+ already_linked_list = bfd_section_already_linked_table_lookup (name);
+
+ for (l = already_linked_list->entry; l != NULL; l = l->next)
+ {
+ bfd_boolean skip = FALSE;
+ struct coff_comdat_info *s_comdat
+ = bfd_coff_get_comdat_section (abfd, sec);
+ struct coff_comdat_info *l_comdat
+ = bfd_coff_get_comdat_section (l->sec->owner, l->sec);
+
+ /* We may have 3 different sections on the list: group section,
+ comdat section and linkonce section. SEC may be a linkonce or
+ comdat section. We always ignore group section. For non-COFF
+ inputs, we also ignore comdat section.
+
+ FIXME: Is that safe to match a linkonce section with a comdat
+ section for COFF inputs? */
+ if ((l->sec->flags & SEC_GROUP) != 0)
+ skip = TRUE;
+ else if (bfd_get_flavour (abfd) == bfd_target_coff_flavour)
+ {
+ if (s_comdat != NULL
+ && l_comdat != NULL
+ && strcmp (s_comdat->name, l_comdat->name) != 0)
+ skip = TRUE;
+ }
+ else if (l_comdat != NULL)
+ skip = TRUE;
+
+ if (!skip)
+ {
+ /* The section has already been linked. See if we should
+ issue a warning. */
+ switch (flags & SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES)
+ {
+ default:
+ abort ();
+
+ case SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES_DISCARD:
+ break;
+
+ case SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES_ONE_ONLY:
+ (*_bfd_error_handler)
+ (_("%B: warning: ignoring duplicate section `%A'\n"),
+ abfd, sec);
+ break;
+
+ case SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES_SAME_CONTENTS:
+ /* FIXME: We should really dig out the contents of both
+ sections and memcmp them. The COFF/PE spec says that
+ the Microsoft linker does not implement this
+ correctly, so I'm not going to bother doing it
+ either. */
+ /* Fall through. */
+ case SEC_LINK_DUPLICATES_SAME_SIZE:
+ if (sec->size != l->sec->size)
+ (*_bfd_error_handler)
+ (_("%B: warning: duplicate section `%A' has different size\n"),
+ abfd, sec);
+ break;
+ }
+
+ /* Set the output_section field so that lang_add_section
+ does not create a lang_input_section structure for this
+ section. Since there might be a symbol in the section
+ being discarded, we must retain a pointer to the section
+ which we are really going to use. */
+ sec->output_section = bfd_abs_section_ptr;
+ sec->kept_section = l->sec;
+
+ return;
+ }
+ }
+
+ /* This is the first section with this name. Record it. */
+ if (! bfd_section_already_linked_table_insert (already_linked_list, sec))
+ info->callbacks->einfo (_("%F%P: already_linked_table: %E"));
+}
+
+/* Convert symbols in excluded output sections to use a kept section. */
+
+static bfd_boolean
+fix_syms (struct bfd_link_hash_entry *h, void *data)
+{
+ bfd *obfd = (bfd *) data;
+
+ if (h->type == bfd_link_hash_warning)
+ h = h->u.i.link;
+
+ if (h->type == bfd_link_hash_defined
+ || h->type == bfd_link_hash_defweak)
+ {
+ asection *s = h->u.def.section;
+ if (s != NULL
+ && s->output_section != NULL
+ && (s->output_section->flags & SEC_EXCLUDE) != 0
+ && bfd_section_removed_from_list (obfd, s->output_section))
+ {
+ asection *op, *op1;
+
+ h->u.def.value += s->output_offset + s->output_section->vma;
+
+ /* 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;
+ }
+ }
+
+ return TRUE;
+}