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Re: [gold patch] Fix PR gold/12220 where linker script causes internal error with compressed debug sections


Cary Coutant <ccoutant@google.com> writes:

> PR 12220 is about an internal error in gold when compressed debug
> sections are used with a linker script. There were two problems here:
> the presence of a SECTIONS clause in the script prevented the linker
> from remapping the .zdebug section names properly, and also caused the
> linker to calculate the output section size based on the compressed
> sizes of the input sections instead of the uncompressed size. This
> patch should fix both problems.
>
> Tested on x86_64. OK?
>
> -cary
>
>         PR gold/12220
>         * layout.cc (Layout::choose_output_section): Call output_section_name
>         even when using a script with a SECTIONS clause.
>         (Layout::output_section_name): Don't use standard mappings if a
>         SECTIONS clause has been seen.
>         * layout.h (Layout::output_section_name): Add parameter.
>         * output.cc (Output_section::add_input_section): Use uncompressed
>         section size when tracking input sections.

Rather than add a parameter to Layout::output_section_name, I would
prefer to pull the is_compressed_debug_section handling into its only
caller.

The change to output.cc is certainly OK.

Ian


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