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Re: [PATCH] read.c: Don't special case the set directive for COFF


On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 9:48 PM, Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 03, 2014 at 10:08:03PM -0400, David Majnemer wrote:
>> diff --git a/gas/read.c b/gas/read.c
>> index 8e1b06e..1e148d8 100644
>> --- a/gas/read.c
>> +++ b/gas/read.c
>> @@ -3187,10 +3187,6 @@ assign_symbol (char *name, int mode)
>>           symbol_set_frag (symbolP, dummy_frag);
>>         }
>>  #endif
>> -#ifdef OBJ_COFF
>> -      /* "set" symbols are local unless otherwise specified.  */
>> -      SF_SET_LOCAL (symbolP);
>> -#endif
>>      }
>>
>>    if (S_IS_DEFINED (symbolP) || symbol_equated_p (symbolP))
>
> The above code can be traced right back to git revision fecd2382,
> 1991-04-04.  Instead of deleting it, you probably should be disabling
> it for PE.


I looked at that revision but couldn't find any justification as to
why the code was there in the first place.
Regardless, your suggestion sounds fine to me.  Patch updated.


diff --git a/gas/read.c b/gas/read.c
index 8e1b06e..183ef2c 100644
--- a/gas/read.c
+++ b/gas/read.c
@@ -3187,7 +3187,7 @@ assign_symbol (char *name, int mode)
          symbol_set_frag (symbolP, dummy_frag);
        }
 #endif
-#ifdef OBJ_COFF
+#if defined (OBJ_COFF) && !defined (TE_PE)
       /* "set" symbols are local unless otherwise specified.  */
       SF_SET_LOCAL (symbolP);
 #endif
diff --git a/gas/testsuite/gas/pe/pe.exp b/gas/testsuite/gas/pe/pe.exp
index c1c5f49..0fab53d 100644
--- a/gas/testsuite/gas/pe/pe.exp
+++ b/gas/testsuite/gas/pe/pe.exp
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ run_dump_test "section-align-1"
 run_dump_test "section-align-3"
 run_dump_test "section-exclude"

+run_dump_test "set"
+
 # SEH related tests

 # These tests are only for x86_64 targets
diff --git a/gas/testsuite/gas/pe/set.d b/gas/testsuite/gas/pe/set.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..99f2d5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gas/testsuite/gas/pe/set.d
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#nm: --defined-only
+#name: set directive in COFF
+#
+# Ensure that we stick an entry for the left hand side of a set directive
+# depending on the name of the left hand side.
+
+#...
+.* t _b
+#...
+.* T _d
+#...
diff --git a/gas/testsuite/gas/pe/set.s b/gas/testsuite/gas/pe/set.s
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a19e797
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gas/testsuite/gas/pe/set.s
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+L_a:
+.long   0
+
+_b = L_a
+
+L_c = L_a
+
+.globl _d
+_d = L_a


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