PR 17287, DT_NEEDED of unneeded libraries affects --as-needed

	PR 17287
bfd/
	* elflink.c (on_needed_list): Only consider libraries that have
	been loaded.
ld/
	* ld.texinfo (--as-needed): Clarify that references from libraries
	must be from needed libraries.
ld/testsuite/
	* ld-plugin/needed3.c: New file.
	* ld-elf/shared.exp: Add needed3 test.

5 files changed, 32 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index 2c1ec6a..7804d71 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 2014-08-18  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
+	* ld.texinfo (--as-needed): Clarify that references from libraries
+	must be from needed libraries.
+
+2014-08-18  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
 	* emultempl/aarch64elf.em (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_after_allocation):
 	Handle error status from bfd_elf_discard_info.
 	* emultempl/armelf.em: Likewise.
diff --git a/ld/ld.texinfo b/ld/ld.texinfo
index b559b4f..718a7d0 100644
--- a/ld/ld.texinfo
+++ b/ld/ld.texinfo
@@ -1179,8 +1179,8 @@ on the command line, regardless of whether the library is actually
 needed or not.  @option{--as-needed} causes a DT_NEEDED tag to only be
 emitted for a library that @emph{at that point in the link} satisfies a
 non-weak undefined symbol reference from a regular object file or, if
-the library is not found in the DT_NEEDED lists of other libraries, a
-non-weak undefined symbol reference from another dynamic library.
+the library is not found in the DT_NEEDED lists of other needed libraries, a
+non-weak undefined symbol reference from another needed dynamic library.
 Object files or libraries appearing on the command line @emph{after}
 the library in question do not affect whether the library is seen as
 needed.  This is similar to the rules for extraction of object files
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ChangeLog b/ld/testsuite/ChangeLog
index c52203a..6b6e8f7 100644
--- a/ld/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-08-18  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+	* ld-plugin/needed3.c: New file.
+	* ld-elf/shared.exp: Add needed3 test.
+
 2014-08-12  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
 	* lib/ld-lib.exp (check_plugin_api_available): Match "-plugin PLUGIN".
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/needed3.c b/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/needed3.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cbb9d56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/needed3.c
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+extern void foo (void);
+
+int
+main ()
+{
+  foo ();
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/shared.exp b/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/shared.exp
index de2a5f2..b55856a 100644
--- a/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/shared.exp
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/shared.exp
@@ -222,6 +222,18 @@ set build_tests {
   {"Build needed2"
    "tmpdir/libneeded2c.o -Wl,--as-needed tmpdir/libneeded2a.so tmpdir/libneeded2b.so" ""
    {dummy.c} {} "needed2"}
+  {"Build libneeded3a.so"
+   "-shared -Wl,--no-add-needed" "-fPIC"
+   {needed1a.c} {} "libneeded3a.so"}
+  {"Build libneeded3b.so"
+   "-shared -Wl,--no-as-needed,--add-needed -Ltmpdir -lneeded1b" "-fPIC"
+   {dummy.c} {} "libneeded3b.so"}
+  {"Build needed3.o"
+   "-r -nostdlib" ""
+   {needed3.c} {} "libneeded3.so"}
+  {"Build needed3"
+   "tmpdir/needed3.o -Wl,--as-needed -Ltmpdir -lneeded3a -lneeded3b -lneeded1b" ""
+   {dummy.c} {} "needed3"}
   {"Build libpr2404a.so"
    "-shared" "-fPIC"
    {pr2404a.c} {} "libpr2404a.so"}