Don't assert at ldwrite.c:212

When excluding SHF_LINK_ORDER sections that happen to have SEC_KEEP
set, we need to set SEC_EXCLUDE here to avoid a problem later.

	* ldelf.c (ldelf_before_place_orphans): Set SEC_EXCLUDE for
	discarded sections.

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index 9cee3ca..5ee1a0e 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2020-07-29  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+	* ldelf.c (ldelf_before_place_orphans): Set SEC_EXCLUDE for
+	discarded sections.
+
 2020-07-28  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
 	* ldlang.c (lang_check): Don't complain about relocs or merge
diff --git a/ld/ldelf.c b/ld/ldelf.c
index 729239c..75c6c01 100644
--- a/ld/ldelf.c
+++ b/ld/ldelf.c
@@ -2190,6 +2190,7 @@ ldelf_before_place_orphans (void)
 	      if (discarded_section (linked_to_sec))
 		{
 		  isec->output_section = bfd_abs_section_ptr;
+		  isec->flags |= SEC_EXCLUDE;
 		  break;
 		}
 	  }