From c5a43a5dc59c58726cde44ba374c66434ef75bc5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 05:06:18 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] 2002-05-21  H.J. Lu  (hjl@gnu.org)

	* linker.c (_bfd_generic_link_add_one_symbol): Allow multiple
	definition.
---
 bfd/ChangeLog |  5 +++++
 bfd/linker.c  | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------
 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 9470bc53cc1..25af58b0793 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-05-21  H.J. Lu  (hjl@gnu.org)
+
+	* linker.c (_bfd_generic_link_add_one_symbol): Allow multiple
+	definition.
+
 2002-05-22  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
 
 	* elf64-ppc.c (ppc64_elf_size_stubs): Don't strip .branch_lt.
diff --git a/bfd/linker.c b/bfd/linker.c
index 8d2287239ad..228f088a017 100644
--- a/bfd/linker.c
+++ b/bfd/linker.c
@@ -1813,37 +1813,38 @@ _bfd_generic_link_add_one_symbol (info, abfd, name, flags, section, value,
 	  /* Fall through.  */
 	case MDEF:
 	  /* Handle a multiple definition.  */
-	  {
-	    asection *msec = NULL;
-	    bfd_vma mval = 0;
+	  if (!info->allow_multiple_definition)
+	    {
+	      asection *msec = NULL;
+	      bfd_vma mval = 0;
 
-	    switch (h->type)
-	      {
-	      case bfd_link_hash_defined:
-		msec = h->u.def.section;
-		mval = h->u.def.value;
-		break;
-	      case bfd_link_hash_indirect:
-		msec = bfd_ind_section_ptr;
-		mval = 0;
-		break;
-	      default:
-		abort ();
-	      }
+	      switch (h->type)
+		{
+		case bfd_link_hash_defined:
+		  msec = h->u.def.section;
+		  mval = h->u.def.value;
+		  break;
+	        case bfd_link_hash_indirect:
+		  msec = bfd_ind_section_ptr;
+		  mval = 0;
+		  break;
+		default:
+		  abort ();
+		}
 
-	    /* Ignore a redefinition of an absolute symbol to the same
-               value; it's harmless.  */
-	    if (h->type == bfd_link_hash_defined
-		&& bfd_is_abs_section (msec)
-		&& bfd_is_abs_section (section)
-		&& value == mval)
-	      break;
+	      /* Ignore a redefinition of an absolute symbol to the
+		 same value; it's harmless.  */
+	      if (h->type == bfd_link_hash_defined
+		  && bfd_is_abs_section (msec)
+		  && bfd_is_abs_section (section)
+		  && value == mval)
+		break;
 
-	    if (! ((*info->callbacks->multiple_definition)
-		   (info, h->root.string, msec->owner, msec, mval, abfd,
-		    section, value)))
-	      return false;
-	  }
+	      if (! ((*info->callbacks->multiple_definition)
+		     (info, h->root.string, msec->owner, msec, mval,
+		      abfd, section, value)))
+		return false;
+	    }
 	  break;
 
 	case CIND:
-- 
2.30.2