coff-sh.c keep_relocs, keep_contents and keep_syms keep_relocs and keep_contents are unused nowadays except by xcofflink.c, and I can't see a reason why keep_syms needs to be set. The external syms are read and used by sh_relax_section and used by sh_relax_delete_bytes. There doesn't appear to be any way that freeing them will cause trouble. * coff-sh.c (sh_relax_section): Don't set keep_relocs, keep_contents or keep_syms. (sh_relax_delete_bytes): Don't set keep_contents.