http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13621
Bug #: 13621 Summary: dangling global hidden symbol in symtab Product: binutils Version: unspecified Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: ld AssignedTo: unassig...@sourceware.org ReportedBy: m...@redhat.com CC: r...@redhat.com Classification: Unclassified gcc 4.7 (not yet released) introduces a new __TMC_END__ global hidden symbol to mark the end of a .tm_clone_table section. When linking a program that doesn't use any tm_clone_table entries the __TMC_END__ symbol is left in .symtab pointing outside any section. For example just compiling an empty program int main(int argc, char **argv) { return 0; } produces on x86_64 with gcc (GCC) 4.7.0 20120119 (Red Hat 4.7.0-0.8) and binutils-2.22-4.fc17.x86_64 a __TMC_END__ symbol in .symtab that looks as follows: 66: 0000000000600850 0 OBJECT GLOBAL HIDDEN 24 __TMC_END__ Section 24 is: [24] .data PROGBITS 0000000000600848 00000848 00000004 0 WA 0 0 4 So the address of __TMC_END__ is outside that section. With gcc < 4.7 the following mimics what happens: $ cat attrsec.c typedef void (*func_ptr) (void); static func_ptr __TMC_LIST__[] __attribute__((used, section(".tm_clone_table"), aligned(sizeof(void*)))) = { }; extern func_ptr __TMC_END__[] __attribute__((__visibility__ ("hidden"))); void deregister_tm_clones (void) { if (__TMC_END__ - __TMC_LIST__ == 0) return; } func_ptr __TMC_END__[] __attribute__((used, section(".tm_clone_table"), aligned(sizeof(void *)))) __attribute__((__visibility__ ("hidden"))) = { }; $ gcc -c attrsec.c $ readelf -a attrsec.o [...] [ 5] .tm_clone_table PROGBITS 0000000000000000 00000068 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 WA 0 0 8 [...] Symbol table '.symtab' contains 12 entries: Num: Value Size Type Bind Vis Ndx Name 0: 0000000000000000 0 NOTYPE LOCAL DEFAULT UND 1: 0000000000000000 0 FILE LOCAL DEFAULT ABS attrsec.c 2: 0000000000000000 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 1 3: 0000000000000000 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 3 4: 0000000000000000 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 4 5: 0000000000000000 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 5 6: 0000000000000000 0 OBJECT LOCAL DEFAULT 5 __TMC_LIST__ 7: 0000000000000000 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 7 8: 0000000000000000 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 8 9: 0000000000000000 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 6 10: 0000000000000000 34 FUNC GLOBAL DEFAULT 1 deregister_tm_clones 11: 0000000000000000 0 OBJECT GLOBAL HIDDEN 5 __TMC_END__ $ cat attrsecmain.c int main (int argc, char **argv) { deregister_tm_clones (); return 0; } $ gcc -o attrsec attrsec.o attrsecmain.c $ readelf -a attrsec [...] [24] .data PROGBITS 0000000000600898 00000898 0000000000000004 0000000000000000 WA 0 0 4 [...] 64: 00000000006008a0 0 OBJECT GLOBAL HIDDEN 24 __TMC_END__ -- Configure bugmail: http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ bug-binutils mailing list bug-binutils@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-binutils