[PATCH] ld/elf: Ignore section symbols when matching linkonce with comdat

[H.J. Lu]

On Sun, Jan 17, 2021 at 7:53 PM Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 03:51:24PM -0800, H.J. Lu wrote:
> > bfd/
> >
> >       PR ld/27193
> >       * elflink.c (elf_create_symbuf): Also ignore section symbols.
> >
> > ld/
> >
> >       PR ld/27193
> >       * testsuite/ld-i386/i386.exp: Run PR ld/27193 test.
> >       * testsuite/ld-i386/pr27193.dd: New file.
> >       * testsuite/ld-i386/pr27193a.o.bz2: Likewise.
> >       * testsuite/ld-i386/pr27193b.s: Likewise.
>
> OK.  I do think it would have been better to wait until 2.35 branched
> before "ELF: Don't generate unused section symbols" was committed.
>

True.  Timing isn't great.  Here is another patch for master and 2.36 branch:

https://sourceware.org/pipermail/binutils/2021-January/114980.html

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H.J.