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Date

2026-09-27

Author

Iain Sandoe

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b257b8f4524d8e61040c6d988ebf3e68d784c1a7

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project: gcc
subsystem: darwin
patch_id: —
commit_hash: b257b8f4524d8e61040c6d988ebf3e68d784c1a7
source_type: github
headline: Darwin linker improves robustness in select_section.
tldr: Darwin's linker `select_section` handles NULL_TREE types gracefully.
author: Iain Sandoe
outcome: committed
performance_win: false
breaking_change: false
series_id: —
series_parts: []
tags: • darwin
• linker
• robustness
discussion_id_link: —
bugzilla_pr: —
url: https://github.com/gcc-mirror/gcc/commit/b257b8f4524d8e61040c6d988ebf3e68d784c1a7
date: 2026-09-27T00:00:00.000Z

The Darwin Mach-O PIC (Position Independent Code) section selection logic has been made more robust. It now gracefully handles cases where a NULL_TREE might be passed as a type name, preventing potential crashes or errors when inspecting Objective-C or CoreFoundation strings.