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-rw-r--r--bfd/elf-bfd.h4
-rw-r--r--bfd/elflink.c30
3 files changed, 24 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index a8a29bd..746adad 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2016-04-26 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+ * elf-bfd.h (elf_link_hash_table): Update comments for
+ dynsymcount.
+ * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_link_renumber_dynsyms): Always count for
+ the unused NULL entry at the head of dynamic symbol table.
+ (bfd_elf_size_dynsym_hash_dynstr): Remove dynsymcount != 0
+ checks.
+
2016-04-21 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
* elflink.c (_bfd_elf_link_create_dynstrtab): Exclude linker
diff --git a/bfd/elf-bfd.h b/bfd/elf-bfd.h
index 5dce70e..7447629 100644
--- a/bfd/elf-bfd.h
+++ b/bfd/elf-bfd.h
@@ -520,8 +520,8 @@ struct elf_link_hash_table
union gotplt_union init_got_offset;
union gotplt_union init_plt_offset;
- /* The number of symbols found in the link which must be put into
- the .dynsym section. */
+ /* The number of symbols found in the link which is intended for the
+ mandatory DT_SYMTAB tag (.dynsym section) in .dynamic section. */
bfd_size_type dynsymcount;
/* The string table of dynamic symbols, which becomes the .dynstr
diff --git a/bfd/elflink.c b/bfd/elflink.c
index 6f67266..a6b3c94 100644
--- a/bfd/elflink.c
+++ b/bfd/elflink.c
@@ -905,11 +905,11 @@ _bfd_elf_link_renumber_dynsyms (bfd *output_bfd,
elf_link_renumber_hash_table_dynsyms,
&dynsymcount);
- /* There is an unused NULL entry at the head of the table which
- we must account for in our count. We always create the dynsym
- section, even if it is empty, with dynamic sections. */
- if (elf_hash_table (info)->dynamic_sections_created)
- ++dynsymcount;
+ /* There is an unused NULL entry at the head of the table which we
+ must account for in our count even if the table is empty since it
+ is intended for the mandatory DT_SYMTAB tag (.dynsym section) in
+ .dynamic section. */
+ dynsymcount++;
elf_hash_table (info)->dynsymcount = dynsymcount;
return dynsymcount;
@@ -6606,8 +6606,7 @@ bfd_elf_size_dynsym_hash_dynstr (bfd *output_bfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
/* Work out the size of the symbol version section. */
s = bfd_get_linker_section (dynobj, ".gnu.version");
BFD_ASSERT (s != NULL);
- if (dynsymcount != 0
- && (s->flags & SEC_EXCLUDE) == 0)
+ if ((s->flags & SEC_EXCLUDE) == 0)
{
s->size = dynsymcount * sizeof (Elf_External_Versym);
s->contents = (unsigned char *) bfd_zalloc (output_bfd, s->size);
@@ -6628,17 +6627,14 @@ bfd_elf_size_dynsym_hash_dynstr (bfd *output_bfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
BFD_ASSERT (s != NULL);
s->size = dynsymcount * bed->s->sizeof_sym;
- if (dynsymcount != 0)
- {
- s->contents = (unsigned char *) bfd_alloc (output_bfd, s->size);
- if (s->contents == NULL)
- return FALSE;
+ s->contents = (unsigned char *) bfd_alloc (output_bfd, s->size);
+ if (s->contents == NULL)
+ return FALSE;
- /* The first entry in .dynsym is a dummy symbol.
- Clear all the section syms, in case we don't output them all. */
- ++section_sym_count;
- memset (s->contents, 0, section_sym_count * bed->s->sizeof_sym);
- }
+ /* The first entry in .dynsym is a dummy symbol. Clear all the
+ section syms, in case we don't output them all. */
+ ++section_sym_count;
+ memset (s->contents, 0, section_sym_count * bed->s->sizeof_sym);
elf_hash_table (info)->bucketcount = 0;