PR ld/13470

	* elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_copy_indirect_symbol): Revert substantive
	change in 2011-07-01 commit.  Comment.
	* elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_copy_indirect_symbol): Likewise.

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/bfd/elf32-ppc.c b/bfd/elf32-ppc.c
index 5263ae5511..18922dc02a 100644
--- a/bfd/elf32-ppc.c
+++ b/bfd/elf32-ppc.c
@@ -2987,10 +2987,6 @@ ppc_elf_copy_indirect_symbol (struct bfd_link_info *info,
   edir->elf.needs_plt |= eind->elf.needs_plt;
   edir->elf.pointer_equality_needed |= eind->elf.pointer_equality_needed;
 
-  /* If we were called to copy over info for a weak sym, that's all.  */
-  if (eind->elf.root.type != bfd_link_hash_indirect)
-    return;
-
   if (eind->dyn_relocs != NULL)
     {
       if (edir->dyn_relocs != NULL)
@@ -3022,6 +3018,16 @@ ppc_elf_copy_indirect_symbol (struct bfd_link_info *info,
       eind->dyn_relocs = NULL;
     }
 
+  /* If we were called to copy over info for a weak sym, that's all.
+     You might think dyn_relocs need not be copied over;  After all,
+     both syms will be dynamic or both non-dynamic so we're just
+     moving reloc accounting around.  However, ELIMINATE_COPY_RELOCS 
+     code in ppc_elf_adjust_dynamic_symbol needs to check for
+     dyn_relocs in read-only sections, and it does so on what is the
+     DIR sym here.  */
+  if (eind->elf.root.type != bfd_link_hash_indirect)
+    return;
+
   /* Copy over the GOT refcount entries that we may have already seen to
      the symbol which just became indirect.  */
   edir->elf.got.refcount += eind->elf.got.refcount;