+
+ /* Find preceding kept section. */
+ for (op1 = s->output_section->prev; op1 != NULL; op1 = op1->prev)
+ if ((op1->flags & SEC_EXCLUDE) == 0
+ && !bfd_section_removed_from_list (obfd, op1))
+ break;
+
+ /* Find following kept section. Start at prev->next because
+ other sections may have been added after S was removed. */
+ if (s->output_section->prev != NULL)
+ op = s->output_section->prev->next;
+ else
+ op = s->output_section->owner->sections;
+ for (; op != NULL; op = op->next)
+ if ((op->flags & SEC_EXCLUDE) == 0
+ && !bfd_section_removed_from_list (obfd, op))
+ break;
+
+ /* Choose better of two sections, based on flags. The idea
+ is to choose a section that will be in the same segment
+ as S would have been if it was kept. */
+ if (op1 == NULL)
+ {
+ if (op == NULL)
+ op = bfd_abs_section_ptr;
+ }
+ else if (op == NULL)
+ op = op1;
+ else if (((op1->flags ^ op->flags)
+ & (SEC_ALLOC | SEC_THREAD_LOCAL)) != 0)
+ {
+ if (((op->flags ^ s->flags)
+ & (SEC_ALLOC | SEC_THREAD_LOCAL)) != 0)
+ op = op1;
+ }
+ else if (((op1->flags ^ op->flags) & SEC_READONLY) != 0)
+ {
+ if (((op->flags ^ s->flags) & SEC_READONLY) != 0)
+ op = op1;
+ }
+ else if (((op1->flags ^ op->flags) & SEC_CODE) != 0)
+ {
+ if (((op->flags ^ s->flags) & SEC_CODE) != 0)
+ op = op1;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ /* Flags we care about are the same. Prefer the following
+ section if that will result in a positive valued sym. */
+ if (h->u.def.value < op->vma)
+ op = op1;
+ }
+
+ h->u.def.value -= op->vma;
+ h->u.def.section = op;