Re: Why does elf32-arm.h: elf32_arm_size_dynamic_sections strip out the output_section ?

[jeroen dobbelaere <jeroen dot dobbelaere at acunia dot com>]

Richard Earnshaw wrote:
> > And here is what we do when a section is 'stripped' :
> >
> >       if (strip)
> > 	{
> > 	  asection ** spp;
> >
> > 	  printf("JDO:   stripping %p '%s' (out %p '%s')\n", s, s->name, s->output_section, s->output_section->name);
> > 	  for (spp = &s->output_section->owner->sections;
> > 	       *spp != NULL;
> > 	       spp = &(*spp)->next)
> > 	    {
> > 	      if (*spp == s->output_section)
> > 		{
> > 		  bfd_section_list_remove (s->output_section->owner, spp);
> > 		  --s->output_section->owner->section_count;
> > 		  break;
> > 		}
> > 	    }
> > 	  continue;
> > 	}
> >
> > ALL sections with the same output_section are being stripped !
> > this can't be correct ??
Sorry about being wrong about this : it is the output section itself that is
being stripped at this point :

'.rel.dyn' (in my case)

Forcing the strip to be never done resolves the problem I see.
(  'if(0 && strip)' )

> Hmm, maybe we should be doing this the same way the x86 code does; ie by 
> calling _bfd_strip_section_from_output()
>
> R.
I'll try this one.

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Jeroen Dobbelaere
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