[Bug 228753] [i386] lld emits malformed DWARF info for crt1.o

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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=228753

            Bug ID: 228753
           Summary: [i386] lld emits malformed DWARF info for crt1.o
           Product: Base System
           Version: CURRENT
          Hardware: i386
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Only Me
          Priority: ---
         Component: bin
          Assignee: bugs at FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: markj at FreeBSD.org

With an lld-linked i386 world, ld.bfd hangs when linking the following program:

$ cat conftest.c
int k; int foo () { __builtin_alloca (k); }
$

During the link, ld emits a warning referencing _start1; it looks like ld from
binutils 2.18.5 gets into an infinite loop when performing a lookup in the
DWARF info:

(gdb) bt                                                                        
#0  0x000d0c1c in add_line_info (table=0x207d4548, address=<optimized out>,
filename=0x201a80c0 "\001/usr/home/markj/src/freebsd-dev/lib/csu/i386", line=1,
    column=0, end_sequence=0) at
/usr/home/markj/src/freebsd-dev/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/libbfd/../../../../contrib/binutils/bfd/dwarf2.c:849
#1  0x000cfd1e in decode_line_info (unit=<optimized out>, stash=<optimized
out>)
    at
/usr/home/markj/src/freebsd-dev/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/libbfd/../../../../contrib/binutils/bfd/dwarf2.c:1169
#2  0x000cf693 in comp_unit_find_nearest_line (unit=0x207d44bc, addr=<optimized
out>, filename_ptr=0xffbfe5d0, functionname_ptr=0xffbfe5cc,
    linenumber_ptr=0xffbfe5c8, stash=0x20469e30)
    at
/usr/home/markj/src/freebsd-dev/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/libbfd/../../../../contrib/binutils/bfd/dwarf2.c:2103 
#3  0x000ced29 in find_line (abfd=0x201d50c0, section=<optimized out>,
offset=160, symbol=0x0, symbols=0x20480000, filename_ptr=0xffbfe5d0,            
    functionname_ptr=0xffbfe5cc, linenumber_ptr=0xffbfe5c8, addr_size=0,
pinfo=0x20197344)                                                               
    at
/usr/home/markj/src/freebsd-dev/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/libbfd/../../../../contrib/binutils/bfd/dwarf2.c:2575 
#4  0x000ce063 in _bfd_dwarf2_find_nearest_line (abfd=0x201d50c0,
section=0x201990d0, symbols=0x20480000, offset=160, filename_ptr=0xffbfe5d0,    
    functionname_ptr=0xffbfe5cc, linenumber_ptr=0xffbfe5c8, addr_size=0,
pinfo=0x20197344)                                                               
    at
/usr/home/markj/src/freebsd-dev/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/libbfd/../../../../contrib/binutils/bfd/dwarf2.c:2607 
#5  0x000ac37e in _bfd_elf_find_nearest_line (abfd=0x201d50c0,
section=0x201990d0, symbols=0x20480000, offset=160, filename_ptr=0xffbfe5d0,    
    functionname_ptr=0xffbfe5cc, line_ptr=0xffbfe5c8)                           
    at
/usr/home/markj/src/freebsd-dev/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/libbfd/../../../../contrib/binutils/bfd/elf.c:7198 
#6  0x0007c3a9 in vfinfo (fp=0x181bac <__sF+472>, fmt=0x250e8 " undefined
reference to `%T'\n", arg=0xffbfe668 "\300P\035 \320\220\031 \240",
is_warning=1)  
    at
/usr/home/markj/src/freebsd-dev/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/ld/../../../../contrib/binutils/ld/ldmisc.c:324 
#7  0x0007c82d in einfo (fmt=0x250e3 "%X%C: undefined reference to `%T'\n")     
    at
/usr/home/markj/src/freebsd-dev/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/ld/../../../../contrib/binutils/ld/ldmisc.c:465 
#8  0x0007b838 in undefined_symbol (info=0x1831d0 <link_info>, name=0x201bf6c8
"main", abfd=0x201d50c0, section=0x201990d0, address=160, error=1)            
    at
/usr/home/markj/src/freebsd-dev/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/ld/../../../../contrib/binutils/ld/ldmain.c:1397 
#9  0x0008f1d6 in elf_i386_relocate_section (output_bfd=0x201d5000,
info=0x1831d0 <link_info>, input_bfd=0x201d50c0, input_section=0x201990d0,      
    contents=0x206d5000
"1\355U\211\345\203\344\360\215E\b\203\354\004P\377u\004R\350\b",
relocs=0x201d8288, local_syms=0x2046be00,                          
    local_sections=0x201ff400) at
/usr/home/markj/src/freebsd-dev/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/libbfd/../../../../contrib/binutils/bfd/elf32-i386.c:2346 
#10 0x000bb38d in elf_link_input_bfd (input_bfd=<optimized out>,
finfo=<optimized out>)                                                          
    at
/usr/home/markj/src/freebsd-dev/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/libbfd/../../../../contrib/binutils/bfd/elflink.c:8706 
#11 bfd_elf_final_link (abfd=0x201d5000, info=0x1831d0 <link_info>)             
    at
/usr/home/markj/src/freebsd-dev/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/libbfd/../../../../contrib/binutils/bfd/elflink.c:9843 
#12 0x0007cf35 in ldwrite () at
/usr/home/markj/src/freebsd-dev/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/ld/../../../../contrib/binutils/ld/ldwrite.c:557 
#13 0x0007a728 in main (argc=<optimized out>, argv=<optimized out>)             
    at
/usr/home/markj/src/freebsd-dev/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/ld/../../../../contrib/binutils/ld/ldmain.c:468

The problem seems to occur only if crt1.o, which is a partial link of crt1_c.o
and crt1_s.o, is linked using lld. That is, if I link everything under lib/csu
using lld and just link crt1.o using ld.bfd, the infinite loop doesn't occur.

If I try to link conftest.c using ld from binutils 2.30, I get an internal
warning instead of a hang:

$ clang conftest.c                                                     
conftest.c:1:43: warning: control reaches end of non-void function
[-Wreturn-type]                                                                 
int k; int foo () { __builtin_alloca (k); }                                     
                                          ^                                    
1 warning generated.                                                            
/usr/bin/ld: Dwarf Error: Line info data is bigger (0xefb0101) than the space
remaining in the section (0x23f)
/usr/lib/crt1.o: In function `_start1':                                        
(.text+0xa0): undefined reference to `main'                                    
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
$

So it looks like lld is somehow messing up the DWARF info when merging crt1_c.o
and crt1_s.o.

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