ld/

	* ldlang.h (lang_output_section_statement_type): Add after_end field.
	(lang_abs_symbol_at_beginning_of, lang_abs_symbol_at_end_of): Delete.
	(section_for_dot): Declare.
	* ldlang.c (lang_size_sections_1): Correct comment.
	(current_section): Move earlier.
	(current_assign, prefer_next_section): New static vars.
	(lang_do_assignments_1): Add found_end param.  Detect _end
	assignment to set found_end.  Set os->after_end.  Set above statics.
	(lang_do_assignments): Adjust lang_do_assignments_1 call.  Init
	vars.
	(section_for_dot): New function.
	(lang_set_startof): Don't make an absolute symbol.
	(lang_abs_symbol_at_beginning_of, lang_abs_symbol_at_end_of): Delete.
	* ldexp.c (new_rel_from_abs): Use section_for_dot.
	* emultempl/lnk960.em (symbol_at_beginning_of): New function.
	(symbol_at_end_of): Likewise.
	(lnk960_after_allocation): Use them.
	* scripttempl/elf.sc: Precede OTHER_GOT_SYMBOLS with . = .; and
	likewise before __bss_start.

ld/testsuite/
Update far too many tests.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/ld/ldexp.c b/ld/ldexp.c
index d83e274..be296bc 100644
--- a/ld/ldexp.c
+++ b/ld/ldexp.c
@@ -213,10 +213,14 @@ new_rel (bfd_vma value, asection *section)
 static void
 new_rel_from_abs (bfd_vma value)
 {
+  asection *s = expld.section;
+
+  if (s == bfd_abs_section_ptr && expld.phase == lang_final_phase_enum)
+    s = section_for_dot ();
   expld.result.valid_p = TRUE;
-  expld.result.value = value - expld.section->vma;
+  expld.result.value = value - s->vma;
   expld.result.str = NULL;
-  expld.result.section = expld.section;
+  expld.result.section = s;
 }
 
 static void