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Re: [PATCH] PR ld/20103: Skip an archive element if not added by linker
- From: "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>
- To: Alan Modra <amodra at gmail dot com>
- Cc: Binutils <binutils at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Wed, 18 May 2016 05:10:55 -0700
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] PR ld/20103: Skip an archive element if not added by linker
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- References: <20160518022408 dot GA28694 at intel dot com> <20160518064916 dot GN24091 at bubble dot grove dot modra dot org>
On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 11:49 PM, Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 07:24:08PM -0700, H.J. Lu wrote:
>> During archive rescan to resolve symbol references for files added by
>> LTO, linker add_archive_element callback is called to check if an
>> archive element should added. After all IR symbols have been claimed,
>> linker won't claim new IR symbols and shouldn't add the LTO archive
>> element. This patch updates linker add_archive_element callback to
>> return FALSE when seeing an LTO archive element during rescan and
>> changes ELF linker to skip such archive element. Other linker backends
>> may also need similar update.
>>
>> Tested on x86. OK for master?
>
> Not without a lot more explanation and justification why this is
> correct, in particular the plugin_call_claim_file change.
>
plugin_call_claim_file is only called from plugin_object_p to check
if an input is IR, not really claim symbols. which is done by
plugin_call_all_symbols_read, which sets no_more_claiming. Whether
an input is an IR file is independent of if there is more IR symbols to
claim.
During archive rescan, if plugin_object_p rejects an IR archive element,
linker will treat it as a non-IR element, which leads to error. In stead
plugin_object_p should always accept an IR object, We won't claim the
IR symbols when no_more_claiming is set. My change just makes linker
consistent on whether an input file is an IR file.
--
H.J.