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diff --git a/rts/LinkerInternals.h b/rts/LinkerInternals.h
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--- a/rts/LinkerInternals.h
+++ b/rts/LinkerInternals.h
@@ -54,11 +54,16 @@ typedef struct _Section Section;
*/
/* What kind of thing a symbol identifies. We need to know this to determine how
- * to process overflowing relocations. See Note [Processing overflowed relocations]. */
+ * to process overflowing relocations. See Note [Processing overflowed relocations].
+ * This is bitfield however only the option SYM_TYPE_DUP_DISCARD can be combined
+ * with the other values. */
typedef enum _SymType {
- SYM_TYPE_CODE, /* the symbol is a function and can be relocated via a jump island */
- SYM_TYPE_DATA, /* the symbol is data */
- SYM_TYPE_INDIRECT_DATA, /* see Note [_iob_func symbol] */
+ SYM_TYPE_CODE = 1 << 0, /* the symbol is a function and can be relocated via a jump island */
+ SYM_TYPE_DATA = 1 << 1, /* the symbol is data */
+ SYM_TYPE_INDIRECT_DATA = 1 << 2, /* see Note [_iob_func symbol] */
+ SYM_TYPE_DUP_DISCARD = 1 << 3, /* the symbol is a symbol in a BFD import library
+ however if a duplicate is found with a mismatching
+ SymType then discard this one. */
} SymType;