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Re: PATCH: ld/2411: ELF linker fails to create executable with more than 64k sections
On Fri, Mar 03, 2006 at 12:04:41PM -0800, H. J. Lu wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 03, 2006 at 11:04:03AM -0800, H. J. Lu wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 03, 2006 at 09:15:53AM -0800, H. J. Lu wrote:
> > > On Fri, Mar 03, 2006 at 02:43:51PM +1030, Alan Modra wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Mar 02, 2006 at 03:21:25PM -0800, H. J. Lu wrote:
> > > > > The ELF gABI doesn't support more than 64k sections in DSO and
> > > > > executable when there are dynamic symbols. This patch checks that.
> > > >
> > > > I think you should put this check in bfd_elf_final_link rather than in
> > > > map_sections_to_segments, before the first call to
> > > > elf_link_output_extsym. That puts it close to the code that outputs
> > > > dynamic section syms.
> > > >
> > > > > + (_("%B: Too many sections: %d (< %d)"),
> > > > > + abfd, bfd_count_sections (abfd), SHN_LORESERVE);
> > > >
> > > > Typo.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Here is the updated patch.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > It is OK to have dynamic symbols with 64K sections, which is one of
> > the old testcases, as long as the dynamic symbols aren't in the
> > sections beyond 64K. This patch checks section index for each dynamic
> > symbol to make sure it is supported.
> >
>
> I had a typo in my last patch. Here is the right one.
>
Can someone please take a look at
http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2006-03/msg00055.html
Thanks.
H.J.