Giving linker script symbols defined outside of output sections a
section-relative value early, leads to them being used in expressions
as if they were defined inside an output section. This can mean loss
of the section VMA, and wrong results.
ld/
PR ld/18963
* ldexp.h (struct ldexp_control): Add rel_from_abs.
(ldexp_finalize_syms): Declare.
* ldexp.c (new_rel_from_abs): Keep absolute for expressions
outside of output section statements. Set rel_from_abs.
(make_abs, exp_fold_tree, exp_fold_tree_no_dot): Clear rel_from_abs.
(struct definedness_hash_entry): Add final_sec, and comment.
(update_definedness): Set final_sec.
(set_sym_sections, ldexp_finalize_syms): New functions.
* ldlang.c (lang_process): Call ldexp_finalize_syms.
ld/testsuite
PR ld/18963
* ld-scripts/pr18963.d,
* ld-scripts/pr18963.t: New test.
* ld-scripts/expr.exp: Run it.
* ld-elf/provide-hidden-2.ld: Explicitly make "dot" absolute.
* ld-mips-elf/gp-hidden.sd: Don't care about _gp section.
* ld-mips-elf/no-shared-1-n32.d: Don't care about symbol shown at
start of .data section.
* ld-mips-elf/no-shared-1-n64.d: Likewise.
* ld-mips-elf/no-shared-1-o32.d: Likewise.
* ld-elf/provide-hidden-abs.nd: New test.
* ld-elf/provide-hidden-def.nd: New test.
* ld-elf/provide-hidden-dyn.nd: New test.
* ld-elf/provide-hidden-sec.nd: New test.
* ld-elf/provide-hidden-dynabs.nd: New test.
* ld-elf/provide-hidden-dynsec.nd: New test.
* ld-elf/provide-hidden-s.ld: New test linker script.
* ld-elf/provide-hidden-1.ld: New test linker script.
* ld-elf/provide-hidden-2.ld: New test linker script.
* ld-elf/provide-hidden-1.s: New test source.
* ld-elf/provide-hidden-2.s: New test source.
* ld-elf/provide-hidden-3.s: New test source.
* ld-elf/provide-hidden-4.s: New test source.
* ld-elf/provide-hidden.exp: New test script.