ld: don't generate base relocations in PE output for absolute symbols

It is the very nature of absolute symbols that they don't change even
if the loader decides to put the image at other than its link-time base
address. Of the linker-defined (and PE-specific) symbols __image_base__
(and its alias) needs special casing, as it'll still appear to be
absolute at this point.

A new inquiry function in ldexp.c is needed because PE base relocations
get generated before ldexp_finalize_syms() runs, yet whether a
relocation is needed depends on the ultimate property of a symbol.

7 files changed, 69 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index 0f1da7fafa..95bb3f6c1a 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2021-03-04  Jan Beulich  <jbeulich@suse.com>
+
+	* ldexp.c (ldexp_is_final_sym_absolute): New.
+	* ldexp.h (ldexp_is_final_sym_absolute): Declare.
+	* pe-dll.c (generate_reloc): Skip absolute symbols.
+	* testsuite/ld-pe/reloc.s, testsuite/ld-pe/reloc.d: New.
+	* testsuite/ld-pe/pe.exp: Run new test.
+
 2021-03-03  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
 	PR 27500
diff --git a/ld/ldexp.c b/ld/ldexp.c
index 016784505b..7a95e561a0 100644
--- a/ld/ldexp.c
+++ b/ld/ldexp.c
@@ -1699,6 +1699,28 @@ ldexp_finalize_syms (void)
   bfd_hash_traverse (&definedness_table, set_sym_sections, NULL);
 }
 
+/* Determine whether a symbol is going to remain absolute even after
+   ldexp_finalize_syms() has run.  */
+
+bfd_boolean
+ldexp_is_final_sym_absolute (const struct bfd_link_hash_entry *h)
+{
+  if (h->type == bfd_link_hash_defined
+      && h->u.def.section == bfd_abs_section_ptr)
+    {
+      const struct definedness_hash_entry *def;
+
+      if (!h->ldscript_def)
+	return TRUE;
+
+      def = symbol_defined (h->root.string);
+      if (def != NULL)
+	return def->final_sec == bfd_abs_section_ptr;
+    }
+
+  return FALSE;
+}
+
 void
 ldexp_finish (void)
 {
diff --git a/ld/ldexp.h b/ld/ldexp.h
index d6096175c0..1055053e28 100644
--- a/ld/ldexp.h
+++ b/ld/ldexp.h
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ bfd_vma exp_get_abs_int
   (etree_type *, int, char *);
 void ldexp_init (void);
 void ldexp_finalize_syms (void);
+bfd_boolean ldexp_is_final_sym_absolute (const struct bfd_link_hash_entry *);
 void ldexp_finish (void);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/ld/pe-dll.c b/ld/pe-dll.c
index 3c82f8d60d..afcf6fea93 100644
--- a/ld/pe-dll.c
+++ b/ld/pe-dll.c
@@ -1579,13 +1579,13 @@ generate_reloc (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
 		  && relocs[i]->howto->type != pe_details->imagebase_reloc)
 		{
 		  struct bfd_symbol *sym = *relocs[i]->sym_ptr_ptr;
+		  const struct bfd_link_hash_entry *blhe
+		    = bfd_wrapped_link_hash_lookup (abfd, info, sym->name,
+						    FALSE, FALSE, FALSE);
 
 		  /* Don't create relocs for undefined weak symbols.  */
 		  if (sym->flags == BSF_WEAK)
 		    {
-		      struct bfd_link_hash_entry *blhe
-			= bfd_wrapped_link_hash_lookup (abfd, info, sym->name,
-						FALSE, FALSE, FALSE);
 		      if (blhe && blhe->type == bfd_link_hash_undefweak)
 			{
 			  /* Check aux sym and see if it is defined or not. */
@@ -1617,6 +1617,12 @@ generate_reloc (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
 		      if (!strcmp (s->name, ".eh_frame"))
 			continue;
 		    }
+		  /* Nor for absolute symbols.  */
+		  else if (blhe && ldexp_is_final_sym_absolute (blhe)
+			   && (!blhe->linker_def
+			       || (strcmp (sym->name, "__image_base__")
+				   && strcmp (sym->name, U ("__ImageBase")))))
+		    continue;
 
 		  reloc_data[total_relocs].vma = sec_vma + relocs[i]->address;
 		  reloc_data[total_relocs].idx = total_relocs;
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-pe/pe.exp b/ld/testsuite/ld-pe/pe.exp
index de9e104f0f..b1a200180b 100644
--- a/ld/testsuite/ld-pe/pe.exp
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-pe/pe.exp
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ run_dump_test "longsecn-5"
 run_dump_test "orphan"
 run_dump_test "orphan_nu"
 
+run_dump_test "reloc"
+
 run_dump_test "weakdef-1"
 
 run_dump_test "pr19803"
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-pe/reloc.d b/ld/testsuite/ld-pe/reloc.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..55888c3bdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-pe/reloc.d
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#name: PE base relocations
+#ld: --enable-reloc-section
+#objdump: -p
+
+.*:     file format .*
+
+#...
+PE File Base Relocations.*
+Virtual Address: .* Number of fixups 4
+[ 	]*reloc    0 offset    0 .* (LOW|HIGHLOW|DIR64)
+[ 	]*reloc    1 offset    [248] .* (LOW|HIGHLOW|DIR64)
+[ 	]*reloc    2 offset   [124]0 .* (LOW|HIGHLOW|DIR64)
+[ 	]*reloc    3 offset    0 .* ABSOLUTE
+#pass
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-pe/reloc.s b/ld/testsuite/ld-pe/reloc.s
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3ed2e02e70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-pe/reloc.s
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+	.data
+	.p2align 4
+start:
+	.dc.a	__image_base__
+	.dc.a	start
+	.dc.a	__section_alignment__
+	.dc.a	__file_alignment__
+	.dc.a	__major_os_version__
+	.dc.a	__minor_os_version__
+	.dc.a	__major_subsystem_version__
+	.dc.a	__minor_subsystem_version__
+	.dc.a	end
+end: