texi (size): Update example output for Berkeley
> 	format output.

Approved - please apply.

Cheers
  Nick


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* Re: [PATCH 2/2] binutils: Add new GNU format mode to `size` utility
  2019-01-31 10:55 ` [PATCH 2/2] binutils: Add new GNU format mode to `size` utility Andrew Burgess
  2019-02-01 11:18   ` Nick Clifton
@ 2019-02-07 14:05   ` Nick Clifton
  2019-02-08 11:10     ` Andrew Burgess
  1 sibling, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread
From: Nick Clifton @ 2019-02-07 14:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Andrew Burgess, binutils

Hi Andrew,

> binutils/ChangeLog:
> 
> 	* size.c (berkeley_format): Delete.
> 	(enum output_format): New enum.
> 	(selected_output_format): New variable.
> 	(usage): Update to mention GNU format.
> 	(main): Update to extract options, and select format as needed.
> 	Handle GNU format where needed.
> 	(berkeley_sum): Renamed to...
> 	(berkeley_or_gnu_sum): ...this, and updated to handle both formats.
> 	(berkeley_format): Renamed to...
> 	(berkeley_or_gnu_format): ...this, and updated to handle both
> 	formats.
> 	(print_sizes): Handle GNU format.
> 	* doc/binutils.texi (size): Document new GNU format.
> 	* testsuite/binutils-all/size.exp: Add test of extended
> 	functionality.
> 	* NEWS: Mention new functionality.

Approved - please apply.

There is no need to change the option name.  Noone objected and I kind
of like it, so lets keep it.

> +Berkeley's.  Alternatively, you can choose GNU format output (using @option{-G},

Minor possible grammar nit:  I wonder if the above sentance fragment ought
to read:

  ...you can choose the GNU format output...

(Ie adding in the word "the").  I am not insisting on this however, so the 
choice is up to you.

Cheers
  Nick

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* Re: [PATCH 2/2] binutils: Add new GNU format mode to `size` utility
  2019-02-07 14:05   ` Nick Clifton
@ 2019-02-08 11:10     ` Andrew Burgess
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 11+ messages in thread
From: Andrew Burgess @ 2019-02-08 11:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Nick Clifton; +Cc: binutils

* Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> [2019-02-07 14:05:11 +0000]:
1;5004;0c
> Hi Andrew,
> 
> > binutils/ChangeLog:
> > 
> > 	* size.c (berkeley_format): Delete.
> > 	(enum output_format): New enum.
> > 	(selected_output_format): New variable.
> > 	(usage): Update to mention GNU format.
> > 	(main): Update to extract options, and select format as needed.
> > 	Handle GNU format where needed.
> > 	(berkeley_sum): Renamed to...
> > 	(berkeley_or_gnu_sum): ...this, and updated to handle both formats.
> > 	(berkeley_format): Renamed to...
> > 	(berkeley_or_gnu_format): ...this, and updated to handle both
> > 	formats.
> > 	(print_sizes): Handle GNU format.
> > 	* doc/binutils.texi (size): Document new GNU format.
> > 	* testsuite/binutils-all/size.exp: Add test of extended
> > 	functionality.
> > 	* NEWS: Mention new functionality.
> 
> Approved - please apply.
> 
> There is no need to change the option name.  Noone objected and I kind
> of like it, so lets keep it.
> 
> > +Berkeley's.  Alternatively, you can choose GNU format output (using @option{-G},
> 
> Minor possible grammar nit:  I wonder if the above sentance fragment ought
> to read:
> 
>   ...you can choose the GNU format output...
> 
> (Ie adding in the word "the").  I am not insisting on this however, so the 
> choice is up to you.

Thanks for the review, pushed with the fix you suggested.

Thanks,
Andrew

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