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-rw-r--r--bfd/ChangeLog6
-rw-r--r--bfd/elflink.c11
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 5b67823..f9b3688 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2011-06-08 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+ PR ld/12851
+ * elflink.c (elf_gc_sweep): Don't check SHT_NOTE sections here.
+ (bfd_elf_gc_sections): Also check SHT_NOTE sections.
+
2011-06-08 Tristan Gingold <gingold@adacore.com>
* makefile.vms (OBJS): Add elfxx-ia64.obj
diff --git a/bfd/elflink.c b/bfd/elflink.c
index 562217d..639c3e7 100644
--- a/bfd/elflink.c
+++ b/bfd/elflink.c
@@ -11728,10 +11728,9 @@ elf_gc_sweep (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
o->gc_mark = first->gc_mark;
}
else if ((o->flags & (SEC_DEBUGGING | SEC_LINKER_CREATED)) != 0
- || (o->flags & (SEC_ALLOC | SEC_LOAD | SEC_RELOC)) == 0
- || elf_section_data (o)->this_hdr.sh_type == SHT_NOTE)
+ || (o->flags & (SEC_ALLOC | SEC_LOAD | SEC_RELOC)) == 0)
{
- /* Keep debug, special and SHT_NOTE sections. */
+ /* Keep debug and special sections. */
o->gc_mark = 1;
}
@@ -12013,8 +12012,12 @@ bfd_elf_gc_sections (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
if (bfd_get_flavour (sub) != bfd_target_elf_flavour)
continue;
+ /* Also keep SHT_NOTE sections. */
for (o = sub->sections; o != NULL; o = o->next)
- if ((o->flags & (SEC_EXCLUDE | SEC_KEEP)) == SEC_KEEP && !o->gc_mark)
+ if ((o->flags & SEC_EXCLUDE) == 0
+ && ((o->flags & SEC_KEEP) != 0
+ || elf_section_data (o)->this_hdr.sh_type == SHT_NOTE)
+ && !o->gc_mark)
if (!_bfd_elf_gc_mark (info, o, gc_mark_hook))
return FALSE;
}