Fix a regression in Binutils 2.30 where some symbols are incorrectly assumed to be addresses: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22764 Patch taken from upstream (with ChangeLog entries and tests omitted): https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commitdiff;h=279b2f94168ee91e02ccd070d27c983fc001fe12 diff --git a/bfd/elfnn-aarch64.c b/bfd/elfnn-aarch64.c index af448f9..2737773 100644 --- a/bfd/elfnn-aarch64.c +++ b/bfd/elfnn-aarch64.c @@ -7189,10 +7189,19 @@ elfNN_aarch64_check_relocs (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info, #if ARCH_SIZE == 64 case BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_32: #endif - if (bfd_link_pic (info) - && (sec->flags & SEC_ALLOC) != 0 - && (sec->flags & SEC_READONLY) != 0) + if (bfd_link_pic (info) && (sec->flags & SEC_ALLOC) != 0) { + if (h != NULL + /* This is an absolute symbol. It represents a value instead + of an address. */ + && ((h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defined + && bfd_is_abs_section (h->root.u.def.section)) + /* This is an undefined symbol. */ + || h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_undefined)) + break; + + /* For local symbols, defined global symbols in a non-ABS section, + it is assumed that the value is an address. */ int howto_index = bfd_r_type - BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_RELOC_START; _bfd_error_handler /* xgettext:c-format */