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authorAlan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>2007-05-15 08:39:58 +0000
committerAlan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>2007-05-15 08:39:58 +0000
commit0414f35b827c242a1541214a9f59ddb41ecd59f8 (patch)
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PR 4479
* elf.c (elf_fake_sections): Don't allow backend to change SHT_NOBITS if called for strip/objcopy --only-keep-debug. * elfxx-mips.c (_bfd_mips_elf_fake_sections): Remove similar fix from here.
Diffstat (limited to 'bfd')
-rw-r--r--bfd/ChangeLog8
-rw-r--r--bfd/elf.c10
-rw-r--r--bfd/elfxx-mips.c12
3 files changed, 19 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index c866291..1a97ba1 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2007-05-15 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+ PR 4479
+ * elf.c (elf_fake_sections): Don't allow backend to change
+ SHT_NOBITS if called for strip/objcopy --only-keep-debug.
+ * elfxx-mips.c (_bfd_mips_elf_fake_sections): Remove similar
+ fix from here.
+
2007-05-14 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
* elf.c (bfd_elf_string_from_elf_section): Return NULL on
diff --git a/bfd/elf.c b/bfd/elf.c
index 458c679..f39fdfa 100644
--- a/bfd/elf.c
+++ b/bfd/elf.c
@@ -2744,6 +2744,7 @@ elf_fake_sections (bfd *abfd, asection *asect, void *failedptrarg)
const struct elf_backend_data *bed = get_elf_backend_data (abfd);
bfd_boolean *failedptr = failedptrarg;
Elf_Internal_Shdr *this_hdr;
+ unsigned int sh_type;
if (*failedptr)
{
@@ -2901,10 +2902,19 @@ elf_fake_sections (bfd *abfd, asection *asect, void *failedptrarg)
}
/* Check for processor-specific section types. */
+ sh_type = this_hdr->sh_type;
if (bed->elf_backend_fake_sections
&& !(*bed->elf_backend_fake_sections) (abfd, this_hdr, asect))
*failedptr = TRUE;
+ if (sh_type == SHT_NOBITS
+ && elf_elfheader (abfd)->e_phnum == 0)
+ {
+ /* Don't change the header type from NOBITS if we are being
+ called for strip/objcopy --only-keep-debug. */
+ this_hdr->sh_type = sh_type;
+ }
+
/* If the section has relocs, set up a section header for the
SHT_REL[A] section. If two relocation sections are required for
this section, it is up to the processor-specific back-end to
diff --git a/bfd/elfxx-mips.c b/bfd/elfxx-mips.c
index d01b3e9..23ea876 100644
--- a/bfd/elfxx-mips.c
+++ b/bfd/elfxx-mips.c
@@ -5593,11 +5593,7 @@ _bfd_mips_elf_section_from_shdr (bfd *abfd,
bfd_boolean
_bfd_mips_elf_fake_sections (bfd *abfd, Elf_Internal_Shdr *hdr, asection *sec)
{
- register const char *name;
- unsigned int sh_type;
-
- name = bfd_get_section_name (abfd, sec);
- sh_type = hdr->sh_type;
+ const char *name = bfd_get_section_name (abfd, sec);
if (strcmp (name, ".liblist") == 0)
{
@@ -5698,12 +5694,6 @@ _bfd_mips_elf_fake_sections (bfd *abfd, Elf_Internal_Shdr *hdr, asection *sec)
hdr->sh_entsize = 8;
}
- /* In the unlikely event a special section is empty it has to lose its
- special meaning. This may happen e.g. when using `strip' with the
- "--only-keep-debug" option. */
- if (sec->size > 0 && !(sec->flags & SEC_HAS_CONTENTS))
- hdr->sh_type = sh_type;
-
/* The generic elf_fake_sections will set up REL_HDR using the default
kind of relocations. We used to set up a second header for the
non-default kind of relocations here, but only NewABI would use