* merge.c (sec_merge_emit): Tidy. Check for bfd_zmalloc errors.

	Write trailing padding.

2 files changed, 27 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 6e66048..cd93c38 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2005-04-14  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
 
+	* merge.c (sec_merge_emit): Tidy.  Check for bfd_zmalloc errors.
+	Write trailing padding.
+
 	* merge.c (merge_strings): Round up section size for alignment.
 
 2005-04-14  David S. Miller  <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/bfd/merge.c b/bfd/merge.c
index da826c7..ccbf5b7 100644
--- a/bfd/merge.c
+++ b/bfd/merge.c
@@ -288,24 +288,27 @@ sec_merge_emit (bfd *abfd, struct sec_merge_hash_entry *entry)
 {
   struct sec_merge_sec_info *secinfo = entry->secinfo;
   asection *sec = secinfo->sec;
-  char *pad = "";
+  char *pad = NULL;
   bfd_size_type off = 0;
   int alignment_power = sec->output_section->alignment_power;
 
   if (alignment_power)
-    pad = bfd_zmalloc ((bfd_size_type) 1 << alignment_power);
+    {
+      pad = bfd_zmalloc ((bfd_size_type) 1 << alignment_power);
+      if (pad == NULL)
+	return FALSE;
+    }
 
   for (; entry != NULL && entry->secinfo == secinfo; entry = entry->next)
     {
-      register const char *str;
-      register size_t len;
+      const char *str;
+      bfd_size_type len;
 
-      len = off & (entry->alignment - 1);
-      if (len)
+      len = -off & (entry->alignment - 1);
+      if (len != 0)
 	{
-	  len = entry->alignment - len;
 	  if (bfd_bwrite (pad, len, abfd) != len)
-	    break;
+	    goto err;
 	  off += len;
 	}
 
@@ -313,15 +316,25 @@ sec_merge_emit (bfd *abfd, struct sec_merge_hash_entry *entry)
       len = entry->len;
 
       if (bfd_bwrite (str, len, abfd) != len)
-	break;
+	goto err;
 
       off += len;
     }
 
-  if (alignment_power)
+  /* Trailing alignment needed?  */
+  off = sec->size - off;
+  if (off != 0
+      && bfd_bwrite (pad, off, abfd) != off)
+    goto err;
+
+  if (pad != NULL)
     free (pad);
+  return TRUE;
 
-  return entry == NULL || entry->secinfo != secinfo;
+ err:
+  if (pad != NULL)
+    free (pad);
+  return FALSE;
 }
 
 /* Register a SEC_MERGE section as a candidate for merging.