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Re: Warning about zero-sized dynamic symbols

Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com> writes:

> On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 10:48:30AM -0800, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
>> Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com> writes:
>> > I think I added that code to fix a ld.so segfault when handling a copy
>> > reloc for a zero size symbol.  So what should ld do here?  Make a zero
>> > size entry in dynbss but omit any copy reloc?
>> 
>> Yes, I think so.  There is no reason to have a COPY reloc for a
>> zero-sized symbol.
>
> Done.  We do have a slightly "interesting" case if only one zero size
> symbol is put in dynbss.  In that case .dynbss gets eliminated and the
> symbol ends up with a zero address too.

Thanks!

Ian
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