if (relcount < 0)
bfd_fatal (bfd_get_filename (ibfd));
- /* Examine each symbol used in a relocation. */
+ /* Examine each symbol used in a relocation. If it's not one of the
+ special bfd section symbols, then mark it with BSF_KEEP. */
for (i = 0; i < relcount; i++)
{
- asymbol * sym = * relpp[i]->sym_ptr_ptr;
-
- /* If the symbol's output section does not exist (because it
- has been removed with -R) then do not keep the symbol. */
- if (bfd_get_output_section (sym) == NULL)
- continue;
-
- /* If the symbols is not one of the special bfd
- section symbols, then mark it with BSF_KEEP. */
- if (sym != bfd_com_section_ptr->symbol
- && sym != bfd_abs_section_ptr->symbol
- && sym != bfd_und_section_ptr->symbol)
- sym->flags |= BSF_KEEP;
+ if (*relpp[i]->sym_ptr_ptr != bfd_com_section_ptr->symbol
+ && *relpp[i]->sym_ptr_ptr != bfd_abs_section_ptr->symbol
+ && *relpp[i]->sym_ptr_ptr != bfd_und_section_ptr->symbol)
+ (*relpp[i]->sym_ptr_ptr)->flags |= BSF_KEEP;
}
if (relpp != NULL)