Fix linking MSP430 files created by gcc's LTO optimizer.

When invoking GCC with "-g -flto", the compiler will create LTO objects
with debug information. The objects created are "simple ELF" objects (see
libiberty/simple-object-elf.c) and do not have target-specific sections.

When the MSP430 linker sees one of these objects without a .MSP430.attributes
section it errors:

> error: /tmp/cc4LhbEI.ltrans0.ltrans.o uses MSP430X instructions but /tmp/ccynqIwudebugobj uses unknown
> error: /tmp/cc4LhbEI.ltrans0.ltrans.o uses the small code model whereas /tmp/ccynqIwudebugobj uses the unknown code model
> error: /tmp/cc4LhbEI.ltrans0.ltrans.o uses the small data model whereas /tmp/ccynqIwudebugobj uses the unknown data model
> error: /tmp/cc4LhbEI.ltrans0.ltrans.o uses the small code model but /tmp/ccynqIwudebugobj uses the unknown data model
> failed to merge target specific data of file /tmp/cc4LhbEI.ltrans0.ltrans.o

The following patch allows these debug LTO objects to be linked with other
MSP430 objects even if they do not have a .MSP430.attributes section.

bfd	* elf32-msp430.c (elf32_msp430_merge_mspabi_attributes): Do not
	error when .MSP430.attributes section is missing from objects
	created by LTO.

diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index ffde4c9..35f0706 100644 (file)
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2018-11-21  Jozef Lawrynowicz  <jozef.l@mittosystems.com>
+
+       * elf32-msp430.c (elf32_msp430_merge_mspabi_attributes): Do not
+       error when .MSP430.attributes section is missing from objects
+       created by LTO.
+
 2018-11-13  Jim Wilson  <jimw@sifive.com>
 
        * elfnn-riscv.c (riscv_float_abi_string): New.

diff --git a/bfd/elf32-msp430.c b/bfd/elf32-msp430.c
index 2d351d3..95dae2e 100644 (file)
--- a/bfd/elf32-msp430.c
+++ b/bfd/elf32-msp430.c
@@ -2424,6 +2424,12 @@ elf32_msp430_merge_mspabi_attributes (bfd *ibfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
   if (ibfd->flags & BFD_LINKER_CREATED)
     return TRUE;
 
+  /* LTO can create temporary files for linking which may not have an attribute
+     section.  */
+  if (ibfd->lto_output
+      && bfd_get_section_by_name (ibfd, ".MSP430.attributes") == NULL)
+    return TRUE;
+
   /* If this is the first real object just copy the attributes.  */
   if (!elf_known_obj_attributes_proc (obfd)[0].i)
     {