Landing: b55d277064eb
Project / Subsystem
binutils / ld
Date
2026-09-13
Author
Alan Modra <amodra@sourceware.org>
Commit
b55d277064eba837aada65202636d3c061b7591c
Source
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- Consolidate stub BFD creation in ELF targets
- tldr
- Stub BFD creation logic consolidated to ldelf.c for ELF targets, affecting orphan section placement on MIPS.
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- Alan Modra <amodra@sourceware.org>
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- • linker
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- 2026-09-13T00:00:00.000Z
This change consolidates the creation of stub BFDs for ELF targets into a single location in ldelf.c. While not altering target behavior generally, it changes when MIPS creates its stub BFD, potentially affecting orphan section placement. The fix involves explicitly specifying section locations to resolve test failures.