ppc 32/64 elf script question

[Alan Modra]

On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 05:42:09PM -0400, ariel.burton@roguewave.com wrote:
> In the case of the first call (the explicit call to x)
> the linker has adjusted the call address to call the
> function's entry point which it obtains from the opd of
> that name.  That is, it recognizes that the reference
> to x is a reference to the opd entry, and instead of
> branching to the opd it branches to the entry address
> given in the opd.  However, it's not doing the same
> with the call to y.  There it's treating the synthesized
> reference to x differently, and branching to the opd
> rather than the entry address given in the opd.

The reason this is failing is that all symbols defined in a linker
script are defined in output sections or the absolute section.  ppc64
ld does its magic with .opd only on symbols defined in *input* .opd
sections.  I don't know a work-around, sorry.  Please open a bug
report.

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Alan Modra
Australia Development Lab, IBM