From 867b8c308a40e79f90db4051cafc273f00f881fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fangrui Song <i@maskray.me>
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2022 08:43:50 -0700
Subject: gas: copy st_size only if unset

For
```
.size foo1, 1
foo1:

.set bar1, foo1
.size bar1, 2
.size bar2, 2
.set bar2, foo1

.set bar3, foo2
.size bar3, 2
.size bar4, 2
.set bar4, foo2

.size foo2, 1
foo2:
```

bar1's size is 2 while bar2, bar3, bar4's is 1. The behavior of bar1 makes sense
(generally directives on the new symbol should win) and is relied upon by glibc
stdio-common/errlist.c:

```
        .hidden _sys_errlist_internal
        .globl  _sys_errlist_internal
        .type   _sys_errlist_internal, @object
        .size   _sys_errlist_internal, 1072
_sys_errlist_internal:

        .globl __GLIBC_2_1_sys_errlist
        .set __GLIBC_2_1_sys_errlist, _sys_errlist_internal
        .type __GLIBC_2_1_sys_errlist, %object
        .size __GLIBC_2_1_sys_errlist, 125 * (64 / 8)

// glibc expects that .size __GLIBC_2_1_sys_errlist, 125 * (64 / 8) wins.
```

The behavior of bar2/bar3/bar4 seems brittle. To avoid the reordering of the two
code blocks which will result in the bar3 situation, glibc compiles errlist.c
with gcc -fno-toplevel-reorder (previously -fno-unit-at-a-time).

To fix the inconsistency and improve robustness, make bar2/bar3/bar4 match bar1,
removing the directive order sensitivity.

There is a pity that `.size dest, 0` is indistinguishable from the case where
dest is unset, but the compromise seems fine.

    PR gas/29012
    * config/obj-elf.c (elf_copy_symbol_attributes): don't copy if src's size
      has been set.
    * testsuite/gas/elf/elf.exp: New test.
    * testsuite/gas/elf/size.d: New file.
    * testsuite/gas/elf/size.s: Likewise.
---
 gas/config/obj-elf.c | 24 ++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

(limited to 'gas/config')

diff --git a/gas/config/obj-elf.c b/gas/config/obj-elf.c
index b56f8aa..b218ff6 100644
--- a/gas/config/obj-elf.c
+++ b/gas/config/obj-elf.c
@@ -2154,27 +2154,23 @@ elf_obj_symbol_clone_hook (symbolS *newsym, symbolS *orgsym ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
     }
 }
 
-/* When setting one symbol equal to another, by default we probably
-   want them to have the same "size", whatever it means in the current
-   context.  */
-
 void
 elf_copy_symbol_attributes (symbolS *dest, symbolS *src)
 {
   struct elf_obj_sy *srcelf = symbol_get_obj (src);
   struct elf_obj_sy *destelf = symbol_get_obj (dest);
-  if (srcelf->size)
-    {
-      if (destelf->size == NULL)
-	destelf->size = XNEW (expressionS);
-      *destelf->size = *srcelf->size;
-    }
-  else
+  /* If size is unset, copy size from src.  Because we don't track whether
+     .size has been used, we can't differentiate .size dest, 0 from the case
+     where dest's size is unset.  */
+  if (!destelf->size && S_GET_SIZE (dest) == 0)
     {
-      free (destelf->size);
-      destelf->size = NULL;
+      if (srcelf->size)
+	{
+	  destelf->size = XNEW (expressionS);
+	  *destelf->size = *srcelf->size;
+	}
+      S_SET_SIZE (dest, S_GET_SIZE (src));
     }
-  S_SET_SIZE (dest, S_GET_SIZE (src));
   /* Don't copy visibility.  */
   S_SET_OTHER (dest, (ELF_ST_VISIBILITY (S_GET_OTHER (dest))
 		      | (S_GET_OTHER (src) & ~ELF_ST_VISIBILITY (-1))));
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