http://bugs.gentoo.org/392645
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13470

2011-12-03  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>

	PR ld/13470
	* elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_copy_indirect_symbol): Revert substantive
	change in 2011-07-01 commit.  Comment.
	* elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_copy_indirect_symbol): Likewise.

diff -durN binutils-2.22.orig/bfd/elf32-ppc.c binutils-2.22/bfd/elf32-ppc.c
--- binutils-2.22.orig/bfd/elf32-ppc.c	2011-11-21 10:29:21.000000000 +0100
+++ binutils-2.22/bfd/elf32-ppc.c	2011-12-14 19:52:43.308784395 +0100
@@ -2987,10 +2987,6 @@
   edir->elf.needs_plt |= eind->elf.needs_plt;
   edir->elf.pointer_equality_needed |= eind->elf.pointer_equality_needed;
 
-  /* If we were called to copy over info for a weak sym, that's all.  */
-  if (eind->elf.root.type != bfd_link_hash_indirect)
-    return;
-
   if (eind->dyn_relocs != NULL)
     {
       if (edir->dyn_relocs != NULL)
@@ -3022,6 +3018,16 @@
       eind->dyn_relocs = NULL;
     }
 
+  /* If we were called to copy over info for a weak sym, that's all.
+     You might think dyn_relocs need not be copied over;  After all,
+     both syms will be dynamic or both non-dynamic so we're just
+     moving reloc accounting around.  However, ELIMINATE_COPY_RELOCS 
+     code in ppc_elf_adjust_dynamic_symbol needs to check for
+     dyn_relocs in read-only sections, and it does so on what is the
+     DIR sym here.  */
+  if (eind->elf.root.type != bfd_link_hash_indirect)
+    return;
+
   /* Copy over the GOT refcount entries that we may have already seen to
      the symbol which just became indirect.  */
   edir->elf.got.refcount += eind->elf.got.refcount;
diff -durN binutils-2.22.orig/bfd/elf64-ppc.c binutils-2.22/bfd/elf64-ppc.c
--- binutils-2.22.orig/bfd/elf64-ppc.c	2011-11-21 10:29:24.000000000 +0100
+++ binutils-2.22/bfd/elf64-ppc.c	2011-12-14 19:52:43.336784395 +0100
@@ -4435,10 +4435,6 @@
   edir->elf.ref_regular_nonweak |= eind->elf.ref_regular_nonweak;
   edir->elf.needs_plt |= eind->elf.needs_plt;
 
-  /* If we were called to copy over info for a weak sym, that's all.  */
-  if (eind->elf.root.type != bfd_link_hash_indirect)
-    return;
-
   /* Copy over any dynamic relocs we may have on the indirect sym.  */
   if (eind->dyn_relocs != NULL)
     {
@@ -4471,6 +4467,16 @@
       eind->dyn_relocs = NULL;
     }
 
+  /* If we were called to copy over info for a weak sym, that's all.
+     You might think dyn_relocs need not be copied over;  After all,
+     both syms will be dynamic or both non-dynamic so we're just
+     moving reloc accounting around.  However, ELIMINATE_COPY_RELOCS 
+     code in ppc64_elf_adjust_dynamic_symbol needs to check for
+     dyn_relocs in read-only sections, and it does so on what is the
+     DIR sym here.  */
+  if (eind->elf.root.type != bfd_link_hash_indirect)
+    return;
+
   /* Copy over got entries that we may have already seen to the
      symbol which just became indirect.  */
   if (eind->elf.got.glist != NULL)