PATCH: Don't check relocations against reloc sections

[H.J. Lu]

On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 7:56 PM, H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 6:45 PM, Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 11:37:05AM -0700, H.J. Lu wrote:
>>> @@ -10370,6 +10370,15 @@ bfd_elf_final_link (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
>>>    for (o = abfd->sections; o != NULL; o = o->next)
>>>      {
>>>        struct bfd_elf_section_data *esdo = elf_section_data (o);
>>> +
>>> +      if (esdo->this_hdr.sh_type == SHT_REL
>>> +       || esdo->this_hdr.sh_type == SHT_RELA)
>>> +     {
>>> +       /* There should be no relocations against reloc sections.  */
>>> +       BFD_ASSERT (!(o->flags & SEC_RELOC) && o->reloc_count == 0);
>>> +       continue;
>>> +     }
>>> +
>>>        o->reloc_count = 0;
>>>
>>>        for (p = o->map_head.link_order; p != NULL; p = p->next)
>>
>> This doesn't look to be correct.  Code below this point does more than
>> just count relocs.  Try this instead.
>>
>> Index: bfd/elflink.c
>> ===================================================================
>> RCS file: /cvs/src/src/bfd/elflink.c,v
>> retrieving revision 1.436
>> diff -u -p -r1.436 elflink.c
>> --- bfd/elflink.c       12 Apr 2012 07:35:04 -0000      1.436
>> +++ bfd/elflink.c       13 Apr 2012 01:43:23 -0000
>> @@ -10396,7 +10396,13 @@ bfd_elf_final_link (bfd *abfd, struct bf
>>              if (sec->flags & SEC_MERGE)
>>                merged = TRUE;
>>
>> -             if (info->relocatable || info->emitrelocations)
>> +             if (esdo->this_hdr.sh_type == SHT_REL
>> +                 || esdo->this_hdr.sh_type == SHT_RELA)
>> +               /* Some backends use reloc_count in relocation sections
>> +                  to count particular types of relocs.  Of course,
>> +                  reloc sections themselves can't have relocations.  */
>> +               reloc_count = 0;
>> +             else if (info->relocatable || info->emitrelocations)
>>                reloc_count = sec->reloc_count;
>>              else if (bed->elf_backend_count_relocs)
>>                reloc_count = (*bed->elf_backend_count_relocs) (info, sec);
>>
>
> It works.

Here is the patch with a testcase.  OK to install?

Thanks.

-- 
H.J.
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