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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/bfd/elf64-hppa.c b/bfd/elf64-hppa.c
index b5edaf1..fc102aa 100644
--- a/bfd/elf64-hppa.c
+++ b/bfd/elf64-hppa.c
@@ -1740,7 +1740,12 @@ elf64_hppa_size_dynamic_sections (output_bfd, info)
been allocated already. */
if (s->contents == NULL)
{
- s->contents = (bfd_byte *) bfd_alloc (dynobj, s->_raw_size);
+ /* FIXME: This should be a call to bfd_alloc not bfd_zalloc.
+ Unused entries should be reclaimed before the section's contents
+ are written out, but at the moment this does not happen. Thus in
+ order to prevent writing out garbage, we initialise the section's
+ contents to zero. */
+ s->contents = (bfd_byte *) bfd_zalloc (dynobj, s->_raw_size);
if (s->contents == NULL && s->_raw_size != 0)
return false;
}