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Diffstat (limited to 'bfd/elf.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | bfd/elf.c | 21 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -2583,8 +2583,10 @@ _bfd_elf_section_from_bfd_section (abfd, asect) return -1; } -/* given a symbol, return the bfd index for that symbol. */ - int +/* Given a BFD symbol, return the index in the ELF symbol table, or -1 + on error. */ + +int _bfd_elf_symbol_from_bfd_symbol (abfd, asym_ptr_ptr) bfd *abfd; struct symbol_cache_entry **asym_ptr_ptr; @@ -2613,13 +2615,24 @@ _bfd_elf_symbol_from_bfd_symbol (abfd, asym_ptr_ptr) } idx = asym_ptr->udata.i; - BFD_ASSERT (idx != 0); + + if (idx == 0) + { + /* This case can occur when using --strip-symbol on a symbol + which is used in a relocation entry. */ + (*_bfd_error_handler) + ("%s: symbol `%s' required but not present", + bfd_get_filename (abfd), bfd_asymbol_name (asym_ptr)); + bfd_set_error (bfd_error_no_symbols); + return -1; + } #if DEBUG & 4 { fprintf (stderr, "elf_symbol_from_bfd_symbol 0x%.8lx, name = %s, sym num = %d, flags = 0x%.8lx%s\n", - (long) asym_ptr, asym_ptr->name, idx, flags, elf_symbol_flags (flags)); + (long) asym_ptr, asym_ptr->name, idx, flags, + elf_symbol_flags (flags)); fflush (stderr); } #endif |