Build a .drectve section in COFF objects with export directives

src/write/coff.rs

@@ -23,6 +23,16 @@ struct SymbolOffsets {
     aux_count: u8,
 }
 
+/// Internal format to use for the `.drectve` section containing linker
+/// directives for symbol exports.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum CoffExportStyle {
+    /// MSVC format supported by link.exe and LLD.
+    Msvc,
+    /// Gnu format supported by GNU LD and LLD.
+    Gnu,
+}
+
 impl<'a> Object<'a> {
     pub(crate) fn coff_section_info(
         &self,
@@ -137,6 +147,34 @@ impl<'a> Object<'a> {
         stub_id
     }
 
+    /// Appends linker directives to the `.drectve` section to tell the linker
+    /// to export all symbols with `SymbolScope::Dynamic`.
+    ///
+    /// This must be called after all symbols have been defined.
+    pub fn add_coff_exports(&mut self, style: CoffExportStyle) {
+        assert_eq!(self.format, BinaryFormat::Coff);
+
+        let mut directives = vec![];
+        for symbol in &self.symbols {
+            if symbol.scope == SymbolScope::Dynamic {
+                match style {
+                    CoffExportStyle::Msvc => directives.extend(b" /EXPORT:\""),
+                    CoffExportStyle::Gnu => directives.extend(b" -export:\""),
+                }
+                directives.extend(&symbol.name);
+                directives.extend(b"\"");
+                if symbol.kind != SymbolKind::Text {
+                    match style {
+                        CoffExportStyle::Msvc => directives.extend(b",DATA"),
+                        CoffExportStyle::Gnu => directives.extend(b",data"),
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        let drectve = self.add_section(vec![], b".drectve".to_vec(), SectionKind::Linker);
+        self.append_section_data(drectve, &directives, 1);
+    }
+
     pub(crate) fn coff_write(&self, buffer: &mut dyn WritableBuffer) -> Result<()> {
         // Calculate offsets of everything, and build strtab.
         let mut offset = 0;

src/write/mod.rs

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ use crate::{
 
 #[cfg(feature = "coff")]
 mod coff;
+#[cfg(feature = "coff")]
+pub use coff::CoffExportStyle;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "elf")]
 pub mod elf;