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| -rw-r--r-- | bfd/ChangeLog | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | bfd/elflink.c | 9 |
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diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog index b5967c95e5d..3616c0f5c18 100644 --- a/bfd/ChangeLog +++ b/bfd/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2008-07-22 Simon Baldwin <simonb@google.com> + + * elflink.c (elf_link_output_extsym): Set st_size to zero for + symbols from dynamic libraries. + 2008-07-21 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com> PR ld/4424 diff --git a/bfd/elflink.c b/bfd/elflink.c index 69a7c6945ce..488f98afdb7 100644 --- a/bfd/elflink.c +++ b/bfd/elflink.c @@ -8619,6 +8619,15 @@ elf_link_output_extsym (struct elf_link_hash_entry *h, void *data) sym.st_info = ELF_ST_INFO (bindtype, ELF_ST_TYPE (sym.st_info)); } + /* If this is a symbol defined in a dynamic library, don't use the + symbol size from the dynamic library. Relinking an executable + against a new library may introduce gratuitous changes in the + executable's symbols if we keep the size. */ + if (sym.st_shndx == SHN_UNDEF + && !h->def_regular + && h->def_dynamic) + sym.st_size = 0; + /* If a non-weak symbol with non-default visibility is not defined locally, it is a fatal error. */ if (! finfo->info->relocatable |