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* Re: ld bug?
       [not found] <1060095548.9686.69.camel@brick.watson.ibm.com>
@ 2003-08-06  1:26 ` Alan Modra
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Alan Modra @ 2003-08-06  1:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Michal Ostrowski, binutils

On Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 10:59:09AM -0400, Michal Ostrowski wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a bunch of object files that when linked together (to build
> "troff") result in certain symbols being assigned the same location in
> memory.
> 
> This was achieved with gcc-3.2.3 (c++) and,
> 
> powerpc64-linux-ld -v
> GNU ld version 2.14.90 20030805
> 
> The problem is that we have a couple of symbols as follow:
> 
>   84: 0000000020015c10     8 NOTYPE  LOCAL  DEFAULT   26 soft_hyphen_char
> 2986: 0000000020015c18     8 NOTYPE  GLOBAL DEFAULT   26 global_special_fonts
> 
> 
> However, we also have (from .rela.dyn):
> 000020015c10  004700000013 R_PPC_COPY        0000000020015c10 _ZTVN10__cxxabiv117__c + 0
> 
> This causes ld.so to copy 88 bytes of data to the location of
> soft_hyphen_char (and the symbols that follow it).
[snip]

Hmm, yes.  A ld map shows

.bss            0x0000000010085b30     0x4248
 *(.dynbss)
 *fill*         0x0000000010085b30        0x0 00
 *(.bss .bss.* .gnu.linkonce.b.*)
 .bss           0x0000000010085b30        0x1 ./crtbegin.o
 *fill*         0x0000000010085b31        0x7 00
 .bss           0x0000000010085b38       0xc8 ./env.o

Note the zero .dynbss allocation.  It should be 312 bytes in this case.

The problem was uncoverd by this patch:

2003-07-10  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
	(ppc64_elf_build_stubs): Check for stub sections in stub bfd by
	testing section flags.

Fixed like this.

	* elflink.c (_bfd_elf_create_dynamic_sections): Mark .dynbss with
	SEC_LINKER_CREATED.

Index: bfd/elflink.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/bfd/elflink.c,v
retrieving revision 1.42
diff -u -p -r1.42 elflink.c
--- bfd/elflink.c	4 Aug 2003 09:39:46 -0000	1.42
+++ bfd/elflink.c	6 Aug 2003 01:22:35 -0000
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ _bfd_elf_create_dynamic_sections (bfd *a
 	 section into the .bss section of the final image.  */
       s = bfd_make_section (abfd, ".dynbss");
       if (s == NULL
-	  || ! bfd_set_section_flags (abfd, s, SEC_ALLOC))
+	  || ! bfd_set_section_flags (abfd, s, SEC_ALLOC | SEC_LINKER_CREATED))
 	return FALSE;
 
       /* The .rel[a].bss section holds copy relocs.  This section is not

-- 
Alan Modra
IBM OzLabs - Linux Technology Centre

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* Re: ld bug?
  2001-10-30 23:42     ` H . J . Lu
@ 2001-10-31  6:27       ` Nick Clifton
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Nick Clifton @ 2001-10-31  6:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: H . J . Lu; +Cc: Vassili Karpov, binutils

Hi H.J.

> 2001-10-30  H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.org>
> 
> 	* elflink.h (elf_link_output_extsym): Don't clear the visibility
> 	field for relocateable.

Approved.

Cheers
        Nick

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* Re: ld bug?
  2001-10-30 23:33   ` H . J . Lu
@ 2001-10-30 23:42     ` H . J . Lu
  2001-10-31  6:27       ` Nick Clifton
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: H . J . Lu @ 2001-10-30 23:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Vassili Karpov; +Cc: binutils

On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 11:33:09PM -0800, H . J . Lu wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 11:30:13PM -0800, H . J . Lu wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 01:36:04AM +0300, Vassili Karpov wrote:
> > > LD discards ELF visibility attributes when making relocateable objects.
> > > 
> > > Example:
> > > a.s
> > > ==
> > > .protected symbol
> > > 
> > > b.s
> > > ==
> > > dummy:
> > > ---
> > > as -o a.o a.s
> > > as -o b.o b.s
> > > ld -r -o c.o a.o b.o
> > > 
> > > a.o:     4: 00000000     0 NOTYPE  GLOBAL PROTECTED  UND symbol
> > > c.o:     8: 00000000     0 NOTYPE  GLOBAL DEFAULT  UND symbol
> > > -- 
> > 
> > It is ok since symbol is undefined. There is no such a thing as
> > protected, undefined symbol.
> 
> I take it back. It is a bug. I will fix it.
> 
> 

Here it is.


H.J.
---
2001-10-30  H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.org>

	* elflink.h (elf_link_output_extsym): Don't clear the visibility
	field for relocateable.

Index: elflink.h
===================================================================
RCS file: /work/cvs/gnu/binutils/bfd/elflink.h,v
retrieving revision 1.87
diff -u -p -r1.87 elflink.h
--- elflink.h	2001/10/28 17:38:27	1.87
+++ elflink.h	2001/10/31 07:40:35
@@ -5877,7 +5877,8 @@ elf_link_output_extsym (h, data)
 
   /* If a symbol is not defined locally, we clear the visibility
      field.  */
-  if ((h->elf_link_hash_flags & ELF_LINK_HASH_DEF_REGULAR) == 0)
+  if (! finfo->info->relocateable
+      && (h->elf_link_hash_flags & ELF_LINK_HASH_DEF_REGULAR) == 0)
     sym.st_other ^= ELF_ST_VISIBILITY (sym.st_other);
 
   /* If this symbol should be put in the .dynsym section, then put it

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* Re: ld bug?
  2001-10-30 23:30 ` H . J . Lu
@ 2001-10-30 23:33   ` H . J . Lu
  2001-10-30 23:42     ` H . J . Lu
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: H . J . Lu @ 2001-10-30 23:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Vassili Karpov; +Cc: binutils

On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 11:30:13PM -0800, H . J . Lu wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 01:36:04AM +0300, Vassili Karpov wrote:
> > LD discards ELF visibility attributes when making relocateable objects.
> > 
> > Example:
> > a.s
> > ==
> > .protected symbol
> > 
> > b.s
> > ==
> > dummy:
> > ---
> > as -o a.o a.s
> > as -o b.o b.s
> > ld -r -o c.o a.o b.o
> > 
> > a.o:     4: 00000000     0 NOTYPE  GLOBAL PROTECTED  UND symbol
> > c.o:     8: 00000000     0 NOTYPE  GLOBAL DEFAULT  UND symbol
> > -- 
> 
> It is ok since symbol is undefined. There is no such a thing as
> protected, undefined symbol.

I take it back. It is a bug. I will fix it.


H.J.

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* Re: ld bug?
  2001-10-29 14:35 Vassili Karpov
@ 2001-10-30 23:30 ` H . J . Lu
  2001-10-30 23:33   ` H . J . Lu
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: H . J . Lu @ 2001-10-30 23:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Vassili Karpov; +Cc: binutils

On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 01:36:04AM +0300, Vassili Karpov wrote:
> LD discards ELF visibility attributes when making relocateable objects.
> 
> Example:
> a.s
> ==
> .protected symbol
> 
> b.s
> ==
> dummy:
> ---
> as -o a.o a.s
> as -o b.o b.s
> ld -r -o c.o a.o b.o
> 
> a.o:     4: 00000000     0 NOTYPE  GLOBAL PROTECTED  UND symbol
> c.o:     8: 00000000     0 NOTYPE  GLOBAL DEFAULT  UND symbol
> -- 

It is ok since symbol is undefined. There is no such a thing as
protected, undefined symbol.


H.J.

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* ld bug?
@ 2001-10-29 14:35 Vassili Karpov
  2001-10-30 23:30 ` H . J . Lu
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Vassili Karpov @ 2001-10-29 14:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: binutils

LD discards ELF visibility attributes when making relocateable objects.

Example:
a.s
==
.protected symbol

b.s
==
dummy:
---
as -o a.o a.s
as -o b.o b.s
ld -r -o c.o a.o b.o

a.o:     4: 00000000     0 NOTYPE  GLOBAL PROTECTED  UND symbol
c.o:     8: 00000000     0 NOTYPE  GLOBAL DEFAULT  UND symbol
-- 
mailto:malc@pulsesoft.com

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