See http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13990 for details. --- diff -u -r1.287 -r1.288 --- a/bfd/elf32-arm.c 2012/04/24 05:12:31 1.287 +++ b/bfd/elf32-arm.c 2012/04/24 16:09:12 1.288 @@ -12256,8 +12256,19 @@ if (may_need_local_target_p && elf32_arm_get_plt_info (abfd, eh, r_symndx, &root_plt, &arm_plt)) { - BFD_ASSERT (root_plt->refcount > 0); - root_plt->refcount -= 1; + /* If PLT refcount book-keeping is wrong and too low, we'll + see a zero value (going to -1) for the root PLT reference + count. */ + if (root_plt->refcount >= 0) + { + BFD_ASSERT (root_plt->refcount != 0); + root_plt->refcount -= 1; + } + else + /* A value of -1 means the symbol has become local, forced + or seeing a hidden definition. Any other negative value + is an error. */ + BFD_ASSERT (root_plt->refcount == -1); if (!call_reloc_p) arm_plt->noncall_refcount--;