MC: For variable symbols, maintain MCSymbol::Section as a cache.

This fixes the visibility of symbols in certain edge cases involving aliases
with multiple levels of indirection.

Fixes PR19582.

Differential Revision: http://reviews.llvm.org/D8586

llvm-svn: 233595

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/llvm/lib/MC/MachObjectWriter.cpp b/llvm/lib/MC/MachObjectWriter.cpp
index 5e9e86f..56cccab 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/MC/MachObjectWriter.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/MC/MachObjectWriter.cpp
@@ -649,33 +649,12 @@ void MachObjectWriter::computeSectionAddresses(const MCAssembler &Asm,
   }
 }
 
-void MachObjectWriter::markAbsoluteVariableSymbols(MCAssembler &Asm,
-                                                   const MCAsmLayout &Layout) {
-  for (MCSymbolData &SD : Asm.symbols()) {
-    if (!SD.getSymbol().isVariable())
-      continue;
-
-    // Is the variable is a symbol difference (SA - SB + C) expression,
-    // and neither symbol is external, mark the variable as absolute.
-    const MCExpr *Expr = SD.getSymbol().getVariableValue();
-    MCValue Value;
-    if (Expr->EvaluateAsRelocatable(Value, &Layout, nullptr)) {
-      if (Value.getSymA() && Value.getSymB())
-        const_cast<MCSymbol*>(&SD.getSymbol())->setAbsolute();
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 void MachObjectWriter::ExecutePostLayoutBinding(MCAssembler &Asm,
                                                 const MCAsmLayout &Layout) {
   computeSectionAddresses(Asm, Layout);
 
   // Create symbol data for any indirect symbols.
   BindIndirectSymbols(Asm);
-
-  // Mark symbol difference expressions in variables (from .set or = directives)
-  // as absolute.
-  markAbsoluteVariableSymbols(Asm, Layout);
 }
 
 bool MachObjectWriter::