bfd/

	* aout-adobe.c (aout_32_bfd_define_common_symbol): Define.
	* aout-target.h (MY_bfd_define_common_symbol): Likewise.
	* aout-tic30.c (MY_bfd_define_common_symbol): Likewise.
	* binary.c (binary_bfd_define_common_symbol): Likewise.
	* bout.c (b_out_bfd_define_common_symbol): Likewise.
	* coff-alpha.c (_bfd_ecoff_bfd_define_common_symbol): Likewise.
	* coff-mips.c (_bfd_ecoff_bfd_define_common_symbol): Likewise.
	* coffcode.h (coff_bfd_define_common_symbol): Likewise.
	* elfxx-target.h (bfd_elfNN_bfd_define_common_symbol): Likewise.
	* i386msdos.c (msdos_bfd_define_common_symbol): Likewise.
	* i386os9k.c (os9k_bfd_define_common_symbol): Likewise.
	* ieee.c (ieee_bfd_define_common_symbol): Likewise.
	* ihex.c (ihex_bfd_define_common_symbol): Likewise.
	* libbfd-in.h (_bfd_nolink_bfd_define_common_symbol): Likewise.
	* mach-o.c (bfd_mach_o_bfd_define_common_symbol): Likewise.
	* mmo.c (mmo_bfd_define_common_symbol): Likewise.
	* nlm-target.h (nlm_bfd_define_common_symbol): Likewise.
	* oasys.c (oasys_bfd_define_common_symbol): Likewise.
	* pef.c (bfd_pef_bfd_define_common_symbol): Likewise.
	* ppcboot.c (ppcboot_bfd_define_common_symbol): Likewise.
	* som.c (som_bfd_define_common_symbol): Likewise.
	* srec.c (srec_bfd_define_common_symbol): Likewise.
	* tekhex.c (tekhex_bfd_define_common_symbol): Likewise.
	* versados.c (versados_bfd_define_common_symbol): Likewise.
	* vms.c (vms_bfd_define_common_symbol): Likewise.
	* xcoff-target.h (_bfd_xcoff_bfd_define_common_symbol): Likewise.
	* xsym.c (bfd_sym_bfd_define_common_symbol): Likewise.
	* coff-rs6000.c (rs6000coff_vec): Add _bfd_xcoff_define_common_symbol.
	(pmac_xcoff_vec): Likewise.
	* coff64-rs6000.c (rs6000coff64_vec): Likewise.
	(aix5coff64_vec): Likewise.
	* linker.c (bfd_generic_define_common_symbol): New function.
	* targets.c (BFD_JUMP_TABLE_LINK): Add NAME##_bfd_define_common_symbol.
	(_bfd_define_common_symbol): New field.
	* libcoff-in.h (_bfd_xcoff_define_common_symbol): Declare.
	* xcofflink.c (_bfd_xcoff_define_common_symbol): New function.
	(xcoff_build_ldsyms): Don't set XCOFF_DEF_REGULAR for common
	symbols here.
	* bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
	* libbfd.h: Likewise.
	* libcoff.h: Likewise.

ld/
	* ldlang.c (lang_one_common): Use bfd_define_common_symbol.

ld/testsuite/
	* ld-powerpc/aix-export-2.s, ld-powerpc/aix-export-2.nd: New test.
	* ld-powerpc/aix52.exp: Run it.

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/bfd/bfd-in2.h b/bfd/bfd-in2.h
index bb2cbc3..2c6452f 100644
--- a/bfd/bfd-in2.h
+++ b/bfd/bfd-in2.h
@@ -5458,7 +5458,8 @@ typedef struct bfd_target
   NAME##_bfd_merge_sections, \
   NAME##_bfd_is_group_section, \
   NAME##_bfd_discard_group, \
-  NAME##_section_already_linked \
+  NAME##_section_already_linked, \
+  NAME##_bfd_define_common_symbol
 
   int         (*_bfd_sizeof_headers) (bfd *, struct bfd_link_info *);
   bfd_byte *  (*_bfd_get_relocated_section_contents)
@@ -5506,6 +5507,10 @@ typedef struct bfd_target
   void (*_section_already_linked) (bfd *, struct bfd_section *,
                                    struct bfd_link_info *);
 
+  /* Define a common symbol.  */
+  bfd_boolean (*_bfd_define_common_symbol) (bfd *, struct bfd_link_info *,
+                                            struct bfd_link_hash_entry *);
+
   /* Routines to handle dynamic symbols and relocs.  */
 #define BFD_JUMP_TABLE_DYNAMIC(NAME) \
   NAME##_get_dynamic_symtab_upper_bound, \
@@ -5570,6 +5575,13 @@ void bfd_section_already_linked (bfd *abfd, asection *sec,
 #define bfd_section_already_linked(abfd, sec, info) \
        BFD_SEND (abfd, _section_already_linked, (abfd, sec, info))
 
+bfd_boolean bfd_generic_define_common_symbol
+   (bfd *output_bfd, struct bfd_link_info *info,
+    struct bfd_link_hash_entry *h);
+
+#define bfd_define_common_symbol(output_bfd, info, h) \
+       BFD_SEND (output_bfd, _bfd_define_common_symbol, (output_bfd, info, h))
+
 /* Extracted from simple.c.  */
 bfd_byte *bfd_simple_get_relocated_section_contents
    (bfd *abfd, asection *sec, bfd_byte *outbuf, asymbol **symbol_table);