check for .text or .gnu.linkonce.t sections.
* icf.cc (Icf::find_identical_sections): Ditto.
Change the detection for mangled function name within the section
name.
* icf.h (is_section_foldable_candidate): New function.
function.
* gold.cc (queue_initial_tasks): Likewise.
(queue_middle_tasks): Likewise.
* object.cc (do_layout): Likewise.
* symtab.cc (is_section_folded): Likewise.
* main.cc (main): Likewise.
* reloc.cc (Read_relocs::run): Likewise.
(Sized_relobj::do_scan_relocs): Likewise.
* icf.cc (is_function_ctor_or_dtor): New function.
(Icf::find_identical_sections): Check if function is ctor or dtor when
safe icf is chosen.
* options.h (General_options::icf): Change option to be an enum.
(Icf_status): New enum.
(icf_enabled): New method.
(icf_safe_folding): New method.
(set_icf_status): New method.
(icf_status_): New variable.
* (options.cc) (General_options::finalize): Set icf_status_.
* testsuite/Makefile.am: Add commands to build icf_safe_test. Modify
icf_test and icf_keep_unique_test to use the --icf enum flag.
* testsuite/icf_safe_test.sh: New file.
* testsuite/icf_safe_test.cc: New file.
* Makefile.am (CCFILES): Add gc.cc.
(HFILES): Add gc.h.
* Makefile.in: Regenerate.
* gold.cc (Gc_runner): New class.
(queue_initial_tasks): Call garbage collection related tasks
when corresponding options are invoked.
(queue_middle_gc_tasks): New function.
(queue_middle_tasks): Reorder tasks to allow relocs to be read and
processed early before laying out sections during garbage collection.
* gold.h (queue_middle_gc_tasks): New function.
(is_prefix_of): Move from "layout.cc".
* i386.cc (Target_i386::gc_process_relocs): New function.
* layout.cc (is_prefix_of): Remove. Move to "gold.h"
* main.cc (main): Create object of class "Garbage_collection".
* object.cc (Relobj::copy_symbols_data): New function.
(Relobj::is_section_name_included): New function.
(Sized_relobj::do_layout): Allow this function to be called twice
during garbage collection and defer layout of section during the
first call.
* object.h (Relobj::get_symbols_data): New function.
(Relobj::is_section_name_included): New function.
(Relobj::copy_symbols_data): New function.
(Relobj::set_symbols_data): New function.
(Relobj::get_relocs_data): New function.
(Relobj::set_relocs_data): New function.
(Relobj::is_output_section_offset_invalid): New pure virtual function.
(Relobj::gc_process_relocs): New function.
(Relobj::do_gc_process_relocs): New pure virtual function.
(Relobj::sd_): New data member.
(Sized_relobj::is_output_section_offset_invalid): New function.
(Sized_relobj::do_gc_process_relocs): New function.
* options.h (General_options::gc_sections): Modify to not be a no-op.
(General_options::print_gc_sections): New option.
* plugin.cc (Plugin_finish::run): Remove function call to
Plugin_manager::layout_deferred_objects. Move it to "gold.cc".
* powerpc.cc (Target_powerpc::gc_process_relocs): New function.
* reloc.cc (Read_relocs::run): Add task to process relocs and
determine unreferenced sections when doing garbage collection.
(Gc_process_relocs): New class.
(Sized_relobj::do_gc_process_relocs): New function.
(Sized_relobj::do_scan_relocs): Don't try to scan the relocs for
sections that are garbage collected.
* reloc.h (Gc_process_relocs): New class.
* sparc.cc (Target_sparc::gc_process_relocs): New function.
* symtab.cc (Symbol::should_add_dynsym_entry): Do not add entries for
symbols whose corresponding sections are garbage collected.
(Symbol_table::Symbol_table): Add new parameter for the garbage
collection object.
(Symbol_table::gc_mark_undef_symbols): New function.
(Symbol_table::gc_mark_symbol_for_shlib): New function.
(Symbol_table::gc_mark_dyn_syms): New function.
(Symbol_table::resolve): Do not treat symbols seen in dynamic objects
as garbage.
(Symbol_table::add_from_object): Likewise.
(Symbol_table::add_from_relobj): When building shared objects, do not
treat externally visible symbols as garbage.
(Symbol_table::sized_finalize_symbol): Do not check dynamic symbol
table information for static and relocatable links.
* symtab.h (Symbol_table::set_gc): New function.
(Symbol_table::gc): New function.
(Symbol_table::gc_mark_undef_symbols): New function.
(Symbol_table::gc_mark_symbol_for_shlib): New function.
(Symbol_table::gc_mark_dyn_syms): New function.
(Symbol_table::gc_): New data member.
* target.h (Sized_target::gc_process_relocs): New pure virtual
function.
* x86_64.cc (Target_x86_64::gc_process_relocs): New function.
* testsuite/testfile.cc (Target_test::gc_process_relocs): New function.
Sriraman Tallam
Ian Lance Taylor