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Maciej W. Rozycki 1f599d0e7b ELF/LD: Avoid producing hidden and internal dynamic symbols
Always turn hidden and internal symbols which have a dynamic index into
local ones.  This is required by the the ELF gABI[1]:

"A hidden symbol contained in a relocatable object must be either
removed or converted to STB_LOCAL binding by the link-editor when the
relocatable object is included in an executable file or shared object."

"An internal symbol contained in a relocatable object must be either
removed or converted to STB_LOCAL binding by the link-editor when the
relocatable object is included in an executable file or shared object."

The ELF linker usually respects this requirement, however in the case
where a dynamic symbol has been preallocated due to a reference of the
default export class aka visibility from the object being linked, and
then merged with a hidden or internal symbol definition from within the
same object, then the original export class is carried over to the
output dynamic symbol table, because while merging the generic ELF
linker only converts affected dynamic symbols to local when they are
defined or referenced by the object being linked and a dynamic object
involved in the link both at a time.

The dynamic symbol produced confuses then the dynamic loader at the run
time -- the hidden or internal export class is ignored and the symbol
follows preemption rules as with the default export class.

In the MIPS target it happens when `mips_elf_record_global_got_symbol'
creates a dynamic symbol when a call relocation is encountered.
Additionally if the undefined symbol referred by such a relocation does
specify the intended export class, then a local dynamic symbol is
created instead, which is harmless and allowed, but useless.  Normally
no local dynamic symbols are created, except for a single dummy one at
the beginning.

Correct the problem by removing the extra check for a dynamic symbol
being defined or referenced by the object being linked and a dynamic
object involved in the link both at a time.  The test cases included
cover the internal and hidden symbol cases, as well as a protected
symbol for a reference, the handling of which is unchanged by this fix.
Both cases described above are covered, that is where an internal or
hidden dynamic symbol is produced and where a local one is.

NB this change affects CRIS results where some symbols in the static
table produced in a final link are now converted from STV_HIDDEN to
STB_LOCAL.  This happens whenever the `elf_backend_hide_symbol' handler
is called, so the affected symbols must have been chosen for entering
into the dynamic symbol table, except in these test cases no such symbol
table is produced.  In fully linked binaries the static symbol table is
only used for debugging though, so such a change is fine.

References:

[1] "System V Application Binary Interface - DRAFT - 24 April 2001",
    The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc., "Symbol Table",
    <http://www.sco.com/developers/gabi/2001-04-24/ch4.symtab.html>

	bfd/
	PR ld/19908
	* elflink.c (elf_link_add_object_symbols): Always turn hidden
	and internal symbols which have a dynamic index into local
	ones.

	ld/
	PR ld/19908
	* testsuite/ld-cris/tls-e-20.d: Adjust for hidden symbol
	handling fix.
	* testsuite/ld-cris/tls-e-20a.d: Likewise.
	* testsuite/ld-cris/tls-e-21.d: Likewise.
	* testsuite/ld-cris/tls-e-23.d: Likewise.
	* testsuite/ld-cris/tls-e-80.d: Likewise.
	* testsuite/ld-cris/tls-gd-3h.d: Likewise.
	* testsuite/ld-cris/tls-leie-19.d: Likewise.
	* testsuite/ld-mips-elf/export-class-ref-lib.sd: New test.
	* testsuite/ld-mips-elf/export-hidden-ref.sd: New test.
	* testsuite/ld-mips-elf/export-internal-ref.sd: New test.
	* testsuite/ld-mips-elf/export-protected-ref.sd: New test.
	* testsuite/ld-mips-elf/export-class-ref-f0.s: New test source.
	* testsuite/ld-mips-elf/export-class-ref-f1.s: New test source.
	* testsuite/ld-mips-elf/export-class-ref-f2.s: New test source.
	* testsuite/ld-mips-elf/mips-elf.exp: Run the new tests.
2016-04-05 15:14:54 +01:00
bfd ELF/LD: Avoid producing hidden and internal dynamic symbols 2016-04-05 15:14:54 +01:00
binutils Ignore DWARF debug information with a version of 0 - assume that it is padding. 2016-04-04 12:53:33 +01:00
config Sync top level files with gcc. 2016-02-10 10:54:29 +00:00
cpu Correct fr30 comment 2016-03-03 12:55:30 +10:30
elfcpp Remove is_n64_ data member from Mips_relobj class. 2016-03-18 14:54:35 -07:00
etc Remove spurious empty line in changelog entry. 2016-03-18 13:09:03 +00:00
gas Don't use vec_disp8 encoding with the .d32 suffix 2016-04-04 21:19:27 -07:00
gdb Obvious function doc and formatting 2016-04-04 16:46:36 -04:00
gold enable -Wwrite-strings for gas 2016-03-31 07:30:56 -04:00
gprof enable -Wwrite-strings for gas 2016-03-31 07:30:56 -04:00
include [ARC] Add support for Quarkse opcodes. 2016-03-29 14:49:22 +02:00
intl Regen intl/configure 2015-08-31 12:53:36 +09:30
ld ELF/LD: Avoid producing hidden and internal dynamic symbols 2016-04-05 15:14:54 +01:00
libdecnumber Remove leading/trailing white spaces in ChangeLog 2015-07-24 04:16:47 -07:00
libiberty Sync libiberty with GCC. 2016-01-28 21:44:42 +01:00
opcodes opcodes: Fix date in ChangeLog entry 2016-03-31 14:16:10 +01:00
readline Revert "Sync readline/ to version 7.0 alpha" 2015-07-25 15:57:00 -04:00
sim Ignore DWARF debug information with a version of 0 - assume that it is padding. 2016-04-04 12:53:33 +01:00
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libtool.m4 Sync top-level btool.m4 with GCC 2016-01-12 08:44:52 -08:00
ltgcc.m4 * libtool.m4: Update to libtool 2.2.6. 2008-09-29 15:28:14 +00:00
ltmain.sh PR target/59788 2014-02-06 11:01:57 +01:00
ltoptions.m4 Sync Libtool from GCC. 2010-01-09 21:11:44 +00:00
ltsugar.m4 * libtool.m4: Update to libtool 2.2.6. 2008-09-29 15:28:14 +00:00
ltversion.m4 Sync Libtool from GCC. 2010-01-09 21:11:44 +00:00
lt~obsolete.m4 Sync Libtool from GCC. 2010-01-09 21:11:44 +00:00
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src-release.sh fix gdb version parsing in src-release.sh 2016-01-17 10:01:55 +04:00
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