A symbol visibility problem
Nick Clifton
nickc@redhat.com
Wed Jan 28 11:33:00 GMT 2004
Hi H. J. Lu" <hjl@lucon.org> writes:
> The problem is
>
> /* If the new symbol with non-default visibility comes from a
> relocatable file and the old definition comes from a dynamic
> object, we remove the old definition. */
> if ((*sym_hash)->root.type == bfd_link_hash_indirect)
> h = *sym_hash;
> h->root.type = bfd_link_hash_new;
> h->root.u.undef.abfd = NULL;
>
> If the new entry with non-default visibility is undefined, then
> setting the type to bfd_link_hash_new will lead to the
> assertion. Should we use
>
> h->root.type = bfd_link_hash_undefined;
>
> instead and let _bfd_generic_link_add_one_symbol take care of it?
That seems sensible, but I think only if the new symbol is undefined.
Do you have a patch to propose for this ?
Cheers
Nick
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