Fix for PR mi/15863

[deliverable/binutils-gdb.git] / ld / ldlang.c

diff --git a/ld/ldlang.c b/ld/ldlang.c
index add86dadbd736eb4b244027f3796c76225a81b2a..e7c96696993b3250eae6cc9ad6c5baac1713787f 100644 (file)
--- a/ld/ldlang.c
+++ b/ld/ldlang.c
@@ -3072,9 +3072,6 @@ lang_get_output_target (void)
   return default_target;
 }
 
-/* Stashed function to free link_info.hash; see open_output.  */
-void (*output_bfd_hash_table_free_fn) (struct bfd_link_hash_table *);
-
 /* Open the output file.  */
 
 static void
@@ -3154,18 +3151,6 @@ open_output (const char *name)
   if (link_info.hash == NULL)
     einfo (_("%P%F: can not create hash table: %E\n"));
 
-  /* We want to please memory leak checkers by deleting link_info.hash.
-     We can't do it in lang_finish, as a bfd target may hold references to
-     symbols in this table and use them when their _bfd_write_contents
-     function is invoked, as part of bfd_close on the output_bfd.  But,
-     output_bfd is deallocated at bfd_close, so we can't refer to
-     output_bfd after that time, and dereferencing it is needed to call
-     "bfd_link_hash_table_free".  Smash this dependency deadlock and grab
-     the function pointer; arrange to call it on link_info.hash in
-     ld_cleanup.  */
-  output_bfd_hash_table_free_fn
-    = link_info.output_bfd->xvec->_bfd_link_hash_table_free;
-
   bfd_set_gp_size (link_info.output_bfd, g_switch_value);
 }