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-rw-r--r--bfd/elf.c8
-rw-r--r--bfd/elflink.c19
3 files changed, 24 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 25214d8..7ca4070 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2008-09-28 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+ * elf.c (_bfd_elf_init_private_section_data): Tweak union copy.
+ (bfd_section_from_shdr): Don't change SHT_GROUP section name.
+ * elflink.c (section_signature): New function.
+ (_bfd_elf_section_already_linked): Use it.
+
2008-09-19 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
* elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_finish_dynamic_sections): Handle vxworks
diff --git a/bfd/elf.c b/bfd/elf.c
index 7f9853e..e8c6c23 100644
--- a/bfd/elf.c
+++ b/bfd/elf.c
@@ -1863,14 +1863,8 @@ bfd_section_from_shdr (bfd *abfd, unsigned int shindex)
return TRUE;
case SHT_GROUP:
- /* We need a BFD section for objcopy and relocatable linking,
- and it's handy to have the signature available as the section
- name. */
if (! IS_VALID_GROUP_SECTION_HEADER (hdr))
return FALSE;
- name = group_signature (abfd, hdr);
- if (name == NULL)
- return FALSE;
if (!_bfd_elf_make_section_from_shdr (abfd, hdr, name, shindex))
return FALSE;
if (hdr->contents != NULL)
@@ -6019,7 +6013,7 @@ _bfd_elf_init_private_section_data (bfd *ibfd,
if (elf_section_flags (isec) & SHF_GROUP)
elf_section_flags (osec) |= SHF_GROUP;
elf_next_in_group (osec) = elf_next_in_group (isec);
- elf_group_name (osec) = elf_group_name (isec);
+ elf_section_data (osec)->group = elf_section_data (isec)->group;
}
}
diff --git a/bfd/elflink.c b/bfd/elflink.c
index ab6c2db..1c7f79a 100644
--- a/bfd/elflink.c
+++ b/bfd/elflink.c
@@ -11997,8 +11997,21 @@ bfd_elf_discard_info (bfd *output_bfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
return ret;
}
+/* For a SHT_GROUP section, return the group signature. For other
+ sections, return the normal section name. */
+
+static const char *
+section_signature (asection *sec)
+{
+ if ((sec->flags & SEC_GROUP) != 0
+ && elf_next_in_group (sec) != NULL
+ && elf_group_name (elf_next_in_group (sec)) != NULL)
+ return elf_group_name (elf_next_in_group (sec));
+ return sec->name;
+}
+
void
-_bfd_elf_section_already_linked (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_section *sec,
+_bfd_elf_section_already_linked (bfd *abfd, asection *sec,
struct bfd_link_info *info)
{
flagword flags;
@@ -12038,7 +12051,7 @@ _bfd_elf_section_already_linked (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_section *sec,
causes trouble for MIPS ELF, which relies on link once semantics
to handle the .reginfo section correctly. */
- name = bfd_get_section_name (abfd, sec);
+ name = section_signature (sec);
if (CONST_STRNEQ (name, ".gnu.linkonce.")
&& (p = strchr (name + sizeof (".gnu.linkonce.") - 1, '.')) != NULL)
@@ -12053,7 +12066,7 @@ _bfd_elf_section_already_linked (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_section *sec,
/* We may have 2 different types of sections on the list: group
sections and linkonce sections. Match like sections. */
if ((flags & SEC_GROUP) == (l->sec->flags & SEC_GROUP)
- && strcmp (name, l->sec->name) == 0
+ && strcmp (name, section_signature (l->sec)) == 0
&& bfd_coff_get_comdat_section (l->sec->owner, l->sec) == NULL)
{
/* The section has already been linked. See if we should