* linker.c (_bfd_generic_link_output_symbols): Handle a

	no-longer-global symbol entered as a BFD_PLUGIN.

diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 95d6c69..c537b92 100644 (file)
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-10-21  Hans-Peter Nilsson  <hp@bitrange.com>
+
+       * linker.c (_bfd_generic_link_output_symbols): Handle a
+       no-longer-global symbol entered as a BFD_PLUGIN.
+
 2012-10-20  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
        * compress.c: Reinstate 2012-10-19 change.

diff --git a/bfd/linker.c b/bfd/linker.c
index 3caec96..d3ef9a4 100644 (file)
--- a/bfd/linker.c
+++ b/bfd/linker.c
@@ -2359,6 +2359,12 @@ _bfd_generic_link_output_symbols (bfd *output_bfd,
          else
            output = FALSE;
        }
+      else if (sym->flags == 0
+              && (sym->section->owner->flags & BFD_PLUGIN) != 0)
+       /* LTO doesn't set symbol information.  We get here with the
+          generic linker for a symbol that was "common" but no longer
+          needs to be global.  */
+       output = FALSE;
       else
        abort ();