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Re: [committed, PATCH] Always create dynsym section with dynamic sections
- From: Faraz Shahbazker <faraz dot shahbazker at imgtec dot com>
- To: "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>, <binutils at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2016 10:04:40 -0700
- Subject: Re: [committed, PATCH] Always create dynsym section with dynamic sections
- Authentication-results: sourceware.org; auth=none
- References: <20160223003208 dot GA30022 at intel dot com>
Hi,
This is breaking a gc-sections test-case for MIPS. MIPS at least, uses the
elf_link_hash_table to track symbols even for static executables.
The renumbering violates assertions about how MIPS expects the table to look.
We could change the assert conditions, but I think thank since the NULL entry
originated when the table was initialized, it should exist just
the same after renumbering. If there is an additional case
(dynamic_sections_created), it should be OR'd to the pre-existing condition.
Thanks,
Faraz Shahbazker
On 02/22/2016 04:32 PM, H.J. Lu wrote:
> We should always create the dynsym section, even if it is empty, with
> dynamic sections.
>
> * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_link_renumber_dynsyms): Always create the
> dynsym section, even if it is empty, with dynamic sections.
> ---
> bfd/ChangeLog | 5 +++++
> bfd/elflink.c | 6 +++---
> 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
> index dd1a308..1e0f6a1 100644
> --- a/bfd/ChangeLog
> +++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
> @@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
> 2016-02-22 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
>
> + * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_link_renumber_dynsyms): Always create the
> + dynsym section, even if it is empty, with dynamic sections.
> +
> +2016-02-22 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
> +
> * syms.c: Remove BSF_COMMON from comments.
> * bfd-in2.h: Regenerated.
>
> diff --git a/bfd/elflink.c b/bfd/elflink.c
> index c7672ed..89a6dea 100644
> --- a/bfd/elflink.c
> +++ b/bfd/elflink.c
> @@ -875,9 +875,9 @@ _bfd_elf_link_renumber_dynsyms (bfd *output_bfd,
> &dynsymcount);
>
> /* There is an unused NULL entry at the head of the table which
> - we must account for in our count. Unless there weren't any
> - symbols, which means we'll have no table at all. */
> - if (dynsymcount != 0)
> + we must account for in our count. We always create the dynsym
> + section, even if it is empty, with dynamic sections. */
> + if (elf_hash_table (info)->dynamic_sections_created)
> ++dynsymcount;
>
> elf_hash_table (info)->dynsymcount = dynsymcount;
>