The symbol string table in the .symtab section is optional and cosmetic.
The contents of the .symtab section have no impact on run-time execution.
The symbol names in the symbol string table help distinguish addresses at
different locations. Add a linker option, -z unique-symbol, to avoid
duplicated local symbol names in the symbol string table.
This feature was well received by the livepatch maintainers. It not only
solves the duplicated local symbol name problem, but also would allow
livepatch to more precisely locate duplicate symbols in general for
patching.
bfd/
PR ld/26391
* elflink.c (elf_final_link_info): Add local_hash_table.
(local_hash_entry): New.
(local_hash_newfunc): Likewise.
(elf_link_output_symstrtab): Append ".COUNT" to duplicated local
symbols.
(bfd_elf_final_link): Initialize and free local_hash_table for
"-z unique-symbol".
include/
PR ld/26391
* bfdlink.h (bfd_link_info): Add unique_symbol.
ld/
PR ld/26391
* NEWS: Mention "-z unique-symbol".
* emultempl/elf.em (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_handle_option): Handle
"-z unique-symbol" and "-z nounique-symbol".
* ld.texi: Document "-z unique-symbol" and "-z nounique-symbol".
* lexsup.c (elf_static_list_options): Add "-z unique-symbol" and
"-z nounique-symbol".
* testsuite/ld-elf/elf.exp: Add PR ld/26391 tests.
* testsuite/ld-elf/pr26391.nd: New file.
* testsuite/ld-elf/pr26391.out: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-elf/pr26391a.c: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-elf/pr26391b.c: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-elf/pr26391c.c: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-elf/pr26391d.c: Likewise.
The fix in 7e05773767 introduced a PLT
for conditional jumps when the target symbol is undefined. This is
incorrect because conditional branch relocations are not allowed to
clobber IP0/IP1 and hence, should not result in a dynamic relocation.
Revert that change and in its place, issue an error when the target
symbol is undefined.
bfd/
2020-09-10 Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddesh.poyarekar@arm.com>
* elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_final_link_relocate): Revert
changes in 7e05773767. Set
error for undefined symbol in BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_BRANCH19 and
BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_TSTBR14 relocations.
ld/
2020-09-10 Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddesh.poyarekar@arm.com>
* testsuite/ld-aarch64/emit-relocs-560.d: Expect error instead
of valid output.