[PATCH] Properly convert address load of __start_XXX/__stop_XXX

[H.J. Lu]

On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 6:00 AM, H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com> wrote:
> Since __start_XXX and __stop_XXX symbols aren't defined when address
> load is being converted, we need to check if there is an XXX output
> section to get their section and value.  This patch adds a new function,
> bfd_link_get_defined_symbol, to search for the XXX output section to
> check if __start_XXX and __stop_XXX symbols are defined.
>
> bfd/
>
>         PR ld/19171
>         * elf32-i386.c (elf_i386_convert_load): Call
>         bfd_link_get_defined_symbol to check if a symbol is defined.
>         * elf64-x86-64.c (elf_x86_64_convert_load): Call
>         bfd_link_get_defined_symbol to get defined symbol section and
>         value.
>         * linker.c (bfd_link_get_defined_symbol): New function.
>         * bfd-in2.h: Regenerated.
>

This is what I checked in.  I changed bfd_link_get_defined_symbol
to properly return __stop_XXX symbol value.

-- 
H.J.
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