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fixes #156417

Solution:
Before processing the RelocationSection, ensure that the OutputSection for the RelocatedSection is created and registered. The creation and registration logic is protected by the add function, which prevents duplicate creation. However, it may result in duplicate establishment of the parent relationship, which does not affect correctness.

Fix the error generated during the linking process when the relocation section is placed before the relocated section and the relocated section is not defined in the linker script.
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llvmbot commented Sep 1, 2025

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Author: None (mykouHW)

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Fix the error generated during the linking process when the relocation section is placed before the relocated section and the relocated section is not defined in the linker script.

Issue Cause:
In the judgment logic, addOrphanSections assumes that the RelocatedSection must be processed before the RelocationSection. Under this assumption, the OutputSection for the RelocatedSection has already been constructed, and the parent relationship associated with the InputSectionBase has been established.

If the RelocationSection is processed before the RelocatedSection, this assumption is violated. As a result, the condition rel->parent evaluates to null, causing add(relIS) to not execute. This skips the registration and construction process of the RelocatedSection, since its createOutputSection and recordSection methods have not yet been called at this point.

However, during the construction and registration of the RelocationSection in the addInputSec function, the RelocatedSection is accessed. Since the RelocatedSection has not been constructed yet, attempting to access it results in a null pointer error.

Solution:
Before processing the RelocationSection, ensure that the OutputSection for the RelocatedSection is created and registered. The creation and registration logic is protected by the add function, which prevents duplicate creation. However, it may result in duplicate establishment of the parent relationship, which does not affect correctness.


Full diff: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/156354.diff

2 Files Affected:

  • (modified) lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp (+6-2)
  • (added) lld/test/ELF/linkerscript/orphan-sections-init.s (+30)
diff --git a/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp b/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
index 921128dae2bdb..067abbc42a13d 100644
--- a/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
@@ -1037,10 +1037,14 @@ void LinkerScript::addOrphanSections() {
     if (ctx.arg.relocatable && (isec->flags & SHF_LINK_ORDER))
       continue;
 
-    if (auto *sec = dyn_cast<InputSection>(isec))
-      if (InputSectionBase *rel = sec->getRelocatedSection())
+    if (auto *sec = dyn_cast<InputSection>(isec)){
+      if (InputSectionBase *rel = sec->getRelocatedSection()){
+        if (auto *relIS = dyn_cast_or_null<InputSectionBase>(rel))
+          add(relIS);
         if (auto *relIS = dyn_cast_or_null<InputSectionBase>(rel->parent))
           add(relIS);
+      }
+    }
     add(isec);
     if (ctx.arg.relocatable)
       for (InputSectionBase *depSec : isec->dependentSections)
diff --git a/lld/test/ELF/linkerscript/orphan-sections-init.s b/lld/test/ELF/linkerscript/orphan-sections-init.s
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1701336f098e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lld/test/ELF/linkerscript/orphan-sections-init.s
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# REQUIRES: x86
+# RUN: rm -rf %t && mkdir -p %t
+# RUN: split-file %s %t && cd %t
+
+# RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64 foo.s -o foo.o
+
+# RUN: ld.lld -r  foo.o -T script.ld -o foo_mc.o
+
+# RUN: llvm-objcopy --rename-section .text=.com.text foo_mc.o foo_mc.o
+# RUN: llvm-objcopy --rename-section .rela.text=.rela.com.text foo_mc.o foo_mc.o
+
+# RUN: ld.lld -r foo_mc.o  -T script.ld -o foo_mc_after.o
+
+#--- foo.s
+  .text
+  .globl	foo
+  .p2align	4
+  .type	foo,@function
+foo:
+  mov $bar, %rax
+
+
+
+#--- script.ld
+SECTIONS
+{
+  .rela.text    0 : { *(.rela.text) }
+  .text         0 : { *(.text) }
+}
+

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llvmbot commented Sep 1, 2025

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Author: None (mykouHW)

Changes

Fix the error generated during the linking process when the relocation section is placed before the relocated section and the relocated section is not defined in the linker script.

Issue Cause:
In the judgment logic, addOrphanSections assumes that the RelocatedSection must be processed before the RelocationSection. Under this assumption, the OutputSection for the RelocatedSection has already been constructed, and the parent relationship associated with the InputSectionBase has been established.

If the RelocationSection is processed before the RelocatedSection, this assumption is violated. As a result, the condition rel-&gt;parent evaluates to null, causing add(relIS) to not execute. This skips the registration and construction process of the RelocatedSection, since its createOutputSection and recordSection methods have not yet been called at this point.

However, during the construction and registration of the RelocationSection in the addInputSec function, the RelocatedSection is accessed. Since the RelocatedSection has not been constructed yet, attempting to access it results in a null pointer error.

Solution:
Before processing the RelocationSection, ensure that the OutputSection for the RelocatedSection is created and registered. The creation and registration logic is protected by the add function, which prevents duplicate creation. However, it may result in duplicate establishment of the parent relationship, which does not affect correctness.


Full diff: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/156354.diff

2 Files Affected:

  • (modified) lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp (+6-2)
  • (added) lld/test/ELF/linkerscript/orphan-sections-init.s (+30)
diff --git a/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp b/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
index 921128dae2bdb..067abbc42a13d 100644
--- a/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/LinkerScript.cpp
@@ -1037,10 +1037,14 @@ void LinkerScript::addOrphanSections() {
     if (ctx.arg.relocatable && (isec->flags & SHF_LINK_ORDER))
       continue;
 
-    if (auto *sec = dyn_cast<InputSection>(isec))
-      if (InputSectionBase *rel = sec->getRelocatedSection())
+    if (auto *sec = dyn_cast<InputSection>(isec)){
+      if (InputSectionBase *rel = sec->getRelocatedSection()){
+        if (auto *relIS = dyn_cast_or_null<InputSectionBase>(rel))
+          add(relIS);
         if (auto *relIS = dyn_cast_or_null<InputSectionBase>(rel->parent))
           add(relIS);
+      }
+    }
     add(isec);
     if (ctx.arg.relocatable)
       for (InputSectionBase *depSec : isec->dependentSections)
diff --git a/lld/test/ELF/linkerscript/orphan-sections-init.s b/lld/test/ELF/linkerscript/orphan-sections-init.s
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1701336f098e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lld/test/ELF/linkerscript/orphan-sections-init.s
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# REQUIRES: x86
+# RUN: rm -rf %t && mkdir -p %t
+# RUN: split-file %s %t && cd %t
+
+# RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=x86_64 foo.s -o foo.o
+
+# RUN: ld.lld -r  foo.o -T script.ld -o foo_mc.o
+
+# RUN: llvm-objcopy --rename-section .text=.com.text foo_mc.o foo_mc.o
+# RUN: llvm-objcopy --rename-section .rela.text=.rela.com.text foo_mc.o foo_mc.o
+
+# RUN: ld.lld -r foo_mc.o  -T script.ld -o foo_mc_after.o
+
+#--- foo.s
+  .text
+  .globl	foo
+  .p2align	4
+  .type	foo,@function
+foo:
+  mov $bar, %rax
+
+
+
+#--- script.ld
+SECTIONS
+{
+  .rela.text    0 : { *(.rela.text) }
+  .text         0 : { *(.text) }
+}
+

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