[PATCH] objcopy --weaken-symbol: apply to STB_GNU_UNIQUE symbols

Fangrui Song maskray@google.com
Tue Mar 1 21:36:06 GMT 2022


    PR binutils/28926
    * objcopy.c (filter_symbols): Apply weaken to STB_GNU_UNIQUE symbols
    * NEWS: Mention feature.
    * testsuite/binutils-all/objcopy.exp (objcopy_test_symbol_manipulation): New test.
    * testsuite/binutils-all/weaken-gnu-unique.s: New.
---
 binutils/NEWS                                       | 3 +++
 binutils/objcopy.c                                  | 4 ++--
 binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/objcopy.exp         | 4 ++++
 binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/weaken-gnu-unique.d | 8 ++++++++
 4 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/weaken-gnu-unique.d

diff --git a/binutils/NEWS b/binutils/NEWS
index c188b469a77..06f34c9a992 100644
--- a/binutils/NEWS
+++ b/binutils/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 -*- text -*-
 
+* objcopy --weaken, --weaken-symbol, and --weaken-symbols now make ELF
+  STB_GNU_UNIQUE symbols weak.
+
 Changes in 2.38:
 
 * elfedit: Add --output-abiversion option to update ABIVERSION.
diff --git a/binutils/objcopy.c b/binutils/objcopy.c
index d53aa5c6000..aaa5aa9b2af 100644
--- a/binutils/objcopy.c
+++ b/binutils/objcopy.c
@@ -1681,11 +1681,11 @@ filter_symbols (bfd *abfd, bfd *obfd, asymbol **osyms,
 
       if (keep)
 	{
-	  if (((flags & BSF_GLOBAL) != 0
+	  if (((flags & (BSF_GLOBAL | BSF_GNU_UNIQUE))
 	       || undefined)
 	      && (weaken || is_specified_symbol (name, weaken_specific_htab)))
 	    {
-	      sym->flags &= ~ BSF_GLOBAL;
+	      sym->flags &= ~ (BSF_GLOBAL | BSF_GNU_UNIQUE);
 	      sym->flags |= BSF_WEAK;
 	    }
 
diff --git a/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/objcopy.exp b/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/objcopy.exp
index 32c76a11f3b..9a5dad5384e 100644
--- a/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/objcopy.exp
+++ b/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/objcopy.exp
@@ -1144,6 +1144,10 @@ proc objcopy_test_symbol_manipulation {} {
         verbose [file rootname $t]
         run_dump_test [file rootname $t]
     }
+
+    if { [supports_gnu_unique] } {
+	run_dump_test "weaken-gnu-unique"
+    }
 }
 
 proc objcopy_test_elf_common_symbols {} {
diff --git a/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/weaken-gnu-unique.d b/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/weaken-gnu-unique.d
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b0e60c4ff80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/weaken-gnu-unique.d
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#name: weaken STB_GNU_UNIQUE symbols
+#PROG: objcopy
+#objcopy: -W foo
+#source: unique.s
+#readelf: -s
+
+#...
+ +[0-9]+: +[0-9a-f]+ +[0-9]+ +OBJECT +WEAK +DEFAULT +[1-9] foo
-- 
2.35.1.574.g5d30c73bfb-goog



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