From: Michael Matloob <matloob@golang.org>
Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2016 22:25:28 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: cmd/link: use standard library flag package where possible
X-Git-Tag: go1.8beta1~1745
X-Git-Url: http://www.git.cypherpunks.su/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=0a15d95091f4d7db396da018e49653fbb3b19a53;p=gostls13.git

cmd/link: use standard library flag package where possible

The obj library's flag functions are (mostly) light wrappers
around the standard library flag package. Use the flag package
directly where possible.

Most uses of the 'count'-type flags (except for -v) only check
against 0, so they can safely be replaced by bools. Only -v
and the flagfns haven't been replaced.

Debug has been turned into a slice of bools rather than ints.
There was a copy of the -v verbosity in ctxt.Debugvlog, so don't use
Debug['v'] and just use ctxt.Debugvlog.

Updates #16818

Change-Id: Icf6473a4823c9d35513bbd0c34ea02d5676d782a
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/27471
Run-TryBot: Michael Matloob <matloob@golang.org>
TryBot-Result: Gobot Gobot <gobot@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>
---

diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/amd64/asm.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/amd64/asm.go
index d4b942a197..d8f0978c5f 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/amd64/asm.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/amd64/asm.go
@@ -599,12 +599,12 @@ func addgotsym(ctxt *ld.Link, s *ld.Symbol) {
 }
 
 func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
-	if ld.Debug['v'] != 0 {
+	if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f asmb\n", obj.Cputime())
 	}
 	ctxt.Bso.Flush()
 
-	if ld.Debug['v'] != 0 {
+	if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f codeblk\n", obj.Cputime())
 	}
 	ctxt.Bso.Flush()
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 	}
 
 	if ld.Segrodata.Filelen > 0 {
-		if ld.Debug['v'] != 0 {
+		if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 			fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f rodatblk\n", obj.Cputime())
 		}
 		ctxt.Bso.Flush()
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 		ld.Datblk(ctxt, int64(ld.Segrodata.Vaddr), int64(ld.Segrodata.Filelen))
 	}
 
-	if ld.Debug['v'] != 0 {
+	if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f datblk\n", obj.Cputime())
 	}
 	ctxt.Bso.Flush()
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 		break
 
 	case obj.Hdarwin:
-		ld.Debug['8'] = 1 /* 64-bit addresses */
+		ld.Debug['8'] = true /* 64-bit addresses */
 
 	case obj.Hlinux,
 		obj.Hfreebsd,
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 		obj.Hopenbsd,
 		obj.Hdragonfly,
 		obj.Hsolaris:
-		ld.Debug['8'] = 1 /* 64-bit addresses */
+		ld.Debug['8'] = true /* 64-bit addresses */
 
 	case obj.Hnacl,
 		obj.Hwindows:
@@ -676,15 +676,15 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 	ld.Spsize = 0
 	ld.Lcsize = 0
 	symo := int64(0)
-	if ld.Debug['s'] == 0 {
-		if ld.Debug['v'] != 0 {
+	if !ld.Debug['s'] {
+		if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 			fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f sym\n", obj.Cputime())
 		}
 		ctxt.Bso.Flush()
 		switch ld.HEADTYPE {
 		default:
 		case obj.Hplan9:
-			ld.Debug['s'] = 1
+			ld.Debug['s'] = true
 			symo = int64(ld.Segdata.Fileoff + ld.Segdata.Filelen)
 
 		case obj.Hdarwin:
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 				ld.Cflush()
 				ld.Cwrite(ld.Elfstrdat)
 
-				if ld.Debug['v'] != 0 {
+				if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 					fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f dwarf\n", obj.Cputime())
 				}
 
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 			}
 
 		case obj.Hwindows:
-			if ld.Debug['v'] != 0 {
+			if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 				fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f dwarf\n", obj.Cputime())
 			}
 
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if ld.Debug['v'] != 0 {
+	if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f headr\n", obj.Cputime())
 	}
 	ctxt.Bso.Flush()
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/amd64/obj.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/amd64/obj.go
index c572cdc498..6a04b3bcfc 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/amd64/obj.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/amd64/obj.go
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ func archinit(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 
 	case obj.Hnacl:
 		ld.Elfinit(ctxt)
-		ld.Debug['w']++ // disable dwarf, which gets confused and is useless anyway
+		ld.Debug['w'] = true // disable dwarf, which gets confused and is useless anyway
 		ld.HEADR = 0x10000
 		ld.Funcalign = 32
 		if ld.INITTEXT == -1 {
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/arm/asm.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/arm/asm.go
index 92a9fa8212..62ebf3d0e6 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/arm/asm.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/arm/asm.go
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ func addgotsym(ctxt *ld.Link, s *ld.Symbol) {
 }
 
 func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
-	if ld.Debug['v'] != 0 {
+	if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f asmb\n", obj.Cputime())
 	}
 	ctxt.Bso.Flush()
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 	}
 
 	if ld.Segrodata.Filelen > 0 {
-		if ld.Debug['v'] != 0 {
+		if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 			fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f rodatblk\n", obj.Cputime())
 		}
 		ctxt.Bso.Flush()
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 		ld.Datblk(ctxt, int64(ld.Segrodata.Vaddr), int64(ld.Segrodata.Filelen))
 	}
 
-	if ld.Debug['v'] != 0 {
+	if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f datblk\n", obj.Cputime())
 	}
 	ctxt.Bso.Flush()
@@ -630,9 +630,9 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 
 	ld.Lcsize = 0
 	symo := uint32(0)
-	if ld.Debug['s'] == 0 {
+	if !ld.Debug['s'] {
 		// TODO: rationalize
-		if ld.Debug['v'] != 0 {
+		if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 			fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f sym\n", obj.Cputime())
 		}
 		ctxt.Bso.Flush()
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 		switch ld.HEADTYPE {
 		default:
 			if ld.Iself {
-				if ld.Debug['v'] != 0 {
+				if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 					fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f elfsym\n", obj.Cputime())
 				}
 				ld.Asmelfsym(ctxt)
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 	}
 
 	ctxt.Cursym = nil
-	if ld.Debug['v'] != 0 {
+	if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f header\n", obj.Cputime())
 	}
 	ctxt.Bso.Flush()
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 	}
 
 	ld.Cflush()
-	if ld.Debug['c'] != 0 {
+	if ld.Debug['c'] {
 		fmt.Printf("textsize=%d\n", ld.Segtext.Filelen)
 		fmt.Printf("datsize=%d\n", ld.Segdata.Filelen)
 		fmt.Printf("bsssize=%d\n", ld.Segdata.Length-ld.Segdata.Filelen)
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/arm/obj.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/arm/obj.go
index 1dfd6147ae..6ad7b75b5e 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/arm/obj.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/arm/obj.go
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ func archinit(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 		obj.Hfreebsd,
 		obj.Hnetbsd,
 		obj.Hopenbsd:
-		ld.Debug['d'] = 0
+		ld.Debug['d'] = false
 		// with dynamic linking
 		ld.Elfinit(ctxt)
 		ld.HEADR = ld.ELFRESERVE
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ func archinit(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 		}
 
 	case obj.Hdarwin: /* apple MACH */
-		ld.Debug['w'] = 1 // disable DWARF generation
+		ld.Debug['w'] = true // disable DWARF generation
 		ld.Machoinit()
 		ld.HEADR = ld.INITIAL_MACHO_HEADR
 		if ld.INITTEXT == -1 {
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/arm64/asm.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/arm64/asm.go
index fb6a3b23d6..99a5992df1 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/arm64/asm.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/arm64/asm.go
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ func archrelocvariant(ctxt *ld.Link, r *ld.Reloc, s *ld.Symbol, t int64) int64 {
 }
 
 func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
-	if ld.Debug['v'] != 0 {
+	if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f asmb\n", obj.Cputime())
 	}
 	ctxt.Bso.Flush()
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 	}
 
 	if ld.Segrodata.Filelen > 0 {
-		if ld.Debug['v'] != 0 {
+		if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 			fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f rodatblk\n", obj.Cputime())
 		}
 		ctxt.Bso.Flush()
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 		ld.Datblk(ctxt, int64(ld.Segrodata.Vaddr), int64(ld.Segrodata.Filelen))
 	}
 
-	if ld.Debug['v'] != 0 {
+	if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f datblk\n", obj.Cputime())
 	}
 	ctxt.Bso.Flush()
@@ -439,9 +439,9 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 
 	ld.Lcsize = 0
 	symo := uint32(0)
-	if ld.Debug['s'] == 0 {
+	if !ld.Debug['s'] {
 		// TODO: rationalize
-		if ld.Debug['v'] != 0 {
+		if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 			fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f sym\n", obj.Cputime())
 		}
 		ctxt.Bso.Flush()
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 		switch ld.HEADTYPE {
 		default:
 			if ld.Iself {
-				if ld.Debug['v'] != 0 {
+				if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 					fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f elfsym\n", obj.Cputime())
 				}
 				ld.Asmelfsym(ctxt)
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 	}
 
 	ctxt.Cursym = nil
-	if ld.Debug['v'] != 0 {
+	if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f header\n", obj.Cputime())
 	}
 	ctxt.Bso.Flush()
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 	}
 
 	ld.Cflush()
-	if ld.Debug['c'] != 0 {
+	if ld.Debug['c'] {
 		fmt.Printf("textsize=%d\n", ld.Segtext.Filelen)
 		fmt.Printf("datsize=%d\n", ld.Segdata.Filelen)
 		fmt.Printf("bsssize=%d\n", ld.Segdata.Length-ld.Segdata.Filelen)
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/arm64/obj.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/arm64/obj.go
index 7a10895d88..792f35d204 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/arm64/obj.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/arm64/obj.go
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ func archinit(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 		}
 
 	case obj.Hdarwin: /* apple MACH */
-		ld.Debug['w'] = 1 // disable DWARF generation
+		ld.Debug['w'] = true // disable DWARF generation
 		ld.Machoinit()
 		ld.HEADR = ld.INITIAL_MACHO_HEADR
 		if ld.INITTEXT == -1 {
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/ar.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/ar.go
index 908fc9d6aa..e75f76c288 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/ar.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/ar.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func hostArchive(ctxt *Link, name string) {
 	if err != nil {
 		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
 			// It's OK if we don't have a libgcc file at all.
-			if Debug['v'] != 0 {
+			if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 				fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "skipping libgcc file: %v\n", err)
 			}
 			return
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/data.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/data.go
index 2f93e1ad51..9887479d61 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/data.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/data.go
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ func relocsym(ctxt *Link, s *Symbol) {
 }
 
 func (ctxt *Link) reloc() {
-	if Debug['v'] != 0 {
+	if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f reloc\n", obj.Cputime())
 	}
 	ctxt.Bso.Flush()
@@ -725,10 +725,10 @@ func dynrelocsym(ctxt *Link, s *Symbol) {
 func dynreloc(ctxt *Link, data *[obj.SXREF][]*Symbol) {
 	// -d suppresses dynamic loader format, so we may as well not
 	// compute these sections or mark their symbols as reachable.
-	if Debug['d'] != 0 && HEADTYPE != obj.Hwindows {
+	if Debug['d'] && HEADTYPE != obj.Hwindows {
 		return
 	}
-	if Debug['v'] != 0 {
+	if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f reloc\n", obj.Cputime())
 	}
 	ctxt.Bso.Flush()
@@ -750,14 +750,14 @@ func Codeblk(ctxt *Link, addr int64, size int64) {
 	CodeblkPad(ctxt, addr, size, zeros[:])
 }
 func CodeblkPad(ctxt *Link, addr int64, size int64, pad []byte) {
-	if Debug['a'] != 0 {
+	if Debug['a'] {
 		fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "codeblk [%#x,%#x) at offset %#x\n", addr, addr+size, Cpos())
 	}
 
 	blk(ctxt, ctxt.Textp, addr, size, pad)
 
 	/* again for printing */
-	if Debug['a'] == 0 {
+	if !Debug['a'] {
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -862,14 +862,14 @@ func blk(ctxt *Link, syms []*Symbol, addr, size int64, pad []byte) {
 }
 
 func Datblk(ctxt *Link, addr int64, size int64) {
-	if Debug['a'] != 0 {
+	if Debug['a'] {
 		fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "datblk [%#x,%#x) at offset %#x\n", addr, addr+size, Cpos())
 	}
 
 	blk(ctxt, datap, addr, size, zeros[:])
 
 	/* again for printing */
-	if Debug['a'] == 0 {
+	if !Debug['a'] {
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -933,7 +933,7 @@ func Datblk(ctxt *Link, addr int64, size int64) {
 }
 
 func Dwarfblk(ctxt *Link, addr int64, size int64) {
-	if Debug['a'] != 0 {
+	if Debug['a'] {
 		fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "dwarfblk [%#x,%#x) at offset %#x\n", addr, addr+size, Cpos())
 	}
 
@@ -1194,7 +1194,7 @@ func checkdatsize(ctxt *Link, datsize int64, symn int) {
 var datap []*Symbol
 
 func (ctxt *Link) dodata() {
-	if Debug['v'] != 0 {
+	if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f dodata\n", obj.Cputime())
 	}
 	ctxt.Bso.Flush()
@@ -1439,7 +1439,7 @@ func (ctxt *Link) dodata() {
 
 	if len(data[obj.STLSBSS]) > 0 {
 		var sect *Section
-		if Iself && (Linkmode == LinkExternal || Debug['d'] == 0) && HEADTYPE != obj.Hopenbsd {
+		if Iself && (Linkmode == LinkExternal || !Debug['d']) && HEADTYPE != obj.Hopenbsd {
 			sect = addsection(&Segdata, ".tbss", 06)
 			sect.Align = int32(SysArch.PtrSize)
 			sect.Vaddr = 0
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/deadcode.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/deadcode.go
index 6278b5d580..36ed60344c 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/deadcode.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/deadcode.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ import (
 //
 // Any unreached text symbols are removed from ctxt.Textp.
 func deadcode(ctxt *Link) {
-	if Debug['v'] != 0 {
+	if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f deadcode\n", obj.Cputime())
 	}
 
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ func (d *deadcodepass) cleanupReloc(r *Reloc) {
 	if r.Sym.Attr.Reachable() {
 		r.Type = obj.R_ADDROFF
 	} else {
-		if Debug['v'] > 1 {
+		if d.ctxt.Debugvlog > 1 {
 			fmt.Fprintf(d.ctxt.Bso, "removing method %s\n", r.Sym.Name)
 		}
 		r.Sym = nil
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ func (d *deadcodepass) flood() {
 		s := d.markQueue[0]
 		d.markQueue = d.markQueue[1:]
 		if s.Type == obj.STEXT {
-			if Debug['v'] > 1 {
+			if d.ctxt.Debugvlog > 1 {
 				fmt.Fprintf(d.ctxt.Bso, "marktext %s\n", s.Name)
 			}
 			if s.FuncInfo != nil {
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ func (d *deadcodepass) flood() {
 		if strings.HasPrefix(s.Name, "type.") && s.Name[5] != '.' {
 			if decodetype_kind(s)&kindMask == kindInterface {
 				for _, sig := range decodetype_ifacemethods(d.ctxt.Arch, s) {
-					if Debug['v'] > 1 {
+					if d.ctxt.Debugvlog > 1 {
 						fmt.Fprintf(d.ctxt.Bso, "reached iface method: %s\n", sig)
 					}
 					d.ifaceMethod[sig] = true
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/dwarf.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/dwarf.go
index a0622ea4d1..3996155347 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/dwarf.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/dwarf.go
@@ -1398,10 +1398,10 @@ var prototypedies map[string]*dwarf.DWDie
  *
  */
 func dwarfgeneratedebugsyms(ctxt *Link) {
-	if Debug['w'] != 0 { // disable dwarf
+	if Debug['w'] { // disable dwarf
 		return
 	}
-	if Debug['s'] != 0 && HEADTYPE != obj.Hdarwin {
+	if Debug['s'] && HEADTYPE != obj.Hdarwin {
 		return
 	}
 	if HEADTYPE == obj.Hplan9 {
@@ -1414,7 +1414,7 @@ func dwarfgeneratedebugsyms(ctxt *Link) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if Debug['v'] != 0 {
+	if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f dwarf\n", obj.Cputime())
 	}
 
@@ -1483,7 +1483,7 @@ func dwarfgeneratedebugsyms(ctxt *Link) {
  *  Elf.
  */
 func dwarfaddshstrings(ctxt *Link, shstrtab *Symbol) {
-	if Debug['w'] != 0 { // disable dwarf
+	if Debug['w'] { // disable dwarf
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -1508,7 +1508,7 @@ func dwarfaddshstrings(ctxt *Link, shstrtab *Symbol) {
 // Add section symbols for DWARF debug info.  This is called before
 // dwarfaddelfheaders.
 func dwarfaddelfsectionsyms(ctxt *Link) {
-	if Debug['w'] != 0 { // disable dwarf
+	if Debug['w'] { // disable dwarf
 		return
 	}
 	if Linkmode != LinkExternal {
@@ -1528,7 +1528,7 @@ func dwarfaddelfsectionsyms(ctxt *Link) {
  * Windows PE
  */
 func dwarfaddpeheaders(ctxt *Link) {
-	if Debug['w'] != 0 { // disable dwarf
+	if Debug['w'] { // disable dwarf
 		return
 	}
 	for sect := Segdwarf.Sect; sect != nil; sect = sect.Next {
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/elf.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/elf.go
index 0d2115c5a5..8bf9f5cc44 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/elf.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/elf.go
@@ -1837,7 +1837,7 @@ func (ctxt *Link) doelf() {
 	// binutils could correctly calculate PT_TLS size.
 	// see https://golang.org/issue/5200.
 	if HEADTYPE != obj.Hopenbsd {
-		if Debug['d'] == 0 || Linkmode == LinkExternal {
+		if !Debug['d'] || Linkmode == LinkExternal {
 			Addstring(ctxt, shstrtab, ".tbss")
 		}
 	}
@@ -1867,7 +1867,7 @@ func (ctxt *Link) doelf() {
 	Addstring(ctxt, shstrtab, relro_prefix+".gopclntab")
 
 	if Linkmode == LinkExternal {
-		Debug['d'] = 1
+		Debug['d'] = true
 
 		Addstring(ctxt, shstrtab, elfRelType+".text")
 		Addstring(ctxt, shstrtab, elfRelType+".rodata")
@@ -1904,7 +1904,7 @@ func (ctxt *Link) doelf() {
 		Addstring(ctxt, shstrtab, elfRelType+".init_array")
 	}
 
-	if Debug['s'] == 0 {
+	if !Debug['s'] {
 		Addstring(ctxt, shstrtab, ".symtab")
 		Addstring(ctxt, shstrtab, ".strtab")
 		dwarfaddshstrings(ctxt, shstrtab)
@@ -1912,7 +1912,7 @@ func (ctxt *Link) doelf() {
 
 	Addstring(ctxt, shstrtab, ".shstrtab")
 
-	if Debug['d'] == 0 { /* -d suppresses dynamic loader format */
+	if !Debug['d'] { /* -d suppresses dynamic loader format */
 		Addstring(ctxt, shstrtab, ".interp")
 		Addstring(ctxt, shstrtab, ".hash")
 		Addstring(ctxt, shstrtab, ".got")
@@ -2198,7 +2198,7 @@ func Asmbelf(ctxt *Link, symo int64) {
 		Segtext.Filelen += uint64(o)
 	}
 
-	if Debug['d'] == 0 { /* -d suppresses dynamic loader format */
+	if !Debug['d'] { /* -d suppresses dynamic loader format */
 		/* interpreter */
 		sh := elfshname(ctxt, ".interp")
 
@@ -2286,7 +2286,7 @@ func Asmbelf(ctxt *Link, symo int64) {
 	elfphload(ctxt, &Segdata)
 
 	/* Dynamic linking sections */
-	if Debug['d'] == 0 {
+	if !Debug['d'] {
 		sh := elfshname(ctxt, ".dynsym")
 		sh.type_ = SHT_DYNSYM
 		sh.flags = SHF_ALLOC
@@ -2471,7 +2471,7 @@ elfobj:
 	eh.shstrndx = uint16(sh.shnum)
 
 	// put these sections early in the list
-	if Debug['s'] == 0 {
+	if !Debug['s'] {
 		elfshname(ctxt, ".symtab")
 		elfshname(ctxt, ".strtab")
 	}
@@ -2515,7 +2515,7 @@ elfobj:
 		sh.flags = 0
 	}
 
-	if Debug['s'] == 0 {
+	if !Debug['s'] {
 		sh := elfshname(ctxt, ".symtab")
 		sh.type_ = SHT_SYMTAB
 		sh.off = uint64(symo)
@@ -2581,7 +2581,7 @@ elfobj:
 	a += int64(elfwritehdr())
 	a += int64(elfwritephdrs())
 	a += int64(elfwriteshdrs())
-	if Debug['d'] == 0 {
+	if !Debug['d'] {
 		a += int64(elfwriteinterp(ctxt))
 	}
 	if Linkmode != LinkExternal {
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/go.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/go.go
index bd184c734a..279d4e7103 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/go.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/go.go
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@ func expandpkg(t0 string, pkg string) string {
 func ldpkg(ctxt *Link, f *bio.Reader, pkg string, length int64, filename string, whence int) {
 	var p0, p1 int
 
-	if Debug['g'] != 0 {
+	if Debug['g'] {
 		return
 	}
 
 	if int64(int(length)) != length {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s: too much pkg data in %s\n", os.Args[0], filename)
-		if Debug['u'] != 0 {
+		if Debug['u'] {
 			errorexit()
 		}
 		return
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func ldpkg(ctxt *Link, f *bio.Reader, pkg string, length int64, filename string,
 	bdata := make([]byte, length)
 	if _, err := io.ReadFull(f, bdata); err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s: short pkg read %s\n", os.Args[0], filename)
-		if Debug['u'] != 0 {
+		if Debug['u'] {
 			errorexit()
 		}
 		return
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ func ldpkg(ctxt *Link, f *bio.Reader, pkg string, length int64, filename string,
 		if pkg == "main" && !isMain {
 			Exitf("%s: not package main", filename)
 		}
-		if Debug['u'] != 0 && whence != ArchiveObj && !isSafe {
+		if Debug['u'] && whence != ArchiveObj && !isSafe {
 			Exitf("load of unsafe package %s", filename)
 		}
 	}
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func ldpkg(ctxt *Link, f *bio.Reader, pkg string, length int64, filename string,
 		i := strings.IndexByte(data[p0+1:], '\n')
 		if i < 0 {
 			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s: found $$ // cgo but no newline in %s\n", os.Args[0], filename)
-			if Debug['u'] != 0 {
+			if Debug['u'] {
 				errorexit()
 			}
 			return
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ func ldpkg(ctxt *Link, f *bio.Reader, pkg string, length int64, filename string,
 		}
 		if p1 < 0 {
 			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s: cannot find end of // cgo section in %s\n", os.Args[0], filename)
-			if Debug['u'] != 0 {
+			if Debug['u'] {
 				errorexit()
 			}
 			return
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ func loadcgo(ctxt *Link, file string, pkg string, p string) {
 				lib = f[3]
 			}
 
-			if Debug['d'] != 0 {
+			if Debug['d'] {
 				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s: %s: cannot use dynamic imports with -d flag\n", os.Args[0], file)
 				nerrors++
 				return
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ func loadcgo(ctxt *Link, file string, pkg string, p string) {
 				goto err
 			}
 
-			if Debug['I'] == 0 {
+			if !Debug['I'] {
 				if interpreter != "" && interpreter != f[1] {
 					fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s: conflict dynlinker: %s and %s\n", os.Args[0], interpreter, f[1])
 					nerrors++
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/ldelf.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/ldelf.go
index 6b65273b3f..ea3924bc4e 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/ldelf.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/ldelf.go
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ func parseArmAttributes(ctxt *Link, e binary.ByteOrder, data []byte) {
 }
 
 func ldelf(ctxt *Link, f *bio.Reader, pkg string, length int64, pn string) {
-	if Debug['v'] != 0 {
+	if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f ldelf %s\n", obj.Cputime(), pn)
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/ldpe.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/ldpe.go
index 4d3c7ec9e6..4deec57761 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/ldpe.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/ldpe.go
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ type PeObj struct {
 }
 
 func ldpe(ctxt *Link, f *bio.Reader, pkg string, length int64, pn string) {
-	if Debug['v'] != 0 {
+	if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f ldpe %s\n", obj.Cputime(), pn)
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go
index d192f991ca..7918b9463e 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ func (r *Rpath) String() string {
 
 var (
 	Thearch Arch
-	Debug   [128]int
+	Debug   [128]bool
 	Lcsize  int32
 	rpath   Rpath
 	Spsize  int32
@@ -198,8 +198,8 @@ var (
 	elfglobalsymndx    int
 	flag_dumpdep       bool
 	flag_installsuffix string
-	flag_race          int
-	flag_msan          int
+	flag_race          bool
+	flag_msan          bool
 	Buildmode          BuildMode
 	Linkshared         bool
 	tracksym           string
@@ -209,10 +209,10 @@ var (
 	extldflags         string
 	extar              string
 	libgccfile         string
-	debug_s            int // backup old value of debug['s']
+	debug_s            bool // backup old value of debug['s']
 	HEADR              int32
 	HEADTYPE           int32
-	INITRND            int32
+	INITRND            int
 	INITTEXT           int64
 	INITDAT            int64
 	INITENTRY          string /* entry point */
@@ -393,10 +393,10 @@ func libinit(ctxt *Link) {
 	if flag_installsuffix != "" {
 		suffixsep = "_"
 		suffix = flag_installsuffix
-	} else if flag_race != 0 {
+	} else if flag_race {
 		suffixsep = "_"
 		suffix = "race"
-	} else if flag_msan != 0 {
+	} else if flag_msan {
 		suffixsep = "_"
 		suffix = "msan"
 	}
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ func loadinternal(ctxt *Link, name string) {
 	for i := 0; i < len(ctxt.Libdir); i++ {
 		if Linkshared {
 			shlibname := filepath.Join(ctxt.Libdir[i], name+".shlibname")
-			if Debug['v'] != 0 {
+			if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 				fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "searching for %s.a in %s\n", name, shlibname)
 			}
 			if _, err := os.Stat(shlibname); err == nil {
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ func loadinternal(ctxt *Link, name string) {
 			}
 		}
 		pname := filepath.Join(ctxt.Libdir[i], name+".a")
-		if Debug['v'] != 0 {
+		if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 			fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "searching for %s.a in %s\n", name, pname)
 		}
 		if _, err := os.Stat(pname); err == nil {
@@ -506,10 +506,10 @@ func (ctxt *Link) loadlib() {
 	if SysArch.Family == sys.ARM {
 		loadinternal(ctxt, "math")
 	}
-	if flag_race != 0 {
+	if flag_race {
 		loadinternal(ctxt, "runtime/race")
 	}
-	if flag_msan != 0 {
+	if flag_msan {
 		loadinternal(ctxt, "runtime/msan")
 	}
 
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ func (ctxt *Link) loadlib() {
 	for i = 0; i < len(ctxt.Library); i++ {
 		iscgo = iscgo || ctxt.Library[i].Pkg == "runtime/cgo"
 		if ctxt.Library[i].Shlib == "" {
-			if Debug['v'] > 1 {
+			if ctxt.Debugvlog > 1 {
 				fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f autolib: %s (from %s)\n", obj.Cputime(), ctxt.Library[i].File, ctxt.Library[i].Objref)
 			}
 			objfile(ctxt, ctxt.Library[i])
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ func (ctxt *Link) loadlib() {
 
 	for i = 0; i < len(ctxt.Library); i++ {
 		if ctxt.Library[i].Shlib != "" {
-			if Debug['v'] > 1 {
+			if ctxt.Debugvlog > 1 {
 				fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f autolib: %s (from %s)\n", obj.Cputime(), ctxt.Library[i].Shlib, ctxt.Library[i].Objref)
 			}
 			ldshlibsyms(ctxt, ctxt.Library[i].Shlib)
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ func (ctxt *Link) loadlib() {
 		}
 
 		// Force external linking for msan.
-		if flag_msan != 0 {
+		if flag_msan {
 			Linkmode = LinkExternal
 		}
 	}
@@ -696,12 +696,12 @@ func (ctxt *Link) loadlib() {
 				}
 				args := hostlinkArchArgs()
 				args = append(args, "--print-libgcc-file-name")
-				if Debug['v'] != 0 {
+				if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 					fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%s %v\n", extld, args)
 				}
 				out, err := exec.Command(extld, args...).Output()
 				if err != nil {
-					if Debug['v'] != 0 {
+					if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 						fmt.Fprintln(ctxt.Bso, "not using a libgcc file because compiler failed")
 						fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%v\n%s\n", err, out)
 					}
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ func (ctxt *Link) loadlib() {
 	switch Buildmode {
 	case BuildmodeExe, BuildmodePIE:
 		if havedynamic == 0 && HEADTYPE != obj.Hdarwin && HEADTYPE != obj.Hsolaris {
-			Debug['d'] = 1
+			Debug['d'] = true
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ func nextar(bp *bio.Reader, off int64, a *ArHdr) int64 {
 func objfile(ctxt *Link, lib *Library) {
 	pkg := pathtoprefix(lib.Pkg)
 
-	if Debug['v'] > 1 {
+	if ctxt.Debugvlog > 1 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f ldobj: %s (%s)\n", obj.Cputime(), lib.File, pkg)
 	}
 	ctxt.Bso.Flush()
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ func hostlinksetup() {
 	// and turn off -s internally: the external linker needs the symbol
 	// information for its final link.
 	debug_s = Debug['s']
-	Debug['s'] = 0
+	Debug['s'] = false
 
 	// create temporary directory and arrange cleanup
 	if tmpdir == "" {
@@ -1043,7 +1043,7 @@ func (ctxt *Link) archive() {
 	argv = append(argv, filepath.Join(tmpdir, "go.o"))
 	argv = append(argv, hostobjCopy()...)
 
-	if Debug['v'] != 0 {
+	if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "archive: %s\n", strings.Join(argv, " "))
 		ctxt.Bso.Flush()
 	}
@@ -1069,7 +1069,7 @@ func (l *Link) hostlink() {
 	argv = append(argv, extld)
 	argv = append(argv, hostlinkArchArgs()...)
 
-	if Debug['s'] == 0 && debug_s == 0 {
+	if !Debug['s'] && !debug_s {
 		argv = append(argv, "-gdwarf-2")
 	} else {
 		argv = append(argv, "-s")
@@ -1219,7 +1219,7 @@ func (l *Link) hostlink() {
 		}
 	}
 
-	sanitizers := flag_race != 0
+	sanitizers := flag_race
 
 	for _, flag := range ldflag {
 		if strings.HasPrefix(flag, "-fsanitize=") {
@@ -1269,7 +1269,7 @@ func (l *Link) hostlink() {
 		argv = append(argv, peimporteddlls()...)
 	}
 
-	if Debug['v'] != 0 {
+	if l.Debugvlog != 0 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(l.Bso, "host link:")
 		for _, v := range argv {
 			fmt.Fprintf(l.Bso, " %q", v)
@@ -1280,12 +1280,12 @@ func (l *Link) hostlink() {
 
 	if out, err := exec.Command(argv[0], argv[1:]...).CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
 		Exitf("running %s failed: %v\n%s", argv[0], err, out)
-	} else if Debug['v'] != 0 && len(out) > 0 {
+	} else if l.Debugvlog != 0 && len(out) > 0 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(l.Bso, "%s", out)
 		l.Bso.Flush()
 	}
 
-	if Debug['s'] == 0 && debug_s == 0 && HEADTYPE == obj.Hdarwin {
+	if !Debug['s'] && !debug_s && HEADTYPE == obj.Hdarwin {
 		// Skip combining dwarf on arm.
 		if !SysArch.InFamily(sys.ARM, sys.ARM64) {
 			dsym := filepath.Join(tmpdir, "go.dwarf")
@@ -1383,7 +1383,7 @@ func ldobj(ctxt *Link, f *bio.Reader, pkg string, length int64, pn string, file
 	t := fmt.Sprintf("%s %s %s ", goos, obj.Getgoarch(), obj.Getgoversion())
 
 	line = strings.TrimRight(line, "\n")
-	if !strings.HasPrefix(line[10:]+" ", t) && Debug['f'] == 0 {
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(line[10:]+" ", t) && !Debug['f'] {
 		ctxt.Diag("%s: object is [%s] expected [%s]", pn, line[10:], t)
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -1938,7 +1938,7 @@ func setheadtype(s string) {
 }
 
 func setinterp(s string) {
-	Debug['I'] = 1 // denote cmdline interpreter override
+	Debug['I'] = true // denote cmdline interpreter override
 	interpreter = s
 }
 
@@ -2070,7 +2070,7 @@ func genasmsym(ctxt *Link, put func(*Link, *Symbol, string, int, int64, int64, i
 
 	// Otherwise, off is addressing the saved program counter.
 	// Something underhanded is going on. Say nothing.
-	if Debug['v'] != 0 || Debug['n'] != 0 {
+	if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 || Debug['n'] {
 		fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f symsize = %d\n", obj.Cputime(), uint32(Symsize))
 	}
 	ctxt.Bso.Flush()
@@ -2149,7 +2149,7 @@ func (ctxt *Link) undef() {
 }
 
 func (ctxt *Link) callgraph() {
-	if Debug['c'] == 0 {
+	if !Debug['c'] {
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -2177,7 +2177,7 @@ func (ctxt *Link) Diag(format string, args ...interface{}) {
 	}
 	fmt.Printf("%s%s%s\n", tn, sep, fmt.Sprintf(format, args...))
 	nerrors++
-	if Debug['h'] != 0 {
+	if Debug['h'] {
 		panic("error")
 	}
 	if nerrors > 20 {
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/link.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/link.go
index 1988b91d18..18404da5da 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/link.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/link.go
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ type Link struct {
 	Goarm     int32
 	Headtype  int
 	Arch      *sys.Arch
-	Debugvlog int32
+	Debugvlog int
 	Bso       *bufio.Writer
 	Windows   int32
 	Goroot    string
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/macho.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/macho.go
index be4612ce0c..4350eb37a5 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/macho.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/macho.go
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ func machowrite() int {
 }
 
 func (ctxt *Link) domacho() {
-	if Debug['d'] != 0 {
+	if Debug['d'] {
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ func Asmbmacho(ctxt *Link) {
 	}
 
 	/* dwarf */
-	if Debug['w'] == 0 {
+	if !Debug['w'] {
 		if Linkmode != LinkExternal {
 			ms = newMachoSeg("__DWARF", 20)
 			ms.vaddr = Segdwarf.Vaddr
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ func Asmbmacho(ctxt *Link) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if Debug['d'] == 0 {
+	if !Debug['d'] {
 		// must match domacholink below
 		s1 := Linklookup(ctxt, ".machosymtab", 0)
 		s2 := Linklookup(ctxt, ".linkedit.plt", 0)
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/pcln.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/pcln.go
index cbfb9d1599..8e147627a2 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/pcln.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/pcln.go
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ func (ctxt *Link) pclntab() {
 
 	ftab.Size = int64(len(ftab.P))
 
-	if Debug['v'] != 0 {
+	if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f pclntab=%d bytes, funcdata total %d bytes\n", obj.Cputime(), ftab.Size, funcdata_bytes)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/pe.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/pe.go
index 2a32a17faf..3361d5f6fa 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/pe.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/pe.go
@@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@ func addpesymtable(ctxt *Link) {
 
 	// write COFF symbol table
 	var symcnt int
-	if Debug['s'] == 0 || Linkmode == LinkExternal {
+	if !Debug['s'] || Linkmode == LinkExternal {
 		symcnt = writePESymTableRecords(ctxt)
 	}
 
@@ -1168,7 +1168,7 @@ func Asmbpe(ctxt *Link) {
 		c = addinitarray(ctxt)
 	}
 
-	if Debug['s'] == 0 {
+	if !Debug['s'] {
 		dwarfaddpeheaders(ctxt)
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/pobj.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/pobj.go
index 0db970a105..0c9683bb76 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/pobj.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/pobj.go
@@ -49,14 +49,9 @@ func Ldmain() {
 	ctxt := linknew(SysArch)
 	ctxt.Bso = bufio.NewWriter(os.Stdout)
 
-	Debug = [128]int{}
+	Debug = [128]bool{}
 	nerrors = 0
-	outfile = ""
 	HEADTYPE = -1
-	INITTEXT = -1
-	INITDAT = -1
-	INITRND = -1
-	INITENTRY = ""
 	Linkmode = LinkAuto
 
 	// For testing behavior of go command when tools crash silently.
@@ -69,61 +64,60 @@ func Ldmain() {
 	}
 
 	if SysArch.Family == sys.AMD64 && obj.Getgoos() == "plan9" {
-		obj.Flagcount("8", "use 64-bit addresses in symbol table", &Debug['8'])
+		flag.BoolVar(&Debug['8'], "8", false, "use 64-bit addresses in symbol table")
 	}
 	obj.Flagfn1("B", "add an ELF NT_GNU_BUILD_ID `note` when using ELF", addbuildinfo)
-	obj.Flagcount("C", "check Go calls to C code", &Debug['C'])
-	obj.Flagint64("D", "set data segment `address`", &INITDAT)
-	obj.Flagstr("E", "set `entry` symbol name", &INITENTRY)
+	flag.BoolVar(&Debug['C'], "C", false, "check Go calls to C code")
+	flag.Int64Var(&INITDAT, "D", -1, "set data segment `address`")
+	flag.StringVar(&INITENTRY, "E", "", "set `entry` symbol name")
 	obj.Flagfn1("I", "use `linker` as ELF dynamic linker", setinterp)
 	obj.Flagfn1("L", "add specified `directory` to library path", func(a string) { Lflag(ctxt, a) })
 	obj.Flagfn1("H", "set header `type`", setheadtype)
-	obj.Flagint32("R", "set address rounding `quantum`", &INITRND)
-	obj.Flagint64("T", "set text segment `address`", &INITTEXT)
+	flag.IntVar(&INITRND, "R", -1, "set address rounding `quantum`")
+	flag.Int64Var(&INITTEXT, "T", -1, "set text segment `address`")
 	obj.Flagfn0("V", "print version and exit", doversion)
 	obj.Flagfn1("X", "add string value `definition` of the form importpath.name=value", func(s string) { addstrdata1(ctxt, s) })
-	obj.Flagcount("a", "disassemble output", &Debug['a'])
-	obj.Flagstr("buildid", "record `id` as Go toolchain build id", &buildid)
+	flag.BoolVar(&Debug['a'], "a", false, "disassemble output")
+	flag.StringVar(&buildid, "buildid", "", "record `id` as Go toolchain build id")
 	flag.Var(&Buildmode, "buildmode", "set build `mode`")
-	obj.Flagcount("c", "dump call graph", &Debug['c'])
-	obj.Flagcount("d", "disable dynamic executable", &Debug['d'])
+	flag.BoolVar(&Debug['c'], "c", false, "dump call graph")
+	flag.BoolVar(&Debug['d'], "d", false, "disable dynamic executable")
 	flag.BoolVar(&flag_dumpdep, "dumpdep", false, "dump symbol dependency graph")
-	obj.Flagstr("extar", "archive program for buildmode=c-archive", &extar)
-	obj.Flagstr("extld", "use `linker` when linking in external mode", &extld)
-	obj.Flagstr("extldflags", "pass `flags` to external linker", &extldflags)
-	obj.Flagcount("f", "ignore version mismatch", &Debug['f'])
-	obj.Flagcount("g", "disable go package data checks", &Debug['g'])
-	obj.Flagcount("h", "halt on error", &Debug['h'])
-	obj.Flagstr("installsuffix", "set package directory `suffix`", &flag_installsuffix)
-	obj.Flagstr("k", "set field tracking `symbol`", &tracksym)
-	obj.Flagstr("libgcc", "compiler support lib for internal linking; use \"none\" to disable", &libgccfile)
+	flag.StringVar(&extar, "extar", "", "archive program for buildmode=c-archive")
+	flag.StringVar(&extld, "extld", "", "use `linker` when linking in external mode")
+	flag.StringVar(&extldflags, "extldflags", "", "pass `flags` to external linker")
+	flag.BoolVar(&Debug['f'], "f", false, "ignore version mismatch")
+	flag.BoolVar(&Debug['g'], "g", false, "disable go package data checks")
+	flag.BoolVar(&Debug['h'], "h", false, "halt on error")
+	flag.StringVar(&flag_installsuffix, "installsuffix", "", "set package directory `suffix`")
+	flag.StringVar(&tracksym, "k", "", "set field tracking `symbol`")
+	flag.StringVar(&libgccfile, "libgcc", "", "compiler support lib for internal linking; use \"none\" to disable")
 	obj.Flagfn1("linkmode", "set link `mode` (internal, external, auto)", setlinkmode)
 	flag.BoolVar(&Linkshared, "linkshared", false, "link against installed Go shared libraries")
-	obj.Flagcount("msan", "enable MSan interface", &flag_msan)
-	obj.Flagcount("n", "dump symbol table", &Debug['n'])
-	obj.Flagstr("o", "write output to `file`", &outfile)
+	flag.BoolVar(&flag_msan, "msan", false, "enable MSan interface")
+	flag.BoolVar(&Debug['n'], "n", false, "dump symbol table")
+	flag.StringVar(&outfile, "o", "", "write output to `file`")
 	flag.Var(&rpath, "r", "set the ELF dynamic linker search `path` to dir1:dir2:...")
-	obj.Flagcount("race", "enable race detector", &flag_race)
-	obj.Flagcount("s", "disable symbol table", &Debug['s'])
-	var flagShared int
+	flag.BoolVar(&flag_race, "race", false, "enable race detector")
+	flag.BoolVar(&Debug['s'], "s", false, "disable symbol table")
+	var flagShared bool
 	if SysArch.InFamily(sys.ARM, sys.AMD64) {
-		obj.Flagcount("shared", "generate shared object (implies -linkmode external)", &flagShared)
+		flag.BoolVar(&flagShared, "shared", false, "generate shared object (implies -linkmode external)")
 	}
-	obj.Flagstr("tmpdir", "use `directory` for temporary files", &tmpdir)
-	obj.Flagcount("u", "reject unsafe packages", &Debug['u'])
-	obj.Flagcount("v", "print link trace", &Debug['v'])
-	obj.Flagcount("w", "disable DWARF generation", &Debug['w'])
+	flag.StringVar(&tmpdir, "tmpdir", "", "use `directory` for temporary files")
+	flag.BoolVar(&Debug['u'], "u", false, "reject unsafe packages")
+	obj.Flagcount("v", "print link trace", &ctxt.Debugvlog)
+	flag.BoolVar(&Debug['w'], "w", false, "disable DWARF generation")
 
-	obj.Flagstr("cpuprofile", "write cpu profile to `file`", &cpuprofile)
-	obj.Flagstr("memprofile", "write memory profile to `file`", &memprofile)
-	obj.Flagint64("memprofilerate", "set runtime.MemProfileRate to `rate`", &memprofilerate)
+	flag.StringVar(&cpuprofile, "cpuprofile", "", "write cpu profile to `file`")
+	flag.StringVar(&memprofile, "memprofile", "", "write memory profile to `file`")
+	flag.Int64Var(&memprofilerate, "memprofilerate", 0, "set runtime.MemProfileRate to `rate`")
 
 	obj.Flagparse(usage)
 
 	startProfile()
 	ctxt.Bso = ctxt.Bso
-	ctxt.Debugvlog = int32(Debug['v'])
-	if flagShared != 0 {
+	if flagShared {
 		if Buildmode == BuildmodeUnset {
 			Buildmode = BuildmodeCShared
 		} else if Buildmode != BuildmodeCShared {
@@ -161,7 +155,7 @@ func Ldmain() {
 		Exitf("-linkshared can only be used on elf systems")
 	}
 
-	if Debug['v'] != 0 {
+	if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "HEADER = -H%d -T0x%x -D0x%x -R0x%x\n", HEADTYPE, uint64(INITTEXT), uint64(INITDAT), uint32(INITRND))
 	}
 	ctxt.Bso.Flush()
@@ -212,7 +206,7 @@ func Ldmain() {
 	ctxt.undef()
 	ctxt.hostlink()
 	ctxt.archive()
-	if Debug['v'] != 0 {
+	if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f cpu time\n", obj.Cputime())
 		fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%d symbols\n", len(ctxt.Allsym))
 		fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%d liveness data\n", liveness)
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/symtab.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/symtab.go
index 2bad21ba65..1b30498d1d 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/symtab.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/symtab.go
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ func putplan9sym(ctxt *Link, x *Symbol, s string, t int, addr int64, size int64,
 		'Z',
 		'm':
 		l := 4
-		if HEADTYPE == obj.Hplan9 && SysArch.Family == sys.AMD64 && Debug['8'] == 0 {
+		if HEADTYPE == obj.Hplan9 && SysArch.Family == sys.AMD64 && !Debug['8'] {
 			Lputb(uint32(addr >> 32))
 			l = 8
 		}
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/mips64/asm.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/mips64/asm.go
index 402325cf2b..2d50e8d859 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/mips64/asm.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/mips64/asm.go
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ func archrelocvariant(ctxt *ld.Link, r *ld.Reloc, s *ld.Symbol, t int64) int64 {
 }
 
 func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
-	if ld.Debug['v'] != 0 {
+	if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f asmb\n", obj.Cputime())
 	}
 	ctxt.Bso.Flush()
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 	}
 
 	if ld.Segrodata.Filelen > 0 {
-		if ld.Debug['v'] != 0 {
+		if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 			fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f rodatblk\n", obj.Cputime())
 		}
 		ctxt.Bso.Flush()
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 		ld.Datblk(ctxt, int64(ld.Segrodata.Vaddr), int64(ld.Segrodata.Filelen))
 	}
 
-	if ld.Debug['v'] != 0 {
+	if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f datblk\n", obj.Cputime())
 	}
 	ctxt.Bso.Flush()
@@ -226,9 +226,9 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 
 	ld.Lcsize = 0
 	symo := uint32(0)
-	if ld.Debug['s'] == 0 {
+	if ld.Debug['s'] {
 		// TODO: rationalize
-		if ld.Debug['v'] != 0 {
+		if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 			fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f sym\n", obj.Cputime())
 		}
 		ctxt.Bso.Flush()
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 		switch ld.HEADTYPE {
 		default:
 			if ld.Iself {
-				if ld.Debug['v'] != 0 {
+				if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 					fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f elfsym\n", obj.Cputime())
 				}
 				ld.Asmelfsym(ctxt)
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 	}
 
 	ctxt.Cursym = nil
-	if ld.Debug['v'] != 0 {
+	if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f header\n", obj.Cputime())
 	}
 	ctxt.Bso.Flush()
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 	}
 
 	ld.Cflush()
-	if ld.Debug['c'] != 0 {
+	if ld.Debug['c'] {
 		fmt.Printf("textsize=%d\n", ld.Segtext.Filelen)
 		fmt.Printf("datsize=%d\n", ld.Segdata.Filelen)
 		fmt.Printf("bsssize=%d\n", ld.Segdata.Length-ld.Segdata.Filelen)
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ppc64/asm.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ppc64/asm.go
index efff84f281..581e91f6c2 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ppc64/asm.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ppc64/asm.go
@@ -804,7 +804,7 @@ func ensureglinkresolver(ctxt *ld.Link) *ld.Symbol {
 }
 
 func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
-	if ld.Debug['v'] != 0 {
+	if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f asmb\n", obj.Cputime())
 	}
 	ctxt.Bso.Flush()
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 	}
 
 	if ld.Segrodata.Filelen > 0 {
-		if ld.Debug['v'] != 0 {
+		if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 			fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f rodatblk\n", obj.Cputime())
 		}
 		ctxt.Bso.Flush()
@@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 		ld.Datblk(ctxt, int64(ld.Segrodata.Vaddr), int64(ld.Segrodata.Filelen))
 	}
 
-	if ld.Debug['v'] != 0 {
+	if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f datblk\n", obj.Cputime())
 	}
 	ctxt.Bso.Flush()
@@ -847,9 +847,9 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 
 	ld.Lcsize = 0
 	symo := uint32(0)
-	if ld.Debug['s'] == 0 {
+	if !ld.Debug['s'] {
 		// TODO: rationalize
-		if ld.Debug['v'] != 0 {
+		if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 			fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f sym\n", obj.Cputime())
 		}
 		ctxt.Bso.Flush()
@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 		switch ld.HEADTYPE {
 		default:
 			if ld.Iself {
-				if ld.Debug['v'] != 0 {
+				if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 					fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f elfsym\n", obj.Cputime())
 				}
 				ld.Asmelfsym(ctxt)
@@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 	}
 
 	ctxt.Cursym = nil
-	if ld.Debug['v'] != 0 {
+	if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f header\n", obj.Cputime())
 	}
 	ctxt.Bso.Flush()
@@ -923,7 +923,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 	}
 
 	ld.Cflush()
-	if ld.Debug['c'] != 0 {
+	if ld.Debug['c'] {
 		fmt.Printf("textsize=%d\n", ld.Segtext.Filelen)
 		fmt.Printf("datsize=%d\n", ld.Segdata.Filelen)
 		fmt.Printf("bsssize=%d\n", ld.Segdata.Length-ld.Segdata.Filelen)
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ppc64/obj.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ppc64/obj.go
index c4e6ba58e3..f42b1f8471 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ppc64/obj.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ppc64/obj.go
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ func archinit(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 
 	case obj.Hlinux: /* ppc64 elf */
 		if ld.SysArch == sys.ArchPPC64 {
-			ld.Debug['d'] = 1 // TODO(austin): ELF ABI v1 not supported yet
+			ld.Debug['d'] = true // TODO(austin): ELF ABI v1 not supported yet
 		}
 		ld.Elfinit(ctxt)
 		ld.HEADR = ld.ELFRESERVE
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/s390x/asm.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/s390x/asm.go
index 3c7aefe2a1..d3d46dc89d 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/s390x/asm.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/s390x/asm.go
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ func addgotsym(ctxt *ld.Link, s *ld.Symbol) {
 }
 
 func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
-	if ld.Debug['v'] != 0 {
+	if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f asmb\n", obj.Cputime())
 	}
 	ctxt.Bso.Flush()
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 	}
 
 	if ld.Segrodata.Filelen > 0 {
-		if ld.Debug['v'] != 0 {
+		if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 			fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f rodatblk\n", obj.Cputime())
 		}
 		ctxt.Bso.Flush()
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 		ld.Datblk(ctxt, int64(ld.Segrodata.Vaddr), int64(ld.Segrodata.Filelen))
 	}
 
-	if ld.Debug['v'] != 0 {
+	if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f datblk\n", obj.Cputime())
 	}
 	ctxt.Bso.Flush()
@@ -542,11 +542,11 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 
 	ld.Lcsize = 0
 	symo := uint32(0)
-	if ld.Debug['s'] == 0 {
+	if !ld.Debug['s'] {
 		if !ld.Iself {
 			ctxt.Diag("unsupported executable format")
 		}
-		if ld.Debug['v'] != 0 {
+		if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 			fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f sym\n", obj.Cputime())
 		}
 		ctxt.Bso.Flush()
@@ -554,14 +554,14 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 		symo = uint32(ld.Rnd(int64(symo), int64(ld.INITRND)))
 
 		ld.Cseek(int64(symo))
-		if ld.Debug['v'] != 0 {
+		if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 			fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f elfsym\n", obj.Cputime())
 		}
 		ld.Asmelfsym(ctxt)
 		ld.Cflush()
 		ld.Cwrite(ld.Elfstrdat)
 
-		if ld.Debug['v'] != 0 {
+		if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 			fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f dwarf\n", obj.Cputime())
 		}
 
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 	}
 
 	ctxt.Cursym = nil
-	if ld.Debug['v'] != 0 {
+	if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f header\n", obj.Cputime())
 	}
 	ctxt.Bso.Flush()
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 	}
 
 	ld.Cflush()
-	if ld.Debug['c'] != 0 {
+	if ld.Debug['c'] {
 		fmt.Printf("textsize=%d\n", ld.Segtext.Filelen)
 		fmt.Printf("datsize=%d\n", ld.Segdata.Filelen)
 		fmt.Printf("bsssize=%d\n", ld.Segdata.Length-ld.Segdata.Filelen)
diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/x86/asm.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/x86/asm.go
index 40c8cd4dd1..f3452f0123 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/x86/asm.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/x86/asm.go
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ func addgotsym(ctxt *ld.Link, s *ld.Symbol) {
 }
 
 func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
-	if ld.Debug['v'] != 0 {
+	if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f asmb\n", obj.Cputime())
 	}
 	ctxt.Bso.Flush()
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 	}
 
 	if ld.Segrodata.Filelen > 0 {
-		if ld.Debug['v'] != 0 {
+		if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 			fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f rodatblk\n", obj.Cputime())
 		}
 		ctxt.Bso.Flush()
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 		ld.Datblk(ctxt, int64(ld.Segrodata.Vaddr), int64(ld.Segrodata.Filelen))
 	}
 
-	if ld.Debug['v'] != 0 {
+	if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f datblk\n", obj.Cputime())
 	}
 	ctxt.Bso.Flush()
@@ -662,9 +662,9 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 	ld.Spsize = 0
 	ld.Lcsize = 0
 	symo := uint32(0)
-	if ld.Debug['s'] == 0 {
+	if !ld.Debug['s'] {
 		// TODO: rationalize
-		if ld.Debug['v'] != 0 {
+		if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 			fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f sym\n", obj.Cputime())
 		}
 		ctxt.Bso.Flush()
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 		switch ld.HEADTYPE {
 		default:
 			if ld.Iself {
-				if ld.Debug['v'] != 0 {
+				if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 					fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f elfsym\n", obj.Cputime())
 				}
 				ld.Asmelfsym(ctxt)
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 			}
 
 		case obj.Hwindows:
-			if ld.Debug['v'] != 0 {
+			if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 				fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f dwarf\n", obj.Cputime())
 			}
 
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if ld.Debug['v'] != 0 {
+	if ctxt.Debugvlog != 0 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(ctxt.Bso, "%5.2f headr\n", obj.Cputime())
 	}
 	ctxt.Bso.Flush()