gdb: add target_ops::supports_displaced_step
[deliverable/binutils-gdb.git] / bfd / xcofflink.c
index 47c330b6c15f1fd21f378d76fddb3698879a5049..4497be25291b7c278c76f520f7df9f3fe40cf11b 100644 (file)
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 /* POWER/PowerPC XCOFF linker support.
-   Copyright 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
-   2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 1995-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    Written by Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>, Cygnus Support.
 
    This file is part of BFD, the Binary File Descriptor library.
 
    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.
 
    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 
    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-   Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street - Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.  */
+   Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street - Fifth Floor, Boston,
+   MA 02110-1301, USA.  */
 
-#include "bfd.h"
 #include "sysdep.h"
+#include "bfd.h"
 #include "bfdlink.h"
 #include "libbfd.h"
 #include "coff/internal.h"
 #include "coff/xcoff.h"
 #include "libcoff.h"
 #include "libxcoff.h"
+#include "libiberty.h"
+#include "xcofflink.h"
 
 /* This file holds the XCOFF linker code.  */
 
@@ -74,6 +76,88 @@ struct xcoff_link_section_info
   } *toc_rel_hashes;
 };
 
+/* Information that the XCOFF linker collects about an archive.  */
+struct xcoff_archive_info
+{
+  /* The archive described by this entry.  */
+  bfd *archive;
+
+  /* The import path and import filename to use when referring to
+     this archive in the .loader section.  */
+  const char *imppath;
+  const char *impfile;
+
+  /* True if the archive contains a dynamic object.  */
+  unsigned int contains_shared_object_p : 1;
+
+  /* True if the previous field is valid.  */
+  unsigned int know_contains_shared_object_p : 1;
+};
+
+struct xcoff_link_hash_table
+{
+  struct bfd_link_hash_table root;
+
+  /* The .debug string hash table.  We need to compute this while
+     reading the input files, so that we know how large the .debug
+     section will be before we assign section positions.  */
+  struct bfd_strtab_hash *debug_strtab;
+
+  /* The .debug section we will use for the final output.  */
+  asection *debug_section;
+
+  /* The .loader section we will use for the final output.  */
+  asection *loader_section;
+
+  /* A count of non TOC relative relocs which will need to be
+     allocated in the .loader section.  */
+  size_t ldrel_count;
+
+  /* The .loader section header.  */
+  struct internal_ldhdr ldhdr;
+
+  /* The .gl section we use to hold global linkage code.  */
+  asection *linkage_section;
+
+  /* The .tc section we use to hold toc entries we build for global
+     linkage code.  */
+  asection *toc_section;
+
+  /* The .ds section we use to hold function descriptors which we
+     create for exported symbols.  */
+  asection *descriptor_section;
+
+  /* The list of import files.  */
+  struct xcoff_import_file *imports;
+
+  /* Required alignment of sections within the output file.  */
+  unsigned long file_align;
+
+  /* Whether the .text section must be read-only.  */
+  bfd_boolean textro;
+
+  /* Whether -brtl was specified.  */
+  bfd_boolean rtld;
+
+  /* Whether garbage collection was done.  */
+  bfd_boolean gc;
+
+  /* A linked list of symbols for which we have size information.  */
+  struct xcoff_link_size_list
+  {
+    struct xcoff_link_size_list *next;
+    struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *h;
+    bfd_size_type size;
+  }
+  *size_list;
+
+  /* Information about archives.  */
+  htab_t archive_info;
+
+  /* Magic sections: _text, _etext, _data, _edata, _end, end. */
+  asection *special_sections[XCOFF_NUMBER_OF_SPECIAL_SECTIONS];
+};
+
 /* Information that we pass around while doing the final link step.  */
 
 struct xcoff_final_link_info
@@ -130,7 +214,7 @@ xcoff_get_section_contents (bfd *abfd, asection *sec)
 {
   if (coff_section_data (abfd, sec) == NULL)
     {
-      bfd_size_type amt = sizeof (struct coff_section_tdata);
+      size_t amt = sizeof (struct coff_section_tdata);
 
       sec->used_by_bfd = bfd_zalloc (abfd, amt);
       if (sec->used_by_bfd == NULL)
@@ -143,8 +227,7 @@ xcoff_get_section_contents (bfd *abfd, asection *sec)
 
       if (! bfd_malloc_and_get_section (abfd, sec, &contents))
        {
-         if (contents != NULL)
-           free (contents);
+         free (contents);
          return FALSE;
        }
       coff_section_data (abfd, sec)->contents = contents;
@@ -257,7 +340,12 @@ _bfd_xcoff_canonicalize_dynamic_symtab (bfd *abfd, asymbol **psyms)
 
       symbuf->symbol.flags = BSF_NO_FLAGS;
       if ((ldsym.l_smtype & L_EXPORT) != 0)
-       symbuf->symbol.flags |= BSF_GLOBAL;
+       {
+         if ((ldsym.l_smtype & L_WEAK) != 0)
+           symbuf->symbol.flags |= BSF_WEAK;
+         else
+           symbuf->symbol.flags |= BSF_GLOBAL;
+       }
 
       /* FIXME: We have no way to record the other information stored
         with the loader symbol.  */
@@ -397,6 +485,56 @@ _bfd_xcoff_canonicalize_dynamic_reloc (bfd *abfd,
   return ldhdr.l_nreloc;
 }
 \f
+/* Hash functions for xcoff_link_hash_table's archive_info.  */
+
+static hashval_t
+xcoff_archive_info_hash (const void *data)
+{
+  const struct xcoff_archive_info *info;
+
+  info = (const struct xcoff_archive_info *) data;
+  return htab_hash_pointer (info->archive);
+}
+
+static int
+xcoff_archive_info_eq (const void *data1, const void *data2)
+{
+  const struct xcoff_archive_info *info1;
+  const struct xcoff_archive_info *info2;
+
+  info1 = (const struct xcoff_archive_info *) data1;
+  info2 = (const struct xcoff_archive_info *) data2;
+  return info1->archive == info2->archive;
+}
+
+/* Return information about archive ARCHIVE.  Return NULL on error.  */
+
+static struct xcoff_archive_info *
+xcoff_get_archive_info (struct bfd_link_info *info, bfd *archive)
+{
+  struct xcoff_link_hash_table *htab;
+  struct xcoff_archive_info *entryp, entry;
+  void **slot;
+
+  htab = xcoff_hash_table (info);
+  entry.archive = archive;
+  slot = htab_find_slot (htab->archive_info, &entry, INSERT);
+  if (!slot)
+    return NULL;
+
+  entryp = *slot;
+  if (!entryp)
+    {
+      entryp = bfd_zalloc (archive, sizeof (entry));
+      if (!entryp)
+       return NULL;
+
+      entryp->archive = archive;
+      *slot = entryp;
+    }
+  return entryp;
+}
+\f
 /* Routine to create an entry in an XCOFF link hash table.  */
 
 static struct bfd_hash_entry *
@@ -433,15 +571,30 @@ xcoff_link_hash_newfunc (struct bfd_hash_entry *entry,
   return (struct bfd_hash_entry *) ret;
 }
 
-/* Create a XCOFF link hash table.  */
+/* Destroy an XCOFF link hash table.  */
+
+static void
+_bfd_xcoff_bfd_link_hash_table_free (bfd *obfd)
+{
+  struct xcoff_link_hash_table *ret;
+
+  ret = (struct xcoff_link_hash_table *) obfd->link.hash;
+  if (ret->archive_info)
+    htab_delete (ret->archive_info);
+  if (ret->debug_strtab)
+    _bfd_stringtab_free (ret->debug_strtab);
+  _bfd_generic_link_hash_table_free (obfd);
+}
+
+/* Create an XCOFF link hash table.  */
 
 struct bfd_link_hash_table *
 _bfd_xcoff_bfd_link_hash_table_create (bfd *abfd)
 {
   struct xcoff_link_hash_table *ret;
-  bfd_size_type amt = sizeof (* ret);
+  size_t amt = sizeof (* ret);
 
-  ret = bfd_malloc (amt);
+  ret = bfd_zmalloc (amt);
   if (ret == NULL)
     return NULL;
   if (!_bfd_link_hash_table_init (&ret->root, abfd, xcoff_link_hash_newfunc,
@@ -452,18 +605,14 @@ _bfd_xcoff_bfd_link_hash_table_create (bfd *abfd)
     }
 
   ret->debug_strtab = _bfd_xcoff_stringtab_init ();
-  ret->debug_section = NULL;
-  ret->loader_section = NULL;
-  ret->ldrel_count = 0;
-  memset (&ret->ldhdr, 0, sizeof (struct internal_ldhdr));
-  ret->linkage_section = NULL;
-  ret->toc_section = NULL;
-  ret->descriptor_section = NULL;
-  ret->imports = NULL;
-  ret->file_align = 0;
-  ret->textro = FALSE;
-  ret->gc = FALSE;
-  memset (ret->special_sections, 0, sizeof ret->special_sections);
+  ret->archive_info = htab_create (37, xcoff_archive_info_hash,
+                                  xcoff_archive_info_eq, NULL);
+  if (!ret->debug_strtab || !ret->archive_info)
+    {
+      _bfd_xcoff_bfd_link_hash_table_free (abfd);
+      return NULL;
+    }
+  ret->root.hash_table_free = _bfd_xcoff_bfd_link_hash_table_free;
 
   /* The linker will always generate a full a.out header.  We need to
      record that fact now, before the sizeof_headers routine could be
@@ -472,18 +621,6 @@ _bfd_xcoff_bfd_link_hash_table_create (bfd *abfd)
 
   return &ret->root;
 }
-
-/* Free a XCOFF link hash table.  */
-
-void
-_bfd_xcoff_bfd_link_hash_table_free (struct bfd_link_hash_table *hash)
-{
-  struct xcoff_link_hash_table *ret = (struct xcoff_link_hash_table *) hash;
-
-  _bfd_stringtab_free (ret->debug_strtab);
-  bfd_hash_table_free (&ret->root.table);
-  free (ret);
-}
 \f
 /* Read internal relocs for an XCOFF csect.  This is a wrapper around
    _bfd_coff_read_internal_relocs which tries to take advantage of any
@@ -539,6 +676,139 @@ xcoff_read_internal_relocs (bfd *abfd,
                                         require_internal, internal_relocs);
 }
 \f
+/* Split FILENAME into an import path and an import filename,
+   storing them in *IMPPATH and *IMPFILE respectively.  */
+
+bfd_boolean
+bfd_xcoff_split_import_path (bfd *abfd, const char *filename,
+                            const char **imppath, const char **impfile)
+{
+  const char *base;
+  size_t length;
+  char *path;
+
+  base = lbasename (filename);
+  length = base - filename;
+  if (length == 0)
+    /* The filename has no directory component, so use an empty path.  */
+    *imppath = "";
+  else if (length == 1)
+    /* The filename is in the root directory.  */
+    *imppath = "/";
+  else
+    {
+      /* Extract the (non-empty) directory part.  Note that we don't
+        need to strip duplicate directory separators from any part
+        of the string; the native linker doesn't do that either.  */
+      path = bfd_alloc (abfd, length);
+      if (path == NULL)
+       return FALSE;
+      memcpy (path, filename, length - 1);
+      path[length - 1] = 0;
+      *imppath = path;
+    }
+  *impfile = base;
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+/* Set ARCHIVE's import path as though its filename had been given
+   as FILENAME.  */
+
+bfd_boolean
+bfd_xcoff_set_archive_import_path (struct bfd_link_info *info,
+                                  bfd *archive, const char *filename)
+{
+  struct xcoff_archive_info *archive_info;
+
+  archive_info = xcoff_get_archive_info (info, archive);
+  return (archive_info != NULL
+         && bfd_xcoff_split_import_path (archive, filename,
+                                         &archive_info->imppath,
+                                         &archive_info->impfile));
+}
+
+/* H is an imported symbol.  Set the import module's path, file and member
+   to IMPATH, IMPFILE and IMPMEMBER respectively.  All three are null if
+   no specific import module is specified.  */
+
+static bfd_boolean
+xcoff_set_import_path (struct bfd_link_info *info,
+                      struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *h,
+                      const char *imppath, const char *impfile,
+                      const char *impmember)
+{
+  unsigned int c;
+  struct xcoff_import_file **pp;
+
+  /* We overload the ldindx field to hold the l_ifile value for this
+     symbol.  */
+  BFD_ASSERT (h->ldsym == NULL);
+  BFD_ASSERT ((h->flags & XCOFF_BUILT_LDSYM) == 0);
+  if (imppath == NULL)
+    h->ldindx = -1;
+  else
+    {
+      /* We start c at 1 because the first entry in the import list is
+        reserved for the library search path.  */
+      for (pp = &xcoff_hash_table (info)->imports, c = 1;
+          *pp != NULL;
+          pp = &(*pp)->next, ++c)
+       {
+         if (filename_cmp ((*pp)->path, imppath) == 0
+             && filename_cmp ((*pp)->file, impfile) == 0
+             && filename_cmp ((*pp)->member, impmember) == 0)
+           break;
+       }
+
+      if (*pp == NULL)
+       {
+         struct xcoff_import_file *n;
+         size_t amt = sizeof (*n);
+
+         n = bfd_alloc (info->output_bfd, amt);
+         if (n == NULL)
+           return FALSE;
+         n->next = NULL;
+         n->path = imppath;
+         n->file = impfile;
+         n->member = impmember;
+         *pp = n;
+       }
+      h->ldindx = c;
+    }
+  return TRUE;
+}
+\f
+/* H is the bfd symbol associated with exported .loader symbol LDSYM.
+   Return true if LDSYM defines H.  */
+
+static bfd_boolean
+xcoff_dynamic_definition_p (struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *h,
+                           struct internal_ldsym *ldsym)
+{
+  /* If we didn't know about H before processing LDSYM, LDSYM
+     definitely defines H.  */
+  if (h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_new)
+    return TRUE;
+
+  /* If H is currently a weak dynamic symbol, and if LDSYM is a strong
+     dynamic symbol, LDSYM trumps the current definition of H.  */
+  if ((ldsym->l_smtype & L_WEAK) == 0
+      && (h->flags & XCOFF_DEF_DYNAMIC) != 0
+      && (h->flags & XCOFF_DEF_REGULAR) == 0
+      && (h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defweak
+         || h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_undefweak))
+    return TRUE;
+
+  /* If H is currently undefined, LDSYM defines it.  */
+  if ((h->flags & XCOFF_DEF_DYNAMIC) == 0
+      && (h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_undefined
+         || h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_undefweak))
+    return TRUE;
+
+  return FALSE;
+}
+
 /* This function is used to add symbols from a dynamic object to the
    global symbol table.  */
 
@@ -551,19 +821,16 @@ xcoff_link_add_dynamic_symbols (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
   const char *strings;
   bfd_byte *elsym, *elsymend;
   struct xcoff_import_file *n;
-  const char *bname;
-  const char *mname;
-  const char *s;
   unsigned int c;
   struct xcoff_import_file **pp;
 
   /* We can only handle a dynamic object if we are generating an XCOFF
      output file.  */
-   if (info->hash->creator != abfd->xvec)
+   if (info->output_bfd->xvec != abfd->xvec)
     {
-      (*_bfd_error_handler)
-       (_("%s: XCOFF shared object when not producing XCOFF output"),
-        bfd_get_filename (abfd));
+      _bfd_error_handler
+       (_("%pB: XCOFF shared object when not producing XCOFF output"),
+        abfd);
       bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
       return FALSE;
     }
@@ -582,9 +849,9 @@ xcoff_link_add_dynamic_symbols (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
   lsec = bfd_get_section_by_name (abfd, ".loader");
   if (lsec == NULL)
     {
-      (*_bfd_error_handler)
-       (_("%s: dynamic object with no .loader section"),
-        bfd_get_filename (abfd));
+      _bfd_error_handler
+       (_("%pB: dynamic object with no .loader section"),
+        abfd);
       bfd_set_error (bfd_error_no_symbols);
       return FALSE;
     }
@@ -637,43 +904,33 @@ xcoff_link_add_dynamic_symbols (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
       if (h == NULL)
        return FALSE;
 
-      h->flags |= XCOFF_DEF_DYNAMIC;
-
-      /* If the symbol is undefined, and the BFD it was found in is
-        not a dynamic object, change the BFD to this dynamic object,
-        so that we can get the correct import file ID.  */
-      if ((h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_undefined
-          || h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_undefweak)
-         && (h->root.u.undef.abfd == NULL
-             || (h->root.u.undef.abfd->flags & DYNAMIC) == 0))
-       h->root.u.undef.abfd = abfd;
-
-      if (h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_new)
-       {
-         h->root.type = bfd_link_hash_undefined;
-         h->root.u.undef.abfd = abfd;
-         /* We do not want to add this to the undefined symbol list.  */
-       }
-
-      if (h->smclas == XMC_UA
-         || h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_undefined
-         || h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_undefweak)
-       h->smclas = ldsym.l_smclas;
-
-      /* Unless this is an XMC_XO symbol, we don't bother to actually
-        define it, since we don't have a section to put it in anyhow.
-        Instead, the relocation routines handle the DEF_DYNAMIC flag
-        correctly.  */
+      if (!xcoff_dynamic_definition_p (h, &ldsym))
+       continue;
 
-      if (h->smclas == XMC_XO
-         && (h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_undefined
-             || h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_undefweak))
+      h->flags |= XCOFF_DEF_DYNAMIC;
+      h->smclas = ldsym.l_smclas;
+      if (h->smclas == XMC_XO)
        {
          /* This symbol has an absolute value.  */
-         h->root.type = bfd_link_hash_defined;
+         if ((ldsym.l_smtype & L_WEAK) != 0)
+           h->root.type = bfd_link_hash_defweak;
+         else
+           h->root.type = bfd_link_hash_defined;
          h->root.u.def.section = bfd_abs_section_ptr;
          h->root.u.def.value = ldsym.l_value;
        }
+      else
+       {
+         /* Otherwise, we don't bother to actually define the symbol,
+            since we don't have a section to put it in anyhow.
+            We assume instead that an undefined XCOFF_DEF_DYNAMIC symbol
+            should be imported from the symbol's undef.abfd.  */
+         if ((ldsym.l_smtype & L_WEAK) != 0)
+           h->root.type = bfd_link_hash_undefweak;
+         else
+           h->root.type = bfd_link_hash_undefined;
+         h->root.u.undef.abfd = abfd;
+       }
 
       /* If this symbol defines a function descriptor, then it
         implicitly defines the function code as well.  */
@@ -700,33 +957,30 @@ xcoff_link_add_dynamic_symbols (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
              if (hds == NULL)
                return FALSE;
 
-             if (hds->root.type == bfd_link_hash_new)
-               {
-                 hds->root.type = bfd_link_hash_undefined;
-                 hds->root.u.undef.abfd = abfd;
-                 /* We do not want to add this to the undefined
-                    symbol list.  */
-               }
-
              hds->descriptor = h;
              h->descriptor = hds;
            }
 
-         hds->flags |= XCOFF_DEF_DYNAMIC;
-         if (hds->smclas == XMC_UA)
-           hds->smclas = XMC_PR;
-
-         /* An absolute symbol appears to actually define code, not a
-            function descriptor.  This is how some math functions are
-            implemented on AIX 4.1.  */
-         if (h->smclas == XMC_XO
-             && (hds->root.type == bfd_link_hash_undefined
-                 || hds->root.type == bfd_link_hash_undefweak))
+         if (xcoff_dynamic_definition_p (hds, &ldsym))
            {
-             hds->smclas = XMC_XO;
-             hds->root.type = bfd_link_hash_defined;
-             hds->root.u.def.section = bfd_abs_section_ptr;
-             hds->root.u.def.value = ldsym.l_value;
+             hds->root.type = h->root.type;
+             hds->flags |= XCOFF_DEF_DYNAMIC;
+             if (h->smclas == XMC_XO)
+               {
+                 /* An absolute symbol appears to actually define code, not a
+                    function descriptor.  This is how some math functions are
+                    implemented on AIX 4.1.  */
+                 hds->smclas = XMC_XO;
+                 hds->root.u.def.section = bfd_abs_section_ptr;
+                 hds->root.u.def.value = ldsym.l_value;
+               }
+             else
+               {
+                 hds->smclas = XMC_PR;
+                 hds->root.u.undef.abfd = abfd;
+                 /* We do not want to add this to the undefined
+                    symbol list.  */
+               }
            }
        }
     }
@@ -743,25 +997,31 @@ xcoff_link_add_dynamic_symbols (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
     return FALSE;
   n->next = NULL;
 
-  /* For some reason, the path entry in the import file list for a
-     shared object appears to always be empty.  The file name is the
-     base name.  */
-  n->path = "";
-  if (abfd->my_archive == NULL)
+  if (abfd->my_archive == NULL || bfd_is_thin_archive (abfd->my_archive))
     {
-      bname = bfd_get_filename (abfd);
-      mname = "";
+      if (!bfd_xcoff_split_import_path (abfd, bfd_get_filename (abfd),
+                                       &n->path, &n->file))
+       return FALSE;
+      n->member = "";
     }
   else
     {
-      bname = bfd_get_filename (abfd->my_archive);
-      mname = bfd_get_filename (abfd);
+      struct xcoff_archive_info *archive_info;
+
+      archive_info = xcoff_get_archive_info (info, abfd->my_archive);
+      if (!archive_info->impfile)
+       {
+         if (!bfd_xcoff_split_import_path (archive_info->archive,
+                                           bfd_get_filename (archive_info
+                                                             ->archive),
+                                           &archive_info->imppath,
+                                           &archive_info->impfile))
+           return FALSE;
+       }
+      n->path = archive_info->imppath;
+      n->file = archive_info->impfile;
+      n->member = bfd_get_filename (abfd);
     }
-  s = strrchr (bname, '/');
-  if (s != NULL)
-    bname = s + 1;
-  n->file = bname;
-  n->member = mname;
 
   /* We start c at 1 because the first import file number is reserved
      for LIBPATH.  */
@@ -785,36 +1045,37 @@ xcoff_link_create_extra_sections (bfd * abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
 {
   bfd_boolean return_value = FALSE;
 
-  if (info->hash->creator == abfd->xvec)
+  if (info->output_bfd->xvec == abfd->xvec)
     {
       /* We need to build a .loader section, so we do it here.  This
         won't work if we're producing an XCOFF output file with no
         XCOFF input files.  FIXME.  */
 
-      if (xcoff_hash_table (info)->loader_section == NULL)
+      if (!bfd_link_relocatable (info)
+         && xcoff_hash_table (info)->loader_section == NULL)
        {
          asection *lsec;
+         flagword flags = SEC_HAS_CONTENTS | SEC_IN_MEMORY;
 
-         lsec = bfd_make_section_anyway (abfd, ".loader");
+         lsec = bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (abfd, ".loader", flags);
          if (lsec == NULL)
            goto end_return;
 
          xcoff_hash_table (info)->loader_section = lsec;
-         lsec->flags |= SEC_HAS_CONTENTS | SEC_IN_MEMORY;
        }
 
       /* Likewise for the linkage section.  */
       if (xcoff_hash_table (info)->linkage_section == NULL)
        {
          asection *lsec;
+         flagword flags = (SEC_ALLOC | SEC_LOAD | SEC_HAS_CONTENTS
+                           | SEC_IN_MEMORY);
 
-         lsec = bfd_make_section_anyway (abfd, ".gl");
+         lsec = bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (abfd, ".gl", flags);
          if (lsec == NULL)
            goto end_return;
 
          xcoff_hash_table (info)->linkage_section = lsec;
-         lsec->flags |= (SEC_ALLOC | SEC_LOAD | SEC_HAS_CONTENTS
-                         | SEC_IN_MEMORY);
          lsec->alignment_power = 2;
        }
 
@@ -822,14 +1083,14 @@ xcoff_link_create_extra_sections (bfd * abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
       if (xcoff_hash_table (info)->toc_section == NULL)
        {
          asection *tsec;
+         flagword flags = (SEC_ALLOC | SEC_LOAD | SEC_HAS_CONTENTS
+                           | SEC_IN_MEMORY);
 
-         tsec = bfd_make_section_anyway (abfd, ".tc");
+         tsec = bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (abfd, ".tc", flags);
          if (tsec == NULL)
            goto end_return;
 
          xcoff_hash_table (info)->toc_section = tsec;
-         tsec->flags |= (SEC_ALLOC | SEC_LOAD | SEC_HAS_CONTENTS
-                         | SEC_IN_MEMORY);
          tsec->alignment_power = 2;
        }
 
@@ -837,14 +1098,14 @@ xcoff_link_create_extra_sections (bfd * abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
       if (xcoff_hash_table (info)->descriptor_section == NULL)
        {
          asection *dsec;
+         flagword flags = (SEC_ALLOC | SEC_LOAD | SEC_HAS_CONTENTS
+                           | SEC_IN_MEMORY);
 
-         dsec = bfd_make_section_anyway (abfd, ".ds");
+         dsec = bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (abfd, ".ds", flags);
          if (dsec == NULL)
            goto end_return;
 
          xcoff_hash_table (info)->descriptor_section = dsec;
-         dsec->flags |= (SEC_ALLOC | SEC_LOAD | SEC_HAS_CONTENTS
-                         | SEC_IN_MEMORY);
          dsec->alignment_power = 2;
        }
 
@@ -853,13 +1114,13 @@ xcoff_link_create_extra_sections (bfd * abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
          && info->strip != strip_all)
        {
          asection *dsec;
+         flagword flags = SEC_HAS_CONTENTS | SEC_IN_MEMORY;
 
-         dsec = bfd_make_section_anyway (abfd, ".debug");
+         dsec = bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (abfd, ".debug", flags);
          if (dsec == NULL)
            goto end_return;
 
          xcoff_hash_table (info)->debug_section = dsec;
-         dsec->flags |= SEC_HAS_CONTENTS | SEC_IN_MEMORY;
        }
     }
 
@@ -946,6 +1207,7 @@ xcoff_link_add_symbols (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
   bfd_size_type symcount;
   struct xcoff_link_hash_entry **sym_hash;
   asection **csect_cache;
+  unsigned int *lineno_counts;
   bfd_size_type linesz;
   asection *o;
   asection *last_real;
@@ -1012,6 +1274,15 @@ xcoff_link_add_symbols (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
     goto error_return;
   xcoff_data (abfd)->csects = csect_cache;
 
+  /* We garbage-collect line-number information on a symbol-by-symbol
+     basis, so we need to have quick access to the number of entries
+     per symbol.  */
+  amt = symcount * sizeof (unsigned int);
+  lineno_counts = bfd_zalloc (abfd, amt);
+  if (lineno_counts == NULL && symcount != 0)
+    goto error_return;
+  xcoff_data (abfd)->lineno_counts = lineno_counts;
+
   /* While splitting sections into csects, we need to assign the
      relocs correctly.  The relocs and the csects must both be in
      order by VMA within a given section, so we handle this by
@@ -1046,14 +1317,17 @@ xcoff_link_add_symbols (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
        {
          bfd_byte *linenos;
 
-         amt = linesz * o->lineno_count;
-         linenos = bfd_malloc (amt);
+         if (bfd_seek (abfd, o->line_filepos, SEEK_SET) != 0)
+           goto error_return;
+         if (_bfd_mul_overflow (linesz, o->lineno_count, &amt))
+           {
+             bfd_set_error (bfd_error_file_too_big);
+             goto error_return;
+           }
+         linenos = _bfd_malloc_and_read (abfd, amt, amt);
          if (linenos == NULL)
            goto error_return;
          reloc_info[o->target_index].linenos = linenos;
-         if (bfd_seek (abfd, o->line_filepos, SEEK_SET) != 0
-             || bfd_bread (linenos, amt, abfd) != amt)
-           goto error_return;
        }
     }
 
@@ -1076,7 +1350,6 @@ xcoff_link_add_symbols (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
       const char *name;
       char buf[SYMNMLEN + 1];
       int smtyp;
-      flagword flags;
       asection *section;
       bfd_vma value;
       struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *set_toc;
@@ -1085,32 +1358,26 @@ xcoff_link_add_symbols (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
 
       /* In this pass we are only interested in symbols with csect
         information.  */
-      if (sym.n_sclass != C_EXT && sym.n_sclass != C_HIDEXT)
+      if (!CSECT_SYM_P (sym.n_sclass))
        {
          /* Set csect_cache,
             Normally csect is a .pr, .rw  etc. created in the loop
             If C_FILE or first time, handle special
 
-            Advance esym, sym_hash, csect_hash ptr's
-            Keep track of the last_symndx for the current file.  */
-         if (sym.n_sclass == C_FILE && csect != NULL)
-           {
-             xcoff_section_data (abfd, csect)->last_symndx =
-               ((esym
-                 - (bfd_byte *) obj_coff_external_syms (abfd))
-                / symesz);
-             csect = NULL;
-           }
-
+            Advance esym, sym_hash, csect_hash ptrs.  */
+         if (sym.n_sclass == C_FILE || sym.n_sclass == C_DWARF)
+           csect = NULL;
          if (csect != NULL)
            *csect_cache = csect;
-         else if (first_csect == NULL || sym.n_sclass == C_FILE)
+         else if (first_csect == NULL
+                  || sym.n_sclass == C_FILE || sym.n_sclass == C_DWARF)
            *csect_cache = coff_section_from_bfd_index (abfd, sym.n_scnum);
          else
            *csect_cache = NULL;
          esym += (sym.n_numaux + 1) * symesz;
          sym_hash += sym.n_numaux + 1;
          csect_cache += sym.n_numaux + 1;
+         lineno_counts += sym.n_numaux + 1;
 
          continue;
        }
@@ -1145,8 +1412,9 @@ xcoff_link_add_symbols (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
              enclosing = xcoff_section_data (abfd, csect)->enclosing;
              if (enclosing == NULL)
                {
-                 (*_bfd_error_handler)
-                   (_("%B: `%s' has line numbers but no enclosing section"),
+                 _bfd_error_handler
+                   /* xgettext:c-format */
+                   (_("%pB: `%s' has line numbers but no enclosing section"),
                     abfd, name);
                  bfd_set_error (bfd_error_bad_value);
                  goto error_return;
@@ -1181,7 +1449,7 @@ xcoff_link_add_symbols (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
                          if (lin.l_lnno == 0)
                            break;
                        }
-                     csect->lineno_count += (linp - linpstart) / linesz;
+                     *lineno_counts = (linp - linpstart) / linesz;
                      /* The setting of line_filepos will only be
                         useful if all the line number entries for a
                         csect are contiguous; this only matters for
@@ -1197,8 +1465,9 @@ xcoff_link_add_symbols (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
       /* Pick up the csect auxiliary information.  */
       if (sym.n_numaux == 0)
        {
-         (*_bfd_error_handler)
-           (_("%B: class %d symbol `%s' has no aux entries"),
+         _bfd_error_handler
+           /* xgettext:c-format */
+           (_("%pB: class %d symbol `%s' has no aux entries"),
             abfd, sym.n_sclass, name);
          bfd_set_error (bfd_error_bad_value);
          goto error_return;
@@ -1212,7 +1481,6 @@ xcoff_link_add_symbols (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
 
       smtyp = SMTYP_SMTYP (aux.x_csect.x_smtyp);
 
-      flags = BSF_GLOBAL;
       section = NULL;
       value = 0;
       set_toc = NULL;
@@ -1220,8 +1488,9 @@ xcoff_link_add_symbols (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
       switch (smtyp)
        {
        default:
-         (*_bfd_error_handler)
-           (_("%B: symbol `%s' has unrecognized csect type %d"),
+         _bfd_error_handler
+           /* xgettext:c-format */
+           (_("%pB: symbol `%s' has unrecognized csect type %d"),
             abfd, name, smtyp);
          bfd_set_error (bfd_error_bad_value);
          goto error_return;
@@ -1232,10 +1501,12 @@ xcoff_link_add_symbols (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
              || sym.n_scnum != N_UNDEF
              || aux.x_csect.x_scnlen.l != 0)
            {
-             (*_bfd_error_handler)
-               (_("%B: bad XTY_ER symbol `%s': class %d scnum %d scnlen %d"),
+             _bfd_error_handler
+               /* xgettext:c-format */
+               (_("%pB: bad XTY_ER symbol `%s': class %d scnum %d "
+                  "scnlen %" PRId64),
                 abfd, name, sym.n_sclass, sym.n_scnum,
-                aux.x_csect.x_scnlen.l);
+                (int64_t) aux.x_csect.x_scnlen.l);
              bfd_set_error (bfd_error_bad_value);
              goto error_return;
            }
@@ -1252,13 +1523,6 @@ xcoff_link_add_symbols (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
          break;
 
        case XTY_SD:
-         /* This is a csect definition.  */
-         if (csect != NULL)
-           {
-             xcoff_section_data (abfd, csect)->last_symndx =
-               ((esym - (bfd_byte *) obj_coff_external_syms (abfd)) / symesz);
-           }
-
          csect = NULL;
          csect_index = -(unsigned) 1;
 
@@ -1268,9 +1532,10 @@ xcoff_link_add_symbols (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
              if (sym.n_sclass != C_HIDEXT
                  || aux.x_csect.x_scnlen.l != 0)
                {
-                 (*_bfd_error_handler)
-                   (_("%B: XMC_TC0 symbol `%s' is class %d scnlen %d"),
-                    abfd, name, sym.n_sclass, aux.x_csect.x_scnlen.l);
+                 _bfd_error_handler
+                   /* xgettext:c-format */
+                   (_("%pB: XMC_TC0 symbol `%s' is class %d scnlen %" PRId64),
+                    abfd, name, sym.n_sclass, (int64_t) aux.x_csect.x_scnlen.l);
                  bfd_set_error (bfd_error_bad_value);
                  goto error_return;
                }
@@ -1293,7 +1558,7 @@ xcoff_link_add_symbols (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
             place.  */
          if (aux.x_csect.x_smclas == XMC_TC
              && sym.n_sclass == C_HIDEXT
-             && info->hash->creator == abfd->xvec
+             && info->output_bfd->xvec == abfd->xvec
              && ((bfd_xcoff_is_xcoff32 (abfd)
                   && aux.x_csect.x_scnlen.l == 4)
                  || (bfd_xcoff_is_xcoff64 (abfd)
@@ -1330,7 +1595,7 @@ xcoff_link_add_symbols (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
                  erelsym = ((bfd_byte *) obj_coff_external_syms (abfd)
                             + rel->r_symndx * symesz);
                  bfd_coff_swap_sym_in (abfd, (void *) erelsym, (void *) &relsym);
-                 if (relsym.n_sclass == C_EXT)
+                 if (EXTERN_SYM_P (relsym.n_sclass))
                    {
                      const char *relname;
                      char relbuf[SYMNMLEN + 1];
@@ -1414,8 +1679,9 @@ xcoff_link_add_symbols (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
                    || ((bfd_vma) sym.n_value + aux.x_csect.x_scnlen.l
                        > enclosing->vma + enclosing->size)))
              {
-               (*_bfd_error_handler)
-                 (_("%B: csect `%s' not in enclosing section"),
+               _bfd_error_handler
+                 /* xgettext:c-format */
+                 (_("%pB: csect `%s' not in enclosing section"),
                   abfd, name);
                bfd_set_error (bfd_error_bad_value);
                goto error_return;
@@ -1485,9 +1751,9 @@ xcoff_link_add_symbols (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
            if (first_csect == NULL)
              first_csect = csect;
 
-           /* If this symbol is C_EXT, we treat it as starting at the
+           /* If this symbol is external, we treat it as starting at the
               beginning of the newly created section.  */
-           if (sym.n_sclass == C_EXT)
+           if (EXTERN_SYM_P (sym.n_sclass))
              {
                section = csect;
                value = 0;
@@ -1521,13 +1787,14 @@ xcoff_link_add_symbols (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
              }
            if (bad)
              {
-               (*_bfd_error_handler)
-                 (_("%B: misplaced XTY_LD `%s'"),
+               _bfd_error_handler
+                 /* xgettext:c-format */
+                 (_("%pB: misplaced XTY_LD `%s'"),
                   abfd, name);
                bfd_set_error (bfd_error_bad_value);
                goto error_return;
              }
-           csect = section;
+           csect = section;
            value = sym.n_value - csect->vma;
          }
          break;
@@ -1540,28 +1807,21 @@ xcoff_link_add_symbols (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
             named .tocbss, and rely on the linker script to put that
             in the TOC area.  */
 
-         if (csect != NULL)
-           {
-             xcoff_section_data (abfd, csect)->last_symndx =
-               ((esym
-                 - (bfd_byte *) obj_coff_external_syms (abfd))
-                / symesz);
-           }
-
          if (aux.x_csect.x_smclas == XMC_TD)
            {
              /* The linker script puts the .td section in the data
                 section after the .tc section.  */
-             csect = bfd_make_section_anyway (abfd, ".td");
+             csect = bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (abfd, ".td",
+                                                         SEC_ALLOC);
            }
          else
-           csect = bfd_make_section_anyway (abfd, ".bss");
+           csect = bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (abfd, ".bss",
+                                                       SEC_ALLOC);
 
          if (csect == NULL)
            goto error_return;
          csect->vma = sym.n_value;
          csect->size = aux.x_csect.x_scnlen.l;
-         csect->flags |= SEC_ALLOC;
          csect->alignment_power = SMTYP_ALIGN (aux.x_csect.x_smtyp);
          /* There are a number of other fields and section flags
             which we do not bother to set.  */
@@ -1583,7 +1843,7 @@ xcoff_link_add_symbols (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
          if (first_csect == NULL)
            first_csect = csect;
 
-         if (sym.n_sclass == C_EXT)
+         if (EXTERN_SYM_P (sym.n_sclass))
            {
              csect->flags |= SEC_IS_COMMON;
              csect->size = 0;
@@ -1624,9 +1884,10 @@ xcoff_link_add_symbols (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
       /* Now we have enough information to add the symbol to the
         linker hash table.  */
 
-      if (sym.n_sclass == C_EXT)
+      if (EXTERN_SYM_P (sym.n_sclass))
        {
-         bfd_boolean copy;
+         bfd_boolean copy, ok;
+         flagword flags;
 
          BFD_ASSERT (section != NULL);
 
@@ -1637,6 +1898,15 @@ xcoff_link_add_symbols (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
              || sym._n._n_n._n_offset == 0)
            copy = TRUE;
 
+         /* Ignore global linkage code when linking statically.  */
+         if (info->static_link
+             && (smtyp == XTY_SD || smtyp == XTY_LD)
+             && aux.x_csect.x_smclas == XMC_GL)
+           {
+             section = bfd_und_section_ptr;
+             value = 0;
+           }
+
          /* The AIX linker appears to only detect multiple symbol
             definitions when there is a reference to the symbol.  If
             a symbol is defined multiple times, and the only
@@ -1661,8 +1931,7 @@ xcoff_link_add_symbols (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
             We also have to handle the case of statically linking a
             shared object, which will cause symbol redefinitions,
             although this is an easier case to detect.  */
-
-         if (info->hash->creator == abfd->xvec)
+         else if (info->output_bfd->xvec == abfd->xvec)
            {
              if (! bfd_is_und_section (section))
                *sym_hash = xcoff_link_hash_lookup (xcoff_hash_table (info),
@@ -1682,23 +1951,8 @@ xcoff_link_add_symbols (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
                  && ! bfd_is_com_section (section))
                {
                  /* This is a second definition of a defined symbol.  */
-                 if ((abfd->flags & DYNAMIC) != 0
-                     && ((*sym_hash)->smclas != XMC_GL
-                         || aux.x_csect.x_smclas == XMC_GL
-                         || ((*sym_hash)->root.u.def.section->owner->flags
-                             & DYNAMIC) == 0))
-                   {
-                     /* The new symbol is from a shared library, and
-                        either the existing symbol is not global
-                        linkage code or this symbol is global linkage
-                        code.  If the existing symbol is global
-                        linkage code and the new symbol is not, then
-                        we want to use the new symbol.  */
-                     section = bfd_und_section_ptr;
-                     value = 0;
-                   }
-                 else if (((*sym_hash)->root.u.def.section->owner->flags
-                           & DYNAMIC) != 0)
+                 if (((*sym_hash)->flags & XCOFF_DEF_REGULAR) == 0
+                     && ((*sym_hash)->flags & XCOFF_DEF_DYNAMIC) != 0)
                    {
                      /* The existing symbol is from a shared library.
                         Replace it.  */
@@ -1714,6 +1968,12 @@ xcoff_link_add_symbols (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
                      section = bfd_und_section_ptr;
                      value = 0;
                    }
+                 else if (sym.n_sclass == C_AIX_WEAKEXT
+                          || (*sym_hash)->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defweak)
+                   {
+                     /* At least one of the definitions is weak.
+                        Allow the normal rules to take effect.  */
+                   }
                  else if ((*sym_hash)->root.u.undef.next != NULL
                           || info->hash->undefs_tail == &(*sym_hash)->root)
                    {
@@ -1733,8 +1993,7 @@ xcoff_link_add_symbols (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
                    }
                }
              else if (((*sym_hash)->flags & XCOFF_MULTIPLY_DEFINED) != 0
-                      && ((*sym_hash)->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defined
-                          || (*sym_hash)->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defweak)
+                      && (*sym_hash)->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defined
                       && (bfd_is_und_section (section)
                           || bfd_is_com_section (section)))
                {
@@ -1745,13 +2004,10 @@ xcoff_link_add_symbols (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
                     sure the XCOFF linker is wholly prepared to
                     handle them, and that would only be a warning,
                     not an error.  */
-                 if (! ((*info->callbacks->multiple_definition)
-                        (info, (*sym_hash)->root.root.string,
-                         NULL, NULL, (bfd_vma) 0,
-                         (*sym_hash)->root.u.def.section->owner,
-                         (*sym_hash)->root.u.def.section,
-                         (*sym_hash)->root.u.def.value)))
-                   goto error_return;
+                 (*info->callbacks->multiple_definition) (info,
+                                                          &(*sym_hash)->root,
+                                                          NULL, NULL,
+                                                          (bfd_vma) 0);
                  /* Try not to give this error too many times.  */
                  (*sym_hash)->flags &= ~XCOFF_MULTIPLY_DEFINED;
                }
@@ -1769,12 +2025,13 @@ xcoff_link_add_symbols (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
             a second time from the csects.  */
          BFD_ASSERT (last_real->next == first_csect);
          last_real->next = NULL;
-         if (! (_bfd_generic_link_add_one_symbol
-                (info, abfd, name, flags, section, value,
-                 NULL, copy, TRUE,
-                 (struct bfd_link_hash_entry **) sym_hash)))
-           goto error_return;
+         flags = (sym.n_sclass == C_EXT ? BSF_GLOBAL : BSF_WEAK);
+         ok = (_bfd_generic_link_add_one_symbol
+               (info, abfd, name, flags, section, value, NULL, copy, TRUE,
+                (struct bfd_link_hash_entry **) sym_hash));
          last_real->next = first_csect;
+         if (!ok)
+           goto error_return;
 
          if (smtyp == XTY_CM)
            {
@@ -1787,11 +2044,13 @@ xcoff_link_add_symbols (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
                  = csect->alignment_power;
            }
 
-         if (info->hash->creator == abfd->xvec)
+         if (info->output_bfd->xvec == abfd->xvec)
            {
              int flag;
 
-             if (smtyp == XTY_ER || smtyp == XTY_CM)
+             if (smtyp == XTY_ER
+                 || smtyp == XTY_CM
+                 || section == bfd_und_section_ptr)
                flag = XCOFF_REF_REGULAR;
              else
                flag = XCOFF_DEF_REGULAR;
@@ -1803,11 +2062,20 @@ xcoff_link_add_symbols (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
            }
        }
 
-      *csect_cache = csect;
+      if (smtyp == XTY_ER)
+       *csect_cache = section;
+      else
+       {
+         *csect_cache = csect;
+         if (csect != NULL)
+           xcoff_section_data (abfd, csect)->last_symndx
+             = (esym - (bfd_byte *) obj_coff_external_syms (abfd)) / symesz;
+       }
 
       esym += (sym.n_numaux + 1) * symesz;
       sym_hash += sym.n_numaux + 1;
       csect_cache += sym.n_numaux + 1;
+      lineno_counts += sym.n_numaux + 1;
     }
 
   BFD_ASSERT (last_real == NULL || last_real->next == first_csect);
@@ -1815,11 +2083,15 @@ xcoff_link_add_symbols (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
   /* Make sure that we have seen all the relocs.  */
   for (o = abfd->sections; o != first_csect; o = o->next)
     {
+      /* Debugging sections have no csects.  */
+      if (bfd_section_flags (o) & SEC_DEBUGGING)
+       continue;
+
       /* Reset the section size and the line number count, since the
         data is now attached to the csects.  Don't reset the size of
         the .debug section, since we need to read it below in
         bfd_xcoff_size_dynamic_sections.  */
-      if (strcmp (bfd_get_section_name (abfd, o), ".debug") != 0)
+      if (strcmp (bfd_section_name (o), ".debug") != 0)
        o->size = 0;
       o->lineno_count = 0;
 
@@ -1836,26 +2108,24 @@ xcoff_link_add_symbols (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
            {
              if (*rel_csect == NULL)
                {
-                 (*_bfd_error_handler)
-                   (_("%B: reloc %s:%d not in csect"),
-                    abfd, o->name, i);
+                 _bfd_error_handler
+                   /* xgettext:c-format */
+                   (_("%pB: reloc %s:%" PRId64 " not in csect"),
+                    abfd, o->name, (int64_t) i);
                  bfd_set_error (bfd_error_bad_value);
                  goto error_return;
                }
 
-             /* We identify all symbols which are called, so that we
-                can create glue code for calls to functions imported
-                from dynamic objects.  */
-             if (info->hash->creator == abfd->xvec
+             /* We identify all function symbols that are the target
+                of a relocation, so that we can create glue code for
+                functions imported from dynamic objects.  */
+             if (info->output_bfd->xvec == abfd->xvec
                  && *rel_csect != bfd_und_section_ptr
-                 && (rel->r_type == R_BR
-                     || rel->r_type == R_RBR)
                  && obj_xcoff_sym_hashes (abfd)[rel->r_symndx] != NULL)
                {
                  struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *h;
 
                  h = obj_xcoff_sym_hashes (abfd)[rel->r_symndx];
-                 h->flags |= XCOFF_CALLED;
                  /* If the symbol name starts with a period, it is
                     the code of a function.  If the symbol is
                     currently undefined, then add an undefined symbol
@@ -1888,11 +2158,12 @@ xcoff_link_add_symbols (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
                          hds = (struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *) bh;
                        }
                      hds->flags |= XCOFF_DESCRIPTOR;
-                     BFD_ASSERT ((hds->flags & XCOFF_CALLED) == 0
-                                 && (h->flags & XCOFF_DESCRIPTOR) == 0);
+                     BFD_ASSERT ((h->flags & XCOFF_DESCRIPTOR) == 0);
                      hds->descriptor = h;
                      h->descriptor = hds;
                    }
+                 if (h->root.root.string[0] == '.')
+                   h->flags |= XCOFF_CALLED;
                }
            }
 
@@ -1907,7 +2178,6 @@ xcoff_link_add_symbols (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
          /* If we are not keeping memory, free the reloc information.  */
          if (! info->keep_memory
              && coff_section_data (abfd, o) != NULL
-             && coff_section_data (abfd, o)->relocs != NULL
              && ! coff_section_data (abfd, o)->keep_relocs)
            {
              free (coff_section_data (abfd, o)->relocs);
@@ -1917,11 +2187,8 @@ xcoff_link_add_symbols (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
 
       /* Free up the line numbers.  FIXME: We could cache these
         somewhere for the final link, to avoid reading them again.  */
-      if (reloc_info[o->target_index].linenos != NULL)
-       {
-         free (reloc_info[o->target_index].linenos);
-         reloc_info[o->target_index].linenos = NULL;
-       }
+      free (reloc_info[o->target_index].linenos);
+      reloc_info[o->target_index].linenos = NULL;
     }
 
   free (reloc_info);
@@ -1935,10 +2202,8 @@ xcoff_link_add_symbols (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
     {
       for (o = abfd->sections; o != NULL; o = o->next)
        {
-         if (reloc_info[o->target_index].csects != NULL)
-           free (reloc_info[o->target_index].csects);
-         if (reloc_info[o->target_index].linenos != NULL)
-           free (reloc_info[o->target_index].linenos);
+         free (reloc_info[o->target_index].csects);
+         free (reloc_info[o->target_index].linenos);
        }
       free (reloc_info);
     }
@@ -1973,7 +2238,8 @@ xcoff_link_add_object_symbols (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
 static bfd_boolean
 xcoff_link_check_dynamic_ar_symbols (bfd *abfd,
                                     struct bfd_link_info *info,
-                                    bfd_boolean *pneeded)
+                                    bfd_boolean *pneeded,
+                                    bfd **subsbfd)
 {
   asection *lsec;
   bfd_byte *contents;
@@ -2031,8 +2297,9 @@ xcoff_link_check_dynamic_ar_symbols (bfd *abfd,
          && (((struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *) h)->flags
              & XCOFF_DEF_DYNAMIC) == 0)
        {
-         if (! (*info->callbacks->add_archive_element) (info, abfd, name))
-           return FALSE;
+         if (!(*info->callbacks
+               ->add_archive_element) (info, abfd, name, subsbfd))
+           continue;
          *pneeded = TRUE;
          return TRUE;
        }
@@ -2054,7 +2321,8 @@ xcoff_link_check_dynamic_ar_symbols (bfd *abfd,
 static bfd_boolean
 xcoff_link_check_ar_symbols (bfd *abfd,
                             struct bfd_link_info *info,
-                            bfd_boolean *pneeded)
+                            bfd_boolean *pneeded,
+                            bfd **subsbfd)
 {
   bfd_size_type symesz;
   bfd_byte *esym;
@@ -2064,8 +2332,8 @@ xcoff_link_check_ar_symbols (bfd *abfd,
 
   if ((abfd->flags & DYNAMIC) != 0
       && ! info->static_link
-      && info->hash->creator == abfd->xvec)
-    return xcoff_link_check_dynamic_ar_symbols (abfd, info, pneeded);
+      && info->output_bfd->xvec == abfd->xvec)
+    return xcoff_link_check_dynamic_ar_symbols (abfd, info, pneeded, subsbfd);
 
   symesz = bfd_coff_symesz (abfd);
   esym = (bfd_byte *) obj_coff_external_syms (abfd);
@@ -2076,7 +2344,7 @@ xcoff_link_check_ar_symbols (bfd *abfd,
 
       bfd_coff_swap_sym_in (abfd, (void *) esym, (void *) &sym);
 
-      if (sym.n_sclass == C_EXT && sym.n_scnum != N_UNDEF)
+      if (EXTERN_SYM_P (sym.n_sclass) && sym.n_scnum != N_UNDEF)
        {
          const char *name;
          char buf[SYMNMLEN + 1];
@@ -2097,12 +2365,13 @@ xcoff_link_check_ar_symbols (bfd *abfd,
             undefined references in shared objects.  */
          if (h != NULL
              && h->type == bfd_link_hash_undefined
-             && (info->hash->creator != abfd->xvec
+             && (info->output_bfd->xvec != abfd->xvec
                  || (((struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *) h)->flags
                      & XCOFF_DEF_DYNAMIC) == 0))
            {
-             if (! (*info->callbacks->add_archive_element) (info, abfd, name))
-               return FALSE;
+             if (!(*info->callbacks
+                   ->add_archive_element) (info, abfd, name, subsbfd))
+               continue;
              *pneeded = TRUE;
              return TRUE;
            }
@@ -2123,23 +2392,43 @@ xcoff_link_check_ar_symbols (bfd *abfd,
 static bfd_boolean
 xcoff_link_check_archive_element (bfd *abfd,
                                  struct bfd_link_info *info,
+                                 struct bfd_link_hash_entry *h ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+                                 const char *name ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
                                  bfd_boolean *pneeded)
 {
-  if (! _bfd_coff_get_external_symbols (abfd))
+  bfd_boolean keep_syms_p;
+  bfd *oldbfd;
+
+  keep_syms_p = (obj_coff_external_syms (abfd) != NULL);
+  if (!_bfd_coff_get_external_symbols (abfd))
     return FALSE;
 
-  if (! xcoff_link_check_ar_symbols (abfd, info, pneeded))
+  oldbfd = abfd;
+  if (!xcoff_link_check_ar_symbols (abfd, info, pneeded, &abfd))
     return FALSE;
 
   if (*pneeded)
     {
-      if (! xcoff_link_add_symbols (abfd, info))
+      /* Potentially, the add_archive_element hook may have set a
+        substitute BFD for us.  */
+      if (abfd != oldbfd)
+       {
+         if (!keep_syms_p
+             && !_bfd_coff_free_symbols (oldbfd))
+           return FALSE;
+         keep_syms_p = (obj_coff_external_syms (abfd) != NULL);
+         if (!_bfd_coff_get_external_symbols (abfd))
+           return FALSE;
+       }
+      if (!xcoff_link_add_symbols (abfd, info))
        return FALSE;
+      if (info->keep_memory)
+       keep_syms_p = TRUE;
     }
 
-  if (! info->keep_memory || ! *pneeded)
+  if (!keep_syms_p)
     {
-      if (! _bfd_coff_free_symbols (abfd))
+      if (!_bfd_coff_free_symbols (abfd))
        return FALSE;
     }
 
@@ -2178,13 +2467,13 @@ _bfd_xcoff_bfd_link_add_symbols (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
        while (member != NULL)
          {
            if (bfd_check_format (member, bfd_object)
-               && (info->hash->creator == member->xvec)
+               && (info->output_bfd->xvec == member->xvec)
                && (! bfd_has_map (abfd) || (member->flags & DYNAMIC) != 0))
              {
                bfd_boolean needed;
 
                if (! xcoff_link_check_archive_element (member, info,
-                                                       &needed))
+                                                       NULL, NULL, &needed))
                  return FALSE;
                if (needed)
                  member->archive_pass = -1;
@@ -2201,27 +2490,368 @@ _bfd_xcoff_bfd_link_add_symbols (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
     }
 }
 \f
-/* Mark a symbol as not being garbage, including the section in which
-   it is defined.  */
-
-static inline bfd_boolean
-xcoff_mark_symbol (struct bfd_link_info *info, struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *h)
+bfd_boolean
+_bfd_xcoff_define_common_symbol (bfd *output_bfd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+                                struct bfd_link_info *info ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+                                struct bfd_link_hash_entry *harg)
 {
-  if ((h->flags & XCOFF_MARK) != 0)
-    return TRUE;
+  struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *h;
 
-  h->flags |= XCOFF_MARK;
-  if (h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defined
-      || h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defweak)
-    {
-      asection *hsec;
+  if (!bfd_generic_define_common_symbol (output_bfd, info, harg))
+    return FALSE;
 
-      hsec = h->root.u.def.section;
-      if (! bfd_is_abs_section (hsec)
-         && (hsec->flags & SEC_MARK) == 0)
-       {
-         if (! xcoff_mark (info, hsec))
-           return FALSE;
+  h = (struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *) harg;
+  h->flags |= XCOFF_DEF_REGULAR;
+  return TRUE;
+}
+\f
+/* If symbol H has not been interpreted as a function descriptor,
+   see whether it should be.  Set up its descriptor information if so.  */
+
+static bfd_boolean
+xcoff_find_function (struct bfd_link_info *info,
+                    struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *h)
+{
+  if ((h->flags & XCOFF_DESCRIPTOR) == 0
+      && h->root.root.string[0] != '.')
+    {
+      char *fnname;
+      struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *hfn;
+      size_t amt;
+
+      amt = strlen (h->root.root.string) + 2;
+      fnname = bfd_malloc (amt);
+      if (fnname == NULL)
+       return FALSE;
+      fnname[0] = '.';
+      strcpy (fnname + 1, h->root.root.string);
+      hfn = xcoff_link_hash_lookup (xcoff_hash_table (info),
+                                   fnname, FALSE, FALSE, TRUE);
+      free (fnname);
+      if (hfn != NULL
+         && hfn->smclas == XMC_PR
+         && (hfn->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defined
+             || hfn->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defweak))
+       {
+         h->flags |= XCOFF_DESCRIPTOR;
+         h->descriptor = hfn;
+         hfn->descriptor = h;
+       }
+    }
+  return TRUE;
+}
+\f
+/* Return true if the given bfd contains at least one shared object.  */
+
+static bfd_boolean
+xcoff_archive_contains_shared_object_p (struct bfd_link_info *info,
+                                       bfd *archive)
+{
+  struct xcoff_archive_info *archive_info;
+  bfd *member;
+
+  archive_info = xcoff_get_archive_info (info, archive);
+  if (!archive_info->know_contains_shared_object_p)
+    {
+      member = bfd_openr_next_archived_file (archive, NULL);
+      while (member != NULL && (member->flags & DYNAMIC) == 0)
+       member = bfd_openr_next_archived_file (archive, member);
+
+      archive_info->contains_shared_object_p = (member != NULL);
+      archive_info->know_contains_shared_object_p = 1;
+    }
+  return archive_info->contains_shared_object_p;
+}
+
+/* Symbol H qualifies for export by -bexpfull.  Return true if it also
+   qualifies for export by -bexpall.  */
+
+static bfd_boolean
+xcoff_covered_by_expall_p (struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *h)
+{
+  /* Exclude symbols beginning with '_'.  */
+  if (h->root.root.string[0] == '_')
+    return FALSE;
+
+  /* Exclude archive members that would otherwise be unreferenced.  */
+  if ((h->flags & XCOFF_MARK) == 0
+      && (h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defined
+         || h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defweak)
+      && h->root.u.def.section->owner != NULL
+      && h->root.u.def.section->owner->my_archive != NULL)
+    return FALSE;
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+/* Return true if symbol H qualifies for the forms of automatic export
+   specified by AUTO_EXPORT_FLAGS.  */
+
+static bfd_boolean
+xcoff_auto_export_p (struct bfd_link_info *info,
+                    struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *h,
+                    unsigned int auto_export_flags)
+{
+  /* Don't automatically export things that were explicitly exported.  */
+  if ((h->flags & XCOFF_EXPORT) != 0)
+    return FALSE;
+
+  /* Don't export things that we don't define.  */
+  if ((h->flags & XCOFF_DEF_REGULAR) == 0)
+    return FALSE;
+
+  /* Don't export functions; export their descriptors instead.  */
+  if (h->root.root.string[0] == '.')
+    return FALSE;
+
+  /* We don't export a symbol which is being defined by an object
+     included from an archive which contains a shared object.  The
+     rationale is that if an archive contains both an unshared and
+     a shared object, then there must be some reason that the
+     unshared object is unshared, and we don't want to start
+     providing a shared version of it.  In particular, this solves
+     a bug involving the _savefNN set of functions.  gcc will call
+     those functions without providing a slot to restore the TOC,
+     so it is essential that these functions be linked in directly
+     and not from a shared object, which means that a shared
+     object which also happens to link them in must not export
+     them.  This is confusing, but I haven't been able to think of
+     a different approach.  Note that the symbols can, of course,
+     be exported explicitly.  */
+  if (h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defined
+      || h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defweak)
+    {
+      bfd *owner;
+
+      owner = h->root.u.def.section->owner;
+      if (owner != NULL
+         && owner->my_archive != NULL
+         && xcoff_archive_contains_shared_object_p (info, owner->my_archive))
+       return FALSE;
+    }
+
+  /* Otherwise, all symbols are exported by -bexpfull.  */
+  if ((auto_export_flags & XCOFF_EXPFULL) != 0)
+    return TRUE;
+
+  /* Despite its name, -bexpall exports most but not all symbols.  */
+  if ((auto_export_flags & XCOFF_EXPALL) != 0
+      && xcoff_covered_by_expall_p (h))
+    return TRUE;
+
+  return FALSE;
+}
+\f
+/* Return true if relocation REL needs to be copied to the .loader section.
+   If REL is against a global symbol, H is that symbol, otherwise it
+   is null.  */
+
+static bfd_boolean
+xcoff_need_ldrel_p (struct bfd_link_info *info, struct internal_reloc *rel,
+                   struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *h)
+{
+  if (!xcoff_hash_table (info)->loader_section)
+    return FALSE;
+
+  switch (rel->r_type)
+    {
+    case R_TOC:
+    case R_GL:
+    case R_TCL:
+    case R_TRL:
+    case R_TRLA:
+      /* We should never need a .loader reloc for a TOC-relative reloc.  */
+      return FALSE;
+
+    default:
+      /* In this case, relocations against defined symbols can be resolved
+        statically.  */
+      if (h == NULL
+         || h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defined
+         || h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defweak
+         || h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_common)
+       return FALSE;
+
+      /* We will always provide a local definition of function symbols,
+        even if we don't have one yet.  */
+      if ((h->flags & XCOFF_CALLED) != 0)
+       return FALSE;
+
+      return TRUE;
+
+    case R_POS:
+    case R_NEG:
+    case R_RL:
+    case R_RLA:
+      /* Absolute relocations against absolute symbols can be
+        resolved statically.  */
+      if (h != NULL && bfd_is_abs_symbol (&h->root))
+       return FALSE;
+
+      return TRUE;
+    }
+}
+\f
+/* Mark a symbol as not being garbage, including the section in which
+   it is defined.  */
+
+static inline bfd_boolean
+xcoff_mark_symbol (struct bfd_link_info *info, struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *h)
+{
+  if ((h->flags & XCOFF_MARK) != 0)
+    return TRUE;
+
+  h->flags |= XCOFF_MARK;
+
+  /* If we're marking an undefined symbol, try find some way of
+     defining it.  */
+  if (!bfd_link_relocatable (info)
+      && (h->flags & XCOFF_IMPORT) == 0
+      && (h->flags & XCOFF_DEF_REGULAR) == 0
+      && (h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_undefined
+         || h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_undefweak))
+    {
+      /* First check whether this symbol can be interpreted as an
+        undefined function descriptor for a defined function symbol.  */
+      if (!xcoff_find_function (info, h))
+       return FALSE;
+
+      if ((h->flags & XCOFF_DESCRIPTOR) != 0
+         && (h->descriptor->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defined
+             || h->descriptor->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defweak))
+       {
+         /* This is a descriptor for a defined symbol, but the input
+            objects have not defined the descriptor itself.  Fill in
+            the definition automatically.
+
+            Note that we do this even if we found a dynamic definition
+            of H.  The local function definition logically overrides
+            the dynamic one.  */
+         asection *sec;
+
+         sec = xcoff_hash_table (info)->descriptor_section;
+         h->root.type = bfd_link_hash_defined;
+         h->root.u.def.section = sec;
+         h->root.u.def.value = sec->size;
+         h->smclas = XMC_DS;
+         h->flags |= XCOFF_DEF_REGULAR;
+
+         /* The size of the function descriptor depends on whether this
+            is xcoff32 (12) or xcoff64 (24).  */
+         sec->size += bfd_xcoff_function_descriptor_size (sec->owner);
+
+         /* A function descriptor uses two relocs: one for the
+            associated code, and one for the TOC address.  */
+         xcoff_hash_table (info)->ldrel_count += 2;
+         sec->reloc_count += 2;
+
+         /* Mark the function itself.  */
+         if (!xcoff_mark_symbol (info, h->descriptor))
+           return FALSE;
+
+         /* Mark the TOC section, so that we get an anchor
+            to relocate against.  */
+         if (!xcoff_mark (info, xcoff_hash_table (info)->toc_section))
+           return FALSE;
+
+         /* We handle writing out the contents of the descriptor in
+            xcoff_write_global_symbol.  */
+       }
+      else if (info->static_link)
+       /* We can't get a symbol value dynamically, so just assume
+          that it's undefined.  */
+       h->flags |= XCOFF_WAS_UNDEFINED;
+      else if ((h->flags & XCOFF_CALLED) != 0)
+       {
+         /* This is a function symbol for which we need to create
+            linkage code.  */
+         asection *sec;
+         struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *hds;
+
+         /* Mark the descriptor (and its TOC section).  */
+         hds = h->descriptor;
+         BFD_ASSERT ((hds->root.type == bfd_link_hash_undefined
+                      || hds->root.type == bfd_link_hash_undefweak)
+                     && (hds->flags & XCOFF_DEF_REGULAR) == 0);
+         if (!xcoff_mark_symbol (info, hds))
+           return FALSE;
+
+         /* Treat this symbol as undefined if the descriptor was.  */
+         if ((hds->flags & XCOFF_WAS_UNDEFINED) != 0)
+           h->flags |= XCOFF_WAS_UNDEFINED;
+
+         /* Allocate room for the global linkage code itself.  */
+         sec = xcoff_hash_table (info)->linkage_section;
+         h->root.type = bfd_link_hash_defined;
+         h->root.u.def.section = sec;
+         h->root.u.def.value = sec->size;
+         h->smclas = XMC_GL;
+         h->flags |= XCOFF_DEF_REGULAR;
+         sec->size += bfd_xcoff_glink_code_size (info->output_bfd);
+
+         /* The global linkage code requires a TOC entry for the
+            descriptor.  */
+         if (hds->toc_section == NULL)
+           {
+             int byte_size;
+
+             /* 32 vs 64
+                xcoff32 uses 4 bytes in the toc.
+                xcoff64 uses 8 bytes in the toc.  */
+             if (bfd_xcoff_is_xcoff64 (info->output_bfd))
+               byte_size = 8;
+             else if (bfd_xcoff_is_xcoff32 (info->output_bfd))
+               byte_size = 4;
+             else
+               return FALSE;
+
+             /* Allocate room in the fallback TOC section.  */
+             hds->toc_section = xcoff_hash_table (info)->toc_section;
+             hds->u.toc_offset = hds->toc_section->size;
+             hds->toc_section->size += byte_size;
+             if (!xcoff_mark (info, hds->toc_section))
+               return FALSE;
+
+             /* Allocate room for a static and dynamic R_TOC
+                relocation.  */
+             ++xcoff_hash_table (info)->ldrel_count;
+             ++hds->toc_section->reloc_count;
+
+             /* Set the index to -2 to force this symbol to
+                get written out.  */
+             hds->indx = -2;
+             hds->flags |= XCOFF_SET_TOC | XCOFF_LDREL;
+           }
+       }
+      else if ((h->flags & XCOFF_DEF_DYNAMIC) == 0)
+       {
+         /* Record that the symbol was undefined, then import it.
+            -brtl links use a special fake import file.  */
+         h->flags |= XCOFF_WAS_UNDEFINED | XCOFF_IMPORT;
+         if (xcoff_hash_table (info)->rtld)
+           {
+             if (!xcoff_set_import_path (info, h, "", "..", ""))
+               return FALSE;
+           }
+         else
+           {
+             if (!xcoff_set_import_path (info, h, NULL, NULL, NULL))
+               return FALSE;
+           }
+       }
+    }
+
+  if (h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defined
+      || h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defweak)
+    {
+      asection *hsec;
+
+      hsec = h->root.u.def.section;
+      if (! bfd_is_abs_section (hsec)
+         && (hsec->flags & SEC_MARK) == 0)
+       {
+         if (! xcoff_mark (info, hsec))
+           return FALSE;
        }
     }
 
@@ -2235,6 +2865,30 @@ xcoff_mark_symbol (struct bfd_link_info *info, struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *h)
   return TRUE;
 }
 
+/* Look for a symbol called NAME.  If the symbol is defined, mark it.
+   If the symbol exists, set FLAGS.  */
+
+static bfd_boolean
+xcoff_mark_symbol_by_name (struct bfd_link_info *info,
+                          const char *name, unsigned int flags)
+{
+  struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *h;
+
+  h = xcoff_link_hash_lookup (xcoff_hash_table (info), name,
+                             FALSE, FALSE, TRUE);
+  if (h != NULL)
+    {
+      h->flags |= flags;
+      if (h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defined
+         || h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defweak)
+       {
+         if (!xcoff_mark (info, h->root.u.def.section))
+           return FALSE;
+       }
+    }
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
 /* The mark phase of garbage collection.  For a given section, mark
    it, and all the sections which define symbols to which it refers.
    Because this function needs to look at the relocs, we also count
@@ -2250,30 +2904,28 @@ xcoff_mark (struct bfd_link_info *info, asection *sec)
 
   sec->flags |= SEC_MARK;
 
-  if (sec->owner->xvec == info->hash->creator
+  if (sec->owner->xvec == info->output_bfd->xvec
       && coff_section_data (sec->owner, sec) != NULL
       && xcoff_section_data (sec->owner, sec) != NULL)
     {
-      struct xcoff_link_hash_entry **hp, **hpend;
+      struct xcoff_link_hash_entry **syms;
       struct internal_reloc *rel, *relend;
+      asection **csects;
+      unsigned long i, first, last;
 
       /* Mark all the symbols in this section.  */
-      hp = (obj_xcoff_sym_hashes (sec->owner)
-           + xcoff_section_data (sec->owner, sec)->first_symndx);
-      hpend = (obj_xcoff_sym_hashes (sec->owner)
-              + xcoff_section_data (sec->owner, sec)->last_symndx);
-      for (; hp < hpend; hp++)
-       {
-         struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *h;
-
-         h = *hp;
-         if (h != NULL
-             && (h->flags & XCOFF_MARK) == 0)
-           {
-             if (! xcoff_mark_symbol (info, h))
-               return FALSE;
-           }
-       }
+      syms = obj_xcoff_sym_hashes (sec->owner);
+      csects = xcoff_data (sec->owner)->csects;
+      first = xcoff_section_data (sec->owner, sec)->first_symndx;
+      last = xcoff_section_data (sec->owner, sec)->last_symndx;
+      for (i = first; i <= last; i++)
+       if (csects[i] == sec
+           && syms[i] != NULL
+           && (syms[i]->flags & XCOFF_MARK) == 0)
+         {
+           if (!xcoff_mark_symbol (info, syms[i]))
+             return FALSE;
+         }
 
       /* Look through the section relocs.  */
       if ((sec->flags & SEC_RELOC) != 0
@@ -2286,7 +2938,6 @@ xcoff_mark (struct bfd_link_info *info, asection *sec)
          relend = rel + sec->reloc_count;
          for (; rel < relend; rel++)
            {
-             asection *rsec;
              struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *h;
 
              if ((unsigned int) rel->r_symndx
@@ -2294,63 +2945,39 @@ xcoff_mark (struct bfd_link_info *info, asection *sec)
                continue;
 
              h = obj_xcoff_sym_hashes (sec->owner)[rel->r_symndx];
-             if (h != NULL
-                 && (h->flags & XCOFF_MARK) == 0)
+             if (h != NULL)
                {
-                 if (! xcoff_mark_symbol (info, h))
-                   return FALSE;
+                 if ((h->flags & XCOFF_MARK) == 0)
+                   {
+                     if (!xcoff_mark_symbol (info, h))
+                       return FALSE;
+                   }
                }
-
-             rsec = xcoff_data (sec->owner)->csects[rel->r_symndx];
-             if (rsec != NULL
-                 && (rsec->flags & SEC_MARK) == 0)
+             else
                {
-                 if (! xcoff_mark (info, rsec))
-                   return FALSE;
+                 asection *rsec;
+
+                 rsec = xcoff_data (sec->owner)->csects[rel->r_symndx];
+                 if (rsec != NULL
+                     && (rsec->flags & SEC_MARK) == 0)
+                   {
+                     if (!xcoff_mark (info, rsec))
+                       return FALSE;
+                   }
                }
 
              /* See if this reloc needs to be copied into the .loader
                 section.  */
-             switch (rel->r_type)
+             if (xcoff_need_ldrel_p (info, rel, h))
                {
-               default:
-                 if (h == NULL
-                     || h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defined
-                     || h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defweak
-                     || h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_common
-                     || ((h->flags & XCOFF_CALLED) != 0
-                         && (h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_undefined
-                             || h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_undefweak)
-                         && h->root.root.string[0] == '.'
-                         && h->descriptor != NULL
-                         && ((h->descriptor->flags & XCOFF_DEF_DYNAMIC) != 0
-                             || ((h->descriptor->flags & XCOFF_IMPORT) != 0
-                                 && (h->descriptor->flags
-                                     & XCOFF_DEF_REGULAR) == 0))))
-                   break;
-                 /* Fall through.  */
-               case R_POS:
-               case R_NEG:
-               case R_RL:
-               case R_RLA:
                  ++xcoff_hash_table (info)->ldrel_count;
                  if (h != NULL)
                    h->flags |= XCOFF_LDREL;
-                 break;
-               case R_TOC:
-               case R_GL:
-               case R_TCL:
-               case R_TRL:
-               case R_TRLA:
-                 /* We should never need a .loader reloc for a TOC
-                    relative reloc.  */
-                 break;
                }
            }
 
          if (! info->keep_memory
              && coff_section_data (sec->owner, sec) != NULL
-             && coff_section_data (sec->owner, sec)->relocs != NULL
              && ! coff_section_data (sec->owner, sec)->keep_relocs)
            {
              free (coff_section_data (sec->owner, sec)->relocs);
@@ -2373,7 +3000,7 @@ xcoff_sweep (struct bfd_link_info *info)
 {
   bfd *sub;
 
-  for (sub = info->input_bfds; sub != NULL; sub = sub->link_next)
+  for (sub = info->input_bfds; sub != NULL; sub = sub->link.next)
     {
       asection *o;
 
@@ -2384,19 +3011,18 @@ xcoff_sweep (struct bfd_link_info *info)
              /* Keep all sections from non-XCOFF input files.  Keep
                 special sections.  Keep .debug sections for the
                 moment.  */
-             if (sub->xvec != info->hash->creator
+             if (sub->xvec != info->output_bfd->xvec
                  || o == xcoff_hash_table (info)->debug_section
                  || o == xcoff_hash_table (info)->loader_section
                  || o == xcoff_hash_table (info)->linkage_section
-                 || o == xcoff_hash_table (info)->toc_section
                  || o == xcoff_hash_table (info)->descriptor_section
+                 || (bfd_section_flags (o) & SEC_DEBUGGING)
                  || strcmp (o->name, ".debug") == 0)
                o->flags |= SEC_MARK;
              else
                {
                  o->size = 0;
                  o->reloc_count = 0;
-                 o->lineno_count = 0;
                }
            }
        }
@@ -2414,7 +3040,7 @@ bfd_xcoff_link_record_set (bfd *output_bfd,
 {
   struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *h = (struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *) harg;
   struct xcoff_link_size_list *n;
-  bfd_size_type amt;
+  size_t amt;
 
   if (bfd_get_flavour (output_bfd) != bfd_target_xcoff_flavour)
     return TRUE;
@@ -2476,8 +3102,7 @@ bfd_xcoff_import_symbol (bfd *output_bfd,
              hds->root.u.undef.abfd = h->root.u.undef.abfd;
            }
          hds->flags |= XCOFF_DESCRIPTOR;
-         BFD_ASSERT ((hds->flags & XCOFF_CALLED) == 0
-                     && (h->flags & XCOFF_DESCRIPTOR) == 0);
+         BFD_ASSERT ((h->flags & XCOFF_DESCRIPTOR) == 0);
          hds->descriptor = h;
          h->descriptor = hds;
        }
@@ -2494,66 +3119,24 @@ bfd_xcoff_import_symbol (bfd *output_bfd,
   if (val != (bfd_vma) -1)
     {
       if (h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defined
-         && (! bfd_is_abs_section (h->root.u.def.section)
+         && (!bfd_is_abs_symbol (&h->root)
              || h->root.u.def.value != val))
-       {
-         if (! ((*info->callbacks->multiple_definition)
-                (info, h->root.root.string, h->root.u.def.section->owner,
-                 h->root.u.def.section, h->root.u.def.value,
-                 output_bfd, bfd_abs_section_ptr, val)))
-           return FALSE;
-       }
+       (*info->callbacks->multiple_definition) (info, &h->root, output_bfd,
+                                                bfd_abs_section_ptr, val);
 
       h->root.type = bfd_link_hash_defined;
       h->root.u.def.section = bfd_abs_section_ptr;
       h->root.u.def.value = val;
+      h->smclas = XMC_XO;
     }
 
-  /* We overload the ldindx field to hold the l_ifile value for this
-     symbol.  */
-  BFD_ASSERT (h->ldsym == NULL);
-  BFD_ASSERT ((h->flags & XCOFF_BUILT_LDSYM) == 0);
-  if (imppath == NULL)
-    h->ldindx = -1;
-  else
-    {
-      unsigned int c;
-      struct xcoff_import_file **pp;
+  if (!xcoff_set_import_path (info, h, imppath, impfile, impmember))
+    return FALSE;
 
-      /* We start c at 1 because the first entry in the import list is
-        reserved for the library search path.  */
-      for (pp = &xcoff_hash_table (info)->imports, c = 1;
-          *pp != NULL;
-          pp = &(*pp)->next, ++c)
-       {
-         if (strcmp ((*pp)->path, imppath) == 0
-             && strcmp ((*pp)->file, impfile) == 0
-             && strcmp ((*pp)->member, impmember) == 0)
-           break;
-       }
+  return TRUE;
+}
 
-      if (*pp == NULL)
-       {
-         struct xcoff_import_file *n;
-         bfd_size_type amt = sizeof (* n);
-
-         n = bfd_alloc (output_bfd, amt);
-         if (n == NULL)
-           return FALSE;
-         n->next = NULL;
-         n->path = imppath;
-         n->file = impfile;
-         n->member = impmember;
-         *pp = n;
-       }
-
-      h->ldindx = c;
-    }
-
-  return TRUE;
-}
-
-/* Export a symbol.  */
+/* Export a symbol.  */
 
 bfd_boolean
 bfd_xcoff_export_symbol (bfd *output_bfd,
@@ -2570,34 +3153,6 @@ bfd_xcoff_export_symbol (bfd *output_bfd,
   /* FIXME: I'm not at all sure what syscall is supposed to mean, so
      I'm just going to ignore it until somebody explains it.  */
 
-  /* See if this is a function descriptor.  It may be one even though
-     it is not so marked.  */
-  if ((h->flags & XCOFF_DESCRIPTOR) == 0
-      && h->root.root.string[0] != '.')
-    {
-      char *fnname;
-      struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *hfn;
-      bfd_size_type amt = strlen (h->root.root.string) + 2;
-
-      fnname = bfd_malloc (amt);
-      if (fnname == NULL)
-       return FALSE;
-      fnname[0] = '.';
-      strcpy (fnname + 1, h->root.root.string);
-      hfn = xcoff_link_hash_lookup (xcoff_hash_table (info),
-                                   fnname, FALSE, FALSE, TRUE);
-      free (fnname);
-      if (hfn != NULL
-         && hfn->smclas == XMC_PR
-         && (hfn->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defined
-             || hfn->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defweak))
-       {
-         h->flags |= XCOFF_DESCRIPTOR;
-         h->descriptor = hfn;
-         hfn->descriptor = h;
-       }
-    }
-
   /* Make sure we don't garbage collect this symbol.  */
   if (! xcoff_mark_symbol (info, h))
     return FALSE;
@@ -2635,13 +3190,17 @@ bfd_xcoff_link_count_reloc (bfd *output_bfd,
                                     FALSE));
   if (h == NULL)
     {
-      (*_bfd_error_handler) (_("%s: no such symbol"), name);
+      _bfd_error_handler (_("%s: no such symbol"), name);
       bfd_set_error (bfd_error_no_symbols);
       return FALSE;
     }
 
-  h->flags |= XCOFF_REF_REGULAR | XCOFF_LDREL;
-  ++xcoff_hash_table (info)->ldrel_count;
+  h->flags |= XCOFF_REF_REGULAR;
+  if (xcoff_hash_table (info)->loader_section)
+    {
+      h->flags |= XCOFF_LDREL;
+      ++xcoff_hash_table (info)->ldrel_count;
+    }
 
   /* Mark the symbol to avoid garbage collection.  */
   if (! xcoff_mark_symbol (info, h))
@@ -2673,244 +3232,84 @@ bfd_xcoff_record_link_assignment (bfd *output_bfd,
   return TRUE;
 }
 
-/* Add a symbol to the .loader symbols, if necessary.  */
+/* An xcoff_link_hash_traverse callback for which DATA points to an
+   xcoff_loader_info.  Mark all symbols that should be automatically
+   exported.  */
 
 static bfd_boolean
-xcoff_build_ldsyms (struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *h, void * p)
+xcoff_mark_auto_exports (struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *h, void *data)
 {
-  struct xcoff_loader_info *ldinfo = (struct xcoff_loader_info *) p;
-  bfd_size_type amt;
+  struct xcoff_loader_info *ldinfo;
 
-  if (h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_warning)
-    h = (struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *) h->root.u.i.link;
-
-  /* __rtinit, this symbol has special handling. */
-  if (h->flags & XCOFF_RTINIT)
-      return TRUE;
-
-  /* If this is a final link, and the symbol was defined as a common
-     symbol in a regular object file, and there was no definition in
-     any dynamic object, then the linker will have allocated space for
-     the symbol in a common section but the XCOFF_DEF_REGULAR flag
-     will not have been set.  */
-  if (h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defined
-      && (h->flags & XCOFF_DEF_REGULAR) == 0
-      && (h->flags & XCOFF_REF_REGULAR) != 0
-      && (h->flags & XCOFF_DEF_DYNAMIC) == 0
-      && (bfd_is_abs_section (h->root.u.def.section)
-         || (h->root.u.def.section->owner->flags & DYNAMIC) == 0))
-    h->flags |= XCOFF_DEF_REGULAR;
-
-  /* If all defined symbols should be exported, mark them now.  We
-     don't want to export the actual functions, just the function
-     descriptors.  */
-  if (ldinfo->export_defineds
-      && (h->flags & XCOFF_DEF_REGULAR) != 0
-      && h->root.root.string[0] != '.')
+  ldinfo = (struct xcoff_loader_info *) data;
+  if (xcoff_auto_export_p (ldinfo->info, h, ldinfo->auto_export_flags))
     {
-      bfd_boolean export;
-
-      /* We don't export a symbol which is being defined by an object
-        included from an archive which contains a shared object.  The
-        rationale is that if an archive contains both an unshared and
-        a shared object, then there must be some reason that the
-        unshared object is unshared, and we don't want to start
-        providing a shared version of it.  In particular, this solves
-        a bug involving the _savefNN set of functions.  gcc will call
-        those functions without providing a slot to restore the TOC,
-        so it is essential that these functions be linked in directly
-        and not from a shared object, which means that a shared
-        object which also happens to link them in must not export
-        them.  This is confusing, but I haven't been able to think of
-        a different approach.  Note that the symbols can, of course,
-        be exported explicitly.  */
-      export = TRUE;
-      if ((h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defined
-          || h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defweak)
-         && h->root.u.def.section->owner != NULL
-         && h->root.u.def.section->owner->my_archive != NULL)
-       {
-         bfd *arbfd, *member;
-
-         arbfd = h->root.u.def.section->owner->my_archive;
-         member = bfd_openr_next_archived_file (arbfd, NULL);
-         while (member != NULL)
-           {
-             if ((member->flags & DYNAMIC) != 0)
-               {
-                 export = FALSE;
-                 break;
-               }
-             member = bfd_openr_next_archived_file (arbfd, member);
-           }
-       }
-
-      if (export)
-       h->flags |= XCOFF_EXPORT;
+      if (!xcoff_mark_symbol (ldinfo->info, h))
+       ldinfo->failed = TRUE;
     }
+  return TRUE;
+}
 
-  /* We don't want to garbage collect symbols which are not defined in
-     XCOFF files.  This is a convenient place to mark them.  */
-  if (xcoff_hash_table (ldinfo->info)->gc
-      && (h->flags & XCOFF_MARK) == 0
-      && (h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defined
-         || h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defweak)
-      && (h->root.u.def.section->owner == NULL
-         || (h->root.u.def.section->owner->xvec
-             != ldinfo->info->hash->creator)))
-    h->flags |= XCOFF_MARK;
-
-  /* If this symbol is called and defined in a dynamic object, or it
-     is imported, then we need to set up global linkage code for it.
-     (Unless we did garbage collection and we didn't need this
-     symbol.)  */
-  if ((h->flags & XCOFF_CALLED) != 0
-      && (h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_undefined
-         || h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_undefweak)
-      && h->root.root.string[0] == '.'
-      && h->descriptor != NULL
-      && ((h->descriptor->flags & XCOFF_DEF_DYNAMIC) != 0
-         || ((h->descriptor->flags & XCOFF_IMPORT) != 0
-             && (h->descriptor->flags & XCOFF_DEF_REGULAR) == 0))
-      && (! xcoff_hash_table (ldinfo->info)->gc
-         || (h->flags & XCOFF_MARK) != 0))
-    {
-      asection *sec;
-      struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *hds;
-
-      sec = xcoff_hash_table (ldinfo->info)->linkage_section;
-      h->root.type = bfd_link_hash_defined;
-      h->root.u.def.section = sec;
-      h->root.u.def.value = sec->size;
-      h->smclas = XMC_GL;
-      h->flags |= XCOFF_DEF_REGULAR;
-      sec->size += bfd_xcoff_glink_code_size(ldinfo->output_bfd);
-
-      /* The global linkage code requires a TOC entry for the
-        descriptor.  */
-      hds = h->descriptor;
-      BFD_ASSERT ((hds->root.type == bfd_link_hash_undefined
-                  || hds->root.type == bfd_link_hash_undefweak)
-                 && (hds->flags & XCOFF_DEF_REGULAR) == 0);
-      hds->flags |= XCOFF_MARK;
-      if (hds->toc_section == NULL)
-       {
-         int byte_size;
-
-         /* 32 vs 64
-            xcoff32 uses 4 bytes in the toc.
-            xcoff64 uses 8 bytes in the toc.  */
-         if (bfd_xcoff_is_xcoff64 (ldinfo->output_bfd))
-           byte_size = 8;
-         else if (bfd_xcoff_is_xcoff32 (ldinfo->output_bfd))
-           byte_size = 4;
-         else
-           return FALSE;
+/* Add a symbol to the .loader symbols, if necessary.  */
 
-         hds->toc_section = xcoff_hash_table (ldinfo->info)->toc_section;
-         hds->u.toc_offset = hds->toc_section->size;
-         hds->toc_section->size += byte_size;
-         ++xcoff_hash_table (ldinfo->info)->ldrel_count;
-         ++hds->toc_section->reloc_count;
-         hds->indx = -2;
-         hds->flags |= XCOFF_SET_TOC | XCOFF_LDREL;
-
-         /* We need to call xcoff_build_ldsyms recursively here,
-            because we may already have passed hds on the traversal.  */
-         xcoff_build_ldsyms (hds, p);
-       }
-    }
+/* INPUT_BFD has an external symbol associated with hash table entry H
+   and csect CSECT.   Return true if INPUT_BFD defines H.  */
 
-  /* If this symbol is exported, but not defined, we need to try to
-     define it.  */
-  if ((h->flags & XCOFF_EXPORT) != 0
-      && (h->flags & XCOFF_IMPORT) == 0
-      && (h->flags & XCOFF_DEF_REGULAR) == 0
-      && (h->flags & XCOFF_DEF_DYNAMIC) == 0
-      && (h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_undefined
-         || h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_undefweak))
+static bfd_boolean
+xcoff_final_definition_p (bfd *input_bfd, struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *h,
+                         asection *csect)
+{
+  switch (h->root.type)
     {
-      if ((h->flags & XCOFF_DESCRIPTOR) != 0
-         && (h->descriptor->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defined
-             || h->descriptor->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defweak))
-       {
-         asection *sec;
-
-         /* This is an undefined function descriptor associated with
-            a defined entry point.  We can build up a function
-            descriptor ourselves.  Believe it or not, the AIX linker
-            actually does this, and there are cases where we need to
-            do it as well.  */
-         sec = xcoff_hash_table (ldinfo->info)->descriptor_section;
-         h->root.type = bfd_link_hash_defined;
-         h->root.u.def.section = sec;
-         h->root.u.def.value = sec->size;
-         h->smclas = XMC_DS;
-         h->flags |= XCOFF_DEF_REGULAR;
+    case bfd_link_hash_defined:
+    case bfd_link_hash_defweak:
+      /* No input bfd owns absolute symbols.  They are written by
+        xcoff_write_global_symbol instead.  */
+      return (!bfd_is_abs_section (csect)
+             && h->root.u.def.section == csect);
+
+    case bfd_link_hash_common:
+      return h->root.u.c.p->section->owner == input_bfd;
+
+    case bfd_link_hash_undefined:
+    case bfd_link_hash_undefweak:
+      /* We can't treat undef.abfd as the owner because that bfd
+        might be a dynamic object.  Allow any bfd to claim it.  */
+      return TRUE;
 
-         /* The size of the function descriptor depends if this is an
-            xcoff32 (12) or xcoff64 (24).  */
-         sec->size +=
-           bfd_xcoff_function_descriptor_size(ldinfo->output_bfd);
+    default:
+      abort ();
+    }
+}
 
-         /* A function descriptor uses two relocs: one for the
-            associated code, and one for the TOC address.  */
-         xcoff_hash_table (ldinfo->info)->ldrel_count += 2;
-         sec->reloc_count += 2;
+/* See if H should have a loader symbol associated with it.  */
 
-         /* We handle writing out the contents of the descriptor in
-            xcoff_write_global_symbol.  */
-       }
-      else
-       {
-         (*_bfd_error_handler)
-           (_("warning: attempt to export undefined symbol `%s'"),
-            h->root.root.string);
-         h->ldsym = NULL;
-         return TRUE;
-       }
-    }
+static bfd_boolean
+xcoff_build_ldsym (struct xcoff_loader_info *ldinfo,
+                  struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *h)
+{
+  size_t amt;
 
-  /* If this is still a common symbol, and it wasn't garbage
-     collected, we need to actually allocate space for it in the .bss
-     section.  */
-  if (h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_common
-      && (! xcoff_hash_table (ldinfo->info)->gc
-         || (h->flags & XCOFF_MARK) != 0)
-      && h->root.u.c.p->section->size == 0)
+  /* Warn if this symbol is exported but not defined.  */
+  if ((h->flags & XCOFF_EXPORT) != 0
+      && (h->flags & XCOFF_WAS_UNDEFINED) != 0)
     {
-      BFD_ASSERT (bfd_is_com_section (h->root.u.c.p->section));
-      h->root.u.c.p->section->size = h->root.u.c.size;
+      _bfd_error_handler
+       (_("warning: attempt to export undefined symbol `%s'"),
+        h->root.root.string);
+      return TRUE;
     }
 
   /* We need to add a symbol to the .loader section if it is mentioned
      in a reloc which we are copying to the .loader section and it was
      not defined or common, or if it is the entry point, or if it is
      being exported.  */
-
   if (((h->flags & XCOFF_LDREL) == 0
        || h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defined
        || h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defweak
        || h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_common)
       && (h->flags & XCOFF_ENTRY) == 0
       && (h->flags & XCOFF_EXPORT) == 0)
-    {
-      h->ldsym = NULL;
-      return TRUE;
-    }
-
-  /* We don't need to add this symbol if we did garbage collection and
-     we did not mark this symbol.  */
-  if (xcoff_hash_table (ldinfo->info)->gc
-      && (h->flags & XCOFF_MARK) == 0)
-    {
-      h->ldsym = NULL;
-      return TRUE;
-    }
-
-  /* We may have already processed this symbol due to the recursive
-     call above.  */
-  if ((h->flags & XCOFF_BUILT_LDSYM) != 0)
     return TRUE;
 
   /* We need to add this symbol to the .loader symbols.  */
@@ -2925,7 +3324,12 @@ xcoff_build_ldsyms (struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *h, void * p)
     }
 
   if ((h->flags & XCOFF_IMPORT) != 0)
-    h->ldsym->l_ifile = h->ldindx;
+    {
+      /* Give imported descriptors class XMC_DS rather than XMC_UA.  */
+      if ((h->flags & XCOFF_DESCRIPTOR) != 0)
+       h->smclas = XMC_DS;
+      h->ldsym->l_ifile = h->ldindx;
+    }
 
   /* The first 3 symbol table indices are reserved to indicate the
      data, text and bss sections.  */
@@ -2938,9 +3342,263 @@ xcoff_build_ldsyms (struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *h, void * p)
     return FALSE;
 
   h->flags |= XCOFF_BUILT_LDSYM;
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+/* An xcoff_htab_traverse callback that is called for each symbol
+   once garbage collection is complete.  */
+
+static bfd_boolean
+xcoff_post_gc_symbol (struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *h, void * p)
+{
+  struct xcoff_loader_info *ldinfo = (struct xcoff_loader_info *) p;
+
+  /* __rtinit, this symbol has special handling. */
+  if (h->flags & XCOFF_RTINIT)
+    return TRUE;
+
+  /* We don't want to garbage collect symbols which are not defined in
+     XCOFF files.  This is a convenient place to mark them.  */
+  if (xcoff_hash_table (ldinfo->info)->gc
+      && (h->flags & XCOFF_MARK) == 0
+      && (h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defined
+         || h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defweak)
+      && (h->root.u.def.section->owner == NULL
+         || (h->root.u.def.section->owner->xvec
+             != ldinfo->info->output_bfd->xvec)))
+    h->flags |= XCOFF_MARK;
+
+  /* Skip discarded symbols.  */
+  if (xcoff_hash_table (ldinfo->info)->gc
+      && (h->flags & XCOFF_MARK) == 0)
+    return TRUE;
+
+  /* If this is still a common symbol, and it wasn't garbage
+     collected, we need to actually allocate space for it in the .bss
+     section.  */
+  if (h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_common
+      && h->root.u.c.p->section->size == 0)
+    {
+      BFD_ASSERT (bfd_is_com_section (h->root.u.c.p->section));
+      h->root.u.c.p->section->size = h->root.u.c.size;
+    }
+
+  if (xcoff_hash_table (ldinfo->info)->loader_section)
+    {
+      if (xcoff_auto_export_p (ldinfo->info, h, ldinfo->auto_export_flags))
+       h->flags |= XCOFF_EXPORT;
+
+      if (!xcoff_build_ldsym (ldinfo, h))
+       return FALSE;
+    }
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+/* INPUT_BFD includes XCOFF symbol ISYM, which is associated with linker
+   hash table entry H and csect CSECT.  AUX contains ISYM's auxillary
+   csect information, if any.  NAME is the function's name if the name
+   is stored in the .debug section, otherwise it is null.
+
+   Return 1 if we should include an appropriately-adjusted ISYM
+   in the output file, 0 if we should discard ISYM, or -1 if an
+   error occured.  */
+
+static int
+xcoff_keep_symbol_p (struct bfd_link_info *info, bfd *input_bfd,
+                    struct internal_syment *isym,
+                    union internal_auxent *aux,
+                    struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *h,
+                    asection *csect, const char *name)
+{
+  int smtyp;
+
+  /* If we are skipping this csect, we want to strip the symbol too.  */
+  if (csect == NULL)
+    return 0;
+
+  /* Likewise if we garbage-collected the csect.  */
+  if (xcoff_hash_table (info)->gc
+      && !bfd_is_abs_section (csect)
+      && !bfd_is_und_section (csect)
+      && (csect->flags & SEC_MARK) == 0)
+    return 0;
+
+  /* An XCOFF linker always removes C_STAT symbols.  */
+  if (isym->n_sclass == C_STAT)
+    return 0;
+
+  /* We generate the TOC anchor separately.  */
+  if (isym->n_sclass == C_HIDEXT
+      && aux->x_csect.x_smclas == XMC_TC0)
+    return 0;
+
+  /* If we are stripping all symbols, we want to discard this one.  */
+  if (info->strip == strip_all)
+    return 0;
+
+  /* Discard symbols that are defined elsewhere.  */
+  if (EXTERN_SYM_P (isym->n_sclass))
+    {
+      if ((h->flags & XCOFF_ALLOCATED) != 0)
+       return 0;
+      if (!xcoff_final_definition_p (input_bfd, h, csect))
+       return 0;
+    }
+
+  /* If we're discarding local symbols, check whether ISYM is local.  */
+  smtyp = SMTYP_SMTYP (aux->x_csect.x_smtyp);
+  if (info->discard == discard_all
+      && !EXTERN_SYM_P (isym->n_sclass)
+      && (isym->n_sclass != C_HIDEXT || smtyp != XTY_SD))
+    return 0;
+
+  /* If we're stripping debugging symbols, check whether ISYM is one.  */
+  if (info->strip == strip_debugger
+      && isym->n_scnum == N_DEBUG)
+    return 0;
+
+  /* If we are stripping symbols based on name, check how ISYM's
+     name should be handled.  */
+  if (info->strip == strip_some
+      || info->discard == discard_l)
+    {
+      char buf[SYMNMLEN + 1];
+
+      if (name == NULL)
+       {
+         name = _bfd_coff_internal_syment_name (input_bfd, isym, buf);
+         if (name == NULL)
+           return -1;
+       }
+
+      if (info->strip == strip_some
+         && bfd_hash_lookup (info->keep_hash, name, FALSE, FALSE) == NULL)
+       return 0;
+
+      if (info->discard == discard_l
+         && !EXTERN_SYM_P (isym->n_sclass)
+         && (isym->n_sclass != C_HIDEXT || smtyp != XTY_SD)
+         && bfd_is_local_label_name (input_bfd, name))
+       return 0;
+    }
+
+  return 1;
+}
+
+/* Lay out the .loader section, filling in the header and the import paths.
+   LIBPATH is as for bfd_xcoff_size_dynamic_sections.  */
+
+static bfd_boolean
+xcoff_build_loader_section (struct xcoff_loader_info *ldinfo,
+                           const char *libpath)
+{
+  bfd *output_bfd;
+  struct xcoff_link_hash_table *htab;
+  struct internal_ldhdr *ldhdr;
+  struct xcoff_import_file *fl;
+  bfd_size_type stoff;
+  size_t impsize, impcount;
+  asection *lsec;
+  char *out;
+
+  /* Work out the size of the import file names.  Each import file ID
+     consists of three null terminated strings: the path, the file
+     name, and the archive member name.  The first entry in the list
+     of names is the path to use to find objects, which the linker has
+     passed in as the libpath argument.  For some reason, the path
+     entry in the other import file names appears to always be empty.  */
+  output_bfd = ldinfo->output_bfd;
+  htab = xcoff_hash_table (ldinfo->info);
+  impsize = strlen (libpath) + 3;
+  impcount = 1;
+  for (fl = htab->imports; fl != NULL; fl = fl->next)
+    {
+      ++impcount;
+      impsize += (strlen (fl->path)
+                 + strlen (fl->file)
+                 + strlen (fl->member)
+                 + 3);
+    }
+
+  /* Set up the .loader section header.  */
+  ldhdr = &htab->ldhdr;
+  ldhdr->l_version = bfd_xcoff_ldhdr_version(output_bfd);
+  ldhdr->l_nsyms = ldinfo->ldsym_count;
+  ldhdr->l_nreloc = htab->ldrel_count;
+  ldhdr->l_istlen = impsize;
+  ldhdr->l_nimpid = impcount;
+  ldhdr->l_impoff = (bfd_xcoff_ldhdrsz (output_bfd)
+                    + ldhdr->l_nsyms * bfd_xcoff_ldsymsz (output_bfd)
+                    + ldhdr->l_nreloc * bfd_xcoff_ldrelsz (output_bfd));
+  ldhdr->l_stlen = ldinfo->string_size;
+  stoff = ldhdr->l_impoff + impsize;
+  if (ldinfo->string_size == 0)
+    ldhdr->l_stoff = 0;
+  else
+    ldhdr->l_stoff = stoff;
+
+  /* 64 bit elements to ldhdr
+     The swap out routine for 32 bit will ignore them.
+     Nothing fancy, symbols come after the header and relocs come
+     after symbols.  */
+  ldhdr->l_symoff = bfd_xcoff_ldhdrsz (output_bfd);
+  ldhdr->l_rldoff = (bfd_xcoff_ldhdrsz (output_bfd)
+                    + ldhdr->l_nsyms * bfd_xcoff_ldsymsz (output_bfd));
+
+  /* We now know the final size of the .loader section.  Allocate
+     space for it.  */
+  lsec = htab->loader_section;
+  lsec->size = stoff + ldhdr->l_stlen;
+  lsec->contents = bfd_zalloc (output_bfd, lsec->size);
+  if (lsec->contents == NULL)
+    return FALSE;
+
+  /* Set up the header.  */
+  bfd_xcoff_swap_ldhdr_out (output_bfd, ldhdr, lsec->contents);
+
+  /* Set up the import file names.  */
+  out = (char *) lsec->contents + ldhdr->l_impoff;
+  strcpy (out, libpath);
+  out += strlen (libpath) + 1;
+  *out++ = '\0';
+  *out++ = '\0';
+  for (fl = htab->imports; fl != NULL; fl = fl->next)
+    {
+      const char *s;
+
+      s = fl->path;
+      while ((*out++ = *s++) != '\0')
+       ;
+      s = fl->file;
+      while ((*out++ = *s++) != '\0')
+       ;
+      s = fl->member;
+      while ((*out++ = *s++) != '\0')
+       ;
+    }
+
+  BFD_ASSERT ((bfd_size_type) ((bfd_byte *) out - lsec->contents) == stoff);
+
+  /* Set up the symbol string table.  */
+  if (ldinfo->string_size > 0)
+    {
+      memcpy (out, ldinfo->strings, ldinfo->string_size);
+      free (ldinfo->strings);
+      ldinfo->strings = NULL;
+    }
+
+  /* We can't set up the symbol table or the relocs yet, because we
+     don't yet know the final position of the various sections.  The
+     .loader symbols are written out when the corresponding normal
+     symbols are written out in xcoff_link_input_bfd or
+     xcoff_write_global_symbol.  The .loader relocs are written out
+     when the corresponding normal relocs are handled in
+     xcoff_link_input_bfd.  */
 
   return TRUE;
 }
+
 /* Build the .loader section.  This is called by the XCOFF linker
    emulation before_allocation routine.  We must set the size of the
    .loader section before the linker lays out the output file.
@@ -2953,10 +3611,9 @@ xcoff_build_ldsyms (struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *h, void * p)
    -bmaxdata linker option).  GC is whether to do garbage collection
    (the -bgc linker option).  MODTYPE is the module type (the
    -bmodtype linker option).  TEXTRO is whether the text section must
-   be read only (the -btextro linker option).  EXPORT_DEFINEDS is
-   whether all defined symbols should be exported (the -unix linker
-   option).  SPECIAL_SECTIONS is set by this routine to csects with
-   magic names like _end.  */
+   be read only (the -btextro linker option).  AUTO_EXPORT_FLAGS
+   is a mask of XCOFF_EXPALL and XCOFF_EXPFULL.  SPECIAL_SECTIONS
+   is set by this routine to csects with magic names like _end.  */
 
 bfd_boolean
 bfd_xcoff_size_dynamic_sections (bfd *output_bfd,
@@ -2969,24 +3626,17 @@ bfd_xcoff_size_dynamic_sections (bfd *output_bfd,
                                 bfd_boolean gc,
                                 int modtype,
                                 bfd_boolean textro,
-                                bfd_boolean export_defineds,
+                                unsigned int auto_export_flags,
                                 asection **special_sections,
                                 bfd_boolean rtld)
 {
-  struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *hentry;
-  asection *lsec;
   struct xcoff_loader_info ldinfo;
   int i;
-  size_t impsize, impcount;
-  struct xcoff_import_file *fl;
-  struct internal_ldhdr *ldhdr;
-  bfd_size_type stoff;
-  char *out;
   asection *sec;
   bfd *sub;
   struct bfd_strtab_hash *debug_strtab;
   bfd_byte *debug_contents = NULL;
-  bfd_size_type amt;
+  size_t amt;
 
   if (bfd_get_flavour (output_bfd) != bfd_target_xcoff_flavour)
     {
@@ -2998,7 +3648,7 @@ bfd_xcoff_size_dynamic_sections (bfd *output_bfd,
   ldinfo.failed = FALSE;
   ldinfo.output_bfd = output_bfd;
   ldinfo.info = info;
-  ldinfo.export_defineds = export_defineds;
+  ldinfo.auto_export_flags = auto_export_flags;
   ldinfo.ldsym_count = 0;
   ldinfo.string_size = 0;
   ldinfo.strings = NULL;
@@ -3010,18 +3660,11 @@ bfd_xcoff_size_dynamic_sections (bfd *output_bfd,
 
   xcoff_hash_table (info)->file_align = file_align;
   xcoff_hash_table (info)->textro = textro;
-
-  hentry = NULL;
-  if (entry != NULL)
-    {
-      hentry = xcoff_link_hash_lookup (xcoff_hash_table (info), entry,
-                                      FALSE, FALSE, TRUE);
-      if (hentry != NULL)
-       hentry->flags |= XCOFF_ENTRY;
-    }
+  xcoff_hash_table (info)->rtld = rtld;
 
   /* __rtinit */
-  if (info->init_function || info->fini_function || rtld)
+  if (xcoff_hash_table (info)->loader_section
+      && (info->init_function || info->fini_function || rtld))
     {
       struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *hsym;
       struct internal_ldsym *ldsym;
@@ -3030,7 +3673,7 @@ bfd_xcoff_size_dynamic_sections (bfd *output_bfd,
                                     "__rtinit", FALSE, FALSE, TRUE);
       if (hsym == NULL)
        {
-         (*_bfd_error_handler)
+         _bfd_error_handler
            (_("error: undefined symbol __rtinit"));
          return FALSE;
        }
@@ -3072,24 +3715,25 @@ bfd_xcoff_size_dynamic_sections (bfd *output_bfd,
     }
 
   /* Garbage collect unused sections.  */
-  if (info->relocatable
-      || ! gc
-      || hentry == NULL
-      || (hentry->root.type != bfd_link_hash_defined
-         && hentry->root.type != bfd_link_hash_defweak))
+  if (bfd_link_relocatable (info) || !gc)
     {
       gc = FALSE;
       xcoff_hash_table (info)->gc = FALSE;
 
       /* We still need to call xcoff_mark, in order to set ldrel_count
         correctly.  */
-      for (sub = info->input_bfds; sub != NULL; sub = sub->link_next)
+      for (sub = info->input_bfds; sub != NULL; sub = sub->link.next)
        {
          asection *o;
 
          for (o = sub->sections; o != NULL; o = o->next)
            {
-             if ((o->flags & SEC_MARK) == 0)
+             /* We shouldn't unconditionaly mark the TOC section.
+                The output file should only have a TOC if either
+                (a) one of the input files did or (b) we end up
+                creating TOC references as part of the link process.  */
+             if (o != xcoff_hash_table (info)->toc_section
+                 && (o->flags & SEC_MARK) == 0)
                {
                  if (! xcoff_mark (info, o))
                    goto error_return;
@@ -3099,125 +3743,51 @@ bfd_xcoff_size_dynamic_sections (bfd *output_bfd,
     }
   else
     {
-      if (! xcoff_mark (info, hentry->root.u.def.section))
+      if (entry != NULL
+         && !xcoff_mark_symbol_by_name (info, entry, XCOFF_ENTRY))
+       goto error_return;
+      if (info->init_function != NULL
+         && !xcoff_mark_symbol_by_name (info, info->init_function, 0))
        goto error_return;
+      if (info->fini_function != NULL
+         && !xcoff_mark_symbol_by_name (info, info->fini_function, 0))
+       goto error_return;
+      if (auto_export_flags != 0)
+       {
+         xcoff_link_hash_traverse (xcoff_hash_table (info),
+                                   xcoff_mark_auto_exports, &ldinfo);
+         if (ldinfo.failed)
+           goto error_return;
+       }
       xcoff_sweep (info);
       xcoff_hash_table (info)->gc = TRUE;
     }
 
-  /* Return special sections to the caller.  */
-  for (i = 0; i < XCOFF_NUMBER_OF_SPECIAL_SECTIONS; i++)
-    {
-      sec = xcoff_hash_table (info)->special_sections[i];
-
-      if (sec != NULL
-         && gc
-         && (sec->flags & SEC_MARK) == 0)
-       sec = NULL;
-
-      special_sections[i] = sec;
-    }
-
-  if (info->input_bfds == NULL)
-    /* I'm not sure what to do in this bizarre case.  */
-    return TRUE;
-
-  xcoff_link_hash_traverse (xcoff_hash_table (info), xcoff_build_ldsyms,
-                           (void *) &ldinfo);
-  if (ldinfo.failed)
-    goto error_return;
-
-  /* Work out the size of the import file names.  Each import file ID
-     consists of three null terminated strings: the path, the file
-     name, and the archive member name.  The first entry in the list
-     of names is the path to use to find objects, which the linker has
-     passed in as the libpath argument.  For some reason, the path
-     entry in the other import file names appears to always be empty.  */
-  impsize = strlen (libpath) + 3;
-  impcount = 1;
-  for (fl = xcoff_hash_table (info)->imports; fl != NULL; fl = fl->next)
-    {
-      ++impcount;
-      impsize += (strlen (fl->path)
-                 + strlen (fl->file)
-                 + strlen (fl->member)
-                 + 3);
-    }
-
-  /* Set up the .loader section header.  */
-  ldhdr = &xcoff_hash_table (info)->ldhdr;
-  ldhdr->l_version = bfd_xcoff_ldhdr_version(output_bfd);
-  ldhdr->l_nsyms = ldinfo.ldsym_count;
-  ldhdr->l_nreloc = xcoff_hash_table (info)->ldrel_count;
-  ldhdr->l_istlen = impsize;
-  ldhdr->l_nimpid = impcount;
-  ldhdr->l_impoff = (bfd_xcoff_ldhdrsz(output_bfd)
-                    + ldhdr->l_nsyms * bfd_xcoff_ldsymsz(output_bfd)
-                    + ldhdr->l_nreloc * bfd_xcoff_ldrelsz(output_bfd));
-  ldhdr->l_stlen = ldinfo.string_size;
-  stoff = ldhdr->l_impoff + impsize;
-  if (ldinfo.string_size == 0)
-    ldhdr->l_stoff = 0;
-  else
-    ldhdr->l_stoff = stoff;
-
-  /* 64 bit elements to ldhdr
-     The swap out routine for 32 bit will ignore them.
-     Nothing fancy, symbols come after the header and relocs come
-     after symbols.  */
-  ldhdr->l_symoff = bfd_xcoff_ldhdrsz (output_bfd);
-  ldhdr->l_rldoff = (bfd_xcoff_ldhdrsz (output_bfd)
-                    + ldhdr->l_nsyms * bfd_xcoff_ldsymsz (output_bfd));
-
-  /* We now know the final size of the .loader section.  Allocate
-     space for it.  */
-  lsec = xcoff_hash_table (info)->loader_section;
-  lsec->size = stoff + ldhdr->l_stlen;
-  lsec->contents = bfd_zalloc (output_bfd, lsec->size);
-  if (lsec->contents == NULL)
-    goto error_return;
-
-  /* Set up the header.  */
-  bfd_xcoff_swap_ldhdr_out (output_bfd, ldhdr, lsec->contents);
-
-  /* Set up the import file names.  */
-  out = (char *) lsec->contents + ldhdr->l_impoff;
-  strcpy (out, libpath);
-  out += strlen (libpath) + 1;
-  *out++ = '\0';
-  *out++ = '\0';
-  for (fl = xcoff_hash_table (info)->imports; fl != NULL; fl = fl->next)
-    {
-      const char *s;
-
-      s = fl->path;
-      while ((*out++ = *s++) != '\0')
-       ;
-      s = fl->file;
-      while ((*out++ = *s++) != '\0')
-       ;
-      s = fl->member;
-      while ((*out++ = *s++) != '\0')
-       ;
-    }
-
-  BFD_ASSERT ((bfd_size_type) ((bfd_byte *) out - lsec->contents) == stoff);
-
-  /* Set up the symbol string table.  */
-  if (ldinfo.string_size > 0)
+  /* Return special sections to the caller.  */
+  for (i = 0; i < XCOFF_NUMBER_OF_SPECIAL_SECTIONS; i++)
     {
-      memcpy (out, ldinfo.strings, ldinfo.string_size);
-      free (ldinfo.strings);
-      ldinfo.strings = NULL;
+      sec = xcoff_hash_table (info)->special_sections[i];
+
+      if (sec != NULL
+         && gc
+         && (sec->flags & SEC_MARK) == 0)
+       sec = NULL;
+
+      special_sections[i] = sec;
     }
 
-  /* We can't set up the symbol table or the relocs yet, because we
-     don't yet know the final position of the various sections.  The
-     .loader symbols are written out when the corresponding normal
-     symbols are written out in xcoff_link_input_bfd or
-     xcoff_write_global_symbol.  The .loader relocs are written out
-     when the corresponding normal relocs are handled in
-     xcoff_link_input_bfd.  */
+  if (info->input_bfds == NULL)
+    /* I'm not sure what to do in this bizarre case.  */
+    return TRUE;
+
+  xcoff_link_hash_traverse (xcoff_hash_table (info), xcoff_post_gc_symbol,
+                           (void *) &ldinfo);
+  if (ldinfo.failed)
+    goto error_return;
+
+  if (xcoff_hash_table (info)->loader_section
+      && !xcoff_build_loader_section (&ldinfo, libpath))
+    goto error_return;
 
   /* Allocate space for the magic sections.  */
   sec = xcoff_hash_table (info)->linkage_section;
@@ -3242,96 +3812,142 @@ bfd_xcoff_size_dynamic_sections (bfd *output_bfd,
        goto error_return;
     }
 
-  /* Now that we've done garbage collection, figure out the contents
-     of the .debug section.  */
+  /* Now that we've done garbage collection, decide which symbols to keep,
+     and figure out the contents of the .debug section.  */
   debug_strtab = xcoff_hash_table (info)->debug_strtab;
 
-  for (sub = info->input_bfds; sub != NULL; sub = sub->link_next)
+  for (sub = info->input_bfds; sub != NULL; sub = sub->link.next)
     {
       asection *subdeb;
       bfd_size_type symcount;
-      unsigned long *debug_index;
+      long *debug_index;
       asection **csectpp;
+      unsigned int *lineno_counts;
+      struct xcoff_link_hash_entry **sym_hash;
       bfd_byte *esym, *esymend;
       bfd_size_type symesz;
 
-      if (sub->xvec != info->hash->creator)
-       continue;
-      subdeb = bfd_get_section_by_name (sub, ".debug");
-      if (subdeb == NULL || subdeb->size == 0)
+      if (sub->xvec != info->output_bfd->xvec)
        continue;
 
-      if (info->strip == strip_all
-         || info->strip == strip_debugger
-         || info->discard == discard_all)
-       {
-         subdeb->size = 0;
-         continue;
-       }
+      if ((sub->flags & DYNAMIC) != 0
+         && !info->static_link)
+       continue;
 
       if (! _bfd_coff_get_external_symbols (sub))
        goto error_return;
 
       symcount = obj_raw_syment_count (sub);
-      debug_index = bfd_zalloc (sub, symcount * sizeof (unsigned long));
+      debug_index = bfd_zalloc (sub, symcount * sizeof (long));
       if (debug_index == NULL)
        goto error_return;
       xcoff_data (sub)->debug_indices = debug_index;
 
-      /* Grab the contents of the .debug section.  We use malloc and
-        copy the names into the debug stringtab, rather than
-        bfd_alloc, because I expect that, when linking many files
-        together, many of the strings will be the same.  Storing the
-        strings in the hash table should save space in this case.  */
-      if (! bfd_malloc_and_get_section (sub, subdeb, &debug_contents))
-       goto error_return;
+      if (info->strip == strip_all
+         || info->strip == strip_debugger
+         || info->discard == discard_all)
+       /* We're stripping all debugging information, so there's no need
+          to read SUB's .debug section.  */
+       subdeb = NULL;
+      else
+       {
+         /* Grab the contents of SUB's .debug section, if any.  */
+         subdeb = bfd_get_section_by_name (sub, ".debug");
+         if (subdeb != NULL && subdeb->size > 0)
+           {
+             /* We use malloc and copy the names into the debug
+                stringtab, rather than bfd_alloc, because I expect
+                that, when linking many files together, many of the
+                strings will be the same.  Storing the strings in the
+                hash table should save space in this case.  */
+             if (!bfd_malloc_and_get_section (sub, subdeb, &debug_contents))
+               goto error_return;
+           }
+       }
 
       csectpp = xcoff_data (sub)->csects;
+      lineno_counts = xcoff_data (sub)->lineno_counts;
+      sym_hash = obj_xcoff_sym_hashes (sub);
+      symesz = bfd_coff_symesz (sub);
+      esym = (bfd_byte *) obj_coff_external_syms (sub);
+      esymend = esym + symcount * symesz;
 
-      /* Dynamic object do not have csectpp's.  */
-      if (NULL != csectpp)
+      while (esym < esymend)
        {
-         symesz = bfd_coff_symesz (sub);
-         esym = (bfd_byte *) obj_coff_external_syms (sub);
-         esymend = esym + symcount * symesz;
+         struct internal_syment sym;
+         union internal_auxent aux;
+         asection *csect;
+         const char *name;
+         int keep_p;
+
+         bfd_coff_swap_sym_in (sub, esym, &sym);
 
-         while (esym < esymend)
+         /* Read in the csect information, if any.  */
+         if (CSECT_SYM_P (sym.n_sclass))
            {
-             struct internal_syment sym;
+             BFD_ASSERT (sym.n_numaux > 0);
+             bfd_coff_swap_aux_in (sub, esym + symesz * sym.n_numaux,
+                                   sym.n_type, sym.n_sclass,
+                                   sym.n_numaux - 1, sym.n_numaux, &aux);
+           }
 
-             bfd_coff_swap_sym_in (sub, (void *) esym, (void *) &sym);
+         /* If this symbol's name is stored in the debug section,
+            get a pointer to it.  */
+         if (debug_contents != NULL
+             && sym._n._n_n._n_zeroes == 0
+             && bfd_coff_symname_in_debug (sub, &sym))
+           name = (const char *) debug_contents + sym._n._n_n._n_offset;
+         else
+           name = NULL;
 
-             *debug_index = (unsigned long) -1;
+         /* Decide whether to copy this symbol to the output file.  */
+         csect = *csectpp;
+         keep_p = xcoff_keep_symbol_p (info, sub, &sym, &aux,
+                                       *sym_hash, csect, name);
+         if (keep_p < 0)
+           return FALSE;
 
-             if (sym._n._n_n._n_zeroes == 0
-                 && *csectpp != NULL
-                 && (! gc
-                     || ((*csectpp)->flags & SEC_MARK) != 0
-                     || *csectpp == bfd_abs_section_ptr)
-                 && bfd_coff_symname_in_debug (sub, &sym))
+         if (!keep_p)
+           /* Use a debug_index of -2 to record that a symbol should
+              be stripped.  */
+           *debug_index = -2;
+         else
+           {
+             /* See whether we should store the symbol name in the
+                output .debug section.  */
+             if (name != NULL)
                {
-                 char *name;
                  bfd_size_type indx;
 
-                 name = (char *) debug_contents + sym._n._n_n._n_offset;
                  indx = _bfd_stringtab_add (debug_strtab, name, TRUE, TRUE);
                  if (indx == (bfd_size_type) -1)
                    goto error_return;
                  *debug_index = indx;
                }
-
-             esym += (sym.n_numaux + 1) * symesz;
-             csectpp += sym.n_numaux + 1;
-             debug_index += sym.n_numaux + 1;
+             else
+               *debug_index = -1;
+             if (*sym_hash != 0)
+               (*sym_hash)->flags |= XCOFF_ALLOCATED;
+             if (*lineno_counts > 0)
+               csect->output_section->lineno_count += *lineno_counts;
            }
+
+         esym += (sym.n_numaux + 1) * symesz;
+         csectpp += sym.n_numaux + 1;
+         sym_hash += sym.n_numaux + 1;
+         lineno_counts += sym.n_numaux + 1;
+         debug_index += sym.n_numaux + 1;
        }
 
-      free (debug_contents);
-      debug_contents = NULL;
+      if (debug_contents)
+       {
+         free (debug_contents);
+         debug_contents = NULL;
 
-      /* Clear the size of subdeb, so that it is not included directly
-        in the output file.  */
-      subdeb->size = 0;
+         /* Clear the size of subdeb, so that it is not included directly
+            in the output file.  */
+         subdeb->size = 0;
+       }
 
       if (! info->keep_memory)
        {
@@ -3347,10 +3963,8 @@ bfd_xcoff_size_dynamic_sections (bfd *output_bfd,
   return TRUE;
 
  error_return:
-  if (ldinfo.strings != NULL)
-    free (ldinfo.strings);
-  if (debug_contents != NULL)
-    free (debug_contents);
+  free (ldinfo.strings);
+  free (debug_contents);
   return FALSE;
 }
 
@@ -3369,11 +3983,13 @@ bfd_xcoff_link_generate_rtinit (bfd *abfd,
   bim->size = 0;
   bim->buffer = 0;
 
-  abfd->link_next = 0;
+  abfd->link.next = 0;
   abfd->format = bfd_object;
   abfd->iostream = (void *) bim;
   abfd->flags = BFD_IN_MEMORY;
+  abfd->iovec = &_bfd_memory_iovec;
   abfd->direction = write_direction;
+  abfd->origin = 0;
   abfd->where = 0;
 
   if (! bfd_xcoff_generate_rtinit (abfd, init, fini, rtld))
@@ -3387,11 +4003,99 @@ bfd_xcoff_link_generate_rtinit (bfd *abfd,
   return TRUE;
 }
 \f
+/* Return the section that defines H.  Return null if no section does.  */
+
+static asection *
+xcoff_symbol_section (struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *h)
+{
+  switch (h->root.type)
+    {
+    case bfd_link_hash_defined:
+    case bfd_link_hash_defweak:
+      return h->root.u.def.section;
+
+    case bfd_link_hash_common:
+      return h->root.u.c.p->section;
+
+    default:
+      return NULL;
+    }
+}
+
+/* Add a .loader relocation for input relocation IREL.  If the loader
+   relocation should be against an output section, HSEC points to the
+   input section that IREL is against, otherwise HSEC is null.  H is the
+   symbol that IREL is against, or null if it isn't against a global symbol.
+   REFERENCE_BFD is the bfd to use in error messages about the relocation.  */
+
+static bfd_boolean
+xcoff_create_ldrel (bfd *output_bfd, struct xcoff_final_link_info *flinfo,
+                   asection *output_section, bfd *reference_bfd,
+                   struct internal_reloc *irel, asection *hsec,
+                   struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *h)
+{
+  struct internal_ldrel ldrel;
+
+  ldrel.l_vaddr = irel->r_vaddr;
+  if (hsec != NULL)
+    {
+      const char *secname;
+
+      secname = hsec->output_section->name;
+      if (strcmp (secname, ".text") == 0)
+       ldrel.l_symndx = 0;
+      else if (strcmp (secname, ".data") == 0)
+       ldrel.l_symndx = 1;
+      else if (strcmp (secname, ".bss") == 0)
+       ldrel.l_symndx = 2;
+      else
+       {
+         _bfd_error_handler
+           /* xgettext:c-format */
+           (_("%pB: loader reloc in unrecognized section `%s'"),
+            reference_bfd, secname);
+         bfd_set_error (bfd_error_nonrepresentable_section);
+         return FALSE;
+       }
+    }
+  else if (h != NULL)
+    {
+      if (h->ldindx < 0)
+       {
+         _bfd_error_handler
+           /* xgettext:c-format */
+           (_("%pB: `%s' in loader reloc but not loader sym"),
+            reference_bfd, h->root.root.string);
+         bfd_set_error (bfd_error_bad_value);
+         return FALSE;
+       }
+      ldrel.l_symndx = h->ldindx;
+    }
+  else
+    ldrel.l_symndx = -(bfd_size_type) 1;
+
+  ldrel.l_rtype = (irel->r_size << 8) | irel->r_type;
+  ldrel.l_rsecnm = output_section->target_index;
+  if (xcoff_hash_table (flinfo->info)->textro
+      && strcmp (output_section->name, ".text") == 0)
+    {
+      _bfd_error_handler
+       /* xgettext:c-format */
+       (_("%pB: loader reloc in read-only section %pA"),
+        reference_bfd, output_section);
+      bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+  bfd_xcoff_swap_ldrel_out (output_bfd, &ldrel, flinfo->ldrel);
+  flinfo->ldrel += bfd_xcoff_ldrelsz (output_bfd);
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
 /* Link an input file into the linker output file.  This function
    handles all the sections and relocations of the input file at once.  */
 
 static bfd_boolean
-xcoff_link_input_bfd (struct xcoff_final_link_info *finfo,
+xcoff_link_input_bfd (struct xcoff_final_link_info *flinfo,
                      bfd *input_bfd)
 {
   bfd *output_bfd;
@@ -3408,7 +4112,8 @@ xcoff_link_input_bfd (struct xcoff_final_link_info *finfo,
   struct xcoff_link_hash_entry **sym_hash;
   struct internal_syment *isymp;
   asection **csectpp;
-  unsigned long *debug_index;
+  unsigned int *lineno_counts;
+  long *debug_index;
   long *indexp;
   unsigned long output_index;
   bfd_byte *outsym;
@@ -3419,11 +4124,11 @@ xcoff_link_input_bfd (struct xcoff_final_link_info *finfo,
 
   /* We can just skip DYNAMIC files, unless this is a static link.  */
   if ((input_bfd->flags & DYNAMIC) != 0
-      && ! finfo->info->static_link)
+      && ! flinfo->info->static_link)
     return TRUE;
 
   /* Move all the symbols to the output file.  */
-  output_bfd = finfo->output_bfd;
+  output_bfd = flinfo->output_bfd;
   strings = NULL;
   syment_base = obj_raw_syment_count (output_bfd);
   isymesz = bfd_coff_symesz (input_bfd);
@@ -3439,41 +4144,36 @@ xcoff_link_input_bfd (struct xcoff_final_link_info *finfo,
 #define N_BTSHFT n_btshft
 
   copy = FALSE;
-  if (! finfo->info->keep_memory)
+  if (! flinfo->info->keep_memory)
     copy = TRUE;
   hash = TRUE;
-  if ((output_bfd->flags & BFD_TRADITIONAL_FORMAT) != 0)
+  if (flinfo->info->traditional_format)
     hash = FALSE;
 
   if (! _bfd_coff_get_external_symbols (input_bfd))
     return FALSE;
 
+  /* Make one pass over the symbols and assign indices to symbols that
+     we have decided to keep.  Also use create .loader symbol information
+     and update information in hash table entries.  */
   esym = (bfd_byte *) obj_coff_external_syms (input_bfd);
   esym_end = esym + obj_raw_syment_count (input_bfd) * isymesz;
   sym_hash = obj_xcoff_sym_hashes (input_bfd);
   csectpp = xcoff_data (input_bfd)->csects;
   debug_index = xcoff_data (input_bfd)->debug_indices;
-  isymp = finfo->internal_syms;
-  indexp = finfo->sym_indices;
+  isymp = flinfo->internal_syms;
+  indexp = flinfo->sym_indices;
   output_index = syment_base;
-  outsym = finfo->outsyms;
-  incls = 0;
-  oline = NULL;
-
   while (esym < esym_end)
     {
-      struct internal_syment isym;
       union internal_auxent aux;
       int smtyp = 0;
-      bfd_boolean skip;
-      bfd_boolean require;
       int add;
 
       bfd_coff_swap_sym_in (input_bfd, (void *) esym, (void *) isymp);
 
-      /* If this is a C_EXT or C_HIDEXT symbol, we need the csect
-        information.  */
-      if (isymp->n_sclass == C_EXT || isymp->n_sclass == C_HIDEXT)
+      /* Read in the csect information, if any.  */
+      if (CSECT_SYM_P (isymp->n_sclass))
        {
          BFD_ASSERT (isymp->n_numaux > 0);
          bfd_coff_swap_aux_in (input_bfd,
@@ -3485,39 +4185,32 @@ xcoff_link_input_bfd (struct xcoff_final_link_info *finfo,
          smtyp = SMTYP_SMTYP (aux.x_csect.x_smtyp);
        }
 
-      /* Make a copy of *isymp so that the relocate_section function
-        always sees the original values.  This is more reliable than
-        always recomputing the symbol value even if we are stripping
-        the symbol.  */
-      isym = *isymp;
-
       /* If this symbol is in the .loader section, swap out the
         .loader symbol information.  If this is an external symbol
         reference to a defined symbol, though, then wait until we get
         to the definition.  */
-      if (isym.n_sclass == C_EXT
+      if (EXTERN_SYM_P (isymp->n_sclass)
          && *sym_hash != NULL
          && (*sym_hash)->ldsym != NULL
-         && (smtyp != XTY_ER
-             || (*sym_hash)->root.type == bfd_link_hash_undefined))
+         && xcoff_final_definition_p (input_bfd, *sym_hash, *csectpp))
        {
          struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *h;
          struct internal_ldsym *ldsym;
 
          h = *sym_hash;
          ldsym = h->ldsym;
-         if (isym.n_scnum > 0)
+         if (isymp->n_scnum > 0)
            {
              ldsym->l_scnum = (*csectpp)->output_section->target_index;
-             ldsym->l_value = (isym.n_value
+             ldsym->l_value = (isymp->n_value
                                + (*csectpp)->output_section->vma
                                + (*csectpp)->output_offset
                                - (*csectpp)->vma);
            }
          else
            {
-             ldsym->l_scnum = isym.n_scnum;
-             ldsym->l_value = isym.n_value;
+             ldsym->l_scnum = isymp->n_scnum;
+             ldsym->l_value = isymp->n_value;
            }
 
          ldsym->l_smtype = smtyp;
@@ -3531,6 +4224,8 @@ xcoff_link_input_bfd (struct xcoff_final_link_info *finfo,
            ldsym->l_smtype |= L_EXPORT;
          if ((h->flags & XCOFF_ENTRY) != 0)
            ldsym->l_smtype |= L_ENTRY;
+         if (isymp->n_sclass == C_AIX_WEAKEXT)
+           ldsym->l_smtype |= L_WEAK;
 
          ldsym->l_smclas = aux.x_csect.x_smclas;
 
@@ -3557,7 +4252,7 @@ xcoff_link_input_bfd (struct xcoff_final_link_info *finfo,
                    ldsym->l_ifile = 0;
                  else
                    {
-                     BFD_ASSERT (impbfd->xvec == finfo->output_bfd->xvec);
+                     BFD_ASSERT (impbfd->xvec == flinfo->output_bfd->xvec);
                      ldsym->l_ifile = xcoff_data (impbfd)->import_file_id;
                    }
                }
@@ -3566,10 +4261,10 @@ xcoff_link_input_bfd (struct xcoff_final_link_info *finfo,
          ldsym->l_parm = 0;
 
          BFD_ASSERT (h->ldindx >= 0);
-         bfd_xcoff_swap_ldsym_out (finfo->output_bfd, ldsym,
-                                   (finfo->ldsym
+         bfd_xcoff_swap_ldsym_out (flinfo->output_bfd, ldsym,
+                                   (flinfo->ldsym
                                     + ((h->ldindx - 3)
-                                       * bfd_xcoff_ldsymsz (finfo->output_bfd))));
+                                       * bfd_xcoff_ldsymsz (flinfo->output_bfd))));
          h->ldsym = NULL;
 
          /* Fill in snentry now that we know the target_index.  */
@@ -3582,184 +4277,82 @@ xcoff_link_input_bfd (struct xcoff_final_link_info *finfo,
            }
        }
 
-      *indexp = -1;
-
-      skip = FALSE;
-      require = FALSE;
-      add = 1 + isym.n_numaux;
-
-      /* If we are skipping this csect, we want to skip this symbol.  */
-      if (*csectpp == NULL)
-       skip = TRUE;
-
-      /* If we garbage collected this csect, we want to skip this
-        symbol.  */
-      if (! skip
-         && xcoff_hash_table (finfo->info)->gc
-         && ((*csectpp)->flags & SEC_MARK) == 0
-         && *csectpp != bfd_abs_section_ptr)
-       skip = TRUE;
-
-      /* An XCOFF linker always skips C_STAT symbols.  */
-      if (! skip
-         && isymp->n_sclass == C_STAT)
-       skip = TRUE;
-
-      /* We skip all but the first TOC anchor.  */
-      if (! skip
-         && isymp->n_sclass == C_HIDEXT
-         && aux.x_csect.x_smclas == XMC_TC0)
-       {
-         if (finfo->toc_symindx != -1)
-           skip = TRUE;
-         else
-           {
-             bfd_vma tocval, tocend;
-             bfd *inp;
-
-             tocval = ((*csectpp)->output_section->vma
-                       + (*csectpp)->output_offset
-                       + isym.n_value
-                       - (*csectpp)->vma);
-
-             /* We want to find out if tocval is a good value to use
-                as the TOC anchor--that is, whether we can access all
-                of the TOC using a 16 bit offset from tocval.  This
-                test assumes that the TOC comes at the end of the
-                output section, as it does in the default linker
-                script.  */
-             tocend = ((*csectpp)->output_section->vma
-                       + (*csectpp)->output_section->size);
-             for (inp = finfo->info->input_bfds;
-                  inp != NULL;
-                  inp = inp->link_next)
-               {
-
-                 for (o = inp->sections; o != NULL; o = o->next)
-                   if (strcmp (o->name, ".tocbss") == 0)
-                     {
-                       bfd_vma new_toc_end;
-                       new_toc_end = (o->output_section->vma
-                                      + o->output_offset
-                                      + o->size);
-                       if (new_toc_end > tocend)
-                         tocend = new_toc_end;
-                     }
-
-               }
-
-             if (tocval + 0x10000 < tocend)
-               {
-                 (*_bfd_error_handler)
-                   (_("TOC overflow: 0x%lx > 0x10000; try -mminimal-toc when compiling"),
-                    (unsigned long) (tocend - tocval));
-                 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_file_too_big);
-                 return FALSE;
-               }
-
-             if (tocval + 0x8000 < tocend)
-               {
-                 bfd_vma tocadd;
+      add = 1 + isymp->n_numaux;
 
-                 tocadd = tocend - (tocval + 0x8000);
-                 tocval += tocadd;
-                 isym.n_value += tocadd;
-               }
+      if (*debug_index == -2)
+       /* We've decided to strip this symbol.  */
+       *indexp = -1;
+      else
+       {
+         /* Assign the next unused index to this symbol.  */
+         *indexp = output_index;
 
-             finfo->toc_symindx = output_index;
-             xcoff_data (finfo->output_bfd)->toc = tocval;
-             xcoff_data (finfo->output_bfd)->sntoc =
-               (*csectpp)->output_section->target_index;
-             require = TRUE;
+         if (EXTERN_SYM_P (isymp->n_sclass))
+           {
+             BFD_ASSERT (*sym_hash != NULL);
+             (*sym_hash)->indx = output_index;
+           }
 
+         /* If this is a symbol in the TOC which we may have merged
+            (class XMC_TC), remember the symbol index of the TOC
+            symbol.  */
+         if (isymp->n_sclass == C_HIDEXT
+             && aux.x_csect.x_smclas == XMC_TC
+             && *sym_hash != NULL)
+           {
+             BFD_ASSERT (((*sym_hash)->flags & XCOFF_SET_TOC) == 0);
+             BFD_ASSERT ((*sym_hash)->toc_section != NULL);
+             (*sym_hash)->u.toc_indx = output_index;
            }
-       }
 
-      /* If we are stripping all symbols, we want to skip this one.  */
-      if (! skip
-         && finfo->info->strip == strip_all)
-       skip = TRUE;
-
-      /* We can skip resolved external references.  */
-      if (! skip
-         && isym.n_sclass == C_EXT
-         && smtyp == XTY_ER
-         && (*sym_hash)->root.type != bfd_link_hash_undefined)
-       skip = TRUE;
-
-      /* We can skip common symbols if they got defined somewhere
-        else.  */
-      if (! skip
-         && isym.n_sclass == C_EXT
-         && smtyp == XTY_CM
-         && ((*sym_hash)->root.type != bfd_link_hash_common
-             || (*sym_hash)->root.u.c.p->section != *csectpp)
-         && ((*sym_hash)->root.type != bfd_link_hash_defined
-             || (*sym_hash)->root.u.def.section != *csectpp))
-       skip = TRUE;
-
-      /* Skip local symbols if we are discarding them.  */
-      if (! skip
-         && finfo->info->discard == discard_all
-         && isym.n_sclass != C_EXT
-         && (isym.n_sclass != C_HIDEXT
-             || smtyp != XTY_SD))
-       skip = TRUE;
-
-      /* If we stripping debugging symbols, and this is a debugging
-        symbol, then skip it.  */
-      if (! skip
-         && finfo->info->strip == strip_debugger
-         && isym.n_scnum == N_DEBUG)
-       skip = TRUE;
-
-      /* If some symbols are stripped based on the name, work out the
-        name and decide whether to skip this symbol.  We don't handle
-        this correctly for symbols whose names are in the .debug
-        section; to get it right we would need a new bfd_strtab_hash
-        function to return the string given the index.  */
-      if (! skip
-         && (finfo->info->strip == strip_some
-             || finfo->info->discard == discard_l)
-         && (debug_index == NULL || *debug_index == (unsigned long) -1))
-       {
-         const char *name;
-         char buf[SYMNMLEN + 1];
+         output_index += add;
+       }
 
-         name = _bfd_coff_internal_syment_name (input_bfd, &isym, buf);
+      esym += add * isymesz;
+      isymp += add;
+      csectpp += add;
+      sym_hash += add;
+      debug_index += add;
+      ++indexp;
+      for (--add; add > 0; --add)
+       *indexp++ = -1;
+    }
 
-         if (name == NULL)
-           return FALSE;
+  /* Now write out the symbols that we decided to keep.  */
 
-         if ((finfo->info->strip == strip_some
-              && (bfd_hash_lookup (finfo->info->keep_hash, name, FALSE,
-                                   FALSE) == NULL))
-             || (finfo->info->discard == discard_l
-                 && (isym.n_sclass != C_EXT
-                     && (isym.n_sclass != C_HIDEXT
-                         || smtyp != XTY_SD))
-                 && bfd_is_local_label_name (input_bfd, name)))
-           skip = TRUE;
-       }
+  esym = (bfd_byte *) obj_coff_external_syms (input_bfd);
+  esym_end = esym + obj_raw_syment_count (input_bfd) * isymesz;
+  sym_hash = obj_xcoff_sym_hashes (input_bfd);
+  isymp = flinfo->internal_syms;
+  indexp = flinfo->sym_indices;
+  csectpp = xcoff_data (input_bfd)->csects;
+  lineno_counts = xcoff_data (input_bfd)->lineno_counts;
+  debug_index = xcoff_data (input_bfd)->debug_indices;
+  outsym = flinfo->outsyms;
+  incls = 0;
+  oline = NULL;
+  while (esym < esym_end)
+    {
+      int add;
 
-      /* We can not skip the first TOC anchor.  */
-      if (skip
-         && require
-         && finfo->info->strip != strip_all)
-       skip = FALSE;
+      add = 1 + isymp->n_numaux;
 
-      /* We now know whether we are to skip this symbol or not.  */
-      if (! skip)
+      if (*indexp < 0)
+       esym += add * isymesz;
+      else
        {
-         /* Adjust the symbol in order to output it.  */
+         struct internal_syment isym;
+         int i;
 
+         /* Adjust the symbol in order to output it.  */
+         isym = *isymp;
          if (isym._n._n_n._n_zeroes == 0
              && isym._n._n_n._n_offset != 0)
            {
              /* This symbol has a long name.  Enter it in the string
                 table we are building.  If *debug_index != -1, the
                 name has already been entered in the .debug section.  */
-             if (debug_index != NULL && *debug_index != (unsigned long) -1)
+             if (*debug_index >= 0)
                isym._n._n_n._n_offset = *debug_index;
              else
                {
@@ -3770,23 +4363,22 @@ xcoff_link_input_bfd (struct xcoff_final_link_info *finfo,
 
                  if (name == NULL)
                    return FALSE;
-                 indx = _bfd_stringtab_add (finfo->strtab, name, hash, copy);
+                 indx = _bfd_stringtab_add (flinfo->strtab, name, hash, copy);
                  if (indx == (bfd_size_type) -1)
                    return FALSE;
                  isym._n._n_n._n_offset = STRING_SIZE_SIZE + indx;
                }
            }
 
-         if (isym.n_sclass != C_BSTAT
-             && isym.n_sclass != C_ESTAT
-             && isym.n_sclass != C_DECL
-             && isym.n_scnum > 0)
-           {
-             isym.n_scnum = (*csectpp)->output_section->target_index;
-             isym.n_value += ((*csectpp)->output_section->vma
-                              + (*csectpp)->output_offset
-                              - (*csectpp)->vma);
-           }
+         /* Make __rtinit C_HIDEXT rather than C_EXT.  This avoids
+            multiple definition problems when linking a shared object
+            statically.  (The native linker doesn't enter __rtinit into
+            the normal table at all, but having a local symbol can make
+            the objdump output easier to read.)  */
+         if (isym.n_sclass == C_EXT
+             && *sym_hash
+             && ((*sym_hash)->flags & XCOFF_RTINIT) != 0)
+           isym.n_sclass = C_HIDEXT;
 
          /* The value of a C_FILE symbol is the symbol index of the
             next C_FILE symbol.  The value of the last C_FILE symbol
@@ -3795,146 +4387,84 @@ xcoff_link_input_bfd (struct xcoff_final_link_info *finfo,
             have to write the symbol out twice.  */
          if (isym.n_sclass == C_FILE)
            {
-             if (finfo->last_file_index != -1
-                 && finfo->last_file.n_value != (bfd_vma) output_index)
+             if (flinfo->last_file_index != -1
+                 && flinfo->last_file.n_value != (bfd_vma) *indexp)
                {
                  /* We must correct the value of the last C_FILE entry.  */
-                 finfo->last_file.n_value = output_index;
-                 if ((bfd_size_type) finfo->last_file_index >= syment_base)
-                   {
-                     /* The last C_FILE symbol is in this input file.  */
-                     bfd_coff_swap_sym_out (output_bfd,
-                                            (void *) &finfo->last_file,
-                                            (void *) (finfo->outsyms
-                                                   + ((finfo->last_file_index
-                                                       - syment_base)
-                                                      * osymesz)));
-                   }
-                 else
-                   {
-                     /* We have already written out the last C_FILE
-                        symbol.  We need to write it out again.  We
-                        borrow *outsym temporarily.  */
-                     file_ptr pos;
-
-                     bfd_coff_swap_sym_out (output_bfd,
-                                            (void *) &finfo->last_file,
-                                            (void *) outsym);
-
-                     pos = obj_sym_filepos (output_bfd);
-                     pos += finfo->last_file_index * osymesz;
-                     if (bfd_seek (output_bfd, pos, SEEK_SET) != 0
-                         || (bfd_bwrite (outsym, osymesz, output_bfd)
-                             != osymesz))
-                       return FALSE;
-                   }
-               }
-
-             finfo->last_file_index = output_index;
-             finfo->last_file = isym;
-           }
-
-         /* The value of a C_BINCL or C_EINCL symbol is a file offset
-            into the line numbers.  We update the symbol values when
-            we handle the line numbers.  */
-         if (isym.n_sclass == C_BINCL
-             || isym.n_sclass == C_EINCL)
-           {
-             isym.n_value = finfo->line_filepos;
-             ++incls;
-           }
-
-         /* Output the symbol.  */
-
-         bfd_coff_swap_sym_out (output_bfd, (void *) &isym, (void *) outsym);
-
-         *indexp = output_index;
-
-         if (isym.n_sclass == C_EXT)
-           {
-             long indx;
-             struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *h;
-
-             indx = ((esym - (bfd_byte *) obj_coff_external_syms (input_bfd))
-                     / isymesz);
-             h = obj_xcoff_sym_hashes (input_bfd)[indx];
-             BFD_ASSERT (h != NULL);
-             h->indx = output_index;
-           }
-
-         /* If this is a symbol in the TOC which we may have merged
-            (class XMC_TC), remember the symbol index of the TOC
-            symbol.  */
-         if (isym.n_sclass == C_HIDEXT
-             && aux.x_csect.x_smclas == XMC_TC
-             && *sym_hash != NULL)
-           {
-             BFD_ASSERT (((*sym_hash)->flags & XCOFF_SET_TOC) == 0);
-             BFD_ASSERT ((*sym_hash)->toc_section != NULL);
-             (*sym_hash)->u.toc_indx = output_index;
-           }
-
-         output_index += add;
-         outsym += add * osymesz;
-       }
-
-      esym += add * isymesz;
-      isymp += add;
-      csectpp += add;
-      sym_hash += add;
-      if (debug_index != NULL)
-       debug_index += add;
-      ++indexp;
-      for (--add; add > 0; --add)
-       *indexp++ = -1;
-    }
-
-  /* Fix up the aux entries and the C_BSTAT symbols.  This must be
-     done in a separate pass, because we don't know the correct symbol
-     indices until we have already decided which symbols we are going
-     to keep.  */
+                 flinfo->last_file.n_value = *indexp;
+                 if ((bfd_size_type) flinfo->last_file_index >= syment_base)
+                   {
+                     /* The last C_FILE symbol is in this input file.  */
+                     bfd_coff_swap_sym_out (output_bfd,
+                                            (void *) &flinfo->last_file,
+                                            (void *) (flinfo->outsyms
+                                                   + ((flinfo->last_file_index
+                                                       - syment_base)
+                                                      * osymesz)));
+                   }
+                 else
+                   {
+                     /* We have already written out the last C_FILE
+                        symbol.  We need to write it out again.  We
+                        borrow *outsym temporarily.  */
+                     file_ptr pos;
 
-  esym = (bfd_byte *) obj_coff_external_syms (input_bfd);
-  esym_end = esym + obj_raw_syment_count (input_bfd) * isymesz;
-  isymp = finfo->internal_syms;
-  indexp = finfo->sym_indices;
-  csectpp = xcoff_data (input_bfd)->csects;
-  outsym = finfo->outsyms;
-  while (esym < esym_end)
-    {
-      int add;
+                     bfd_coff_swap_sym_out (output_bfd,
+                                            (void *) &flinfo->last_file,
+                                            (void *) outsym);
 
-      add = 1 + isymp->n_numaux;
+                     pos = obj_sym_filepos (output_bfd);
+                     pos += flinfo->last_file_index * osymesz;
+                     if (bfd_seek (output_bfd, pos, SEEK_SET) != 0
+                         || (bfd_bwrite (outsym, osymesz, output_bfd)
+                             != osymesz))
+                       return FALSE;
+                   }
+               }
 
-      if (*indexp < 0)
-       esym += add * isymesz;
-      else
-       {
-         int i;
+             flinfo->last_file_index = *indexp;
+             flinfo->last_file = isym;
+           }
 
-         if (isymp->n_sclass == C_BSTAT)
+         /* The value of a C_BINCL or C_EINCL symbol is a file offset
+            into the line numbers.  We update the symbol values when
+            we handle the line numbers.  */
+         if (isym.n_sclass == C_BINCL
+             || isym.n_sclass == C_EINCL)
+           {
+             isym.n_value = flinfo->line_filepos;
+             ++incls;
+           }
+         /* The value of a C_BSTAT symbol is the symbol table
+            index of the containing csect.  */
+         else if (isym.n_sclass == C_BSTAT)
            {
-             struct internal_syment isym;
-
              bfd_vma indx;
 
-             /* The value of a C_BSTAT symbol is the symbol table
-                index of the containing csect.  */
-             bfd_coff_swap_sym_in (output_bfd, (void *) outsym, (void *) &isym);
              indx = isym.n_value;
              if (indx < obj_raw_syment_count (input_bfd))
                {
                  long symindx;
 
-                 symindx = finfo->sym_indices[indx];
+                 symindx = flinfo->sym_indices[indx];
                  if (symindx < 0)
                    isym.n_value = 0;
                  else
                    isym.n_value = symindx;
-                 bfd_coff_swap_sym_out (output_bfd, (void *) &isym,
-                                        (void *) outsym);
                }
            }
+         else if (isym.n_sclass != C_ESTAT
+                  && isym.n_sclass != C_DECL
+                  && isym.n_scnum > 0)
+           {
+             isym.n_scnum = (*csectpp)->output_section->target_index;
+             isym.n_value += ((*csectpp)->output_section->vma
+                              + (*csectpp)->output_offset
+                              - (*csectpp)->vma);
+           }
+
+         /* Output the symbol.  */
+         bfd_coff_swap_sym_out (output_bfd, (void *) &isym, (void *) outsym);
 
          esym += isymesz;
          outsym += osymesz;
@@ -3966,16 +4496,18 @@ xcoff_link_input_bfd (struct xcoff_final_link_info *finfo,
                          if (strings == NULL)
                            return FALSE;
                        }
-                     filename = strings + aux.x_file.x_n.x_offset;
-                     indx = _bfd_stringtab_add (finfo->strtab, filename,
+                     if ((bfd_size_type) aux.x_file.x_n.x_offset >= obj_coff_strings_len (input_bfd))
+                       filename = _("<corrupt>");
+                     else
+                       filename = strings + aux.x_file.x_n.x_offset;
+                     indx = _bfd_stringtab_add (flinfo->strtab, filename,
                                                 hash, copy);
                      if (indx == (bfd_size_type) -1)
                        return FALSE;
                      aux.x_file.x_n.x_offset = STRING_SIZE_SIZE + indx;
                    }
                }
-             else if ((isymp->n_sclass == C_EXT
-                       || isymp->n_sclass == C_HIDEXT)
+             else if (CSECT_SYM_P (isymp->n_sclass)
                       && i + 1 == isymp->n_numaux)
                {
 
@@ -3996,7 +4528,7 @@ xcoff_link_input_bfd (struct xcoff_final_link_info *finfo,
                        {
                          long symindx;
 
-                         symindx = finfo->sym_indices[indx];
+                         symindx = flinfo->sym_indices[indx];
                          if (symindx < 0)
                            {
                              aux.x_csect.x_scnlen.l = 0;
@@ -4025,13 +4557,13 @@ xcoff_link_input_bfd (struct xcoff_final_link_info *finfo,
                             the index of the next symbol we are going
                             to include.  I don't know if this is
                             entirely right.  */
-                         while (finfo->sym_indices[indx] < 0
+                         while (flinfo->sym_indices[indx] < 0
                                 && indx < obj_raw_syment_count (input_bfd))
                            ++indx;
                          if (indx >= obj_raw_syment_count (input_bfd))
                            indx = output_index;
                          else
-                           indx = finfo->sym_indices[indx];
+                           indx = flinfo->sym_indices[indx];
                          aux.x_sym.x_fcnary.x_fcn.x_endndx.l = indx;
 
                        }
@@ -4042,7 +4574,7 @@ xcoff_link_input_bfd (struct xcoff_final_link_info *finfo,
                    {
                      long symindx;
 
-                     symindx = finfo->sym_indices[indx];
+                     symindx = flinfo->sym_indices[indx];
                      if (symindx < 0)
                        aux.x_sym.x_tagndx.l = 0;
                      else
@@ -4054,15 +4586,13 @@ xcoff_link_input_bfd (struct xcoff_final_link_info *finfo,
              /* Copy over the line numbers, unless we are stripping
                 them.  We do this on a symbol by symbol basis in
                 order to more easily handle garbage collection.  */
-             if ((isymp->n_sclass == C_EXT
-                  || isymp->n_sclass == C_HIDEXT)
+             if (CSECT_SYM_P (isymp->n_sclass)
                  && i == 0
                  && isymp->n_numaux > 1
                  && ISFCN (isymp->n_type)
                  && aux.x_sym.x_fcnary.x_fcn.x_lnnoptr != 0)
                {
-                 if (finfo->info->strip != strip_none
-                     && finfo->info->strip != strip_some)
+                 if (*lineno_counts == 0)
                    aux.x_sym.x_fcnary.x_fcn.x_lnnoptr = 0;
                  else
                    {
@@ -4070,129 +4600,104 @@ xcoff_link_input_bfd (struct xcoff_final_link_info *finfo,
                      unsigned int enc_count;
                      bfd_signed_vma linoff;
                      struct internal_lineno lin;
+                     bfd_byte *linp;
+                     bfd_byte *linpend;
+                     bfd_vma offset;
+                     file_ptr pos;
+                     bfd_size_type amt;
 
+                     /* Read in the enclosing section's line-number
+                        information, if we haven't already.  */
                      o = *csectpp;
                      enclosing = xcoff_section_data (abfd, o)->enclosing;
                      enc_count = xcoff_section_data (abfd, o)->lineno_count;
                      if (oline != enclosing)
                        {
-                         file_ptr pos = enclosing->line_filepos;
-                         bfd_size_type amt = linesz * enc_count;
+                         pos = enclosing->line_filepos;
+                         amt = linesz * enc_count;
                          if (bfd_seek (input_bfd, pos, SEEK_SET) != 0
-                             || (bfd_bread (finfo->linenos, amt, input_bfd)
+                             || (bfd_bread (flinfo->linenos, amt, input_bfd)
                                  != amt))
                            return FALSE;
                          oline = enclosing;
                        }
 
+                     /* Copy across the first entry, adjusting its
+                        symbol index.  */
                      linoff = (aux.x_sym.x_fcnary.x_fcn.x_lnnoptr
                                - enclosing->line_filepos);
-
-                     bfd_coff_swap_lineno_in (input_bfd,
-                                              (void *) (finfo->linenos + linoff),
-                                              (void *) &lin);
-                     if (lin.l_lnno != 0
-                         || ((bfd_size_type) lin.l_addr.l_symndx
-                             != ((esym
-                                  - isymesz
-                                  - ((bfd_byte *)
-                                     obj_coff_external_syms (input_bfd)))
-                                 / isymesz)))
-                       aux.x_sym.x_fcnary.x_fcn.x_lnnoptr = 0;
-                     else
+                     linp = flinfo->linenos + linoff;
+                     bfd_coff_swap_lineno_in (input_bfd, linp, &lin);
+                     lin.l_addr.l_symndx = *indexp;
+                     bfd_coff_swap_lineno_out (output_bfd, &lin, linp);
+
+                     /* Copy the other entries, adjusting their addresses.  */
+                     linpend = linp + *lineno_counts * linesz;
+                     offset = (o->output_section->vma
+                               + o->output_offset
+                               - o->vma);
+                     for (linp += linesz; linp < linpend; linp += linesz)
                        {
-                         bfd_byte *linpend, *linp;
-                         bfd_vma offset;
-                         bfd_size_type count;
-
-                         lin.l_addr.l_symndx = *indexp;
-                         bfd_coff_swap_lineno_out (output_bfd, (void *) &lin,
-                                                   (void *) (finfo->linenos
-                                                          + linoff));
-
-                         linpend = (finfo->linenos
-                                    + enc_count * linesz);
-                         offset = (o->output_section->vma
-                                   + o->output_offset
-                                   - o->vma);
-                         for (linp = finfo->linenos + linoff + linesz;
-                              linp < linpend;
-                              linp += linesz)
-                           {
-                             bfd_coff_swap_lineno_in (input_bfd, (void *) linp,
-                                                      (void *) &lin);
-                             if (lin.l_lnno == 0)
-                               break;
-                             lin.l_addr.l_paddr += offset;
-                             bfd_coff_swap_lineno_out (output_bfd,
-                                                       (void *) &lin,
-                                                       (void *) linp);
-                           }
-
-                         count = (linp - (finfo->linenos + linoff)) / linesz;
+                         bfd_coff_swap_lineno_in (input_bfd, linp, &lin);
+                         lin.l_addr.l_paddr += offset;
+                         bfd_coff_swap_lineno_out (output_bfd, &lin, linp);
+                       }
 
-                         aux.x_sym.x_fcnary.x_fcn.x_lnnoptr =
-                           (o->output_section->line_filepos
+                     /* Write out the entries we've just processed.  */
+                     pos = (o->output_section->line_filepos
                             + o->output_section->lineno_count * linesz);
+                     amt = linesz * *lineno_counts;
+                     if (bfd_seek (output_bfd, pos, SEEK_SET) != 0
+                         || bfd_bwrite (flinfo->linenos + linoff,
+                                        amt, output_bfd) != amt)
+                       return FALSE;
+                     o->output_section->lineno_count += *lineno_counts;
 
-                         if (bfd_seek (output_bfd,
-                                       aux.x_sym.x_fcnary.x_fcn.x_lnnoptr,
-                                       SEEK_SET) != 0
-                             || (bfd_bwrite (finfo->linenos + linoff,
-                                            linesz * count, output_bfd)
-                                 != linesz * count))
-                           return FALSE;
-
-                         o->output_section->lineno_count += count;
+                     /* Record the offset of the symbol's line numbers
+                        in the output file.  */
+                     aux.x_sym.x_fcnary.x_fcn.x_lnnoptr = pos;
 
-                         if (incls > 0)
+                     if (incls > 0)
+                       {
+                         struct internal_syment *iisp, *iispend;
+                         long *iindp;
+                         bfd_byte *oos;
+                         bfd_vma range_start, range_end;
+                         int iiadd;
+
+                         /* Update any C_BINCL or C_EINCL symbols
+                            that refer to a line number in the
+                            range we just output.  */
+                         iisp = flinfo->internal_syms;
+                         iispend = iisp + obj_raw_syment_count (input_bfd);
+                         iindp = flinfo->sym_indices;
+                         oos = flinfo->outsyms;
+                         range_start = enclosing->line_filepos + linoff;
+                         range_end = range_start + *lineno_counts * linesz;
+                         while (iisp < iispend)
                            {
-                             struct internal_syment *iisp, *iispend;
-                             long *iindp;
-                             bfd_byte *oos;
-                             int iiadd;
-
-                             /* Update any C_BINCL or C_EINCL symbols
-                                that refer to a line number in the
-                                range we just output.  */
-                             iisp = finfo->internal_syms;
-                             iispend = (iisp
-                                        + obj_raw_syment_count (input_bfd));
-                             iindp = finfo->sym_indices;
-                             oos = finfo->outsyms;
-                             while (iisp < iispend)
+                             if (*iindp >= 0
+                                 && (iisp->n_sclass == C_BINCL
+                                     || iisp->n_sclass == C_EINCL)
+                                 && iisp->n_value >= range_start
+                                 && iisp->n_value < range_end)
                                {
-                                 if (*iindp >= 0
-                                     && (iisp->n_sclass == C_BINCL
-                                         || iisp->n_sclass == C_EINCL)
-                                     && ((bfd_size_type) iisp->n_value
-                                         >= (bfd_size_type)(enclosing->line_filepos + linoff))
-                                     && ((bfd_size_type) iisp->n_value
-                                         < (enclosing->line_filepos
-                                            + enc_count * linesz)))
-                                   {
-                                     struct internal_syment iis;
-
-                                     bfd_coff_swap_sym_in (output_bfd,
-                                                           (void *) oos,
-                                                           (void *) &iis);
-                                     iis.n_value =
-                                       (iisp->n_value
-                                        - enclosing->line_filepos
-                                        - linoff
-                                        + aux.x_sym.x_fcnary.x_fcn.x_lnnoptr);
-                                     bfd_coff_swap_sym_out (output_bfd,
-                                                            (void *) &iis,
-                                                            (void *) oos);
-                                     --incls;
-                                   }
-
-                                 iiadd = 1 + iisp->n_numaux;
-                                 if (*iindp >= 0)
-                                   oos += iiadd * osymesz;
-                                 iisp += iiadd;
-                                 iindp += iiadd;
+                                 struct internal_syment iis;
+
+                                 bfd_coff_swap_sym_in (output_bfd, oos, &iis);
+                                 iis.n_value = (iisp->n_value
+                                                - range_start
+                                                + pos);
+                                 bfd_coff_swap_sym_out (output_bfd,
+                                                        &iis, oos);
+                                 --incls;
                                }
+
+                             iiadd = 1 + iisp->n_numaux;
+                             if (*iindp >= 0)
+                               oos += iiadd * osymesz;
+                             iisp += iiadd;
+                             iindp += iiadd;
                            }
                        }
                    }
@@ -4206,36 +4711,39 @@ xcoff_link_input_bfd (struct xcoff_final_link_info *finfo,
            }
        }
 
+      sym_hash += add;
       indexp += add;
       isymp += add;
       csectpp += add;
+      lineno_counts += add;
+      debug_index += add;
     }
 
   /* If we swapped out a C_FILE symbol, guess that the next C_FILE
      symbol will be the first symbol in the next input file.  In the
      normal case, this will save us from writing out the C_FILE symbol
      again.  */
-  if (finfo->last_file_index != -1
-      && (bfd_size_type) finfo->last_file_index >= syment_base)
+  if (flinfo->last_file_index != -1
+      && (bfd_size_type) flinfo->last_file_index >= syment_base)
     {
-      finfo->last_file.n_value = output_index;
-      bfd_coff_swap_sym_out (output_bfd, (void *) &finfo->last_file,
-                            (void *) (finfo->outsyms
-                                   + ((finfo->last_file_index - syment_base)
-                                      * osymesz)));
+      flinfo->last_file.n_value = output_index;
+      bfd_coff_swap_sym_out (output_bfd, (void *) &flinfo->last_file,
+                            (void *) (flinfo->outsyms
+                                   + ((flinfo->last_file_index - syment_base)
+                                      * osymesz)));
     }
 
   /* Write the modified symbols to the output file.  */
-  if (outsym > finfo->outsyms)
+  if (outsym > flinfo->outsyms)
     {
       file_ptr pos = obj_sym_filepos (output_bfd) + syment_base * osymesz;
-      bfd_size_type amt = outsym - finfo->outsyms;
+      bfd_size_type amt = outsym - flinfo->outsyms;
       if (bfd_seek (output_bfd, pos, SEEK_SET) != 0
-         || bfd_bwrite (finfo->outsyms, amt, output_bfd) != amt)
+         || bfd_bwrite (flinfo->outsyms, amt, output_bfd) != amt)
        return FALSE;
 
       BFD_ASSERT ((obj_raw_syment_count (output_bfd)
-                  + (outsym - finfo->outsyms) / osymesz)
+                  + (outsym - flinfo->outsyms) / osymesz)
                  == output_index);
 
       obj_raw_syment_count (output_bfd) = output_index;
@@ -4267,9 +4775,9 @@ xcoff_link_input_bfd (struct xcoff_final_link_info *finfo,
       else
        {
          bfd_size_type sz = o->rawsize ? o->rawsize : o->size;
-         if (!bfd_get_section_contents (input_bfd, o, finfo->contents, 0, sz))
-           return FALSE;
-         contents = finfo->contents;
+         if (!bfd_get_section_contents (input_bfd, o, flinfo->contents, 0, sz))
+           goto err_out;
+         contents = flinfo->contents;
        }
 
       if ((o->flags & SEC_RELOC) != 0)
@@ -4285,33 +4793,31 @@ xcoff_link_input_bfd (struct xcoff_final_link_info *finfo,
          /* Read in the relocs.  */
          target_index = o->output_section->target_index;
          internal_relocs = (xcoff_read_internal_relocs
-                            (input_bfd, o, FALSE, finfo->external_relocs,
+                            (input_bfd, o, FALSE, flinfo->external_relocs,
                              TRUE,
-                             (finfo->section_info[target_index].relocs
+                             (flinfo->section_info[target_index].relocs
                               + o->output_section->reloc_count)));
          if (internal_relocs == NULL)
-           return FALSE;
+           goto err_out;
 
          /* Call processor specific code to relocate the section
             contents.  */
-         if (! bfd_coff_relocate_section (output_bfd, finfo->info,
+         if (! bfd_coff_relocate_section (output_bfd, flinfo->info,
                                           input_bfd, o,
                                           contents,
                                           internal_relocs,
-                                          finfo->internal_syms,
+                                          flinfo->internal_syms,
                                           xcoff_data (input_bfd)->csects))
-           return FALSE;
+           goto err_out;
 
          offset = o->output_section->vma + o->output_offset - o->vma;
          irel = internal_relocs;
          irelend = irel + o->reloc_count;
-         rel_hash = (finfo->section_info[target_index].rel_hashes
+         rel_hash = (flinfo->section_info[target_index].rel_hashes
                      + o->output_section->reloc_count);
          for (; irel < irelend; irel++, rel_hash++)
            {
              struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *h = NULL;
-             struct internal_ldrel ldrel;
-             bfd_boolean quiet;
 
              *rel_hash = NULL;
 
@@ -4326,7 +4832,7 @@ xcoff_link_input_bfd (struct xcoff_final_link_info *finfo,
              else
                h = obj_xcoff_sym_hashes (input_bfd)[r_symndx];
 
-             if (r_symndx != -1 && finfo->info->strip != strip_all)
+             if (r_symndx != -1 && flinfo->info->strip != strip_all)
                {
                  if (h != NULL
                      && h->smclas != XMC_TD
@@ -4349,13 +4855,13 @@ xcoff_link_input_bfd (struct xcoff_final_link_info *finfo,
                        {
                          struct xcoff_toc_rel_hash *n;
                          struct xcoff_link_section_info *si;
-                         bfd_size_type amt;
+                         size_t amt;
 
                          amt = sizeof (* n);
-                         n = bfd_alloc (finfo->output_bfd, amt);
+                         n = bfd_alloc (flinfo->output_bfd, amt);
                          if (n == NULL)
-                           return FALSE;
-                         si = finfo->section_info + target_index;
+                           goto err_out;
+                         si = flinfo->section_info + target_index;
                          n->next = si->toc_rel_hashes;
                          n->h = h;
                          n->rel = irel;
@@ -4383,7 +4889,7 @@ xcoff_link_input_bfd (struct xcoff_final_link_info *finfo,
                    {
                      long indx;
 
-                     indx = finfo->sym_indices[r_symndx];
+                     indx = flinfo->sym_indices[r_symndx];
 
                      if (indx == -1)
                        {
@@ -4392,7 +4898,7 @@ xcoff_link_input_bfd (struct xcoff_final_link_info *finfo,
                          /* Relocations against a TC0 TOC anchor are
                             automatically transformed to be against
                             the TOC anchor in the output file.  */
-                         is = finfo->internal_syms + r_symndx;
+                         is = flinfo->internal_syms + r_symndx;
                          if (is->n_sclass == C_HIDEXT
                              && is->n_numaux > 0)
                            {
@@ -4411,7 +4917,7 @@ xcoff_link_input_bfd (struct xcoff_final_link_info *finfo,
                                                    (void *) &aux);
                              if (SMTYP_SMTYP (aux.x_csect.x_smtyp) == XTY_SD
                                  && aux.x_csect.x_smclas == XMC_TC0)
-                               indx = finfo->toc_symindx;
+                               indx = flinfo->toc_symindx;
                            }
                        }
 
@@ -4428,120 +4934,39 @@ xcoff_link_input_bfd (struct xcoff_final_link_info *finfo,
                          /* This reloc is against a symbol we are
                             stripping.  It would be possible to handle
                             this case, but I don't think it's worth it.  */
-                         is = finfo->internal_syms + r_symndx;
+                         is = flinfo->internal_syms + r_symndx;
 
-                         name = (_bfd_coff_internal_syment_name
-                                 (input_bfd, is, buf));
+                         if (is->n_sclass != C_DWARF)
+                           {
+                             name = (_bfd_coff_internal_syment_name
+                                     (input_bfd, is, buf));
 
-                         if (name == NULL)
-                           return FALSE;
+                             if (name == NULL)
+                               goto err_out;
 
-                         if (! ((*finfo->info->callbacks->unattached_reloc)
-                                (finfo->info, name, input_bfd, o,
-                                 irel->r_vaddr)))
-                           return FALSE;
+                             (*flinfo->info->callbacks->unattached_reloc)
+                               (flinfo->info, name,
+                                input_bfd, o, irel->r_vaddr);
+                           }
                        }
                    }
                }
 
-             quiet = FALSE;
-             switch (irel->r_type)
+             if ((o->flags & SEC_DEBUGGING) == 0
+                 && xcoff_need_ldrel_p (flinfo->info, irel, h))
                {
-               default:
-                 if (h == NULL
-                     || h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defined
-                     || h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defweak
-                     || h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_common)
-                   break;
-                 /* Fall through.  */
-               case R_POS:
-               case R_NEG:
-               case R_RL:
-               case R_RLA:
-                 /* This reloc needs to be copied into the .loader
-                    section.  */
-                 ldrel.l_vaddr = irel->r_vaddr;
-                 if (r_symndx == -1)
-                   ldrel.l_symndx = -(bfd_size_type ) 1;
-                 else if (h == NULL
-                          || (h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defined
-                              || h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defweak
-                              || h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_common))
-                   {
-                     asection *sec;
+                 asection *sec;
 
-                     if (h == NULL)
-                       sec = xcoff_data (input_bfd)->csects[r_symndx];
-                     else if (h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_common)
-                       sec = h->root.u.c.p->section;
-                     else
-                       sec = h->root.u.def.section;
-                     sec = sec->output_section;
-
-                     if (strcmp (sec->name, ".text") == 0)
-                       ldrel.l_symndx = 0;
-                     else if (strcmp (sec->name, ".data") == 0)
-                       ldrel.l_symndx = 1;
-                     else if (strcmp (sec->name, ".bss") == 0)
-                       ldrel.l_symndx = 2;
-                     else
-                       {
-                         (*_bfd_error_handler)
-                           (_("%B: loader reloc in unrecognized section `%A'"),
-                            input_bfd, sec);
-                         bfd_set_error (bfd_error_nonrepresentable_section);
-                         return FALSE;
-                       }
-                   }
+                 if (r_symndx == -1)
+                   sec = NULL;
+                 else if (h == NULL)
+                   sec = xcoff_data (input_bfd)->csects[r_symndx];
                  else
-                   {
-                     if (! finfo->info->relocatable
-                         && (h->flags & XCOFF_DEF_DYNAMIC) == 0
-                         && (h->flags & XCOFF_IMPORT) == 0)
-                       {
-                         /* We already called the undefined_symbol
-                            callback for this relocation, in
-                            _bfd_ppc_xcoff_relocate_section.  Don't
-                            issue any more warnings.  */
-                         quiet = TRUE;
-                       }
-                     if (h->ldindx < 0 && ! quiet)
-                       {
-                         (*_bfd_error_handler)
-                           (_("%B: `%s' in loader reloc but not loader sym"),
-                            input_bfd,
-                            h->root.root.string);
-                         bfd_set_error (bfd_error_bad_value);
-                         return FALSE;
-                       }
-                     ldrel.l_symndx = h->ldindx;
-                   }
-                 ldrel.l_rtype = (irel->r_size << 8) | irel->r_type;
-                 ldrel.l_rsecnm = o->output_section->target_index;
-                 if (xcoff_hash_table (finfo->info)->textro
-                     && strcmp (o->output_section->name, ".text") == 0
-                     && ! quiet)
-                   {
-                     (*_bfd_error_handler)
-                       (_("%B: loader reloc in read-only section %A"),
-                        input_bfd, o->output_section);
-                     bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
-                     return FALSE;
-                   }
-                 bfd_xcoff_swap_ldrel_out (output_bfd, &ldrel,
-                                           finfo->ldrel);
-
-                 finfo->ldrel += bfd_xcoff_ldrelsz(output_bfd);
-                 break;
-
-               case R_TOC:
-               case R_GL:
-               case R_TCL:
-               case R_TRL:
-               case R_TRLA:
-                 /* We should never need a .loader reloc for a TOC
-                    relative reloc.  */
-                 break;
+                   sec = xcoff_symbol_section (h);
+                 if (!xcoff_create_ldrel (output_bfd, flinfo,
+                                          o->output_section, input_bfd,
+                                          irel, sec, h))
+                   goto err_out;
                }
            }
 
@@ -4552,18 +4977,22 @@ xcoff_link_input_bfd (struct xcoff_final_link_info *finfo,
       if (! bfd_set_section_contents (output_bfd, o->output_section,
                                      contents, (file_ptr) o->output_offset,
                                      o->size))
-       return FALSE;
+       goto err_out;
     }
 
   obj_coff_keep_syms (input_bfd) = keep_syms;
 
-  if (! finfo->info->keep_memory)
+  if (! flinfo->info->keep_memory)
     {
       if (! _bfd_coff_free_symbols (input_bfd))
        return FALSE;
     }
 
   return TRUE;
+
+ err_out:
+  obj_coff_keep_syms (input_bfd) = keep_syms;
+  return FALSE;
 }
 
 #undef N_TMASK
@@ -4585,12 +5014,152 @@ xcoff_sort_relocs (const void * p1, const void * p2)
     return 0;
 }
 
+/* Return true if section SEC is a TOC section.  */
+
+static inline bfd_boolean
+xcoff_toc_section_p (asection *sec)
+{
+  const char *name;
+
+  name = sec->name;
+  if (name[0] == '.' && name[1] == 't')
+    {
+      if (name[2] == 'c')
+       {
+         if (name[3] == '0' && name[4] == 0)
+           return TRUE;
+         if (name[3] == 0)
+           return TRUE;
+       }
+      if (name[2] == 'd' && name[3] == 0)
+       return TRUE;
+    }
+  return FALSE;
+}
+
+/* See if the link requires a TOC (it usually does!).  If so, find a
+   good place to put the TOC anchor csect, and write out the associated
+   symbol.  */
+
+static bfd_boolean
+xcoff_find_tc0 (bfd *output_bfd, struct xcoff_final_link_info *flinfo)
+{
+  bfd_vma toc_start, toc_end, start, end, best_address;
+  asection *sec;
+  bfd *input_bfd;
+  int section_index;
+  struct internal_syment irsym;
+  union internal_auxent iraux;
+  file_ptr pos;
+  size_t size;
+
+  /* Set [TOC_START, TOC_END) to the range of the TOC.  Record the
+     index of a csect at the beginning of the TOC.  */
+  toc_start = ~(bfd_vma) 0;
+  toc_end = 0;
+  section_index = -1;
+  for (input_bfd = flinfo->info->input_bfds;
+       input_bfd != NULL;
+       input_bfd = input_bfd->link.next)
+    for (sec = input_bfd->sections; sec != NULL; sec = sec->next)
+      if ((sec->flags & SEC_MARK) != 0 && xcoff_toc_section_p (sec))
+       {
+         start = sec->output_section->vma + sec->output_offset;
+         if (toc_start > start)
+           {
+             toc_start = start;
+             section_index = sec->output_section->target_index;
+           }
+
+         end = start + sec->size;
+         if (toc_end < end)
+           toc_end = end;
+       }
+
+  /* There's no need for a TC0 symbol if we don't have a TOC.  */
+  if (toc_end < toc_start)
+    {
+      xcoff_data (output_bfd)->toc = toc_start;
+      return TRUE;
+    }
+
+  if (toc_end - toc_start < 0x8000)
+    /* Every TOC csect can be accessed from TOC_START.  */
+    best_address = toc_start;
+  else
+    {
+      /* Find the lowest TOC csect that is still within range of TOC_END.  */
+      best_address = toc_end;
+      for (input_bfd = flinfo->info->input_bfds;
+          input_bfd != NULL;
+          input_bfd = input_bfd->link.next)
+       for (sec = input_bfd->sections; sec != NULL; sec = sec->next)
+         if ((sec->flags & SEC_MARK) != 0 && xcoff_toc_section_p (sec))
+           {
+             start = sec->output_section->vma + sec->output_offset;
+             if (start < best_address
+                 && start + 0x8000 >= toc_end)
+               {
+                 best_address = start;
+                 section_index = sec->output_section->target_index;
+               }
+           }
+
+      /* Make sure that the start of the TOC is also within range.  */
+      if (best_address > toc_start + 0x8000)
+       {
+         _bfd_error_handler
+           (_("TOC overflow: %#" PRIx64 " > 0x10000; try -mminimal-toc "
+              "when compiling"),
+            (uint64_t) (toc_end - toc_start));
+         bfd_set_error (bfd_error_file_too_big);
+         return FALSE;
+       }
+    }
+
+  /* Record the chosen TOC value.  */
+  flinfo->toc_symindx = obj_raw_syment_count (output_bfd);
+  xcoff_data (output_bfd)->toc = best_address;
+  xcoff_data (output_bfd)->sntoc = section_index;
+
+  /* Fill out the TC0 symbol.  */
+  if (!bfd_xcoff_put_symbol_name (output_bfd, flinfo->info, flinfo->strtab,
+                                 &irsym, "TOC"))
+    return FALSE;
+  irsym.n_value = best_address;
+  irsym.n_scnum = section_index;
+  irsym.n_sclass = C_HIDEXT;
+  irsym.n_type = T_NULL;
+  irsym.n_numaux = 1;
+  bfd_coff_swap_sym_out (output_bfd, &irsym, flinfo->outsyms);
+
+  /* Fill out the auxillary csect information.  */
+  memset (&iraux, 0, sizeof iraux);
+  iraux.x_csect.x_smtyp = XTY_SD;
+  iraux.x_csect.x_smclas = XMC_TC0;
+  iraux.x_csect.x_scnlen.l = 0;
+  bfd_coff_swap_aux_out (output_bfd, &iraux, T_NULL, C_HIDEXT, 0, 1,
+                        flinfo->outsyms + bfd_coff_symesz (output_bfd));
+
+  /* Write the contents to the file.  */
+  pos = obj_sym_filepos (output_bfd);
+  pos += obj_raw_syment_count (output_bfd) * bfd_coff_symesz (output_bfd);
+  size = 2 * bfd_coff_symesz (output_bfd);
+  if (bfd_seek (output_bfd, pos, SEEK_SET) != 0
+      || bfd_bwrite (flinfo->outsyms, size, output_bfd) != size)
+    return FALSE;
+  obj_raw_syment_count (output_bfd) += 2;
+
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
 /* Write out a non-XCOFF global symbol.  */
 
 static bfd_boolean
-xcoff_write_global_symbol (struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *h, void * inf)
+xcoff_write_global_symbol (struct bfd_hash_entry *bh, void * inf)
 {
-  struct xcoff_final_link_info *finfo = (struct xcoff_final_link_info *) inf;
+  struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *h = (struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *) bh;
+  struct xcoff_final_link_info *flinfo = (struct xcoff_final_link_info *) inf;
   bfd *output_bfd;
   bfd_byte *outsym;
   struct internal_syment isym;
@@ -4599,8 +5168,8 @@ xcoff_write_global_symbol (struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *h, void * inf)
   file_ptr pos;
   bfd_size_type amt;
 
-  output_bfd = finfo->output_bfd;
-  outsym = finfo->outsyms;
+  output_bfd = flinfo->output_bfd;
+  outsym = flinfo->outsyms;
 
   if (h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_warning)
     {
@@ -4610,7 +5179,7 @@ xcoff_write_global_symbol (struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *h, void * inf)
     }
 
   /* If this symbol was garbage collected, just skip it.  */
-  if (xcoff_hash_table (finfo->info)->gc
+  if (xcoff_hash_table (flinfo->info)->gc
       && (h->flags & XCOFF_MARK) == 0)
     return TRUE;
 
@@ -4711,16 +5280,16 @@ xcoff_write_global_symbol (struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *h, void * inf)
       BFD_ASSERT (h->ldindx >= 0);
 
       bfd_xcoff_swap_ldsym_out (output_bfd, ldsym,
-                               (finfo->ldsym +
+                               (flinfo->ldsym +
                                 (h->ldindx - 3)
-                                * bfd_xcoff_ldsymsz(finfo->output_bfd)));
+                                * bfd_xcoff_ldsymsz(flinfo->output_bfd)));
       h->ldsym = NULL;
     }
 
   /* If this symbol needs global linkage code, write it out.  */
   if (h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defined
       && (h->root.u.def.section
-         == xcoff_hash_table (finfo->info)->linkage_section))
+         == xcoff_hash_table (flinfo->info)->linkage_section))
     {
       bfd_byte *p;
       bfd_vma tocoff;
@@ -4738,7 +5307,7 @@ xcoff_write_global_symbol (struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *h, void * inf)
        tocoff += h->descriptor->u.toc_offset;
 
       /* The first instruction in the glink code needs to be
-        cooked to to hold the correct offset in the toc.  The
+        cooked to hold the correct offset in the toc.  The
         rest are just output raw.  */
       bfd_put_32 (output_bfd,
                  bfd_xcoff_glink_code(output_bfd, 0) | (tocoff & 0xffff), p);
@@ -4760,14 +5329,13 @@ xcoff_write_global_symbol (struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *h, void * inf)
       asection *osec;
       int oindx;
       struct internal_reloc *irel;
-      struct internal_ldrel ldrel;
       struct internal_syment irsym;
       union internal_auxent iraux;
 
       tocsec = h->toc_section;
       osec = tocsec->output_section;
       oindx = osec->target_index;
-      irel = finfo->section_info[oindx].relocs + osec->reloc_count;
+      irel = flinfo->section_info[oindx].relocs + osec->reloc_count;
       irel->r_vaddr = (osec->vma
                       + tocsec->output_offset
                       + h->u.toc_offset);
@@ -4810,21 +5378,19 @@ xcoff_write_global_symbol (struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *h, void * inf)
        return FALSE;
 
       irel->r_type = R_POS;
-      finfo->section_info[oindx].rel_hashes[osec->reloc_count] = NULL;
+      flinfo->section_info[oindx].rel_hashes[osec->reloc_count] = NULL;
       ++osec->reloc_count;
 
-      ldrel.l_vaddr = irel->r_vaddr;
-      ldrel.l_symndx = h->ldindx;
-      ldrel.l_rtype = (irel->r_size << 8) | R_POS;
-      ldrel.l_rsecnm = oindx;
-      bfd_xcoff_swap_ldrel_out (output_bfd, &ldrel, finfo->ldrel);
-      finfo->ldrel += bfd_xcoff_ldrelsz(output_bfd);
+      if (!xcoff_create_ldrel (output_bfd, flinfo, osec,
+                              output_bfd, irel, NULL, h))
+       return FALSE;
 
       /* We need to emit a symbol to define a csect which holds
         the reloc.  */
-      if (finfo->info->strip != strip_all)
+      if (flinfo->info->strip != strip_all)
        {
-         result = bfd_xcoff_put_symbol_name (output_bfd, finfo->strtab,
+         result = bfd_xcoff_put_symbol_name (output_bfd, flinfo->info,
+                                             flinfo->strtab,
                                              &irsym, h->root.root.string);
          if (!result)
            return FALSE;
@@ -4850,14 +5416,14 @@ xcoff_write_global_symbol (struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *h, void * inf)
              pos = obj_sym_filepos (output_bfd);
              pos += (obj_raw_syment_count (output_bfd)
                      * bfd_coff_symesz (output_bfd));
-             amt = outsym - finfo->outsyms;
+             amt = outsym - flinfo->outsyms;
              if (bfd_seek (output_bfd, pos, SEEK_SET) != 0
-                 || bfd_bwrite (finfo->outsyms, amt, output_bfd) != amt)
+                 || bfd_bwrite (flinfo->outsyms, amt, output_bfd) != amt)
                return FALSE;
              obj_raw_syment_count (output_bfd) +=
-               (outsym - finfo->outsyms) / bfd_coff_symesz (output_bfd);
+               (outsym - flinfo->outsyms) / bfd_coff_symesz (output_bfd);
 
-             outsym = finfo->outsyms;
+             outsym = flinfo->outsyms;
            }
        }
     }
@@ -4875,7 +5441,7 @@ xcoff_write_global_symbol (struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *h, void * inf)
   if ((h->flags & XCOFF_DESCRIPTOR) != 0
       && h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defined
       && (h->root.u.def.section
-         == xcoff_hash_table (finfo->info)->descriptor_section))
+         == xcoff_hash_table (flinfo->info)->descriptor_section))
     {
       asection *sec;
       asection *osec;
@@ -4884,7 +5450,6 @@ xcoff_write_global_symbol (struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *h, void * inf)
       struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *hentry;
       asection *esec;
       struct internal_reloc *irel;
-      struct internal_ldrel ldrel;
       asection *tsec;
       unsigned int reloc_size, byte_size;
 
@@ -4912,36 +5477,19 @@ xcoff_write_global_symbol (struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *h, void * inf)
                      || hentry->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defweak));
       esec = hentry->root.u.def.section;
 
-      irel = finfo->section_info[oindx].relocs + osec->reloc_count;
+      irel = flinfo->section_info[oindx].relocs + osec->reloc_count;
       irel->r_vaddr = (osec->vma
                       + sec->output_offset
                       + h->root.u.def.value);
       irel->r_symndx = esec->output_section->target_index;
       irel->r_type = R_POS;
       irel->r_size = reloc_size;
-      finfo->section_info[oindx].rel_hashes[osec->reloc_count] = NULL;
+      flinfo->section_info[oindx].rel_hashes[osec->reloc_count] = NULL;
       ++osec->reloc_count;
 
-      ldrel.l_vaddr = irel->r_vaddr;
-      if (strcmp (esec->output_section->name, ".text") == 0)
-       ldrel.l_symndx = 0;
-      else if (strcmp (esec->output_section->name, ".data") == 0)
-       ldrel.l_symndx = 1;
-      else if (strcmp (esec->output_section->name, ".bss") == 0)
-       ldrel.l_symndx = 2;
-      else
-       {
-         (*_bfd_error_handler)
-           (_("%s: loader reloc in unrecognized section `%s'"),
-            bfd_get_filename (output_bfd),
-            esec->output_section->name);
-         bfd_set_error (bfd_error_nonrepresentable_section);
-         return FALSE;
-       }
-      ldrel.l_rtype = (reloc_size << 8) | R_POS;
-      ldrel.l_rsecnm = oindx;
-      bfd_xcoff_swap_ldrel_out (output_bfd, &ldrel, finfo->ldrel);
-      finfo->ldrel += bfd_xcoff_ldrelsz(output_bfd);
+      if (!xcoff_create_ldrel (output_bfd, flinfo, osec,
+                              output_bfd, irel, esec, NULL))
+       return FALSE;
 
       /* There are three items to write out,
         the address of the code
@@ -4981,51 +5529,34 @@ xcoff_write_global_symbol (struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *h, void * inf)
       irel->r_symndx = tsec->output_section->target_index;
       irel->r_type = R_POS;
       irel->r_size = reloc_size;
-      finfo->section_info[oindx].rel_hashes[osec->reloc_count] = NULL;
+      flinfo->section_info[oindx].rel_hashes[osec->reloc_count] = NULL;
       ++osec->reloc_count;
 
-      ldrel.l_vaddr = irel->r_vaddr;
-      if (strcmp (tsec->output_section->name, ".text") == 0)
-       ldrel.l_symndx = 0;
-      else if (strcmp (tsec->output_section->name, ".data") == 0)
-       ldrel.l_symndx = 1;
-      else if (strcmp (tsec->output_section->name, ".bss") == 0)
-       ldrel.l_symndx = 2;
-      else
-       {
-         (*_bfd_error_handler)
-           (_("%s: loader reloc in unrecognized section `%s'"),
-            bfd_get_filename (output_bfd),
-            tsec->output_section->name);
-         bfd_set_error (bfd_error_nonrepresentable_section);
-         return FALSE;
-       }
-      ldrel.l_rtype = (reloc_size << 8) | R_POS;
-      ldrel.l_rsecnm = oindx;
-      bfd_xcoff_swap_ldrel_out (output_bfd, &ldrel, finfo->ldrel);
-      finfo->ldrel += bfd_xcoff_ldrelsz(output_bfd);
+      if (!xcoff_create_ldrel (output_bfd, flinfo, osec,
+                              output_bfd, irel, tsec, NULL))
+       return FALSE;
     }
 
-  if (h->indx >= 0 || finfo->info->strip == strip_all)
+  if (h->indx >= 0 || flinfo->info->strip == strip_all)
     {
-      BFD_ASSERT (outsym == finfo->outsyms);
+      BFD_ASSERT (outsym == flinfo->outsyms);
       return TRUE;
     }
 
   if (h->indx != -2
-      && (finfo->info->strip == strip_all
-         || (finfo->info->strip == strip_some
-             && bfd_hash_lookup (finfo->info->keep_hash, h->root.root.string,
+      && (flinfo->info->strip == strip_all
+         || (flinfo->info->strip == strip_some
+             && bfd_hash_lookup (flinfo->info->keep_hash, h->root.root.string,
                                  FALSE, FALSE) == NULL)))
     {
-      BFD_ASSERT (outsym == finfo->outsyms);
+      BFD_ASSERT (outsym == flinfo->outsyms);
       return TRUE;
     }
 
   if (h->indx != -2
       && (h->flags & (XCOFF_REF_REGULAR | XCOFF_DEF_REGULAR)) == 0)
     {
-      BFD_ASSERT (outsym == finfo->outsyms);
+      BFD_ASSERT (outsym == flinfo->outsyms);
       return TRUE;
     }
 
@@ -5033,8 +5564,8 @@ xcoff_write_global_symbol (struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *h, void * inf)
 
   h->indx = obj_raw_syment_count (output_bfd);
 
-  result = bfd_xcoff_put_symbol_name (output_bfd, finfo->strtab, &isym,
-                                     h->root.root.string);
+  result = bfd_xcoff_put_symbol_name (output_bfd, flinfo->info, flinfo->strtab,
+                                     &isym, h->root.root.string);
   if (!result)
     return FALSE;
 
@@ -5043,17 +5574,25 @@ xcoff_write_global_symbol (struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *h, void * inf)
     {
       isym.n_value = 0;
       isym.n_scnum = N_UNDEF;
-      isym.n_sclass = C_EXT;
+      if (h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_undefweak
+         && C_WEAKEXT == C_AIX_WEAKEXT)
+       isym.n_sclass = C_WEAKEXT;
+      else
+       isym.n_sclass = C_EXT;
       aux.x_csect.x_smtyp = XTY_ER;
     }
   else if ((h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defined
            || h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defweak)
           && h->smclas == XMC_XO)
     {
-      BFD_ASSERT (bfd_is_abs_section (h->root.u.def.section));
+      BFD_ASSERT (bfd_is_abs_symbol (&h->root));
       isym.n_value = h->root.u.def.value;
       isym.n_scnum = N_UNDEF;
-      isym.n_sclass = C_EXT;
+      if (h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defweak
+         && C_WEAKEXT == C_AIX_WEAKEXT)
+       isym.n_sclass = C_WEAKEXT;
+      else
+       isym.n_sclass = C_EXT;
       aux.x_csect.x_smtyp = XTY_ER;
     }
   else if (h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defined
@@ -5073,7 +5612,7 @@ xcoff_write_global_symbol (struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *h, void * inf)
 
       if ((h->flags & XCOFF_HAS_SIZE) != 0)
        {
-         for (l = xcoff_hash_table (finfo->info)->size_list;
+         for (l = xcoff_hash_table (flinfo->info)->size_list;
               l != NULL;
               l = l->next)
            {
@@ -5115,7 +5654,11 @@ xcoff_write_global_symbol (struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *h, void * inf)
       /* We just output an SD symbol.  Now output an LD symbol.  */
       h->indx += 2;
 
-      isym.n_sclass = C_EXT;
+      if (h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defweak
+         && C_WEAKEXT == C_AIX_WEAKEXT)
+       isym.n_sclass = C_WEAKEXT;
+      else
+       isym.n_sclass = C_EXT;
       bfd_coff_swap_sym_out (output_bfd, (void *) &isym, (void *) outsym);
       outsym += bfd_coff_symesz (output_bfd);
 
@@ -5128,12 +5671,12 @@ xcoff_write_global_symbol (struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *h, void * inf)
 
   pos = obj_sym_filepos (output_bfd);
   pos += obj_raw_syment_count (output_bfd) * bfd_coff_symesz (output_bfd);
-  amt = outsym - finfo->outsyms;
+  amt = outsym - flinfo->outsyms;
   if (bfd_seek (output_bfd, pos, SEEK_SET) != 0
-      || bfd_bwrite (finfo->outsyms, amt, output_bfd) != amt)
+      || bfd_bwrite (flinfo->outsyms, amt, output_bfd) != amt)
     return FALSE;
   obj_raw_syment_count (output_bfd) +=
-    (outsym - finfo->outsyms) / bfd_coff_symesz (output_bfd);
+    (outsym - flinfo->outsyms) / bfd_coff_symesz (output_bfd);
 
   return TRUE;
 }
@@ -5142,7 +5685,7 @@ xcoff_write_global_symbol (struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *h, void * inf)
 
 static bfd_boolean
 xcoff_reloc_link_order (bfd *output_bfd,
-                       struct xcoff_final_link_info *finfo,
+                       struct xcoff_final_link_info *flinfo,
                        asection *output_section,
                        struct bfd_link_order *link_order)
 {
@@ -5153,7 +5696,6 @@ xcoff_reloc_link_order (bfd *output_bfd,
   bfd_vma addend;
   struct internal_reloc *irel;
   struct xcoff_link_hash_entry **rel_hash_ptr;
-  struct internal_ldrel ldrel;
 
   if (link_order->type == bfd_section_reloc_link_order)
     /* We need to somehow locate a symbol in the right section.  The
@@ -5170,33 +5712,22 @@ xcoff_reloc_link_order (bfd *output_bfd,
     }
 
   h = ((struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *)
-       bfd_wrapped_link_hash_lookup (output_bfd, finfo->info,
+       bfd_wrapped_link_hash_lookup (output_bfd, flinfo->info,
                                     link_order->u.reloc.p->u.name,
                                     FALSE, FALSE, TRUE));
   if (h == NULL)
     {
-      if (! ((*finfo->info->callbacks->unattached_reloc)
-            (finfo->info, link_order->u.reloc.p->u.name, NULL, NULL, (bfd_vma) 0)))
-       return FALSE;
+      (*flinfo->info->callbacks->unattached_reloc)
+       (flinfo->info, link_order->u.reloc.p->u.name, NULL, NULL, (bfd_vma) 0);
       return TRUE;
     }
 
-  if (h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_common)
-    {
-      hsec = h->root.u.c.p->section;
-      hval = 0;
-    }
-  else if (h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defined
-          || h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defweak)
-    {
-      hsec = h->root.u.def.section;
-      hval = h->root.u.def.value;
-    }
+  hsec = xcoff_symbol_section (h);
+  if (h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defined
+      || h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defweak)
+    hval = h->root.u.def.value;
   else
-    {
-      hsec = NULL;
-      hval = 0;
-    }
+    hval = 0;
 
   addend = link_order->u.reloc.p->addend;
   if (hsec != NULL)
@@ -5213,7 +5744,7 @@ xcoff_reloc_link_order (bfd *output_bfd,
 
       size = bfd_get_reloc_size (howto);
       buf = bfd_zmalloc (size);
-      if (buf == NULL)
+      if (buf == NULL && size != 0)
        return FALSE;
 
       rstat = _bfd_relocate_contents (howto, output_bfd, addend, buf);
@@ -5225,13 +5756,9 @@ xcoff_reloc_link_order (bfd *output_bfd,
        case bfd_reloc_outofrange:
          abort ();
        case bfd_reloc_overflow:
-         if (! ((*finfo->info->callbacks->reloc_overflow)
-                (finfo->info, NULL, link_order->u.reloc.p->u.name,
-                 howto->name, addend, NULL, NULL, (bfd_vma) 0)))
-           {
-             free (buf);
-             return FALSE;
-           }
+         (*flinfo->info->callbacks->reloc_overflow)
+           (flinfo->info, NULL, link_order->u.reloc.p->u.name,
+            howto->name, addend, NULL, NULL, (bfd_vma) 0);
          break;
        }
       ok = bfd_set_section_contents (output_bfd, output_section, (void *) buf,
@@ -5243,9 +5770,9 @@ xcoff_reloc_link_order (bfd *output_bfd,
 
   /* Store the reloc information in the right place.  It will get
      swapped and written out at the end of the final_link routine.  */
-  irel = (finfo->section_info[output_section->target_index].relocs
+  irel = (flinfo->section_info[output_section->target_index].relocs
          + output_section->reloc_count);
-  rel_hash_ptr = (finfo->section_info[output_section->target_index].rel_hashes
+  rel_hash_ptr = (flinfo->section_info[output_section->target_index].rel_hashes
                  + output_section->reloc_count);
 
   memset (irel, 0, sizeof (struct internal_reloc));
@@ -5271,49 +5798,13 @@ xcoff_reloc_link_order (bfd *output_bfd,
   ++output_section->reloc_count;
 
   /* Now output the reloc to the .loader section.  */
-
-  ldrel.l_vaddr = irel->r_vaddr;
-
-  if (hsec != NULL)
-    {
-      const char *secname;
-
-      secname = hsec->output_section->name;
-
-      if (strcmp (secname, ".text") == 0)
-       ldrel.l_symndx = 0;
-      else if (strcmp (secname, ".data") == 0)
-       ldrel.l_symndx = 1;
-      else if (strcmp (secname, ".bss") == 0)
-       ldrel.l_symndx = 2;
-      else
-       {
-         (*_bfd_error_handler)
-           (_("%s: loader reloc in unrecognized section `%s'"),
-            bfd_get_filename (output_bfd), secname);
-         bfd_set_error (bfd_error_nonrepresentable_section);
-         return FALSE;
-       }
-    }
-  else
+  if (xcoff_hash_table (flinfo->info)->loader_section)
     {
-      if (h->ldindx < 0)
-       {
-         (*_bfd_error_handler)
-           (_("%s: `%s' in loader reloc but not loader sym"),
-            bfd_get_filename (output_bfd),
-            h->root.root.string);
-         bfd_set_error (bfd_error_bad_value);
-         return FALSE;
-       }
-      ldrel.l_symndx = h->ldindx;
+      if (!xcoff_create_ldrel (output_bfd, flinfo, output_section,
+                              output_bfd, irel, hsec, h))
+       return FALSE;
     }
 
-  ldrel.l_rtype = (irel->r_size << 8) | irel->r_type;
-  ldrel.l_rsecnm = output_section->target_index;
-  bfd_xcoff_swap_ldrel_out (output_bfd, &ldrel, finfo->ldrel);
-  finfo->ldrel += bfd_xcoff_ldrelsz(output_bfd);
-
   return TRUE;
 }
 
@@ -5323,7 +5814,7 @@ bfd_boolean
 _bfd_xcoff_bfd_final_link (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
 {
   bfd_size_type symesz;
-  struct xcoff_final_link_info finfo;
+  struct xcoff_final_link_info flinfo;
   asection *o;
   struct bfd_link_order *p;
   bfd_size_type max_contents_size;
@@ -5341,46 +5832,54 @@ _bfd_xcoff_bfd_final_link (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
   file_ptr pos;
   bfd_size_type amt;
 
-  if (info->shared)
+  if (bfd_link_pic (info))
     abfd->flags |= DYNAMIC;
 
   symesz = bfd_coff_symesz (abfd);
 
-  finfo.info = info;
-  finfo.output_bfd = abfd;
-  finfo.strtab = NULL;
-  finfo.section_info = NULL;
-  finfo.last_file_index = -1;
-  finfo.toc_symindx = -1;
-  finfo.internal_syms = NULL;
-  finfo.sym_indices = NULL;
-  finfo.outsyms = NULL;
-  finfo.linenos = NULL;
-  finfo.contents = NULL;
-  finfo.external_relocs = NULL;
-
-  finfo.ldsym = (xcoff_hash_table (info)->loader_section->contents
-                + bfd_xcoff_ldhdrsz (abfd));
-  finfo.ldrel = (xcoff_hash_table (info)->loader_section->contents
-                + bfd_xcoff_ldhdrsz(abfd)
-                + (xcoff_hash_table (info)->ldhdr.l_nsyms
-                   * bfd_xcoff_ldsymsz(abfd)));
+  flinfo.info = info;
+  flinfo.output_bfd = abfd;
+  flinfo.strtab = NULL;
+  flinfo.section_info = NULL;
+  flinfo.last_file_index = -1;
+  flinfo.toc_symindx = -1;
+  flinfo.internal_syms = NULL;
+  flinfo.sym_indices = NULL;
+  flinfo.outsyms = NULL;
+  flinfo.linenos = NULL;
+  flinfo.contents = NULL;
+  flinfo.external_relocs = NULL;
+
+  if (xcoff_hash_table (info)->loader_section)
+    {
+      flinfo.ldsym = (xcoff_hash_table (info)->loader_section->contents
+                    + bfd_xcoff_ldhdrsz (abfd));
+      flinfo.ldrel = (xcoff_hash_table (info)->loader_section->contents
+                    + bfd_xcoff_ldhdrsz (abfd)
+                    + (xcoff_hash_table (info)->ldhdr.l_nsyms
+                       * bfd_xcoff_ldsymsz (abfd)));
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      flinfo.ldsym = NULL;
+      flinfo.ldrel = NULL;
+    }
 
   xcoff_data (abfd)->coff.link_info = info;
 
-  finfo.strtab = _bfd_stringtab_init ();
-  if (finfo.strtab == NULL)
+  flinfo.strtab = _bfd_stringtab_init ();
+  if (flinfo.strtab == NULL)
     goto error_return;
 
-  /* Count the line number and relocation entries required for the
-     output file.  Determine a few maximum sizes.  */
+  /* Count the relocation entries required for the output file.
+     (We've already counted the line numbers.)  Determine a few
+     maximum sizes.  */
   max_contents_size = 0;
   max_lineno_count = 0;
   max_reloc_count = 0;
   for (o = abfd->sections; o != NULL; o = o->next)
     {
       o->reloc_count = 0;
-      o->lineno_count = 0;
       for (p = o->map_head.link_order; p != NULL; p = p->next)
        {
          if (p->type == bfd_indirect_link_order)
@@ -5395,18 +5894,15 @@ _bfd_xcoff_bfd_final_link (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
                 the linker has decided to not include.  */
              sec->linker_mark = TRUE;
 
-             if (info->strip == strip_none
-                 || info->strip == strip_some)
-               o->lineno_count += sec->lineno_count;
-
              o->reloc_count += sec->reloc_count;
 
-             if (sec->rawsize > max_contents_size)
-               max_contents_size = sec->rawsize;
-             if (sec->size > max_contents_size)
-               max_contents_size = sec->size;
-             if (sec->lineno_count > max_lineno_count)
-               max_lineno_count = sec->lineno_count;
+             if ((sec->flags & SEC_IN_MEMORY) == 0)
+               {
+                 if (sec->rawsize > max_contents_size)
+                   max_contents_size = sec->rawsize;
+                 if (sec->size > max_contents_size)
+                   max_contents_size = sec->size;
+               }
              if (coff_section_data (sec->owner, sec) != NULL
                  && xcoff_section_data (sec->owner, sec) != NULL
                  && (xcoff_section_data (sec->owner, sec)->lineno_count
@@ -5460,8 +5956,8 @@ _bfd_xcoff_bfd_final_link (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
                         that needs padding.  This requires unlinking and
                         relinking the bfd's section list.  */
 
-                     n = bfd_make_section_anyway (abfd, ".pad");
-                     n->flags = SEC_HAS_CONTENTS;
+                     n = bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (abfd, ".pad",
+                                                             SEC_HAS_CONTENTS);
                      n->alignment_power = 0;
 
                      bfd_section_list_remove (abfd, n);
@@ -5532,14 +6028,14 @@ _bfd_xcoff_bfd_final_link (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
        the target_index fields are 1 based.  */
     amt = abfd->section_count + 1;
     amt *= sizeof (struct xcoff_link_section_info);
-    finfo.section_info = bfd_malloc (amt);
-    if (finfo.section_info == NULL)
+    flinfo.section_info = bfd_malloc (amt);
+    if (flinfo.section_info == NULL)
       goto error_return;
     for (i = 0; i <= abfd->section_count; i++)
       {
-       finfo.section_info[i].relocs = NULL;
-       finfo.section_info[i].rel_hashes = NULL;
-       finfo.section_info[i].toc_rel_hashes = NULL;
+       flinfo.section_info[i].relocs = NULL;
+       flinfo.section_info[i].rel_hashes = NULL;
+       flinfo.section_info[i].toc_rel_hashes = NULL;
       }
   }
 
@@ -5580,14 +6076,14 @@ _bfd_xcoff_bfd_final_link (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
             would be slow.  */
          amt = o->reloc_count;
          amt *= sizeof (struct internal_reloc);
-         finfo.section_info[o->target_index].relocs = bfd_malloc (amt);
+         flinfo.section_info[o->target_index].relocs = bfd_malloc (amt);
 
          amt = o->reloc_count;
          amt *= sizeof (struct xcoff_link_hash_entry *);
-         finfo.section_info[o->target_index].rel_hashes = bfd_malloc (amt);
+         flinfo.section_info[o->target_index].rel_hashes = bfd_malloc (amt);
 
-         if (finfo.section_info[o->target_index].relocs == NULL
-             || finfo.section_info[o->target_index].rel_hashes == NULL)
+         if (flinfo.section_info[o->target_index].relocs == NULL
+             || flinfo.section_info[o->target_index].rel_hashes == NULL)
            goto error_return;
 
          if (o->reloc_count > max_output_reloc_count)
@@ -5598,7 +6094,7 @@ _bfd_xcoff_bfd_final_link (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
   /* We now know the size of the relocs, so we can determine the file
      positions of the line numbers.  */
   line_filepos = rel_filepos;
-  finfo.line_filepos = line_filepos;
+  flinfo.line_filepos = line_filepos;
   linesz = bfd_coff_linesz (abfd);
   for (o = abfd->sections; o != NULL; o = o->next)
     {
@@ -5623,7 +6119,7 @@ _bfd_xcoff_bfd_final_link (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
      input BFD's.  We want at least 6 symbols, since that is the
      number which xcoff_write_global_symbol may need.  */
   max_sym_count = 6;
-  for (sub = info->input_bfds; sub != NULL; sub = sub->link_next)
+  for (sub = info->input_bfds; sub != NULL; sub = sub->link.next)
     {
       bfd_size_type sz;
 
@@ -5635,33 +6131,36 @@ _bfd_xcoff_bfd_final_link (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
 
   /* Allocate some buffers used while linking.  */
   amt = max_sym_count * sizeof (struct internal_syment);
-  finfo.internal_syms = bfd_malloc (amt);
+  flinfo.internal_syms = bfd_malloc (amt);
 
   amt = max_sym_count * sizeof (long);
-  finfo.sym_indices = bfd_malloc (amt);
+  flinfo.sym_indices = bfd_malloc (amt);
 
   amt = (max_sym_count + 1) * symesz;
-  finfo.outsyms = bfd_malloc (amt);
+  flinfo.outsyms = bfd_malloc (amt);
 
   amt = max_lineno_count * bfd_coff_linesz (abfd);
-  finfo.linenos = bfd_malloc (amt);
+  flinfo.linenos = bfd_malloc (amt);
 
   amt = max_contents_size;
-  finfo.contents = bfd_malloc (amt);
+  flinfo.contents = bfd_malloc (amt);
 
   amt = max_reloc_count * relsz;
-  finfo.external_relocs = bfd_malloc (amt);
-
-  if ((finfo.internal_syms == NULL && max_sym_count > 0)
-      || (finfo.sym_indices == NULL && max_sym_count > 0)
-      || finfo.outsyms == NULL
-      || (finfo.linenos == NULL && max_lineno_count > 0)
-      || (finfo.contents == NULL && max_contents_size > 0)
-      || (finfo.external_relocs == NULL && max_reloc_count > 0))
+  flinfo.external_relocs = bfd_malloc (amt);
+
+  if ((flinfo.internal_syms == NULL && max_sym_count > 0)
+      || (flinfo.sym_indices == NULL && max_sym_count > 0)
+      || flinfo.outsyms == NULL
+      || (flinfo.linenos == NULL && max_lineno_count > 0)
+      || (flinfo.contents == NULL && max_contents_size > 0)
+      || (flinfo.external_relocs == NULL && max_reloc_count > 0))
     goto error_return;
 
   obj_raw_syment_count (abfd) = 0;
-  xcoff_data (abfd)->toc = (bfd_vma) -1;
+
+  /* Find a TOC symbol, if we need one.  */
+  if (!xcoff_find_tc0 (abfd, &flinfo))
+    goto error_return;
 
   /* We now know the position of everything in the file, except that
      we don't know the size of the symbol table and therefore we don't
@@ -5678,7 +6177,7 @@ _bfd_xcoff_bfd_final_link (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
              sub = p->u.indirect.section->owner;
              if (! sub->output_has_begun)
                {
-                 if (! xcoff_link_input_bfd (&finfo, sub))
+                 if (! xcoff_link_input_bfd (&flinfo, sub))
                    goto error_return;
                  sub->output_has_begun = TRUE;
                }
@@ -5686,7 +6185,7 @@ _bfd_xcoff_bfd_final_link (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
          else if (p->type == bfd_section_reloc_link_order
                   || p->type == bfd_symbol_reloc_link_order)
            {
-             if (! xcoff_reloc_link_order (abfd, &finfo, o, p))
+             if (! xcoff_reloc_link_order (abfd, &flinfo, o, p))
                goto error_return;
            }
          else
@@ -5698,56 +6197,36 @@ _bfd_xcoff_bfd_final_link (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
     }
 
   /* Free up the buffers used by xcoff_link_input_bfd.  */
-  if (finfo.internal_syms != NULL)
-    {
-      free (finfo.internal_syms);
-      finfo.internal_syms = NULL;
-    }
-  if (finfo.sym_indices != NULL)
-    {
-      free (finfo.sym_indices);
-      finfo.sym_indices = NULL;
-    }
-  if (finfo.linenos != NULL)
-    {
-      free (finfo.linenos);
-      finfo.linenos = NULL;
-    }
-  if (finfo.contents != NULL)
-    {
-      free (finfo.contents);
-      finfo.contents = NULL;
-    }
-  if (finfo.external_relocs != NULL)
-    {
-      free (finfo.external_relocs);
-      finfo.external_relocs = NULL;
-    }
+  free (flinfo.internal_syms);
+  flinfo.internal_syms = NULL;
+  free (flinfo.sym_indices);
+  flinfo.sym_indices = NULL;
+  free (flinfo.linenos);
+  flinfo.linenos = NULL;
+  free (flinfo.contents);
+  flinfo.contents = NULL;
+  free (flinfo.external_relocs);
+  flinfo.external_relocs = NULL;
 
   /* The value of the last C_FILE symbol is supposed to be -1.  Write
      it out again.  */
-  if (finfo.last_file_index != -1)
+  if (flinfo.last_file_index != -1)
     {
-      finfo.last_file.n_value = -(bfd_vma) 1;
-      bfd_coff_swap_sym_out (abfd, (void *) &finfo.last_file,
-                            (void *) finfo.outsyms);
-      pos = obj_sym_filepos (abfd) + finfo.last_file_index * symesz;
+      flinfo.last_file.n_value = -(bfd_vma) 1;
+      bfd_coff_swap_sym_out (abfd, (void *) &flinfo.last_file,
+                            (void *) flinfo.outsyms);
+      pos = obj_sym_filepos (abfd) + flinfo.last_file_index * symesz;
       if (bfd_seek (abfd, pos, SEEK_SET) != 0
-         || bfd_bwrite (finfo.outsyms, symesz, abfd) != symesz)
+         || bfd_bwrite (flinfo.outsyms, symesz, abfd) != symesz)
        goto error_return;
     }
 
   /* Write out all the global symbols which do not come from XCOFF
      input files.  */
-  xcoff_link_hash_traverse (xcoff_hash_table (info),
-                           xcoff_write_global_symbol,
-                           (void *) &finfo);
+  bfd_hash_traverse (&info->hash->table, xcoff_write_global_symbol, &flinfo);
 
-  if (finfo.outsyms != NULL)
-    {
-      free (finfo.outsyms);
-      finfo.outsyms = NULL;
-    }
+  free (flinfo.outsyms);
+  flinfo.outsyms = NULL;
 
   /* Now that we have written out all the global symbols, we know the
      symbol indices to use for relocs against them, and we can finally
@@ -5776,35 +6255,33 @@ _bfd_xcoff_bfd_final_link (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
       if (o->reloc_count == 0)
        continue;
 
-      irel = finfo.section_info[o->target_index].relocs;
+      irel = flinfo.section_info[o->target_index].relocs;
       irelend = irel + o->reloc_count;
-      rel_hash = finfo.section_info[o->target_index].rel_hashes;
-      for (; irel < irelend; irel++, rel_hash++, erel += relsz)
+      rel_hash = flinfo.section_info[o->target_index].rel_hashes;
+      for (; irel < irelend; irel++, rel_hash++)
        {
          if (*rel_hash != NULL)
            {
              if ((*rel_hash)->indx < 0)
                {
-                 if (! ((*info->callbacks->unattached_reloc)
-                        (info, (*rel_hash)->root.root.string,
-                         NULL, o, irel->r_vaddr)))
-                   goto error_return;
+                 (*info->callbacks->unattached_reloc)
+                   (info, (*rel_hash)->root.root.string,
+                    NULL, o, irel->r_vaddr);
                  (*rel_hash)->indx = 0;
                }
              irel->r_symndx = (*rel_hash)->indx;
            }
        }
 
-      for (toc_rel_hash = finfo.section_info[o->target_index].toc_rel_hashes;
+      for (toc_rel_hash = flinfo.section_info[o->target_index].toc_rel_hashes;
           toc_rel_hash != NULL;
           toc_rel_hash = toc_rel_hash->next)
        {
          if (toc_rel_hash->h->u.toc_indx < 0)
            {
-             if (! ((*info->callbacks->unattached_reloc)
-                    (info, toc_rel_hash->h->root.root.string,
-                     NULL, o, toc_rel_hash->rel->r_vaddr)))
-               goto error_return;
+             (*info->callbacks->unattached_reloc)
+               (info, toc_rel_hash->h->root.root.string,
+                NULL, o, toc_rel_hash->rel->r_vaddr);
              toc_rel_hash->h->u.toc_indx = 0;
            }
          toc_rel_hash->rel->r_symndx = toc_rel_hash->h->u.toc_indx;
@@ -5815,11 +6292,11 @@ _bfd_xcoff_bfd_final_link (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
         appear in the symbol table, which is not necessarily by
         address.  So we sort them here.  There may be a better way to
         do this.  */
-      qsort ((void *) finfo.section_info[o->target_index].relocs,
+      qsort ((void *) flinfo.section_info[o->target_index].relocs,
             o->reloc_count, sizeof (struct internal_reloc),
             xcoff_sort_relocs);
 
-      irel = finfo.section_info[o->target_index].relocs;
+      irel = flinfo.section_info[o->target_index].relocs;
       irelend = irel + o->reloc_count;
       erel = external_relocs;
       for (; irel < irelend; irel++, rel_hash++, erel += relsz)
@@ -5831,36 +6308,34 @@ _bfd_xcoff_bfd_final_link (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
        goto error_return;
     }
 
-  if (external_relocs != NULL)
-    {
-      free (external_relocs);
-      external_relocs = NULL;
-    }
+  free (external_relocs);
+  external_relocs = NULL;
 
   /* Free up the section information.  */
-  if (finfo.section_info != NULL)
+  if (flinfo.section_info != NULL)
     {
       unsigned int i;
 
       for (i = 0; i < abfd->section_count; i++)
        {
-         if (finfo.section_info[i].relocs != NULL)
-           free (finfo.section_info[i].relocs);
-         if (finfo.section_info[i].rel_hashes != NULL)
-           free (finfo.section_info[i].rel_hashes);
+         free (flinfo.section_info[i].relocs);
+         free (flinfo.section_info[i].rel_hashes);
        }
-      free (finfo.section_info);
-      finfo.section_info = NULL;
+      free (flinfo.section_info);
+      flinfo.section_info = NULL;
     }
 
   /* Write out the loader section contents.  */
-  BFD_ASSERT ((bfd_byte *) finfo.ldrel
-             == (xcoff_hash_table (info)->loader_section->contents
-                 + xcoff_hash_table (info)->ldhdr.l_impoff));
   o = xcoff_hash_table (info)->loader_section;
-  if (! bfd_set_section_contents (abfd, o->output_section, o->contents,
-                                 (file_ptr) o->output_offset, o->size))
-    goto error_return;
+  if (o)
+    {
+      BFD_ASSERT ((bfd_byte *) flinfo.ldrel
+                 == (xcoff_hash_table (info)->loader_section->contents
+                     + xcoff_hash_table (info)->ldhdr.l_impoff));
+      if (!bfd_set_section_contents (abfd, o->output_section, o->contents,
+                                    (file_ptr) o->output_offset, o->size))
+       goto error_return;
+    }
 
   /* Write out the magic sections.  */
   o = xcoff_hash_table (info)->linkage_section;
@@ -5887,15 +6362,15 @@ _bfd_xcoff_bfd_final_link (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
   if (bfd_seek (abfd, pos, SEEK_SET) != 0)
     goto error_return;
   H_PUT_32 (abfd,
-           _bfd_stringtab_size (finfo.strtab) + STRING_SIZE_SIZE,
+           _bfd_stringtab_size (flinfo.strtab) + STRING_SIZE_SIZE,
            strbuf);
   amt = STRING_SIZE_SIZE;
   if (bfd_bwrite (strbuf, amt, abfd) != amt)
     goto error_return;
-  if (! _bfd_stringtab_emit (abfd, finfo.strtab))
+  if (! _bfd_stringtab_emit (abfd, flinfo.strtab))
     goto error_return;
 
-  _bfd_stringtab_free (finfo.strtab);
+  _bfd_stringtab_free (flinfo.strtab);
 
   /* Write out the debugging string table.  */
   o = xcoff_hash_table (info)->debug_section;
@@ -5913,43 +6388,34 @@ _bfd_xcoff_bfd_final_link (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
        goto error_return;
     }
 
-  /* Setting bfd_get_symcount to 0 will cause write_object_contents to
+  /* Setting symcount to 0 will cause write_object_contents to
      not try to write out the symbols.  */
-  bfd_get_symcount (abfd) = 0;
+  abfd->symcount = 0;
 
   return TRUE;
 
  error_return:
-  if (finfo.strtab != NULL)
-    _bfd_stringtab_free (finfo.strtab);
+  if (flinfo.strtab != NULL)
+    _bfd_stringtab_free (flinfo.strtab);
 
-  if (finfo.section_info != NULL)
+  if (flinfo.section_info != NULL)
     {
       unsigned int i;
 
       for (i = 0; i < abfd->section_count; i++)
        {
-         if (finfo.section_info[i].relocs != NULL)
-           free (finfo.section_info[i].relocs);
-         if (finfo.section_info[i].rel_hashes != NULL)
-           free (finfo.section_info[i].rel_hashes);
+         free (flinfo.section_info[i].relocs);
+         free (flinfo.section_info[i].rel_hashes);
        }
-      free (finfo.section_info);
+      free (flinfo.section_info);
     }
 
-  if (finfo.internal_syms != NULL)
-    free (finfo.internal_syms);
-  if (finfo.sym_indices != NULL)
-    free (finfo.sym_indices);
-  if (finfo.outsyms != NULL)
-    free (finfo.outsyms);
-  if (finfo.linenos != NULL)
-    free (finfo.linenos);
-  if (finfo.contents != NULL)
-    free (finfo.contents);
-  if (finfo.external_relocs != NULL)
-    free (finfo.external_relocs);
-  if (external_relocs != NULL)
-    free (external_relocs);
+  free (flinfo.internal_syms);
+  free (flinfo.sym_indices);
+  free (flinfo.outsyms);
+  free (flinfo.linenos);
+  free (flinfo.contents);
+  free (flinfo.external_relocs);
+  free (external_relocs);
   return FALSE;
 }
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