* section.c (struct sec): Remove kept_section.

	(STD_SECTION): Remove kept_section initialisation.
	(bfd_make_section_anyway): Here too.
	* ecoff.c (bfd_debug_section): Remove kept_section initialisation.
	* cofflink.c (_bfd_coff_link_input_bfd): Don't test kept_section.
	* elflink.h (elf_link_input_bfd): Set discarded link-once section
	symbols to zero, and remove all code involved with kept_section
	and tracking section symbol values.
	* bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
	* configure.in: Bump version number.
	* configure: Regenerate.

	* ldlang.c (section_already_linked): Remove assignment to kept_section.

8 files changed, 34 insertions, 62 deletions

diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 3b5da8e..b1782e3 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 2001-09-29  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
 
+	* section.c (struct sec): Remove kept_section.
+	(STD_SECTION): Remove kept_section initialisation.
+	(bfd_make_section_anyway): Here too.
+	* ecoff.c (bfd_debug_section): Remove kept_section initialisation.
+	* cofflink.c (_bfd_coff_link_input_bfd): Don't test kept_section.
+	* elflink.h (elf_link_input_bfd): Set discarded link-once section
+	symbols to zero, and remove all code involved with kept_section
+	and tracking section symbol values.
+	* bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
+	* configure.in: Bump version number.
+	* configure: Regenerate.
+
+2001-09-29  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
 	* elf64-ppc.c (struct ppc_dyn_relocs): New.
 	(IS_ABSOLUTE_RELOC): Define.
 	(struct ppc_link_hash_entry): New.
diff --git a/bfd/bfd-in2.h b/bfd/bfd-in2.h
index 5e893f9..793bb62 100644
--- a/bfd/bfd-in2.h
+++ b/bfd/bfd-in2.h
@@ -1319,10 +1319,6 @@ typedef struct sec
 
   struct bfd_comdat_info *comdat;
 
-  /* Points to the kept section if this section is a link-once section,
-     and is discarded.  */
-  struct sec *kept_section;
-
   /* When a section is being output, this value changes as more
      linenumbers are written out.  */
 
diff --git a/bfd/cofflink.c b/bfd/cofflink.c
index 31ac756..594b169 100644
--- a/bfd/cofflink.c
+++ b/bfd/cofflink.c
@@ -1516,15 +1516,13 @@ _bfd_coff_link_input_bfd (finfo, input_bfd)
 
 #ifndef COFF_WITH_PE
       /* Skip section symbols for sections which are not going to be
-	 emitted, or which belong to linkonce sections that are going
-	 to be discarded.  */
+	 emitted.  */
       if (!skip
 	  && isym.n_sclass == C_STAT
 	  && isym.n_type == T_NULL
           && isym.n_numaux > 0)
         {
-          if ((*secpp)->output_section == bfd_abs_section_ptr
-              || (*secpp)->kept_section)
+          if ((*secpp)->output_section == bfd_abs_section_ptr)
             skip = true;
         }
 #endif
diff --git a/bfd/configure b/bfd/configure
index fef25b3..d30e1d4 100755
--- a/bfd/configure
+++ b/bfd/configure
@@ -1127,7 +1127,7 @@ fi
 
 PACKAGE=bfd
 
-VERSION=2.11.91
+VERSION=2.11.92
 
 if test "`cd $srcdir && pwd`" != "`pwd`" && test -f $srcdir/config.status; then
   { echo "configure: error: source directory already configured; run "make distclean" there first" 1>&2; exit 1; }
diff --git a/bfd/configure.in b/bfd/configure.in
index 46bc1ed..081fe08 100644
--- a/bfd/configure.in
+++ b/bfd/configure.in
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ AC_INIT(libbfd.c)
 AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM
 AC_ISC_POSIX
 
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(bfd, 2.11.91)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(bfd, 2.11.92)
 
 dnl These must be called before AM_PROG_LIBTOOL, because it may want
 dnl to call AC_CHECK_PROG.
diff --git a/bfd/ecoff.c b/bfd/ecoff.c
index 359c254..4e0e953 100644
--- a/bfd/ecoff.c
+++ b/bfd/ecoff.c
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ static asection bfd_debug_section =
      NULL,       NULL,        0,           0,       0,
   /* line_filepos, userdata, contents, lineno, lineno_count,       */
      0,            NULL,     NULL,     NULL,   0,
-  /* entsize, comdat, kept_section, moving_line_filepos,           */
-     0,       NULL,   NULL,         0,
+  /* entsize, comdat, moving_line_filepos,                         */
+     0,       NULL,   0,
   /* target_index, used_by_bfd, constructor_chain, owner,          */
      0,            NULL,        NULL,              NULL,
   /* symbol,                                                       */
diff --git a/bfd/elflink.h b/bfd/elflink.h
index 73687fb..39f8811 100644
--- a/bfd/elflink.h
+++ b/bfd/elflink.h
@@ -5962,12 +5962,8 @@ elf_link_input_bfd (finfo, input_bfd)
 	    }
 	}
 
-      name = NULL;
       if (isym->st_shndx == SHN_UNDEF)
-        {
-	  isec = bfd_und_section_ptr;
-	  name = isec->name;
-	}
+	isec = bfd_und_section_ptr;
       else if (isym->st_shndx > 0 && isym->st_shndx < SHN_LORESERVE)
 	{
 	  isec = section_from_elf_index (input_bfd, isym->st_shndx);
@@ -5979,15 +5975,9 @@ elf_link_input_bfd (finfo, input_bfd)
 					  isym->st_value, (bfd_vma) 0);
 	}
       else if (isym->st_shndx == SHN_ABS)
-	{
-	  isec = bfd_abs_section_ptr;
-	  name = isec->name;
-	}
+	isec = bfd_abs_section_ptr;
       else if (isym->st_shndx == SHN_COMMON)
-	{
-	  isec = bfd_com_section_ptr;
-	  name = isec->name;
-	}
+	isec = bfd_com_section_ptr;
       else
 	{
 	  /* Who knows?  */
@@ -6002,39 +5992,18 @@ elf_link_input_bfd (finfo, input_bfd)
 
       if (ELF_ST_TYPE (isym->st_info) == STT_SECTION)
 	{
-	  asection *ksec;
-
-	  /* Save away all section symbol values.  */
-	  if (isec != NULL)
-	    {
-	      if (name)
-		{
-		  if (isec->symbol->value != isym->st_value)
-		    (*_bfd_error_handler)
-		      (_("%s: invalid section symbol index 0x%x (%s) ignored"),
-		       bfd_archive_filename (input_bfd), isym->st_shndx,
-		       name);
-		  continue;
-		}
-	      isec->symbol->value = isym->st_value;
-	    }
-
-	  /* If this is a discarded link-once section symbol, update
-	     it's value to that of the kept section symbol.  The
-	     linker will keep the first of any matching link-once
-	     sections, so we should have already seen it's section
-	     symbol.  I trust no-one will have the bright idea of
-	     re-ordering the bfd list...  */
+	  /* If this is a discarded link-once section symbol, set its
+	     value to 0.  We should really undefine it, and complain
+	     if anything in the final link tries to use it, but
+	     DWARF-based exception handling might have an entry in
+	     .eh_frame to describe a routine in the linkonce section,
+	     and it turns out to be hard to remove the .eh_frame entry
+	     too.  FIXME.  */
 	  if (isec != NULL
 	      && (bfd_get_section_flags (input_bfd, isec) & SEC_LINK_ONCE) != 0
-	      && (ksec = isec->kept_section) != NULL)
+	      && bfd_is_abs_section (isec->output_section))
 	    {
-	      isym->st_value = ksec->symbol->value;
-
-	      /* That put the value right, but the section info is all
-		 wrong.  I hope this works.  */
-	      isec->output_offset = ksec->output_offset;
-	      isec->output_section = ksec->output_section;
+	      isym->st_value = 0;
 	    }
 
 	  /* We never output section symbols.  Instead, we use the
diff --git a/bfd/section.c b/bfd/section.c
index 274979b..f3bd381 100644
--- a/bfd/section.c
+++ b/bfd/section.c
@@ -485,10 +485,6 @@ CODE_FRAGMENT
 .
 .  struct bfd_comdat_info *comdat;
 .
-.  {* Points to the kept section if this section is a link-once section,
-.     and is discarded.  *}
-.  struct sec *kept_section;
-.
 .  {* When a section is being output, this value changes as more
 .     linenumbers are written out.  *}
 .
@@ -599,8 +595,8 @@ static const asymbol global_syms[] =
     /* line_filepos, userdata, contents, lineno, lineno_count,       */	\
        0,            NULL,     NULL,     NULL,   0,			\
 									\
-    /* entsize, comdat, kept_section, moving_line_filepos,           */	\
-       0,       NULL,   NULL,         0,				\
+    /* entsize, comdat, moving_line_filepos,                         */	\
+       0,       NULL,   0,						\
 									\
     /* target_index, used_by_bfd, constructor_chain, owner,          */	\
        0,            NULL,        NULL,              NULL,		\
@@ -807,7 +803,6 @@ bfd_make_section_anyway (abfd, name)
   newsect->line_filepos = 0;
   newsect->owner = abfd;
   newsect->comdat = NULL;
-  newsect->kept_section = NULL;
 
   /* Create a symbol whos only job is to point to this section. This is
      useful for things like relocs which are relative to the base of a