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Ignore symbols defined in SHF_EXCLUDE sections
- From: Alan Modra <amodra at gmail dot com>
- To: binutils at sourceware dot org
- Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2016 19:26:18 +0930
- Subject: Ignore symbols defined in SHF_EXCLUDE sections
- Authentication-results: sourceware.org; auth=none
PR 20513
* ldlang.c (section_already_linked): Deal with SHF_EXCLUDE sections.
diff --git a/ld/ldlang.c b/ld/ldlang.c
index aee8720..07c2182 100644
--- a/ld/ldlang.c
+++ b/ld/ldlang.c
@@ -2294,6 +2294,12 @@ section_already_linked (bfd *abfd, asection *sec, void *data)
return;
}
+ /* Deal with SHF_EXCLUDE ELF sections. */
+ if (!bfd_link_relocatable (&link_info)
+ && (abfd->flags & BFD_PLUGIN) == 0
+ && (sec->flags & (SEC_GROUP | SEC_KEEP | SEC_EXCLUDE)) == SEC_EXCLUDE)
+ sec->output_section = bfd_abs_section_ptr;
+
if (!(abfd->flags & DYNAMIC))
bfd_section_already_linked (abfd, sec, &link_info);
}
--
Alan Modra
Australia Development Lab, IBM