PR24567, assertion failure in ldlang.c:6868 when compiling with -flto

[Alan Modra <amodra at gmail dot com>]

As the existing comment said: "a common ought to be overridden by a
def in a -flto object".  This patch makes the code actually do that,
rather than allowing a normal object file common to override a -flto
defined symbol.

	PR 24567
	* plugin.c (plugin_notice): Do not let a common symbol override
	a non-common definition in IR.

diff --git a/ld/plugin.c b/ld/plugin.c
index e3ca324069..fcd864a117 100644
--- a/ld/plugin.c
+++ b/ld/plugin.c
@@ -1406,30 +1406,36 @@ plugin_notice (struct bfd_link_info *info,
 	  ref = TRUE;
 	}
 
-      /* Otherwise, it must be a new def.  */
-      else
+
+      /* A common symbol should be merged with other commons or
+	 defs with the same name.  In particular, a common ought
+	 to be overridden by a def in a -flto object.  In that
+	 sense a common is also a ref.  */
+      else if (bfd_is_com_section (section))
 	{
-	  /* Ensure any symbol defined in an IR dummy BFD takes on a
-	     new value from a real BFD.  Weak symbols are not normally
-	     overridden by a new weak definition, and strong symbols
-	     will normally cause multiple definition errors.  Avoid
-	     this by making the symbol appear to be undefined.  */
-	  if (((h->type == bfd_link_hash_defweak
-		|| h->type == bfd_link_hash_defined)
-	       && is_ir_dummy_bfd (sym_bfd = h->u.def.section->owner))
-	      || (h->type == bfd_link_hash_common
-		  && is_ir_dummy_bfd (sym_bfd = h->u.c.p->section->owner)))
+	  if (h->type == bfd_link_hash_common
+	      && is_ir_dummy_bfd (sym_bfd = h->u.c.p->section->owner))
 	    {
 	      h->type = bfd_link_hash_undefweak;
 	      h->u.undef.abfd = sym_bfd;
 	    }
+	  ref = TRUE;
+	}
 
-	  /* A common symbol should be merged with other commons or
-	     defs with the same name.  In particular, a common ought
-	     to be overridden by a def in a -flto object.  In that
-	     sense a common is also a ref.  */
-	  if (bfd_is_com_section (section))
-	    ref = TRUE;
+      /* Otherwise, it must be a new def.
+	 Ensure any symbol defined in an IR dummy BFD takes on a
+	 new value from a real BFD.  Weak symbols are not normally
+	 overridden by a new weak definition, and strong symbols
+	 will normally cause multiple definition errors.  Avoid
+	 this by making the symbol appear to be undefined.  */
+      else if (((h->type == bfd_link_hash_defweak
+		 || h->type == bfd_link_hash_defined)
+		&& is_ir_dummy_bfd (sym_bfd = h->u.def.section->owner))
+	       || (h->type == bfd_link_hash_common
+		   && is_ir_dummy_bfd (sym_bfd = h->u.c.p->section->owner)))
+	{
+	  h->type = bfd_link_hash_undefweak;
+	  h->u.undef.abfd = sym_bfd;
 	}
 
       if (ref)

-- 
Alan Modra
Australia Development Lab, IBM