>>>This patch makes claim_file_handler to call release_input_file after it >>>finishes processing input file. OK for trunk? >> >> OK. How did you test this? > > I did normal bootstrap and "make check" on Linux/x86-64. > I also run ld.bfd and ld.gold by hand to verify that release_input_file > is called.
But release_input_file is only supposed to be used after calling get_input_file from the all_symbols_read handler. It's not needed in the claim_file handler. If gold isn't freeing the file descriptor properly in that case, it's a bug entirely within gold (I think). I'm looking at it. -cary
