[Bug ld/26105] New: PROTECTED in executable

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https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26105

            Bug ID: 26105
           Summary: PROTECTED in executable
           Product: binutils
           Version: 2.35 (HEAD)
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: ld
          Assignee: unassigned at sourceware dot org
          Reporter: hjl.tools at gmail dot com
  Target Milestone: ---

[hjl@gnu-cfl-2 pr20022]$ cat a.s 
.globl _start
_start:
        .dc.a   __start__foo
        .dc.a   bar
        .section        _foo,"aw",%progbits
foo:
        .ascii "This is "
[hjl@gnu-cfl-2 pr20022]$ cat c.s
        .data
        .globl bar
        .type bar,%object
bar:
        .dc.a   __start__foo
        .section        _foo,"aw",%progbits
foo:
        .ascii "This is "
[hjl@gnu-cfl-2 pr20022]$ make
as   -o a.o a.s
as   -o c.o c.s
./ld -shared --gc-sections -o c.so c.o
./ld --gc-sections -o a a.o c.so
readelf --dyn-syms -W a | grep foo
     2: 0000000000403000     0 NOTYPE  GLOBAL PROTECTED   10 __start__foo
[hjl@gnu-cfl-2 pr20022]$ 

PROTECTED symbol in executable serves no purpose since definitions in
executable aren't preemptible.

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