different instances of the same symbol (e.g. one defined, another
undefined, and maybe some weak too):

The symbol tables for the "sub modules" symbol tables
would be put by the lto-plugin into a single symbol table
and given to gold for resolution. But gold does not expect
duplicates with different states in the symbol tables
coming out of a plugin. Internally for the plugin they
were unique because it knows the unique subids of the sections,
but gold doesn't know that. What happened was that gold
only resolved the first duplicate of a symbol and all other copies
got the same resolution. This in term confused the lto cgraph
code, by creating multiple prevailing definitions and other issues.

I discussed this with Ian Taylor and he didn't seem enthuisastic
to add subids to the main gold symbol table for efficiency reasons.

What I ended up doing instead was to add a mini resolution to
the plugin for this case. When there are multiple sub symbol
tables the plugin checks for duplicated symbols using a hash tables 
and moves all duplicates into a separate table, which is invisible to the 
main linker. Then it moves the "strongest" instance of the symbol 
into the main table and gives that for gold to resolve.

Then before writing out the symbol resolutions the conflicting
resolutions get resolved based on the resolution result of the
original symbol. The code for doing this turned out to be 
simpler than expected. It also only runs when there are multiple
symbol tables for a object file, so that non ld -r case is not
slowed down.

Open is common handling, but I think that doesn't work properly
with the plugin anyways (or rather I believe lto1 has to patch
it over)

With this patch I get much further in compiling my project.

Passes boot strap (with the earlier patch kit applied) on x86-64 linux
and a full test run. There are a few FAILS, but they match recent
other test results for x86-64-linux trunk on the test results list.

-Andi

lto-plugin:	

2010-07-17  Andi Kleen  <ak@linux.intel.com>

	* lto-plugin.c: Include <hashtab.h>
	(sym_aux): Add next_conflict field to save conflict chains.
	(plugin_file_info): Add conflicts symtab.
	(parse_table_entry): Initialize aux->next_conflict.
	(dump_symtab): Add.
	(finish_conflict_resolution): Add.
	(free_symtab): Add.
	(write_resolution): Remove symbols loop and move into
	dump_symtab. Call dump_symtab for main symbol and conflicts table.
	Call free_symtab to free conflicts table.
	(SWAP): Add.
	(eq_sym): Add.
	(hash_sym): Add.
	(symbol_strength): Add.
	(resolve_conflicts): Add.
	(claim_file_handler): Add n variable. Check return value of 
	process_symtab. Call resolve_conflicts.
	
diff --git a/lto-plugin/lto-plugin.c b/lto-plugin/lto-plugin.c
index 0cfecc9..a1913d1 100644
--- a/lto-plugin/lto-plugin.c
+++ b/lto-plugin/lto-plugin.c
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ along with this program; see the file COPYING3.  If not see
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <libiberty.h>
+#include <hashtab.h>
 
 /* The presence of gelf.h is checked by the toplevel configure script.  */
 #include <gelf.h>
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ struct sym_aux
 {
   uint32_t slot;
   unsigned id;
+  unsigned next_conflict;
 };
 
 struct plugin_symtab
@@ -76,6 +78,7 @@ struct plugin_file_info
   char *name;
   void *handle;
   struct plugin_symtab symtab;
+  struct plugin_symtab conflicts;
 };
 
 
@@ -183,6 +186,8 @@ parse_table_entry (char *p, struct ld_plugin_symbol *entry,
 
   entry->resolution = LDPR_UNKNOWN;
 
+  aux->next_conflict = -1;
+
   return p;
 }
 
@@ -246,7 +251,7 @@ process_symtab (Elf *elf, struct plugin_symtab *out)
 	  if (s)
 	      sscanf (s, ".%x", &out->id);
 	  translate (elf_getdata (section, NULL), out);
-	  found = 1;
+	  found++;
 	}
     }
   return found;
@@ -303,6 +308,82 @@ free_2 (void)
   arguments_file_name = NULL;
 }
 
+/* Dump a symtab to a resolution file */
+
+static void
+dump_symtab (FILE *f, struct plugin_symtab *symtab)
+{
+  unsigned j;
+
+  for (j = 0; j < symtab->nsyms; j++)
+    {
+      uint32_t slot = symtab->aux[j].slot;
+      unsigned int resolution = symtab->syms[j].resolution;
+      
+      assert (resolution != LDPR_UNKNOWN);
+
+      fprintf (f, "%d %x %s %s\n", slot, symtab->aux[j].id,
+	       lto_resolution_str[resolution], 
+	       symtab->syms[j].name);
+    }
+}
+
+/* Finish the conflicts' resolution information after the linker resolved
+   the original symbols */
+
+static void
+finish_conflict_resolution (struct plugin_symtab *symtab, 
+			   struct plugin_symtab *conflicts)
+{
+  int i, j;
+
+  if (conflicts->nsyms == 0)
+    return;
+
+  for (i = 0; i < symtab->nsyms; i++)
+    { 
+      int resolution;
+
+      if (symtab->aux[i].next_conflict == -1)
+	continue;
+
+      switch (symtab->syms[i].def) 
+	{
+	case LDPK_DEF:
+	case LDPK_COMMON: /* ??? */
+	  resolution = LDPR_RESOLVED_IR; 
+	  break;
+	case LDPK_WEAKDEF:
+	  resolution = LDPR_PREEMPTED_IR;
+	  break;
+	case LDPK_UNDEF:
+	case LDPK_WEAKUNDEF:
+	  resolution = symtab->syms[i].resolution;
+	  break;
+	default:
+	  assert (0);
+	}
+
+      assert (resolution != LDPR_UNKNOWN);
+
+      for (j = symtab->aux[i].next_conflict; 
+	   j != -1; 
+	   j = conflicts->aux[j].next_conflict)
+	conflicts->syms[j].resolution = resolution;
+    }
+}
+
+/* Free a symbol table. */
+
+static void
+free_symtab (struct plugin_symtab *symtab)
+{
+  free (symtab->syms);
+  symtab->syms = NULL;
+  free (symtab->aux);
+  symtab->aux = NULL;
+}
+
 /*  Writes the relocations to disk. */
 
 static void
@@ -322,18 +403,17 @@ write_resolution (void)
       struct plugin_file_info *info = &claimed_files[i];
       struct plugin_symtab *symtab = &info->symtab;
       struct ld_plugin_symbol *syms = symtab->syms;
-      unsigned j;
 
       get_symbols (info->handle, symtab->nsyms, syms);
 
-      fprintf (f, "%s %d\n", info->name, info->symtab.nsyms);
+      finish_conflict_resolution (symtab, &info->conflicts);
 
-      for (j = 0; j < info->symtab.nsyms; j++)
+      fprintf (f, "%s %d\n", info->name, symtab->nsyms + info->conflicts.nsyms);
+      dump_symtab (f, symtab);
+      if (info->conflicts.nsyms)
 	{
-	  uint32_t slot = symtab->aux[j].slot;
-	  unsigned int resolution = syms[j].resolution;
-	  fprintf (f, "%d %x %s %s\n", slot, symtab->aux[j].id,
-		   lto_resolution_str[resolution], syms[j].name);
+	  dump_symtab (f, &info->conflicts);
+	  free_symtab(&info->conflicts);
 	}
     }
   fclose (f);
@@ -550,6 +630,130 @@ cleanup_handler (void)
   return LDPS_OK;
 }
 
+#define SWAP(type, a, b) \
+  do { type tmp_; tmp_ = (a); (a) = (b); (b) = tmp_; } while(0)
+
+/* Compare two hash table entries */
+
+static int eq_sym (const void *a, const void *b)
+{
+  const struct ld_plugin_symbol *as = (const struct ld_plugin_symbol *)a;
+  const struct ld_plugin_symbol *bs = (const struct ld_plugin_symbol *)b;
+
+  return !strcmp (as->name, bs->name);
+}
+
+/* Hash a symbol */
+
+static hashval_t hash_sym (const void *a)
+{
+  const struct ld_plugin_symbol *as = (const struct ld_plugin_symbol *)a;
+
+  return htab_hash_string (as->name);
+}
+
+/* Determine how strong a symbol is */
+
+static int symbol_strength (struct ld_plugin_symbol *s)
+{
+  switch (s->def) 
+    { 
+    case LDPK_UNDEF:
+    case LDPK_WEAKUNDEF:
+      return 0;
+    case LDPK_WEAKDEF:
+      return 1;
+    default:
+      return 2;
+    }
+}
+
+/* In the ld -r case we can get dups in the LTO symbol tables, where
+   the same symbol can have different resolutions (e.g. undefined and defined).
+
+   We have to keep that in the LTO symbol tables, but the dups confuse
+   gold and then finally gcc by supplying incorrect resolutions.
+
+   Problem is that the main gold symbol table doesn't know about subids
+   and does not distingush the same symbols in different states.
+
+   So we drop duplicates from the linker visible symbol table
+   and keep them in a private table. Then later do own symbol
+   resolution for the duplicated based on the results for the
+   originals.
+
+   Then when writing out the resolution file readd the dropped symbols.
+   
+   XXX how to handle common? */
+
+static void
+resolve_conflicts (struct plugin_symtab *t, struct plugin_symtab *conflicts)
+{
+  htab_t symtab = htab_create (t->nsyms, hash_sym, eq_sym, NULL);
+  int i;
+  int out;
+  int outlen;
+
+  outlen = t->nsyms;
+  conflicts->syms = xmalloc(sizeof (struct ld_plugin_symbol) * outlen);
+  conflicts->aux = xmalloc(sizeof (struct sym_aux) * outlen);
+
+  /* Move all duplicate symbols into the auxillary conflicts table. */
+  out = 0;
+  for (i = 0; i < t->nsyms; i++) 
+    {
+      struct ld_plugin_symbol *s = &t->syms[i];
+      struct sym_aux *aux = &t->aux[i];
+      void **slot;
+
+      slot = htab_find_slot(symtab, s, INSERT);
+      if (*slot != NULL)
+	{
+	  int cnf;
+	  struct ld_plugin_symbol *orig = (struct ld_plugin_symbol *)*slot;
+	  struct sym_aux *orig_aux = &t->aux[orig - t->syms];
+
+	  /* Always let the linker resolve the strongest symbol */
+	  if (symbol_strength (orig) < symbol_strength (s)) 
+	    {
+	      SWAP (struct ld_plugin_symbol, *orig, *s);
+	      SWAP (uint32_t, orig_aux->slot, aux->slot);
+	      SWAP (unsigned, orig_aux->id, aux->id);
+	      /* Don't swap conflict chain pointer */
+	    } 
+
+	  /* Move current symbol into the conflicts table */
+	  cnf = conflicts->nsyms++;
+	  conflicts->syms[cnf] = *s;
+	  conflicts->aux[cnf] = *aux;
+	  aux = &conflicts->aux[cnf];
+
+	  /* Update conflicts chain of the original symbol */
+	  aux->next_conflict = orig_aux->next_conflict;
+	  orig_aux->next_conflict = cnf;
+
+	  continue;
+	}
+
+      /* Remove previous duplicates in the main table */
+      if (out < i)
+	{
+	  t->syms[out] = *s;
+	  t->aux[out] = *aux;
+	}
+
+      /* Put original into the hash table */
+      *slot = &t->syms[out];
+      out++;
+    }
+
+  assert (conflicts->nsyms <= outlen);
+  assert (conflicts->nsyms + out == t->nsyms);
+  
+  t->nsyms = out;
+  htab_delete (symtab);
+}
+
 /* Callback used by gold to check if the plugin will claim FILE. Writes
    the result in CLAIMED. */
 
@@ -559,6 +763,7 @@ claim_file_handler (const struct ld_plugin_input_file *file, int *claimed)
   enum ld_plugin_status status;
   Elf *elf;
   struct plugin_file_info lto_file;
+  int n;
 
   memset (&lto_file, 0, sizeof (struct plugin_file_info));
 
@@ -597,9 +802,16 @@ claim_file_handler (const struct ld_plugin_input_file *file, int *claimed)
 
   *claimed = 0;
 
-  if (!elf || !process_symtab (elf, &lto_file.symtab))
+  if (!elf)
+    goto err;
+
+  n = process_symtab (elf, &lto_file.symtab);
+  if (n == 0)
     goto err;
 
+  if (n > 1)
+    resolve_conflicts(&lto_file.symtab, &lto_file.conflicts);
+
   status = add_symbols (file->handle, lto_file.symtab.nsyms,
 			lto_file.symtab.syms);
   check (status == LDPS_OK, LDPL_FATAL, "could not add symbols");
