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Diffstat (limited to 'bfd/linker.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | bfd/linker.c | 21 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/bfd/linker.c b/bfd/linker.c index 0877289..5478186 100644 --- a/bfd/linker.c +++ b/bfd/linker.c @@ -1698,7 +1698,7 @@ _bfd_generic_link_add_one_symbol (info, abfd, name, flags, section, value, case BIG: /* We have found a common definition for a symbol which already had a common definition. Use the maximum of the - two sizes. */ + two sizes, and use the section required by the larger symbol. */ BFD_ASSERT (h->type == bfd_link_hash_common); if (! ((*info->callbacks->multiple_common) (info, h->root.string, @@ -1717,6 +1717,25 @@ _bfd_generic_link_add_one_symbol (info, abfd, name, flags, section, value, if (power > 4) power = 4; h->u.c.p->alignment_power = power; + + /* Some systems have special treatment for small commons, + hence we want to select the section used by the larger + symbol. This makes sure the symbol does not go in a + small common section if it is now too large. */ + if (section == bfd_com_section_ptr) + { + h->u.c.p->section + = bfd_make_section_old_way (abfd, "COMMON"); + h->u.c.p->section->flags = SEC_ALLOC; + } + else if (section->owner != abfd) + { + h->u.c.p->section + = bfd_make_section_old_way (abfd, section->name); + h->u.c.p->section->flags = SEC_ALLOC; + } + else + h->u.c.p->section = section; } break; |