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-rw-r--r--gas/stabs.c8
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index 159531a..f9df716 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
2002-05-11 Nick Clifton <nickc@cambridge.redhat.com>
+ * stabs.c (s_stab_generic): Warn about a description field that is
+ too big.
+
* config/obj-coff.c: Fix compile time warnings when compiling
without BFD_ASSEMBLER defined.
Fix formatting.
diff --git a/gas/stabs.c b/gas/stabs.c
index bdeae10..949cca0 100644
--- a/gas/stabs.c
+++ b/gas/stabs.c
@@ -240,6 +240,14 @@ s_stab_generic (what, stab_secname, stabstr_secname)
other = longint;
desc = get_absolute_expression ();
+
+ if ((desc > 0xffff) || (desc < -0x8000))
+ /* This could happen for example with a source file with a huge
+ number of lines. The only cure is to use a different debug
+ format, probably DWARF. */
+ as_warn (_(".stab%c: description field '%x' too big, maybe you could a different debug format"),
+ what, desc);
+
if (what == 's' || what == 'n')
{
if (*input_line_pointer != ',')