PATCH: PR ld/12507: Can't build a program with -flto -nostdlib

H.J. Lu hjl.tools@gmail.com
Fri Feb 25 23:08:00 GMT 2011


On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Dave Korn <dave.korn.cygwin@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 24/02/2011 22:59, H.J. Lu wrote:
>> We should never mark entry symbol IR only. I checked in this patch as
>> an obvious fix.
>
>> --- a/ld/plugin.c
>> +++ b/ld/plugin.c
>> @@ -490,8 +490,10 @@ get_symbols (const void *handle, int nsyms, struct ld_plugin_symbol *syms)
>>        even potentially-referenced, perhaps in a future final link if
>>        this is a partial one, perhaps dynamically at load-time if the
>>        symbol is externally visible.  */
>> -      ironly = !is_visible_from_outside (&syms[n], owner_sec, blhe)
>> -     && !bfd_hash_lookup (non_ironly_hash, syms[n].name, FALSE, FALSE);
>> +      ironly = (!is_visible_from_outside (&syms[n], owner_sec, blhe)
>> +             && !bfd_hash_lookup (non_ironly_hash, syms[n].name,
>> +                                  FALSE, FALSE)
>> +             && strcmp (syms[n].name, entry_symbol.name) != 0);
>
>  This caused a bunch of regressions for me:
>
>> +FAIL: plugin claimfile resolve symbol
>> +FAIL: plugin claimfile replace file
>> +FAIL: plugin ignore lib
>> +FAIL: plugin claimfile replace lib
>
>  It turns out that entry_symbol.name can be NULL, and strcmp doesn't have to
> handle null pointers gracefully; it segfaulted on cygwin.  We need to guard
> the test, like the attached.
>
> ld/ChangeLog:
>
> 2011-02-25  Dave Korn  <....
>
>        * plugin.c (get_symbols): Guard against NULL name of entry_symbol.
>
>  OK?

Sorry for that. I consider it obvious.


-- 
H.J.



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