[Bug ld/11175] ld marks destructor hidden global

[hjl dot tools at gmail dot com]

------- Additional Comments From hjl dot tools at gmail dot com  2010-01-15 
17:34 -------
(In reply to comment #7)
> (In reply to comment #5)
> > HJ, I don't understand your point in comment #3.
> > If your 9679 testcase isn't valid C then you had no reason to apply your 
> > 9679
> > patch.  If your 9679 testcase is valid (and I think it is), then I believe 
> > the
> > link error prior to your 9679 patch is simply due to a gcc bug.  gcc ought 
> > to
> > only generate an R_X86_64_PC32 reference to a function when the function is
> > known to be local, and since a weak symbol can be overridden there is no
> > guarantee that it is local.
> > 
> 
> Symbol visibility was introduced well after weak symbol. I will ask
> it in gABI group for clarification.
> 

According to discussions on gABI group:

http://groups.google.com/group/generic-abi?hl=en

GNU linker, gold and Sun linker all merge hidden visibility on weak
symbol even when its definition is ignored. Closing as invalid.

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           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|ASSIGNED                    |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |INVALID


http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11175

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