(make_decl_rtl,assemble_variable): Allow named sections for

uninitialized variables.

From-SVN: r13053

diff --git a/gcc/varasm.c b/gcc/varasm.c
index bae1242d0314c02e46163941c95840e2e0e897b2..77798286ba576407a2df1f4ab2993eba5a853ba6 100644 (file)
--- a/gcc/varasm.c
+++ b/gcc/varasm.c
@@ -706,23 +706,13 @@ make_decl_rtl (decl, asmspec, top_level)
                globalize_reg (reg_number + --nregs);
            }
        }
-      /* Specifying a section attribute on an uninitialized variable does not
-        (and cannot) cause it to be put in the given section.  The linker
-        can only put initialized objects in specific sections, everything
-        else goes in bss for the linker to sort out later (otherwise the
-        linker would give a duplicate definition error for each compilation
-        unit that behaved thusly).  So warn the user.  */
+      /* Specifying a section attribute on a variable forces it into a
+         non-.bss section, and thus it cannot be common. */
       else if (TREE_CODE (decl) == VAR_DECL
               && DECL_SECTION_NAME (decl) != NULL_TREE
               && DECL_INITIAL (decl) == NULL_TREE
               && DECL_COMMON (decl))
-       {
-         warning_with_decl (decl,
-                            "section attribute ignored for uninitialized variable `%s'");
-         /* Remove the section name so subsequent declarations won't see it.
-            We are ignoring it, remember.  */
-         DECL_SECTION_NAME (decl) = NULL_TREE;
-       }
+          DECL_COMMON (decl) = 0;
 
       /* Now handle ordinary static variables and functions (in memory).
         Also handle vars declared register invalidly.  */