[PATCH 0/2] MIPS: IRIX ELF format symbol table sort/section symbol name fixes

[Alan Modra]

On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 10:47:52AM +0100, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>  Here is a patch series I have prepared as the outcome of a failure with 
> MIPS targets using the IRIX rather than traditional ELF format observed 
> with a new test case added in the course of addressing PR binutils/25662: 
> <https://sourceware.org/pipermail/binutils/2020-March/000336.html>.  The 
> test no longer fails for any MIPS targets with these patches in place.
> 
>  The changes involve hooks being added to the generic ELF linker and given 
> the IRIX ELF format being a dead end, although also being used for several 
> non-IRIX MIPS targets, I have decided to keep the changes made to generic 
> code to the minimum.  This results in an extra hook, which could possibly 
> be otherwise avoided either by involving the relevant existing hook, or by 
> redesigning it to serve two related purposes at once, although that would 
> be at the cost of rewriting parts of generic code.
> 
>  Rainer: You were the reporter of one issue discussed here and partially 
> resolved: <https://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2004-02/msg00072.html> on a 
> previous occasion, so I have cc-ed you in case you wanted to know (as a 
> matter of interest presumably, given your desire to drop IRIX support from 
> binutils).
> 
>  Regression-tested across my usual set of 191 targets including 55 MIPS 
> ones.  OK to apply?

The patches look OK to me.

-- 
Alan Modra
Australia Development Lab, IBM