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* Do we need section symbols for .shstrtab, .symtab, .strtab?
@ 2006-06-01  0:41 H. J. Lu
  2006-06-01  2:52 ` Alan Modra
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: H. J. Lu @ 2006-06-01  0:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: binutils

I got

hjl@gnu-10 tmp]$ cat x.c
_start ()
{
}
[hjl@gnu-10 tmp]$ gcc -c x.c
[hjl@gnu-10 tmp]$ readelf -sS x.o
There are 9 section headers, starting at offset 0xb0:

Section Headers:
  [Nr] Name              Type            Addr     Off    Size   ES Flg Lk Inf Al
  [ 0]                   NULL            00000000 000000 000000 00      0   0  0
  [ 1] .text             PROGBITS        00000000 000034 000005 00  AX  0   0  4
  [ 2] .data             PROGBITS        00000000 00003c 000000 00  WA  0   0  4
  [ 3] .bss              NOBITS          00000000 00003c 000000 00  WA  0   0  4
  [ 4] .comment          PROGBITS        00000000 00003c 00002d 00      0   0  1
  [ 5] .note.GNU-stack   PROGBITS        00000000 000069 000000 00      0   0  1
  [ 6] .shstrtab         STRTAB          00000000 000069 000045 00      0   0  1
  [ 7] .symtab           SYMTAB          00000000 000218 000080 10      8   7  4
  [ 8] .strtab           STRTAB          00000000 000298 00000c 00      0   0  1
Key to Flags:
  W (write), A (alloc), X (execute), M (merge), S (strings)
  I (info), L (link order), G (group), x (unknown)
  O (extra OS processing required) o (OS specific), p (processor specific)

Symbol table '.symtab' contains 8 entries:
   Num:    Value  Size Type    Bind   Vis      Ndx Name
     0: 00000000     0 NOTYPE  LOCAL  DEFAULT  UND 
     1: 00000000     0 FILE    LOCAL  DEFAULT  ABS x.c
     2: 00000000     0 SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT    1 
     3: 00000000     0 SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT    2 
     4: 00000000     0 SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT    3 
     5: 00000000     0 SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT    5 
     6: 00000000     0 SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT    4 
     7: 00000000     5 FUNC    GLOBAL DEFAULT    1 _start
[hjl@gnu-10 tmp]$ ld x.o
[hjl@gnu-10 tmp]$ readelf -sS a.out
There are 6 section headers, starting at offset 0xf0:

Section Headers:
  [Nr] Name              Type            Addr     Off    Size   ES Flg Lk Inf Al
  [ 0]                   NULL            00000000 000000 000000 00      0   0  0
  [ 1] .text             PROGBITS        08048094 000094 000005 00  AX  0   0  4
  [ 2] .comment          PROGBITS        00000000 000099 00002d 00      0   0  1
  [ 3] .shstrtab         STRTAB          00000000 0000c6 00002a 00      0   0  1
  [ 4] .symtab           SYMTAB          00000000 0001e0 0000b0 10      5   7  4
  [ 5] .strtab           STRTAB          00000000 000290 000024 00      0   0  1
Key to Flags:
  W (write), A (alloc), X (execute), M (merge), S (strings)
  I (info), L (link order), G (group), x (unknown)
  O (extra OS processing required) o (OS specific), p (processor specific)

Symbol table '.symtab' contains 11 entries:
   Num:    Value  Size Type    Bind   Vis      Ndx Name
     0: 00000000     0 NOTYPE  LOCAL  DEFAULT  UND 
     1: 08048094     0 SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT    1 
     2: 00000000     0 SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT    2 
     3: 00000000     0 SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT    3 
     4: 00000000     0 SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT    4 
     5: 00000000     0 SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT    5 
     6: 00000000     0 FILE    LOCAL  DEFAULT  ABS x.c
     7: 08048094     5 FUNC    GLOBAL DEFAULT    1 _start
     8: 08049099     0 NOTYPE  GLOBAL DEFAULT  ABS __bss_start
     9: 08049099     0 NOTYPE  GLOBAL DEFAULT  ABS _edata
    10: 0804909c     0 NOTYPE  GLOBAL DEFAULT  ABS _end

Do we need section symbols for .shstrtab, .symtab, .strtab in
executable and shared library?


H.J.

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* Re: Do we need section symbols for .shstrtab, .symtab, .strtab?
  2006-06-01  0:41 Do we need section symbols for .shstrtab, .symtab, .strtab? H. J. Lu
@ 2006-06-01  2:52 ` Alan Modra
  2006-06-01  5:37   ` H. J. Lu
  2006-06-02  0:35   ` PATCH: PR ld/2723: ld puts unused section symbols in symbol table H. J. Lu
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Alan Modra @ 2006-06-01  2:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: H. J. Lu; +Cc: binutils

On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 05:40:53PM -0700, H. J. Lu wrote:
> Do we need section symbols for .shstrtab, .symtab, .strtab in
> executable and shared library?

I don't think so.  In fact, we probably don't need any section syms in
the normal symtab if not emitting relocs.  Hmm, unless gdb (or other
tools like oprofile) use them for something..  Getting rid of the syms
in special elf sections is easy, but unfortunately means fixing rather a
lot of ld tests that match the symbol table.

Index: bfd/elflink.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/bfd/elflink.c,v
retrieving revision 1.216
diff -u -p -r1.216 elflink.c
--- bfd/elflink.c	24 May 2006 17:10:01 -0000	1.216
+++ bfd/elflink.c	1 Jun 2006 02:31:20 -0000
@@ -8128,10 +8128,11 @@ bfd_elf_final_link (bfd *abfd, struct bf
       for (i = 1; i < elf_numsections (abfd); i++)
 	{
 	  o = bfd_section_from_elf_index (abfd, i);
-	  if (o != NULL)
-	    o->target_index = bfd_get_symcount (abfd);
+	  if (o == NULL)
+	    continue;
+	  o->target_index = bfd_get_symcount (abfd);
 	  elfsym.st_shndx = i;
-	  if (info->relocatable || o == NULL)
+	  if (info->relocatable)
 	    elfsym.st_value = 0;
 	  else
 	    elfsym.st_value = o->vma;

-- 
Alan Modra
IBM OzLabs - Linux Technology Centre

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* Re: Do we need section symbols for .shstrtab, .symtab, .strtab?
  2006-06-01  2:52 ` Alan Modra
@ 2006-06-01  5:37   ` H. J. Lu
  2006-06-01  6:08     ` Alan Modra
  2006-06-02  0:35   ` PATCH: PR ld/2723: ld puts unused section symbols in symbol table H. J. Lu
  1 sibling, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: H. J. Lu @ 2006-06-01  5:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: binutils

On Thu, Jun 01, 2006 at 12:22:11PM +0930, Alan Modra wrote:
> On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 05:40:53PM -0700, H. J. Lu wrote:
> > Do we need section symbols for .shstrtab, .symtab, .strtab in
> > executable and shared library?
> 
> I don't think so.  In fact, we probably don't need any section syms in
> the normal symtab if not emitting relocs.  Hmm, unless gdb (or other
> tools like oprofile) use them for something..  Getting rid of the syms

objcopy/strip already remove them since

http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2006-05/msg00458.html

> in special elf sections is easy, but unfortunately means fixing rather a
> lot of ld tests that match the symbol table.

I don't think it should block removing unused entries in symbol table.

> 
> Index: bfd/elflink.c
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/src/bfd/elflink.c,v
> retrieving revision 1.216
> diff -u -p -r1.216 elflink.c
> --- bfd/elflink.c	24 May 2006 17:10:01 -0000	1.216
> +++ bfd/elflink.c	1 Jun 2006 02:31:20 -0000
> @@ -8128,10 +8128,11 @@ bfd_elf_final_link (bfd *abfd, struct bf
>        for (i = 1; i < elf_numsections (abfd); i++)
>  	{
>  	  o = bfd_section_from_elf_index (abfd, i);
> -	  if (o != NULL)
> -	    o->target_index = bfd_get_symcount (abfd);
> +	  if (o == NULL)
> +	    continue;

I don't think it is correct.  It will skip SHN_LORESERVE/SHN_HIRESERVE
adjustment.

> +	  o->target_index = bfd_get_symcount (abfd);
>  	  elfsym.st_shndx = i;
> -	  if (info->relocatable || o == NULL)
> +	  if (info->relocatable)
>  	    elfsym.st_value = 0;
>  	  else
>  	    elfsym.st_value = o->vma;
> 


H.J.

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* Re: Do we need section symbols for .shstrtab, .symtab, .strtab?
  2006-06-01  5:37   ` H. J. Lu
@ 2006-06-01  6:08     ` Alan Modra
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Alan Modra @ 2006-06-01  6:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: H. J. Lu; +Cc: binutils

On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 10:36:59PM -0700, H. J. Lu wrote:
> I don't think it is correct.  It will skip SHN_LORESERVE/SHN_HIRESERVE
> adjustment.

Oops, yes.   I didn't intend to commit without testsuite changes
anyway.

-- 
Alan Modra
IBM OzLabs - Linux Technology Centre

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* PATCH: PR ld/2723: ld puts unused section symbols in symbol table
  2006-06-01  2:52 ` Alan Modra
  2006-06-01  5:37   ` H. J. Lu
@ 2006-06-02  0:35   ` H. J. Lu
  2006-06-02  2:30     ` Alan Modra
  1 sibling, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: H. J. Lu @ 2006-06-02  0:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: binutils

On Thu, Jun 01, 2006 at 12:22:11PM +0930, Alan Modra wrote:
> On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 05:40:53PM -0700, H. J. Lu wrote:
> > Do we need section symbols for .shstrtab, .symtab, .strtab in
> > executable and shared library?
> 
> I don't think so.  In fact, we probably don't need any section syms in
> the normal symtab if not emitting relocs.  Hmm, unless gdb (or other
> tools like oprofile) use them for something..  Getting rid of the syms
> in special elf sections is easy, but unfortunately means fixing rather a
> lot of ld tests that match the symbol table.
> 

Here is the patch.  It just makes ld close to objcopy when handling
section symbols.


H.J.
----
bfd/

2006-06-01  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>

	PR ld/2723
	* elflink.c (bfd_elf_final_link): Don't output section symbols
	if there is no BFD section.

ld/testsuite/

2006-06-01  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

	PR ld/2723
	* ld-alpha/tlsbin.rd: Updated.
	* ld-alpha/tlsbinr.rd: Likewise.
	* ld-alpha/tlspic.rd: Likewise.
	* ld-cris/hiddef1.d: Likewise.
	* ld-cris/libdso-2.d: Likewise.
	* ld-elf/sec64k.exp: Likewise.
	* ld-i386/tlsbin.rd: Likewise.
	* ld-i386/tlsbindesc.rd: Likewise.
	* ld-i386/tlsdesc.rd: Likewise.
	* ld-i386/tlsgdesc.rd: Likewise.
	* ld-i386/tlsnopic.rd: Likewise.
	* ld-i386/tlspic.rd: Likewise.
	* ld-ia64/tlsbin.rd: Likewise.
	* ld-ia64/tlspic.rd: Likewise.
	* ld-mmix/bpo-1.d: Likewise.
	* ld-mmix/bpo-10.d: Likewise.
	* ld-mmix/bpo-11.d: Likewise.
	* ld-mmix/bpo-14.d: Likewise.
	* ld-mmix/bpo-16.d: Likewise.
	* ld-mmix/bpo-17.d: Likewise.
	* ld-mmix/bpo-18.d: Likewise.
	* ld-mmix/bpo-19.d: Likewise.
	* ld-mmix/bpo-2.d: Likewise.
	* ld-mmix/bpo-22.d: Likewise.
	* ld-mmix/bpo-3.d: Likewise.
	* ld-mmix/bpo-4.d: Likewise.
	* ld-mmix/bpo-5.d: Likewise.
	* ld-mmix/bpo-6.d: Likewise.
	* ld-mmix/bpo-9.d: Likewise.
	* ld-mmix/bspec1.d: Likewise.
	* ld-mmix/bspec2.d: Likewise.
	* ld-mmix/greg-1.d: Likewise.
	* ld-mmix/greg-19.d: Likewise.
	* ld-mmix/greg-2.d: Likewise.
	* ld-mmix/greg-3.d: Likewise.
	* ld-mmix/greg-4.d: Likewise.
	* ld-mmix/greg-5.d: Likewise.
	* ld-mmix/greg-5s.d: Likewise.
	* ld-mmix/greg-6.d: Likewise.
	* ld-mmix/greg-7.d: Likewise.
	* ld-mmix/loc1.d: Likewise.
	* ld-mmix/loc2.d: Likewise.
	* ld-mmix/loc3.d: Likewise.
	* ld-mmix/loc4.d: Likewise.
	* ld-mmix/loc6.d: Likewise.
	* ld-mmix/local1.d: Likewise.
	* ld-mmix/local3.d: Likewise.
	* ld-mmix/local5.d: Likewise.
	* ld-mmix/local7.d: Likewise.
	* ld-mmix/locdo-1.d: Likewise.
	* ld-mmix/loct-1.d: Likewise.
	* ld-mmix/locto-1.d: Likewise.
	* ld-mmix/start-1.d: Likewise.
	* ld-mmix/undef-3.d: Likewise.
	* ld-powerpc/tlsexe32.r: Likewise.
	* ld-powerpc/tlsso32.r: Likewise.
	* ld-s390/tlsbin.rd: Likewise.
	* ld-s390/tlspic.rd: Likewise.
	* ld-sparc/tlssunbin32.rd: Likewise.
	* ld-sparc/tlssunbin64.rd: Likewise.
	* ld-sparc/tlssunnopic32.rd: Likewise.
	* ld-sparc/tlssunnopic64.rd: Likewise.
	* ld-sparc/tlssunpic32.rd: Likewise.
	* ld-sparc/tlssunpic64.rd: Likewise.
	* ld-x86-64/tlsbin.rd: Likewise.
	* ld-x86-64/tlsbindesc.rd: Likewise.
	* ld-x86-64/tlsdesc.rd: Likewise.
	* ld-x86-64/tlsgdesc.rd: Likewise.
	* ld-x86-64/tlspic.rd: Likewise.

--- binutils/bfd/elflink.c.section	2006-06-01 09:17:22.000000000 -0700
+++ binutils/bfd/elflink.c	2006-06-01 09:53:30.000000000 -0700
@@ -8142,14 +8142,16 @@ bfd_elf_final_link (bfd *abfd, struct bf
 	{
 	  o = bfd_section_from_elf_index (abfd, i);
 	  if (o != NULL)
-	    o->target_index = bfd_get_symcount (abfd);
-	  elfsym.st_shndx = i;
-	  if (info->relocatable || o == NULL)
-	    elfsym.st_value = 0;
-	  else
-	    elfsym.st_value = o->vma;
-	  if (! elf_link_output_sym (&finfo, NULL, &elfsym, o, NULL))
-	    goto error_return;
+	    {
+	      o->target_index = bfd_get_symcount (abfd);
+	      elfsym.st_shndx = i;
+	      if (info->relocatable)
+		elfsym.st_value = 0;
+	      else
+		elfsym.st_value = o->vma;
+	      if (! elf_link_output_sym (&finfo, NULL, &elfsym, o, NULL))
+		goto error_return;
+	    }
 	  if (i == SHN_LORESERVE - 1)
 	    i += SHN_HIRESERVE + 1 - SHN_LORESERVE;
 	}
--- binutils/ld/testsuite/ld-alpha/tlsbin.rd.section	2006-04-25 18:22:03.000000000 -0700
+++ binutils/ld/testsuite/ld-alpha/tlsbin.rd	2006-06-01 12:06:41.000000000 -0700
@@ -80,9 +80,6 @@ Symbol table '.symtab' contains [0-9]+ e
 [0-9 ]+: [0-9a-f]+ +0 SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +11 
 [0-9 ]+: [0-9a-f]+ +0 SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +12 
 [0-9 ]+: [0-9a-f]+ +0 SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +13 
-[0-9 ]+: [0-9a-f]+ +0 SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +14 
-[0-9 ]+: [0-9a-f]+ +0 SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +15 
-[0-9 ]+: [0-9a-f]+ +0 SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +16 
 [0-9 ]+: [0-9a-f]+ +0 TLS +LOCAL +DEFAULT +9 sl1
 [0-9 ]+: [0-9a-f]+ +0 TLS +LOCAL +DEFAULT +9 sl2
 [0-9 ]+: [0-9a-f]+ +0 TLS +LOCAL +DEFAULT +9 sl3
--- binutils/ld/testsuite/ld-alpha/tlsbinr.rd.section	2006-04-25 18:22:03.000000000 -0700
+++ binutils/ld/testsuite/ld-alpha/tlsbinr.rd	2006-06-01 12:07:02.000000000 -0700
@@ -75,9 +75,6 @@ Symbol table '.symtab' contains [0-9]+ e
 [0-9 ]+: [0-9a-f]+ +0 SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +11 
 [0-9 ]+: [0-9a-f]+ +0 SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +12 
 [0-9 ]+: [0-9a-f]+ +0 SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +13 
-[0-9 ]+: [0-9a-f]+ +0 SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +14 
-[0-9 ]+: [0-9a-f]+ +0 SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +15 
-[0-9 ]+: [0-9a-f]+ +0 SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +16 
 [0-9 ]+: [0-9a-f]+ +0 TLS +LOCAL +DEFAULT +9 sl1
 [0-9 ]+: [0-9a-f]+ +0 TLS +LOCAL +DEFAULT +9 sl2
 [0-9 ]+: [0-9a-f]+ +0 TLS +LOCAL +DEFAULT +9 sl3
--- binutils/ld/testsuite/ld-alpha/tlspic.rd.section	2006-04-25 18:22:03.000000000 -0700
+++ binutils/ld/testsuite/ld-alpha/tlspic.rd	2006-06-01 12:06:26.000000000 -0700
@@ -90,9 +90,6 @@ Symbol table '.symtab' contains [0-9]+ e
 .* [0-9a-f]+ +0 SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +10 
 .* [0-9a-f]+ +0 SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +11 
 .* [0-9a-f]+ +0 SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +12 
-.* [0-9a-f]+ +0 SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +13 
-.* [0-9a-f]+ +0 SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +14 
-.* [0-9a-f]+ +0 SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +15 
 .* [0-9a-f]+ +0 TLS +LOCAL +DEFAULT +8 sl1
 .* [0-9a-f]+ +0 TLS +LOCAL +DEFAULT +8 sl2
 .* [0-9a-f]+ +0 TLS +LOCAL +DEFAULT +8 sl3
--- binutils/ld/testsuite/ld-cris/hiddef1.d.section	2005-08-24 08:27:13.000000000 -0700
+++ binutils/ld/testsuite/ld-cris/hiddef1.d	2006-06-01 12:05:23.000000000 -0700
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@ Relocation section '\.rela\.dyn' at offs
 #...
 Symbol table '\.dynsym' contains 6 entries:
 #...
-Symbol table '\.symtab' contains 19 entries:
+Symbol table '\.symtab' contains 16 entries:
 #pass
--- binutils/ld/testsuite/ld-cris/libdso-2.d.section	2005-08-24 08:27:13.000000000 -0700
+++ binutils/ld/testsuite/ld-cris/libdso-2.d	2006-06-01 12:04:59.000000000 -0700
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Symbol table '\.dynsym' contains 4 entri
      2: 0+     0 OBJECT  GLOBAL DEFAULT  ABS TST1
      3: 0+15c     0 FUNC    GLOBAL DEFAULT    7 export_1@@TST1
 
-Symbol table '\.symtab' contains 21 entries:
+Symbol table '\.symtab' contains 18 entries:
    Num:    Value  Size Type    Bind   Vis      Ndx Name
      0: 0+     0 NOTYPE  LOCAL  DEFAULT  UND 
      1: [0-9a-f]+     0 SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT    1 
@@ -48,14 +48,11 @@ Symbol table '\.symtab' contains 21 entr
      7: [0-9a-f]+     0 SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT    7 
      8: [0-9a-f]+     0 SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT    8 
      9: [0-9a-f]+     0 SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT    9 
-    10: [0-9a-f]+     0 SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT   10 
-    11: [0-9a-f]+     0 SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT   11 
-    12: [0-9a-f]+     0 SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT   12 
-    13: 0+216c     0 OBJECT  LOCAL  HIDDEN  ABS _DYNAMIC
-    14: 0+2204     0 NOTYPE  LOCAL  DEFAULT  ABS __bss_start
-    15: 0+2204     0 NOTYPE  LOCAL  DEFAULT  ABS _edata
-    16: 0+21f4     0 OBJECT  LOCAL  HIDDEN  ABS _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_
-    17: 0+2220     0 NOTYPE  LOCAL  DEFAULT  ABS _end
-    18: 0+158     0 FUNC    LOCAL  DEFAULT    7 dsofn
-    19: 0+     0 OBJECT  GLOBAL DEFAULT  ABS TST1
-    20: 0+15c     0 FUNC    GLOBAL DEFAULT    7 export_1
+    10: 0+216c     0 OBJECT  LOCAL  HIDDEN  ABS _DYNAMIC
+    11: 0+2204     0 NOTYPE  LOCAL  DEFAULT  ABS __bss_start
+    12: 0+2204     0 NOTYPE  LOCAL  DEFAULT  ABS _edata
+    13: 0+21f4     0 OBJECT  LOCAL  HIDDEN  ABS _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_
+    14: 0+2220     0 NOTYPE  LOCAL  DEFAULT  ABS _end
+    15: 0+158     0 FUNC    LOCAL  DEFAULT    7 dsofn
+    16: 0+     0 OBJECT  GLOBAL DEFAULT  ABS TST1
+    17: 0+15c     0 FUNC    GLOBAL DEFAULT    7 export_1
--- binutils/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/sec64k.exp.section	2006-06-01 09:17:22.000000000 -0700
+++ binutils/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/sec64k.exp	2006-06-01 10:55:39.000000000 -0700
@@ -106,9 +106,9 @@ puts $ofd "#..."
 puts $ofd "  \\\[65279\\\] (.rel\[a\]?)?\\.foo\\.\[0-9\]+ .*"
 puts $ofd "  \\\[65536\\\] (.rel\[a\]?)?\\.foo\\.\[0-9\]+ .*"
 puts $ofd "#..."
-puts $ofd " 680..: 0+\[ \]+0\[ \]+SECTION\[ \]+LOCAL\[ \]+DEFAULT\[ \]+68... "
+puts $ofd " 340..: 0+\[ \]+0\[ \]+SECTION\[ \]+LOCAL\[ \]+DEFAULT\[ \]+68... "
 puts $ofd "#..."
-puts $ofd " 680..: 0+4\[ \]+0\[ \]+NOTYPE\[ \]+LOCAL\[ \]+DEFAULT\[ \]+\[23\] bar_1"
+puts $ofd " 340..: 0+4\[ \]+0\[ \]+NOTYPE\[ \]+LOCAL\[ \]+DEFAULT\[ \]+\[23\] bar_1"
 puts $ofd "#..."
 puts $ofd ".* bar_34000"
 puts $ofd "#..."
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ puts $ofd "#..."
 puts $ofd "  \\\[65279\\\] \\.foo\\.\[0-9\]+ .*"
 puts $ofd "  \\\[65536\\\] \\.foo\\.\[0-9\]+ .*"
 puts $ofd "#..."
-puts $ofd " 660..: 0+\[ \]+0\[ \]+SECTION\[ \]+LOCAL\[ \]+DEFAULT\[ \]+662.. "
+puts $ofd " 660..: \[0-9a-f\]+\[ \]+0\[ \]+SECTION\[ \]+LOCAL\[ \]+DEFAULT\[ \]+662.. "
 puts $ofd "#..."
 puts $ofd " 660..: \[0-9a-f\]+\[ \]+0\[ \]+NOTYPE\[ \]+LOCAL\[ \]+DEFAULT\[ \]+\[0-9\] bar_1"
 puts $ofd "#..."
--- binutils/ld/testsuite/ld-i386/tlsbin.rd.section	2006-02-02 14:57:50.000000000 -0800
+++ binutils/ld/testsuite/ld-i386/tlsbin.rd	2006-06-01 11:19:47.000000000 -0700
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ Symbol table '.dynsym' contains 13 entri
  +[0-9]+: 0+ +0 TLS +GLOBAL DEFAULT  UND sG8
  +[0-9]+: [0-9a-f]+ +0 FUNC +GLOBAL DEFAULT  UND ___tls_get_addr
 
-Symbol table '.symtab' contains 73 entries:
+Symbol table '.symtab' contains 70 entries:
  +Num: +Value  Size Type +Bind +Vis +Ndx Name
  +[0-9]+: 0+ +0 NOTYPE  LOCAL  DEFAULT  UND *
  +[0-9]+: [0-9a-f]+ +0 SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +1 *
@@ -102,9 +102,6 @@ Symbol table '.symtab' contains 73 entri
  +[0-9]+: [0-9a-f]+ +0 SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +11 *
  +[0-9]+: [0-9a-f]+ +0 SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +12 *
  +[0-9]+: [0-9a-f]+ +0 SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +13 *
- +[0-9]+: [0-9a-f]+ +0 SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +14 *
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+     2: 0+     0 NOTYPE  GLOBAL DEFAULT  UND undefd
+     3: 0+     0 NOTYPE  GLOBAL DEFAULT    1 _start
+     4: 2000000000000000     0 NOTYPE  GLOBAL DEFAULT  ABS __bss_start
+     5: 2000000000000000     0 NOTYPE  GLOBAL DEFAULT  ABS _edata
+     6: 2000000000000000     0 NOTYPE  GLOBAL DEFAULT  ABS _end
+     7: 0+     0 NOTYPE  GLOBAL DEFAULT    1 _start\.
--- binutils/ld/testsuite/ld-powerpc/tlsexe32.r.section	2006-02-02 14:57:50.000000000 -0800
+++ binutils/ld/testsuite/ld-powerpc/tlsexe32.r	2006-06-01 12:15:42.000000000 -0700
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Symbol table '\.dynsym' contains [0-9]+ 
 .* NOTYPE +GLOBAL DEFAULT +ABS _edata
 .* NOTYPE +GLOBAL DEFAULT +ABS _end
 
-Symbol table '\.symtab' contains 40 entries:
+Symbol table '\.symtab' contains 37 entries:
  +Num: +Value +Size Type +Bind +Vis +Ndx Name
 .* NOTYPE +LOCAL +DEFAULT +UND 
 .* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +1 
@@ -85,9 +85,6 @@ Symbol table '\.symtab' contains 40 entr
 .* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +10 
 .* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +11 
 .* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +12 
-.* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +13 
-.* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +14 
-.* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +15 
 .* TLS +LOCAL +DEFAULT +8 gd4
 .* TLS +LOCAL +DEFAULT +8 ld4
 .* TLS +LOCAL +DEFAULT +8 ld5
--- binutils/ld/testsuite/ld-powerpc/tlsso32.r.section	2006-02-02 14:57:50.000000000 -0800
+++ binutils/ld/testsuite/ld-powerpc/tlsso32.r	2006-06-01 12:15:58.000000000 -0700
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ Symbol table '\.dynsym' contains [0-9]+ 
 .* TLS +GLOBAL DEFAULT +8 gd0
 .* TLS +GLOBAL DEFAULT +8 ie0
 
-Symbol table '\.symtab' contains 39 entries:
+Symbol table '\.symtab' contains 36 entries:
  +Num: +Value +Size Type +Bind +Vis +Ndx Name
 .* NOTYPE +LOCAL +DEFAULT +UND 
 .* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +1 
@@ -104,9 +104,6 @@ Symbol table '\.symtab' contains 39 entr
 .* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +9 
 .* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +10 
 .* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +11 
-.* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +12 
-.* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +13 
-.* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +14 
 .* TLS +LOCAL +DEFAULT +7 gd4
 .* TLS +LOCAL +DEFAULT +7 ld4
 .* TLS +LOCAL +DEFAULT +7 ld5
--- binutils/ld/testsuite/ld-s390/tlsbin.rd.section	2006-02-02 14:57:50.000000000 -0800
+++ binutils/ld/testsuite/ld-s390/tlsbin.rd	2006-06-01 12:14:45.000000000 -0700
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Symbol table '.dynsym' contains [0-9]+ e
 .* NOTYPE  GLOBAL DEFAULT  ABS _edata
 .* NOTYPE  GLOBAL DEFAULT  ABS _end
 
-Symbol table '.symtab' contains 68 entries:
+Symbol table '.symtab' contains 65 entries:
  +Num: +Value  Size Type +Bind +Vis +Ndx Name
 .* NOTYPE  LOCAL  DEFAULT  UND 
 .* SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +1 
@@ -91,9 +91,6 @@ Symbol table '.symtab' contains 68 entri
 .* SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +10 
 .* SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +11 
 .* SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +12 
-.* SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +13 
-.* SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +14 
-.* SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +15 
 .* TLS +LOCAL  DEFAULT +9 sl1
 .* TLS +LOCAL  DEFAULT +9 sl2
 .* TLS +LOCAL  DEFAULT +9 sl3
--- binutils/ld/testsuite/ld-s390/tlspic.rd.section	2006-02-02 14:57:50.000000000 -0800
+++ binutils/ld/testsuite/ld-s390/tlspic.rd	2006-06-01 12:14:31.000000000 -0700
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ Symbol table '.dynsym' contains [0-9]+ e
 .* NOTYPE  GLOBAL DEFAULT  ABS _edata
 .* NOTYPE  GLOBAL DEFAULT  ABS _end
 
-Symbol table '.symtab' contains 54 entries:
+Symbol table '.symtab' contains 51 entries:
  +Num: +Value  Size Type +Bind +Vis +Ndx Name
 .* NOTYPE  LOCAL  DEFAULT  UND 
 .* SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +1 
@@ -102,9 +102,6 @@ Symbol table '.symtab' contains 54 entri
 .* SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +9 
 .* SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +10 
 .* SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +11 
-.* SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +12 
-.* SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +13 
-.* SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +14 
 .* TLS +LOCAL  DEFAULT +8 sl1
 .* TLS +LOCAL  DEFAULT +8 sl2
 .* TLS +LOCAL  DEFAULT +8 sl3
--- binutils/ld/testsuite/ld-sparc/tlssunbin32.rd.section	2005-08-24 08:27:20.000000000 -0700
+++ binutils/ld/testsuite/ld-sparc/tlssunbin32.rd	2006-06-01 11:59:52.000000000 -0700
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Symbol table '.dynsym' contains [0-9]+ e
 .* NOTYPE +GLOBAL DEFAULT +ABS _edata
 .* NOTYPE +GLOBAL DEFAULT +ABS _end
 
-Symbol table '.symtab' contains 67 entries:
+Symbol table '.symtab' contains 64 entries:
  +Num: +Value +Size Type +Bind +Vis +Ndx Name
 .* NOTYPE +LOCAL +DEFAULT +UND *
 .* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +1 *
@@ -71,9 +71,6 @@ Symbol table '.symtab' contains 67 entri
 .* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +8 *
 .* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +9 *
 .* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +10 *
-.* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +11 *
-.* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +12 *
-.* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +13 *
 .* TLS +LOCAL +DEFAULT +7 sl1
 .* TLS +LOCAL +DEFAULT +7 sl2
 .* TLS +LOCAL +DEFAULT +7 sl3
--- binutils/ld/testsuite/ld-sparc/tlssunbin64.rd.section	2005-08-24 08:27:20.000000000 -0700
+++ binutils/ld/testsuite/ld-sparc/tlssunbin64.rd	2006-06-01 12:00:54.000000000 -0700
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Symbol table '.dynsym' contains [0-9]+ e
 .* NOTYPE +GLOBAL DEFAULT +ABS _edata
 .* NOTYPE +GLOBAL DEFAULT +ABS _end
 
-Symbol table '.symtab' contains 67 entries:
+Symbol table '.symtab' contains 64 entries:
  +Num: +Value +Size Type +Bind +Vis +Ndx Name
 .* NOTYPE +LOCAL +DEFAULT +UND *
 .* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +1 *
@@ -71,9 +71,6 @@ Symbol table '.symtab' contains 67 entri
 .* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +8 *
 .* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +9 *
 .* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +10 *
-.* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +11 *
-.* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +12 *
-.* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +13 *
 .* TLS +LOCAL +DEFAULT +7 sl1
 .* TLS +LOCAL +DEFAULT +7 sl2
 .* TLS +LOCAL +DEFAULT +7 sl3
--- binutils/ld/testsuite/ld-sparc/tlssunnopic32.rd.section	2005-08-24 08:27:20.000000000 -0700
+++ binutils/ld/testsuite/ld-sparc/tlssunnopic32.rd	2006-06-01 12:00:17.000000000 -0700
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Symbol table '.dynsym' contains [0-9]+ e
 .* NOTYPE +GLOBAL DEFAULT +ABS _edata
 .* NOTYPE +GLOBAL DEFAULT +ABS _end
 
-Symbol table '.symtab' contains 30 entries:
+Symbol table '.symtab' contains 27 entries:
  +Num: +Value +Size Type +Bind +Vis +Ndx Name
 .* NOTYPE +LOCAL +DEFAULT +UND *
 .* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +1 *
@@ -73,9 +73,6 @@ Symbol table '.symtab' contains 30 entri
 .* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +6 *
 .* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +7 *
 .* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +8 *
-.* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +9 *
-.* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +10 *
-.* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +11 *
 .* TLS +LOCAL +DEFAULT +6 bl1
 .* TLS +LOCAL +DEFAULT +6 bl2
 .* TLS +LOCAL +DEFAULT +6 bl3
--- binutils/ld/testsuite/ld-sparc/tlssunnopic64.rd.section	2005-08-24 08:27:20.000000000 -0700
+++ binutils/ld/testsuite/ld-sparc/tlssunnopic64.rd	2006-06-01 12:01:13.000000000 -0700
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Symbol table '.dynsym' contains [0-9]+ e
 .* NOTYPE +GLOBAL DEFAULT +ABS _edata
 .* NOTYPE +GLOBAL DEFAULT +ABS _end
 
-Symbol table '.symtab' contains 30 entries:
+Symbol table '.symtab' contains 27 entries:
  +Num: +Value +Size Type +Bind +Vis +Ndx Name
 .* NOTYPE +LOCAL +DEFAULT +UND *
 .* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +1 *
@@ -75,9 +75,6 @@ Symbol table '.symtab' contains 30 entri
 .* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +6 *
 .* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +7 *
 .* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +8 *
-.* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +9 *
-.* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +10 *
-.* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +11 *
 .* TLS +LOCAL +DEFAULT +6 bl1
 .* TLS +LOCAL +DEFAULT +6 bl2
 .* TLS +LOCAL +DEFAULT +6 bl3
--- binutils/ld/testsuite/ld-sparc/tlssunpic32.rd.section	2005-08-24 08:27:20.000000000 -0700
+++ binutils/ld/testsuite/ld-sparc/tlssunpic32.rd	2006-06-01 11:59:35.000000000 -0700
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ Symbol table '.dynsym' contains [0-9]+ e
 .* NOTYPE +GLOBAL DEFAULT +ABS _edata
 .* NOTYPE +GLOBAL DEFAULT +ABS _end
 
-Symbol table '.symtab' contains 55 entries:
+Symbol table '.symtab' contains 52 entries:
  +Num: +Value +Size Type +Bind +Vis +Ndx Name
 .* NOTYPE +LOCAL +DEFAULT +UND *
 .* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +1 *
@@ -94,9 +94,6 @@ Symbol table '.symtab' contains 55 entri
 .* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +9 *
 .* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +10 *
 .* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +11 *
-.* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +12 *
-.* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +13 *
-.* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +14 *
 .* TLS +LOCAL +DEFAULT +7 sl1
 .* TLS +LOCAL +DEFAULT +7 sl2
 .* TLS +LOCAL +DEFAULT +7 sl3
--- binutils/ld/testsuite/ld-sparc/tlssunpic64.rd.section	2005-08-24 08:27:20.000000000 -0700
+++ binutils/ld/testsuite/ld-sparc/tlssunpic64.rd	2006-06-01 12:00:35.000000000 -0700
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ Symbol table '.dynsym' contains [0-9]+ e
 .* NOTYPE +GLOBAL DEFAULT +ABS _edata
 .* NOTYPE +GLOBAL DEFAULT +ABS _end
 
-Symbol table '.symtab' contains 55 entries:
+Symbol table '.symtab' contains 52 entries:
  +Num: +Value +Size Type +Bind +Vis +Ndx Name
 .* NOTYPE +LOCAL +DEFAULT +UND *
 .* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +1 *
@@ -94,9 +94,6 @@ Symbol table '.symtab' contains 55 entri
 .* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +9 *
 .* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +10 *
 .* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +11 *
-.* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +12 *
-.* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +13 *
-.* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +14 *
 .* TLS +LOCAL +DEFAULT +7 sl1
 .* TLS +LOCAL +DEFAULT +7 sl2
 .* TLS +LOCAL +DEFAULT +7 sl3
--- binutils/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/tlsbin.rd.section	2006-05-25 21:08:20.000000000 -0700
+++ binutils/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/tlsbin.rd	2006-06-01 10:59:43.000000000 -0700
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ Symbol table '.dynsym' contains [0-9]+ e
 .* NOTYPE  GLOBAL DEFAULT  ABS _edata
 .* NOTYPE  GLOBAL DEFAULT  ABS _end
 
-Symbol table '.symtab' contains 69 entries:
+Symbol table '.symtab' contains 66 entries:
  +Num: +Value +Size Type +Bind +Vis +Ndx Name
 .* NOTYPE  LOCAL  DEFAULT  UND *
 .* SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +1 *
@@ -93,9 +93,6 @@ Symbol table '.symtab' contains 69 entri
 .* SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +11 *
 .* SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +12 *
 .* SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +13 *
-.* SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +14 *
-.* SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +15 *
-.* SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +16 *
 .* TLS +LOCAL  DEFAULT +9 sl1
 .* TLS +LOCAL  DEFAULT +9 sl2
 .* TLS +LOCAL  DEFAULT +9 sl3
--- binutils/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/tlsbindesc.rd.section	2006-05-25 21:08:20.000000000 -0700
+++ binutils/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/tlsbindesc.rd	2006-06-01 11:00:07.000000000 -0700
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Symbol table '.dynsym' contains 8 entrie
  +[0-9]+: 0+[0-9a-f]+ +0 NOTYPE  GLOBAL DEFAULT  ABS _edata
  +[0-9]+: 0+[0-9a-f]+ +0 NOTYPE  GLOBAL DEFAULT  ABS _end
 
-Symbol table '.symtab' contains 67 entries:
+Symbol table '.symtab' contains 64 entries:
  +Num: +Value +Size Type +Bind +Vis +Ndx Name
  +[0-9]+: 0+ +0 NOTYPE  LOCAL  DEFAULT  UND *
  +[0-9]+: [0-9a-f]+ +0 SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +1 *
@@ -84,9 +84,6 @@ Symbol table '.symtab' contains 67 entri
  +[0-9]+: [0-9a-f]+ +0 SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +9 *
  +[0-9]+: [0-9a-f]+ +0 SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +10 *
  +[0-9]+: [0-9a-f]+ +0 SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +11 *
- +[0-9]+: [0-9a-f]+ +0 SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +12 *
- +[0-9]+: [0-9a-f]+ +0 SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +13 *
- +[0-9]+: [0-9a-f]+ +0 SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +14 *
  +[0-9]+: 0+20 +0 TLS +LOCAL  DEFAULT +7 sl1
  +[0-9]+: 0+24 +0 TLS +LOCAL  DEFAULT +7 sl2
  +[0-9]+: 0+28 +0 TLS +LOCAL  DEFAULT +7 sl3
--- binutils/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/tlsdesc.rd.section	2006-05-25 21:08:20.000000000 -0700
+++ binutils/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/tlsdesc.rd	2006-06-01 10:59:04.000000000 -0700
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ Symbol table '.dynsym' contains 16 entri
  +[0-9]+: [0-9a-f]+ +0 NOTYPE  GLOBAL DEFAULT  ABS _edata
  +[0-9]+: [0-9a-f]+ +0 NOTYPE  GLOBAL DEFAULT  ABS _end
 
-Symbol table '.symtab' contains 55 entries:
+Symbol table '.symtab' contains 52 entries:
  +Num: +Value +Size Type +Bind +Vis +Ndx Name
  +[0-9]+: 0+ +0 NOTYPE  LOCAL  DEFAULT  UND *
  +[0-9]+: [0-9a-f]+ +0 SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +1 *
@@ -120,9 +120,6 @@ Symbol table '.symtab' contains 55 entri
  +[0-9]+: [0-9a-f]+ +0 SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +10 *
  +[0-9]+: [0-9a-f]+ +0 SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +11 *
  +[0-9]+: [0-9a-f]+ +0 SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +12 *
- +[0-9]+: [0-9a-f]+ +0 SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +13 *
- +[0-9]+: [0-9a-f]+ +0 SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +14 *
- +[0-9]+: [0-9a-f]+ +0 SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +15 *
  +[0-9]+: 0+20 +0 TLS +LOCAL  DEFAULT +8 sl1
  +[0-9]+: 0+24 +0 TLS +LOCAL  DEFAULT +8 sl2
  +[0-9]+: 0+28 +0 TLS +LOCAL  DEFAULT +8 sl3
--- binutils/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/tlsgdesc.rd.section	2006-01-18 13:07:51.000000000 -0800
+++ binutils/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/tlsgdesc.rd	2006-06-01 11:00:29.000000000 -0700
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Symbol table '.dynsym' contains 13 entri
  +[0-9]+: [0-9a-f]+ +0 NOTYPE  GLOBAL DEFAULT  ABS _edata
  +[0-9]+: [0-9a-f]+ +0 NOTYPE  GLOBAL DEFAULT  ABS _end
 
-Symbol table '.symtab' contains 27 entries:
+Symbol table '.symtab' contains 24 entries:
  +Num: +Value +Size Type +Bind +Vis +Ndx Name
  +[0-9]+: 0+ +0 NOTYPE  LOCAL  DEFAULT  UND *
  +[0-9]+: [0-9a-f]+ +0 SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +1 *
@@ -89,9 +89,6 @@ Symbol table '.symtab' contains 27 entri
  +[0-9]+: [0-9a-f]+ +0 SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +8 *
  +[0-9]+: [0-9a-f]+ +0 SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +9 *
  +[0-9]+: [0-9a-f]+ +0 SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +10 *
- +[0-9]+: [0-9a-f]+ +0 SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +11 *
- +[0-9]+: [0-9a-f]+ +0 SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +12 *
- +[0-9]+: [0-9a-f]+ +0 SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +13 *
  +[0-9]+: [0-9a-f]+ +0 OBJECT  LOCAL  HIDDEN  ABS _DYNAMIC
  +[0-9]+: [0-9a-f]+ +0 OBJECT  LOCAL  HIDDEN  ABS _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_
  +[0-9]+: 0+ +0 TLS +GLOBAL DEFAULT  UND sG3
--- binutils/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/tlspic.rd.section	2006-05-25 21:08:20.000000000 -0700
+++ binutils/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/tlspic.rd	2006-06-01 10:59:12.000000000 -0700
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ Symbol table '.dynsym' contains [0-9]+ e
 .* NOTYPE  GLOBAL DEFAULT  ABS _edata
 .* NOTYPE  GLOBAL DEFAULT  ABS _end
 
-Symbol table '.symtab' contains 55 entries:
+Symbol table '.symtab' contains 52 entries:
  +Num: +Value +Size Type +Bind +Vis +Ndx Name
 .* NOTYPE  LOCAL  DEFAULT  UND *
 .* SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +1 *
@@ -104,9 +104,6 @@ Symbol table '.symtab' contains 55 entri
 .* SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +10 *
 .* SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +11 *
 .* SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +12 *
-.* SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +13 *
-.* SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +14 *
-.* SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +15 *
 .* TLS +LOCAL  DEFAULT +8 sl1
 .* TLS +LOCAL  DEFAULT +8 sl2
 .* TLS +LOCAL  DEFAULT +8 sl3

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* Re: PATCH: PR ld/2723: ld puts unused section symbols in symbol table
  2006-06-02  0:35   ` PATCH: PR ld/2723: ld puts unused section symbols in symbol table H. J. Lu
@ 2006-06-02  2:30     ` Alan Modra
  2006-06-02  8:49       ` Alan Modra
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Alan Modra @ 2006-06-02  2:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: H. J. Lu; +Cc: binutils

On Thu, Jun 01, 2006 at 01:16:27PM -0700, H. J. Lu wrote:
> Here is the patch.  It just makes ld close to objcopy when handling
> section symbols.

Thanks very much for doing this.  I committed a slightly different
elflink.c change.

Index: bfd/elflink.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/bfd/elflink.c,v
retrieving revision 1.216
diff -u -p -r1.216 elflink.c
--- bfd/elflink.c	24 May 2006 17:10:01 -0000	1.216
+++ bfd/elflink.c	2 Jun 2006 00:29:31 -0000
@@ -8125,18 +8125,19 @@ bfd_elf_final_link (bfd *abfd, struct bf
       elfsym.st_size = 0;
       elfsym.st_info = ELF_ST_INFO (STB_LOCAL, STT_SECTION);
       elfsym.st_other = 0;
+      elfsym.st_value = 0;
       for (i = 1; i < elf_numsections (abfd); i++)
 	{
 	  o = bfd_section_from_elf_index (abfd, i);
 	  if (o != NULL)
-	    o->target_index = bfd_get_symcount (abfd);
-	  elfsym.st_shndx = i;
-	  if (info->relocatable || o == NULL)
-	    elfsym.st_value = 0;
-	  else
-	    elfsym.st_value = o->vma;
-	  if (! elf_link_output_sym (&finfo, NULL, &elfsym, o, NULL))
-	    goto error_return;
+	    {
+	      o->target_index = bfd_get_symcount (abfd);
+	      elfsym.st_shndx = i;
+	      if (!info->relocatable)
+		elfsym.st_value = o->vma;
+	      if (!elf_link_output_sym (&finfo, NULL, &elfsym, o, NULL))
+		goto error_return;
+	    }
 	  if (i == SHN_LORESERVE - 1)
 	    i += SHN_HIRESERVE + 1 - SHN_LORESERVE;
 	}

-- 
Alan Modra
IBM OzLabs - Linux Technology Centre

^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread

* Re: PATCH: PR ld/2723: ld puts unused section symbols in symbol table
  2006-06-02  2:30     ` Alan Modra
@ 2006-06-02  8:49       ` Alan Modra
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Alan Modra @ 2006-06-02  8:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: H. J. Lu, binutils

On Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 10:05:15AM +0930, Alan Modra wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 01, 2006 at 01:16:27PM -0700, H. J. Lu wrote:
> > Here is the patch.  It just makes ld close to objcopy when handling
> > section symbols.
> 
> Thanks very much for doing this.  I committed a slightly different
> elflink.c change.

Some more testsuite updates.

	* ld-powerpc/tlsexe.r: Update for removal of some section syms.
	* ld-powerpc/tlsexetoc.r: Likewise.
	* ld-powerpc/tlsso.r: Likewise.
	* ld-powerpc/tlstocso.r: Likewise.
	* ld-s390/tlsbin_64.rd: Likewise.
	* ld-s390/tlspic_64.rd: Likewise.

Index: ld/testsuite/ld-powerpc/tlsexe.r
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/ld/testsuite/ld-powerpc/tlsexe.r,v
retrieving revision 1.16
diff -u -p -r1.16 tlsexe.r
--- ld/testsuite/ld-powerpc/tlsexe.r	2 Feb 2006 22:53:46 -0000	1.16
+++ ld/testsuite/ld-powerpc/tlsexe.r	2 Jun 2006 07:46:15 -0000
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ Symbol table '\.dynsym' contains [0-9]+ 
 .* NOTYPE +GLOBAL DEFAULT +ABS _edata
 .* NOTYPE +GLOBAL DEFAULT +ABS _end
 
-Symbol table '\.symtab' contains 40 entries:
+Symbol table '\.symtab' contains .* entries:
  +Num: +Value +Size Type +Bind +Vis +Ndx Name
 .* 0+ +0 NOTYPE +LOCAL +DEFAULT +UND 
 .* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +1 
@@ -88,9 +88,6 @@ Symbol table '\.symtab' contains 40 entr
 .* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +11 
 .* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +12 
 .* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +13 
-.* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +14 
-.* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +15 
-.* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +16 
 .* TLS +LOCAL +DEFAULT +9 gd4
 .* TLS +LOCAL +DEFAULT +9 ld4
 .* TLS +LOCAL +DEFAULT +9 ld5
Index: ld/testsuite/ld-powerpc/tlsexetoc.r
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/ld/testsuite/ld-powerpc/tlsexetoc.r,v
retrieving revision 1.17
diff -u -p -r1.17 tlsexetoc.r
--- ld/testsuite/ld-powerpc/tlsexetoc.r	5 May 2006 13:08:49 -0000	1.17
+++ ld/testsuite/ld-powerpc/tlsexetoc.r	2 Jun 2006 07:46:15 -0000
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ Symbol table '\.dynsym' contains [0-9]+ 
 .* NOTYPE +GLOBAL DEFAULT +ABS _edata
 .* NOTYPE +GLOBAL DEFAULT +ABS _end
 
-Symbol table '\.symtab' contains 41 entries:
+Symbol table '\.symtab' contains .* entries:
  +Num: +Value +Size Type +Bind +Vis +Ndx Name
 .* NOTYPE +LOCAL +DEFAULT +UND 
 .* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +1 
@@ -87,9 +87,6 @@ Symbol table '\.symtab' contains 41 entr
 .* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +11 
 .* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +12 
 .* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +13 
-.* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +14 
-.* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +15 
-.* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +16 
 .* TLS +LOCAL +DEFAULT +9 gd4
 .* TLS +LOCAL +DEFAULT +9 ld4
 .* TLS +LOCAL +DEFAULT +9 ld5
Index: ld/testsuite/ld-powerpc/tlsso.r
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/ld/testsuite/ld-powerpc/tlsso.r,v
retrieving revision 1.15
diff -u -p -r1.15 tlsso.r
--- ld/testsuite/ld-powerpc/tlsso.r	2 Feb 2006 22:53:46 -0000	1.15
+++ ld/testsuite/ld-powerpc/tlsso.r	2 Jun 2006 07:46:15 -0000
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ Symbol table '\.dynsym' contains .* entr
 .* TLS +GLOBAL DEFAULT +8 gd0
 .* TLS +GLOBAL DEFAULT +8 ie0
 
-Symbol table '\.symtab' contains 39 entries:
+Symbol table '\.symtab' contains .* entries:
  +Num: +Value +Size Type +Bind +Vis +Ndx Name
 .* NOTYPE +LOCAL +DEFAULT +UND 
 .* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +1 
@@ -104,9 +104,6 @@ Symbol table '\.symtab' contains 39 entr
 .* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +10 
 .* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +11 
 .* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +12 
-.* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +13 
-.* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +14 
-.* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +15 
 .* TLS +LOCAL +DEFAULT +7 gd4
 .* TLS +LOCAL +DEFAULT +7 ld4
 .* TLS +LOCAL +DEFAULT +7 ld5
Index: ld/testsuite/ld-powerpc/tlstocso.r
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/ld/testsuite/ld-powerpc/tlstocso.r,v
retrieving revision 1.16
diff -u -p -r1.16 tlstocso.r
--- ld/testsuite/ld-powerpc/tlstocso.r	2 Feb 2006 22:53:46 -0000	1.16
+++ ld/testsuite/ld-powerpc/tlstocso.r	2 Jun 2006 07:46:15 -0000
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ Symbol table '\.dynsym' contains [0-9]+ 
 .* TLS +GLOBAL DEFAULT +8 gd0
 .* TLS +GLOBAL DEFAULT +8 ie0
 
-Symbol table '\.symtab' contains 40 entries:
+Symbol table '\.symtab' contains .* entries:
  +Num: +Value +Size Type +Bind +Vis +Ndx Name
 .* NOTYPE +LOCAL +DEFAULT +UND 
 .* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +1 
@@ -99,9 +99,6 @@ Symbol table '\.symtab' contains 40 entr
 .* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +10 
 .* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +11 
 .* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +12 
-.* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +13 
-.* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +14 
-.* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +15 
 .* TLS +LOCAL +DEFAULT +7 gd4
 .* TLS +LOCAL +DEFAULT +7 ld4
 .* TLS +LOCAL +DEFAULT +7 ld5
Index: ld/testsuite/ld-s390/tlsbin_64.rd
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/ld/testsuite/ld-s390/tlsbin_64.rd,v
retrieving revision 1.8
diff -u -p -r1.8 tlsbin_64.rd
--- ld/testsuite/ld-s390/tlsbin_64.rd	2 Feb 2006 22:53:46 -0000	1.8
+++ ld/testsuite/ld-s390/tlsbin_64.rd	2 Jun 2006 07:46:15 -0000
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Symbol table '.dynsym' contains [0-9]+ e
 .* NOTYPE +GLOBAL DEFAULT +ABS _edata
 .* NOTYPE +GLOBAL DEFAULT +ABS _end
 
-Symbol table '.symtab' contains 68 entries:
+Symbol table '.symtab' contains .* entries:
  +Num: +Value +Size Type +Bind +Vis +Ndx Name
 .* NOTYPE +LOCAL +DEFAULT +UND 
 .* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +1 
@@ -91,9 +91,6 @@ Symbol table '.symtab' contains 68 entri
 .* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +10 
 .* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +11 
 .* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +12 
-.* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +13 
-.* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +14 
-.* SECTION LOCAL +DEFAULT +15 
 .* TLS +LOCAL +DEFAULT +9 sl1
 .* TLS +LOCAL +DEFAULT +9 sl2
 .* TLS +LOCAL +DEFAULT +9 sl3
Index: ld/testsuite/ld-s390/tlspic_64.rd
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/ld/testsuite/ld-s390/tlspic_64.rd,v
retrieving revision 1.7
diff -u -p -r1.7 tlspic_64.rd
--- ld/testsuite/ld-s390/tlspic_64.rd	2 Feb 2006 22:53:46 -0000	1.7
+++ ld/testsuite/ld-s390/tlspic_64.rd	2 Jun 2006 07:46:16 -0000
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ Symbol table '.dynsym' contains [0-9]+ e
 .* NOTYPE  GLOBAL DEFAULT  ABS _edata
 .* NOTYPE  GLOBAL DEFAULT  ABS _end
 
-Symbol table '.symtab' contains 54 entries:
+Symbol table '.symtab' contains .* entries:
  +Num: +Value +Size Type +Bind +Vis +Ndx Name
 .* NOTYPE  LOCAL  DEFAULT  UND 
 .* SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +1 
@@ -102,9 +102,6 @@ Symbol table '.symtab' contains 54 entri
 .* SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +9 
 .* SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +10 
 .* SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +11 
-.* SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +12 
-.* SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +13 
-.* SECTION LOCAL  DEFAULT +14 
 .* TLS +LOCAL  DEFAULT +8 sl1
 .* TLS +LOCAL  DEFAULT +8 sl2
 .* TLS +LOCAL  DEFAULT +8 sl3

-- 
Alan Modra
IBM OzLabs - Linux Technology Centre

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