RFC: Remove empty output sections

H. J. Lu hjl@lucon.org
Fri Mar 18 09:59:00 GMT 2005


On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 01:45:47PM +1030, Alan Modra wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 17, 2005 at 06:59:25PM -0800, H. J. Lu wrote:
> > 	* emultempl/elf32.em (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_finish): Set
> > 	bfd_section to bfd_abs_section_ptr when removing unused empty
> > 	output sections for non-relocatable link.
> 
> No.  The map file output needs to use the sections actually linked,
> otherwise wrong values will be reported.
> 

Here it is.


H.J.
----
2005-03-17  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

	* emultempl/elf32.em (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_finish): Don't set
	bfd_section when removing unused empty output sections for
	non-relocatable link.

--- ld/emultempl/elf32.em.abs	2005-03-16 21:20:12.000000000 -0800
+++ ld/emultempl/elf32.em	2005-03-17 19:49:00.600705303 -0800
@@ -1459,8 +1459,6 @@ gld${EMULATION_NAME}_finish (void)
 	    {
 	      asection **p;
 
-	      os->bfd_section = NULL;
-
 	      for (p = &output_bfd->sections; *p; p = &(*p)->next)
 		if (*p == s)
 		  {



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