[PATCH 1/4] elf: Disallow the empty symbol name

[Jan Beulich]

On 23.09.2025 13:20, Alan Modra wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 23, 2025 at 10:15:51AM +0800, H.J. Lu wrote:
>> Reject the empty symbol name, "".
>>
>> PR ld/33456
>> * elflink.c (elf_link_add_object_symbols): Disallow the empty
>> symbol name.
> 
> OK.

Where exactly is it stated that zero-length symbols aren't allowed?
gas allows me to make such a symbol. It isn't consistent though: It
doesn't allow me to make such a symbol global, for example. Imo as
long as such symbols aren't forbidden, this should be at most a
warning.

Jan