[Bug middle-end/61848] [5 Regression] a previous declaration causes the section attribute to be lost

[trippels at gcc dot gnu.org]

https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=61848

Markus Trippelsdorf <trippels at gcc dot gnu.org> changed:

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           Assignee|amodra at gcc dot gnu.org          |pinskia at gcc dot 
gnu.org

--- Comment #18 from Markus Trippelsdorf <trippels at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
(In reply to Andi Kleen from comment #16)
> Can Alan's patch be submitted please?
> 
> I always need to apply it now before compiling a kernel.

See deadlocked discussion:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gcc.patches/321758/

Here's a testcase suitable for both C++ and C:

/* { dg-do compile } */
/* { dg-require-effective-target named_sections } */
/* { dg-final { scan-assembler "mysection" } } */
extern char foo;
char foo __attribute__ ((__section__(".mysection")));