currDwscnoff   = make(map[string]uint64) // Needed to create C_DWARF symbols
	currSymSrcFile xcoffSymSrcFile
	outerSymSize   = make(map[string]int64)
)

// xcoffUpdateOuterSize stores the size of outer symbols in order to have it
// in the symbol table.
func xcoffUpdateOuterSize(ctxt *Link, size int64, stype sym.SymKind) {
	if size == 0 {
		return
	}
	// TODO: use CarrierSymByType

	ldr := ctxt.loader
	switch stype {

		if ctxt.HeadType == objabi.Haix {
			// Read-only symbols might be wrapped inside their outer
			// symbol.
			// XCOFF symbol table needs to know the size of
			// these outer symbols.
			xcoffUpdateOuterSize(ctxt, state.datsize-symnStartValue, symn)
		}
	}

	/* read-only ELF, Mach-O sections */
	state.allocateSingleSymSections(segro, sym.SELFROSECT, sym.SRODATA, 04)