[patch bfd]: Adjust handling for plugin-generated sections for pe-coff targets

Kai Tietz ktietz70@googlemail.com
Sun Oct 9 08:22:00 GMT 2011


2011/10/9 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>:
> On Sat, Oct 08, 2011 at 12:49:28PM +0200, Kai Tietz wrote:
>> +           if ((h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defined
>> +                || h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defweak)
>> +               && ((finfo->info->strip_discarded
>> +                    && h->root.u.def.section != NULL
>> +                    && !bfd_is_abs_section (h->root.u.def.section)
>> +                    && bfd_is_abs_section (h->root.u.def.section->output_section))
>> +                   || (h->root.u.def.section->owner != NULL
>> +                       && (h->root.u.def.section->owner->flags &
>> BFD_PLUGIN) != 0)))
>> +              continue;
>
> How can this possibly be correct?  You have silenced the warning for
> *all* symbols defined in excluded sections.  You may as well delete
> this code!  Also, strip_discarded should not be tested here, it has
> nothing to do with reporting errors on applying relocations.
>
> --
> Alan Modra

Ups, it can't.  I try to fix this issue at the wrong end.  The
relocation shouldn't be added for plugin IR to references as
defined/weak.  Instead it should be undefined. I tried to fix this
issue at wrong place.

Sorry,
Kai



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