GNU as does not sort local symbols. This has several advantages:
* The .symtab order is roughly the symbol occurrence order.
* The closest preceding STT_SECTION symbol is the definition of a local symbol.
* The closest preceding STT_FILE symbol is the defining file of a local symbol, if there are multiple default-version .file directives. (Not implemented in MC.)
When discarding local symbols with --discard-all or --discard-locals,
the ones which are used in relocations should be preserved. LLD used
the simplest approach and just ignored those switches when -r or
--emit-relocs was specified.
The patch implements handling the --discard-* switches for the cases
when relocations are kept by identifying used local symbols and allowing
removing only unused ones. This makes the behavior of LLD compatible
with GNU linkers.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D77807
This fixes a bug as exposed by D77807.
Add tests for {--emit-relocs,-r} x {--discard-locals,--discard-all}. They add coverage for previously undertested cases:
* STT_SECTION associated to GCed sections (`gc`)
* STT_SECTION associated to retained sections (`text`)
* STT_SECTION associated to non-SHF_ALLOC sections (`.comment`)
* STB_LOCAL in GCed sections (`unused_gc`)
Reviewed By: grimar, ikudrin
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D78389
Fangrui Song