Replace all uses of bfd_abs_section, bfd_com_section, bfd_und_section

and bfd_ind_section with their _ptr variants, or use corresponding
bfd_is_* macros.

14 files changed, 95 insertions, 72 deletions

diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 733c546..21ecb1e 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,27 @@
+2012-05-05  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+	* aout-arm.c: Replace all uses of bfd_abs_section, bfd_com_section,
+	bfd_und_section and bfd_ind_section with their _ptr variants, or
+	use corresponding bfd_is_* macros.
+	* aout-ns32k.c: Likewise.
+	* aout-tic30.c: Likewise.
+	* coff-arm.c: Likewise.
+	* coff-tic54x.c: Likewise.
+	* cpu-ns32k.c: Likewise.
+	* elf-attrs.c: Likewise.
+	* elfcode.h: Likewise.
+	* peicode.h: Likewise.
+	* reloc.c: Likewise.
+	* riscix.c: Likewise.
+	* versados.c: Likewise.
+	* section.c: Likewise.
+	(bfd_abs_section, bfd_ind_section, bfd_com_section,
+	bfd_ind_section): Delete.
+	(std_section): New array replacing above.
+	(bfd_abs_section_ptr, bfd_ind_section_ptr, bfd_com_section_ptr,
+	bfd_ind_section_ptr, STD_SECTION): Update.
+	(BFD_FAKE_SECTION, GLOBAL_SYM_INIT): Remove unnecessary casts.
+
 2012-05-03  Sean Keys  <skeys@ipdatasys.com>
 
 	* cpu-xgate.c: New file. Added XGATE support.
diff --git a/bfd/aout-arm.c b/bfd/aout-arm.c
index fd93603..9eb9488 100644
--- a/bfd/aout-arm.c
+++ b/bfd/aout-arm.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* BFD back-end for raw ARM a.out binaries.
    Copyright 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005,
-   2007, 2009, 2010, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    Contributed by Richard Earnshaw (rwe@pegasus.esprit.ec.org)
 
    This file is part of BFD, the Binary File Descriptor library.
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ MY (fix_pcrel_26) (bfd *abfd,
   bfd_reloc_status_type flag = bfd_reloc_ok;
 
   /* If this is an undefined symbol, return error.  */
-  if (symbol->section == &bfd_und_section
+  if (bfd_is_und_section (symbol->section)
       && (symbol->flags & BSF_WEAK) == 0)
     return output_bfd ? bfd_reloc_ok : bfd_reloc_undefined;
 
@@ -409,10 +409,10 @@ MY_swap_std_reloc_out (bfd *abfd,
      check for that here.  */
 
   if (bfd_is_com_section (output_section)
-      || output_section == &bfd_abs_section
-      || output_section == &bfd_und_section)
+      || bfd_is_abs_section (output_section)
+      || bfd_is_und_section (output_section))
     {
-      if (bfd_abs_section.symbol == sym)
+      if (bfd_abs_section_ptr->symbol == sym)
 	{
 	  /* Whoops, looked like an abs symbol, but is really an offset
 	     from the abs section.  */
diff --git a/bfd/aout-ns32k.c b/bfd/aout-ns32k.c
index 9a0737d..5cf5ad4 100644
--- a/bfd/aout-ns32k.c
+++ b/bfd/aout-ns32k.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* BFD back-end for ns32k a.out-ish binaries.
    Copyright 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001,
-   2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    Contributed by Ian Dall (idall@eleceng.adelaide.edu.au).
 
    This file is part of BFD, the Binary File Descriptor library.
@@ -303,10 +303,10 @@ MY_swap_std_reloc_out (bfd *abfd,
      from the abs section, or as a symbol which has an abs value.
      Check for that here.  */
   if (bfd_is_com_section (output_section)
-      || output_section == &bfd_abs_section
-      || output_section == &bfd_und_section)
+      || bfd_is_abs_section (output_section)
+      || bfd_is_und_section (output_section))
     {
-      if (bfd_abs_section.symbol == sym)
+      if (bfd_abs_section_ptr->symbol == sym)
 	{
 	  /* Whoops, looked like an abs symbol, but is really an offset
 	     from the abs section.  */
diff --git a/bfd/aout-tic30.c b/bfd/aout-tic30.c
index 0b01177..f3b0d36 100644
--- a/bfd/aout-tic30.c
+++ b/bfd/aout-tic30.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* BFD back-end for TMS320C30 a.out binaries.
    Copyright 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009,
-   2010, 2011
+   2010, 2011, 2012
    Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    Contributed by Steven Haworth (steve@pm.cse.rmit.edu.au)
 
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ tic30_aout_fix_16 (bfd *abfd,
   bfd_vma relocation;
 
   /* Make sure that the symbol's section is defined.  */
-  if (symbol->section == &bfd_und_section && (symbol->flags & BSF_WEAK) == 0)
+  if (bfd_is_und_section (symbol->section) && (symbol->flags & BSF_WEAK) == 0)
     return output_bfd ? bfd_reloc_ok : bfd_reloc_undefined;
   /* Get the size of the input section and turn it into the TMS320C30
      32-bit address format.  */
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ tic30_aout_fix_32 (bfd *abfd,
   bfd_vma relocation;
 
   /* Make sure that the symbol's section is defined.  */
-  if (symbol->section == &bfd_und_section && (symbol->flags & BSF_WEAK) == 0)
+  if (bfd_is_und_section (symbol->section) && (symbol->flags & BSF_WEAK) == 0)
     return output_bfd ? bfd_reloc_ok : bfd_reloc_undefined;
   /* Get the size of the input section and turn it into the TMS320C30
      32-bit address format.  */
diff --git a/bfd/coff-arm.c b/bfd/coff-arm.c
index bdadfb2..4cdf1ac 100644
--- a/bfd/coff-arm.c
+++ b/bfd/coff-arm.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* BFD back-end for ARM COFF files.
    Copyright 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
-   2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
+   2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012
    Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    Written by Cygnus Support.
 
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ aoutarm_fix_pcrel_26 (bfd *abfd,
   bfd_reloc_status_type flag = bfd_reloc_ok;
 
   /* If this is an undefined symbol, return error.  */
-  if (symbol->section == &bfd_und_section
+  if (bfd_is_und_section (symbol->section)
       && (symbol->flags & BSF_WEAK) == 0)
     return output_bfd ? bfd_reloc_continue : bfd_reloc_undefined;
 
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ coff_thumb_pcrel_common (bfd *abfd,
     }
 
   /* If this is an undefined symbol, return error.  */
-  if (symbol->section == &bfd_und_section
+  if (bfd_is_und_section (symbol->section)
       && (symbol->flags & BSF_WEAK) == 0)
     return output_bfd ? bfd_reloc_continue : bfd_reloc_undefined;
 
diff --git a/bfd/coff-tic54x.c b/bfd/coff-tic54x.c
index 3c353da..e1b3ccb 100644
--- a/bfd/coff-tic54x.c
+++ b/bfd/coff-tic54x.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* BFD back-end for TMS320C54X coff binaries.
-   Copyright 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011
+   Copyright 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012
    Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    Contributed by Timothy Wall (twall@cygnus.com)
 
@@ -111,12 +111,12 @@ bfd_ticoff_get_section_load_page (sect)
   int page;
 
   /* Provide meaningful defaults for predefined sections.  */
-  if (sect == &bfd_com_section)
+  if (sect == bfd_com_section_ptr)
     page = PG_DATA;
 
-  else if (sect == &bfd_und_section
-      || sect == &bfd_abs_section
-      || sect == &bfd_ind_section)
+  else if (bfd_is_und_section (sect)
+	   || bfd_is_abs_section (sect)
+	   || bfd_is_ind_section (sect))
     page = PG_PROG;
 
   else
diff --git a/bfd/cpu-ns32k.c b/bfd/cpu-ns32k.c
index 28fff5a..4c2dce1 100644
--- a/bfd/cpu-ns32k.c
+++ b/bfd/cpu-ns32k.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* BFD support for the ns32k architecture.
    Copyright 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003,
-   2004, 2005, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   2004, 2005, 2007, 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    Almost totally rewritten by Ian Dall from initial work
    by Andrew Cagney.
 
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ do_ns32k_reloc (abfd, reloc_entry, symbol, data, input_section, output_bfd,
   asection *reloc_target_output_section;
   bfd_byte *location;
 
-  if ((symbol->section == &bfd_abs_section)
+  if (bfd_is_abs_section (symbol->section)
       && output_bfd != (bfd *) NULL)
     {
       reloc_entry->address += input_section->output_offset;
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ do_ns32k_reloc (abfd, reloc_entry, symbol, data, input_section, output_bfd,
   /* If we are not producing relocatable output, return an error if
      the symbol is not defined.  An undefined weak symbol is
      considered to have a value of zero (SVR4 ABI, p. 4-27).  */
-  if (symbol->section == &bfd_und_section
+  if (bfd_is_und_section (symbol->section)
       && (symbol->flags & BSF_WEAK) == 0
       && output_bfd == (bfd *) NULL)
     flag = bfd_reloc_undefined;
diff --git a/bfd/elf-attrs.c b/bfd/elf-attrs.c
index 569e846..4237af5 100644
--- a/bfd/elf-attrs.c
+++ b/bfd/elf-attrs.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* ELF attributes support (based on ARM EABI attributes).
-   Copyright 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010
+   Copyright 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012
    Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    This file is part of BFD, the Binary File Descriptor library.
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ _bfd_elf_parse_attributes (bfd *abfd, Elf_Internal_Shdr * hdr)
   bfd_byte *contents;
   bfd_byte *p;
   bfd_vma len;
-  const char *std_section;
+  const char *std_sec;
 
   contents = (bfd_byte *) bfd_malloc (hdr->sh_size);
   if (!contents)
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ _bfd_elf_parse_attributes (bfd *abfd, Elf_Internal_Shdr * hdr)
       return;
     }
   p = contents;
-  std_section = get_elf_backend_data (abfd)->obj_attrs_vendor;
+  std_sec = get_elf_backend_data (abfd)->obj_attrs_vendor;
   if (*(p++) == 'A')
     {
       len = hdr->sh_size - 1;
@@ -455,11 +455,11 @@ _bfd_elf_parse_attributes (bfd *abfd, Elf_Internal_Shdr * hdr)
 	  if (section_len > len)
 	    section_len = len;
 	  len -= section_len;
-	  namelen = strlen ((char *)p) + 1;
+	  namelen = strlen ((char *) p) + 1;
 	  section_len -= namelen + 4;
-	  if (std_section && strcmp ((char *)p, std_section) == 0)
+	  if (std_sec && strcmp ((char *) p, std_sec) == 0)
 	    vendor = OBJ_ATTR_PROC;
-	  else if (strcmp ((char *)p, "gnu") == 0)
+	  else if (strcmp ((char *) p, "gnu") == 0)
 	    vendor = OBJ_ATTR_GNU;
 	  else
 	    {
diff --git a/bfd/elfcode.h b/bfd/elfcode.h
index 2244874..c985c63 100644
--- a/bfd/elfcode.h
+++ b/bfd/elfcode.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* ELF executable support for BFD.
    Copyright 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000,
-   2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
+   2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
    Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    Written by Fred Fish @ Cygnus Support, from information published
@@ -1450,7 +1450,7 @@ elf_slurp_reloc_table_from_section (bfd *abfd,
 	  (*_bfd_error_handler)
 	    (_("%s(%s): relocation %d has invalid symbol index %ld"),
 	     abfd->filename, asect->name, i, ELF_R_SYM (rela.r_info));
-	  relent->sym_ptr_ptr = bfd_abs_section.symbol_ptr_ptr;
+	  relent->sym_ptr_ptr = bfd_abs_section_ptr->symbol_ptr_ptr;
 	}
       else
 	{
diff --git a/bfd/peicode.h b/bfd/peicode.h
index 5d10029..e835792 100644
--- a/bfd/peicode.h
+++ b/bfd/peicode.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /* Support for the generic parts of PE/PEI, for BFD.
    Copyright 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
-   2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
+   Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    Written by Cygnus Solutions.
 
    This file is part of BFD, the Binary File Descriptor library.
@@ -545,7 +546,7 @@ pe_ILF_make_a_symbol (pe_ILF_vars *  vars,
   sprintf (vars->string_ptr, "%s%s", prefix, symbol_name);
 
   if (section == NULL)
-    section = (asection_ptr) & bfd_und_section;
+    section = bfd_und_section_ptr;
 
   /* Initialise the external symbol.  */
   H_PUT_32 (vars->abfd, vars->string_ptr - vars->string_table,
diff --git a/bfd/reloc.c b/bfd/reloc.c
index 0ec1b61..29c54c8 100644
--- a/bfd/reloc.c
+++ b/bfd/reloc.c
@@ -6448,7 +6448,7 @@ bfd_generic_get_relocated_section_contents (bfd *abfd,
 	      p = data + (*parent)->address * bfd_octets_per_byte (input_bfd);
 	      _bfd_clear_contents ((*parent)->howto, input_bfd, input_section,
 				   p);
-	      (*parent)->sym_ptr_ptr = bfd_abs_section.symbol_ptr_ptr;
+	      (*parent)->sym_ptr_ptr = bfd_abs_section_ptr->symbol_ptr_ptr;
 	      (*parent)->addend = 0;
 	      (*parent)->howto = &none_howto;
 	      r = bfd_reloc_ok;
diff --git a/bfd/riscix.c b/bfd/riscix.c
index 0d07d01..7e24fd9 100644
--- a/bfd/riscix.c
+++ b/bfd/riscix.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* BFD back-end for RISC iX (Acorn, arm) binaries.
    Copyright 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004,
-   2005, 2007, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   2005, 2007, 2010, 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    Contributed by Richard Earnshaw (rwe@pegasus.esprit.ec.org)
 
    This file is part of BFD, the Binary File Descriptor library.
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ riscix_fix_pcrel_26 (bfd *abfd,
   bfd_reloc_status_type flag = bfd_reloc_ok;
 
   /* If this is an undefined symbol, return error.  */
-  if (symbol->section == &bfd_und_section
+  if (bfd_is_und_section (symbol->section)
       && (symbol->flags & BSF_WEAK) == 0)
     return output_bfd ? bfd_reloc_continue : bfd_reloc_undefined;
 
@@ -341,10 +341,10 @@ riscix_swap_std_reloc_out (bfd *abfd,
      check for that here.  */
 
   if (bfd_is_com_section (output_section)
-      || output_section == & bfd_abs_section
-      || output_section == & bfd_und_section)
+      || bfd_is_abs_section (output_section)
+      || bfd_is_und_section (output_section))
     {
-      if (bfd_abs_section.symbol == sym)
+      if (bfd_abs_section_ptr->symbol == sym)
 	{
 	  /* Whoops, looked like an abs symbol, but is really an offset
 	     from the abs section.  */
diff --git a/bfd/section.c b/bfd/section.c
index 9eb7f69..db7e239 100644
--- a/bfd/section.c
+++ b/bfd/section.c
@@ -547,28 +547,25 @@ CODE_FRAGMENT
 .
 .{* These sections are global, and are managed by BFD.  The application
 .   and target back end are not permitted to change the values in
-.   these sections.  New code should use the section_ptr macros rather
-.   than referring directly to the const sections.  The const sections
-.   may eventually vanish.  *}
+.   these sections.  *}
+.extern asection std_section[4];
+.
 .#define BFD_ABS_SECTION_NAME "*ABS*"
 .#define BFD_UND_SECTION_NAME "*UND*"
 .#define BFD_COM_SECTION_NAME "*COM*"
 .#define BFD_IND_SECTION_NAME "*IND*"
 .
-.{* The absolute section.  *}
-.extern asection bfd_abs_section;
-.#define bfd_abs_section_ptr ((asection *) &bfd_abs_section)
-.#define bfd_is_abs_section(sec) ((sec) == bfd_abs_section_ptr)
-.{* Pointer to the undefined section.  *}
-.extern asection bfd_und_section;
-.#define bfd_und_section_ptr ((asection *) &bfd_und_section)
-.#define bfd_is_und_section(sec) ((sec) == bfd_und_section_ptr)
 .{* Pointer to the common section.  *}
-.extern asection bfd_com_section;
-.#define bfd_com_section_ptr ((asection *) &bfd_com_section)
+.#define bfd_com_section_ptr (&std_section[0])
+.{* Pointer to the undefined section.  *}
+.#define bfd_und_section_ptr (&std_section[1])
+.{* Pointer to the absolute section.  *}
+.#define bfd_abs_section_ptr (&std_section[2])
 .{* Pointer to the indirect section.  *}
-.extern asection bfd_ind_section;
-.#define bfd_ind_section_ptr ((asection *) &bfd_ind_section)
+.#define bfd_ind_section_ptr (&std_section[3])
+.
+.#define bfd_is_und_section(sec) ((sec) == bfd_und_section_ptr)
+.#define bfd_is_abs_section(sec) ((sec) == bfd_abs_section_ptr)
 .#define bfd_is_ind_section(sec) ((sec) == bfd_ind_section_ptr)
 .
 .#define bfd_is_const_section(SEC)		\
@@ -683,8 +680,8 @@ CODE_FRAGMENT
 .  {* vma, lma, size, rawsize, compressed_size, relax, relax_count, *}	\
 .     0,   0,   0,    0,       0,               0,     0,		\
 .									\
-.  {* output_offset, output_section,              alignment_power,  *}	\
-.     0,             (struct bfd_section *) &SEC, 0,			\
+.  {* output_offset, output_section, alignment_power,               *}	\
+.     0,             &SEC,           0,					\
 .									\
 .  {* relocation, orelocation, reloc_count, filepos, rel_filepos,   *}	\
 .     NULL,       NULL,        0,           0,       0,			\
@@ -716,10 +713,10 @@ CODE_FRAGMENT
  /* the_bfd, name, value, attr, section [, udata] */
 #ifdef __STDC__
 #define GLOBAL_SYM_INIT(NAME, SECTION) \
-  { 0, NAME, 0, BSF_SECTION_SYM, (asection *) SECTION, { 0 }}
+  { 0, NAME, 0, BSF_SECTION_SYM, SECTION, { 0 }}
 #else
 #define GLOBAL_SYM_INIT(NAME, SECTION) \
-  { 0, NAME, 0, BSF_SECTION_SYM, (asection *) SECTION }
+  { 0, NAME, 0, BSF_SECTION_SYM, SECTION }
 #endif
 
 /* These symbols are global, not specific to any BFD.  Therefore, anything
@@ -727,20 +724,21 @@ CODE_FRAGMENT
 
 static const asymbol global_syms[] =
 {
-  GLOBAL_SYM_INIT (BFD_COM_SECTION_NAME, &bfd_com_section),
-  GLOBAL_SYM_INIT (BFD_UND_SECTION_NAME, &bfd_und_section),
-  GLOBAL_SYM_INIT (BFD_ABS_SECTION_NAME, &bfd_abs_section),
-  GLOBAL_SYM_INIT (BFD_IND_SECTION_NAME, &bfd_ind_section)
+  GLOBAL_SYM_INIT (BFD_COM_SECTION_NAME, bfd_com_section_ptr),
+  GLOBAL_SYM_INIT (BFD_UND_SECTION_NAME, bfd_und_section_ptr),
+  GLOBAL_SYM_INIT (BFD_ABS_SECTION_NAME, bfd_abs_section_ptr),
+  GLOBAL_SYM_INIT (BFD_IND_SECTION_NAME, bfd_ind_section_ptr)
 };
 
-#define STD_SECTION(SEC, FLAGS, NAME, IDX)				\
-  asection SEC = BFD_FAKE_SECTION(SEC, FLAGS, &global_syms[IDX],	\
-				  NAME, IDX)
+#define STD_SECTION(NAME, IDX, FLAGS) \
+  BFD_FAKE_SECTION(std_section[IDX], FLAGS, &global_syms[IDX], NAME, IDX)
 
-STD_SECTION (bfd_com_section, SEC_IS_COMMON, BFD_COM_SECTION_NAME, 0);
-STD_SECTION (bfd_und_section, 0, BFD_UND_SECTION_NAME, 1);
-STD_SECTION (bfd_abs_section, 0, BFD_ABS_SECTION_NAME, 2);
-STD_SECTION (bfd_ind_section, 0, BFD_IND_SECTION_NAME, 3);
+asection std_section[] = {
+  STD_SECTION (BFD_COM_SECTION_NAME, 0, SEC_IS_COMMON),
+  STD_SECTION (BFD_UND_SECTION_NAME, 1, 0),
+  STD_SECTION (BFD_ABS_SECTION_NAME, 2, 0),
+  STD_SECTION (BFD_IND_SECTION_NAME, 3, 0)
+};
 #undef STD_SECTION
 
 /* Initialize an entry in the section hash table.  */
diff --git a/bfd/versados.c b/bfd/versados.c
index 7f7766a..ae6f671 100644
--- a/bfd/versados.c
+++ b/bfd/versados.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* BFD back-end for VERSAdos-E objects.
    Copyright 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
-   2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    Written by Steve Chamberlain of Cygnus Support <sac@cygnus.com>.
 
    Versados is a Motorola trademark.
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ process_esd (bfd *abfd, struct ext_esd *esd, int pass)
 	  sec->flags |= SEC_ALLOC;
 	  break;
 	case ESD_XDEF_IN_ABS:
-	  sec = (asection *) & bfd_abs_section;
+	  sec = bfd_abs_section_ptr;
 	case ESD_XDEF_IN_SEC:
 	  {
 	    int snum = VDATA (abfd)->def_idx++;
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ versados_canonicalize_reloc (bfd *abfd,
 	  int esdid = (int) (size_t) src[count].sym_ptr_ptr;
 
 	  if (esdid == 0)
-	    src[count].sym_ptr_ptr = bfd_abs_section.symbol_ptr_ptr;
+	    src[count].sym_ptr_ptr = bfd_abs_section_ptr->symbol_ptr_ptr;
 	  else if (esdid < ES_BASE)
 	    {
 	      /* Section relative thing.  */