diff -rup binutils.orig/bfd/elflink.c binutils-2.30/bfd/elflink.c
--- binutils.orig/bfd/elflink.c	2021-03-18 14:33:03.462295923 +0000
+++ binutils-2.30/bfd/elflink.c	2021-03-18 14:37:34.110465450 +0000
@@ -4661,7 +4661,10 @@ error_free_dyn:
 	     object and a shared object.  */
 	  bfd_boolean dynsym = FALSE;
 
-	  if (! dynamic)
+	  /* Plugin symbols aren't normal.  Don't set def/ref flags.  */
+	  if ((abfd->flags & BFD_PLUGIN) != 0)
+	    ;
+	  else if (!dynamic)
 	    {
 	      if (! definition)
 		{
@@ -4678,14 +4681,6 @@ error_free_dyn:
 		      h->ref_dynamic = 1;
 		    }
 		}
-
-	      /* If the indirect symbol has been forced local, don't
-		 make the real symbol dynamic.  */
-	      if ((h == hi || !hi->forced_local)
-		  && (bfd_link_dll (info)
-		      || h->def_dynamic
-		      || h->ref_dynamic))
-		dynsym = TRUE;
 	    }
 	  else
 	    {
@@ -4699,14 +4694,25 @@ error_free_dyn:
 		  h->def_dynamic = 1;
 		  hi->def_dynamic = 1;
 		}
+	    }
 
-	      /* If the indirect symbol has been forced local, don't
-		 make the real symbol dynamic.  */
-	      if ((h == hi || !hi->forced_local)
-		  && (h->def_regular
-		      || h->ref_regular
-		      || (h->is_weakalias
-			  && weakdef (h)->dynindx != -1)))
+	  /* If an indirect symbol has been forced local, don't
+	     make the real symbol dynamic.  */
+	  if (h != hi && hi->forced_local)
+	    ;
+	  else if (!dynamic)
+	    {
+	      if (bfd_link_dll (info)
+		  || h->def_dynamic
+		  || h->ref_dynamic)
+		dynsym = TRUE;
+	    }
+	  else
+	    {
+	      if (h->def_regular
+		  || h->ref_regular
+		  || (h->is_weakalias
+		      && weakdef (h)->dynindx != -1))
 		dynsym = TRUE;
 	    }
 
@@ -4841,6 +4847,10 @@ error_free_dyn:
 	      && !bfd_link_relocatable (info))
 	    dynsym = FALSE;
 
+	  /* Nor should we make plugin symbols dynamic.  */
+	  if ((abfd->flags & BFD_PLUGIN) != 0)
+	    dynsym = FALSE;
+
 	  if (definition)
 	    {
 	      h->target_internal = isym->st_target_internal;
@@ -4866,8 +4876,8 @@ error_free_dyn:
 		  nondeflt_vers[nondeflt_vers_cnt++] = h;
 		}
 	    }
-
-	  if (dynsym && (abfd->flags & BFD_PLUGIN) == 0 && h->dynindx == -1)
+	
+	  if (dynsym && h->dynindx == -1)
 	    {
 	      if (! bfd_elf_link_record_dynamic_symbol (info, h))
 		goto error_free_vers;
@@ -4897,9 +4907,10 @@ error_free_dyn:
 	      && matched
 	      && definition
 	      && ((dynsym
-		   && h->ref_regular_nonweak
-		   && (old_bfd == NULL
-		       || (old_bfd->flags & BFD_PLUGIN) == 0))
+		   && h->ref_regular_nonweak)
+		  || (old_bfd != NULL
+		      && (old_bfd->flags & BFD_PLUGIN) != 0
+		      && bind != STB_WEAK)
 		  || (h->ref_dynamic_nonweak
 		      && (elf_dyn_lib_class (abfd) & DYN_AS_NEEDED) != 0
 		      && !on_needed_list (elf_dt_name (abfd),
Only in binutils-2.30/ld/testsuite/ld-plugin: lto-19.h
Only in binutils-2.30/ld/testsuite/ld-plugin: lto-19a.c
Only in binutils-2.30/ld/testsuite/ld-plugin: lto-19b.c
Only in binutils-2.30/ld/testsuite/ld-plugin: lto-19c.c
diff -rup binutils.orig/ld/testsuite/ld-plugin/lto.exp binutils-2.30/ld/testsuite/ld-plugin/lto.exp
--- binutils.orig/ld/testsuite/ld-plugin/lto.exp	2021-03-18 14:33:02.366303344 +0000
+++ binutils-2.30/ld/testsuite/ld-plugin/lto.exp	2021-03-18 14:41:51.419725611 +0000
@@ -133,7 +133,16 @@ set lto_link_tests [list \
    {lto-15a.c} {} ""] \
   [list "Build liblto-15.a" \
    "$plug_opt" "-flto" \
-   {lto-15b.c} {} "liblto-15.a"] \
+       {lto-15b.c} {} "liblto-15.a"] \
+  [list {liblto-19.a} \
+   "$plug_opt" {-flto -O2 -fPIC} \
+   {lto-19a.c} {} {liblto-19.a}] \
+  [list {compile lto-19b.c} \
+   "$plug_opt" {-flto -O2 -fPIC} \
+   {lto-19b.c} {} {} {c}] \
+  [list {liblto-19.so} \
+   {-shared tmpdir/lto-19b.o tmpdir/liblto-19.a} {-O2 -fPIC} \
+   {dummy.c} {} {liblto-19.so}] \
   [list "PR ld/12696" \
    "-O2 -flto -fuse-linker-plugin -r -nostdlib" "-O2 -flto" \
    {pr12696-1.cc} {} "pr12696-1r.o" "c++"] \
@@ -244,6 +253,9 @@ set lto_link_tests [list \
    {dummy.c} \
    {{error_output "pr26267.err"}} \
    "pr26267b"] \
+  [list {pr26806.so} \
+   {-shared} {-fpic -O2 -flto} \
+   {pr26806.c} {{nm {-D} pr26806.d}} {pr26806.so}] \
 ]
 
 if { [at_least_gcc_version 4 7] } {
@@ -438,6 +450,10 @@ set lto_run_elf_shared_tests [list \
   [list {pr22220b} \
    {-flto -fuse-linker-plugin -Wl,--no-as-needed tmpdir/pr22220lib.so tmpdir/pr22220main.o} {} \
    {dummy.c} {pr22220b.exe} {pass.out} {} {c++}] \
+  [list {lto-19} \
+   {-Wl,--as-needed,-R,tmpdir} {} \
+   {lto-19a.c lto-19b.c lto-19c.c} {lto-19.exe} {pass.out} {-flto -O2} {c} {} \
+   {tmpdir/liblto-19.so tmpdir/liblto-19.a}] \
 ]
 
 # LTO run-time tests for ELF
Only in binutils-2.30/ld/testsuite/ld-plugin: pr26806.c
Only in binutils-2.30/ld/testsuite/ld-plugin: pr26806.d
--- /dev/null	2021-03-18 09:46:54.398732368 +0000
+++ binutils-2.30/ld/testsuite/ld-plugin/lto-19.h	2021-03-18 14:38:53.903925902 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+struct re_dfa_t {
+  const int *sb_char;
+};
+struct re_dfa_t *xregcomp (void);
+struct re_dfa_t *rpl_regcomp (void);
+void rpl_regfree (struct re_dfa_t *);
--- /dev/null	2021-03-18 09:46:54.398732368 +0000
+++ binutils-2.30/ld/testsuite/ld-plugin/lto-19a.c	2021-03-18 14:38:53.903925902 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include "lto-19.h"
+
+static const int utf8_sb_map[4] = { 0x12, 0x34, 0x56, 0x78 };
+
+struct re_dfa_t *
+rpl_regcomp ()
+{
+  struct re_dfa_t *dfa = malloc (sizeof (struct re_dfa_t));
+  dfa->sb_char = utf8_sb_map;
+  return dfa;
+}
+
+void
+rpl_regfree (struct re_dfa_t *dfa)
+{
+  puts (dfa->sb_char == utf8_sb_map ? "PASS" : "FAIL");
+}
--- /dev/null	2021-03-18 09:46:54.398732368 +0000
+++ binutils-2.30/ld/testsuite/ld-plugin/lto-19b.c	2021-03-18 14:38:53.903925902 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#include "lto-19.h"
+
+struct re_dfa_t *
+xregcomp (void)
+{
+  return rpl_regcomp ();
+}
--- /dev/null	2021-03-18 09:46:54.398732368 +0000
+++ binutils-2.30/ld/testsuite/ld-plugin/lto-19c.c	2021-03-18 14:38:53.903925902 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#include "lto-19.h"
+
+int
+main ()
+{
+  struct re_dfa_t *dfa = xregcomp ();
+  rpl_regfree (dfa);
+  return 0;
+}
--- /dev/null	2021-03-18 09:46:54.398732368 +0000
+++ binutils-2.30/ld/testsuite/ld-plugin/pr26806.c	2021-03-18 14:39:16.319774345 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#include <unistd.h>
+int foo (int x) { if (__builtin_constant_p (x)) return getpid (); return 0; }
--- /dev/null	2021-03-18 09:46:54.398732368 +0000
+++ binutils-2.30/ld/testsuite/ld-plugin/pr26806.d	2021-03-18 14:39:16.319774345 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#failif
+#...
+.* _*getpid[@ ].*
+#...