PR ld/12066

	* ldexp.c (fold_name): Treat absolute symbols as plain numbers.
	* ld.texinfo (Expression Section): Don't say absolute symbols
	are addresses.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/ld/ldexp.c b/ld/ldexp.c
index 0549f19..de7f9f2 100644
--- a/ld/ldexp.c
+++ b/ld/ldexp.c
@@ -553,6 +553,8 @@ fold_name (etree_type *tree)
 			     " referenced in expression\n"),
 			   tree->name.name);
 		}
+	      else if (output_section == bfd_abs_section_ptr)
+		new_number (h->u.def.value + h->u.def.section->output_offset);
 	      else
 		new_rel (h->u.def.value + h->u.def.section->output_offset,
 			 output_section);