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diff --git a/binutils/objcopy.c b/binutils/objcopy.c
index 14f6b96..9a6bb72 100644
--- a/binutils/objcopy.c
+++ b/binutils/objcopy.c
@@ -186,6 +186,9 @@ struct section_add
/* List of sections to add to the output BFD. */
static struct section_add *add_sections;
+/* List of sections to dump from the output BFD. */
+static struct section_add *dump_sections;
+
/* If non-NULL the argument to --add-gnu-debuglink.
This should be the filename to store in the .gnu_debuglink section. */
static const char * gnu_debuglink_filename = NULL;
@@ -259,6 +262,7 @@ static enum long_section_name_handling long_section_names = KEEP;
enum command_line_switch
{
OPTION_ADD_SECTION=150,
+ OPTION_DUMP_SECTION,
OPTION_CHANGE_ADDRESSES,
OPTION_CHANGE_LEADING_CHAR,
OPTION_CHANGE_START,
@@ -377,6 +381,7 @@ static struct option copy_options[] =
{"disable-deterministic-archives", no_argument, 0, 'U'},
{"discard-all", no_argument, 0, 'x'},
{"discard-locals", no_argument, 0, 'X'},
+ {"dump-section", required_argument, 0, OPTION_DUMP_SECTION},
{"enable-deterministic-archives", no_argument, 0, 'D'},
{"extract-dwo", no_argument, 0, OPTION_EXTRACT_DWO},
{"extract-symbol", no_argument, 0, OPTION_EXTRACT_SYMBOL},
@@ -548,6 +553,7 @@ copy_usage (FILE *stream, int exit_status)
--set-section-flags <name>=<flags>\n\
Set section <name>'s properties to <flags>\n\
--add-section <name>=<file> Add section <name> found in <file> to output\n\
+ --dump-section <name>=<file> Dump the contents of section <name> into <file>\n\
--rename-section <old>=<new>[,<flags>] Rename section <old> to <new>\n\
--long-section-names {enable|disable|keep}\n\
Handle long section names in Coff objects.\n\
@@ -1826,6 +1832,59 @@ copy_object (bfd *ibfd, bfd *obfd, const bfd_arch_info_type *input_arch)
}
}
+ if (dump_sections != NULL)
+ {
+ struct section_add * pdump;
+
+ for (pdump = dump_sections; pdump != NULL; pdump = pdump->next)
+ {
+ asection * sec;
+
+ sec = bfd_get_section_by_name (ibfd, pdump->name);
+ if (sec == NULL)
+ {
+ bfd_nonfatal_message (NULL, ibfd, NULL,
+ _("can't dump section '%s' - it does not exist"),
+ pdump->name);
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ if ((bfd_get_section_flags (ibfd, sec) & SEC_HAS_CONTENTS) == 0)
+ {
+ bfd_nonfatal_message (NULL, ibfd, sec,
+ _("can't dump section - it has no contents"));
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ bfd_size_type size = bfd_get_section_size (sec);
+ if (size == 0)
+ {
+ bfd_nonfatal_message (NULL, ibfd, sec,
+ _("can't dump section - it is empty"));
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ FILE * f;
+ f = fopen (pdump->filename, FOPEN_WB);
+ if (f == NULL)
+ {
+ bfd_nonfatal_message (pdump->filename, NULL, NULL,
+ _("could not open section dump file"));
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ bfd_byte * contents = xmalloc (size);
+ if (bfd_get_section_contents (ibfd, sec, contents, 0, size))
+ fwrite (contents, 1, size, f);
+ else
+ bfd_nonfatal_message (NULL, ibfd, sec,
+ _("could not retrieve section contents"));
+
+ fclose (f);
+ free (contents);
+ }
+ }
+
if (gnu_debuglink_filename != NULL)
{
/* PR 15125: Give a helpful warning message if
@@ -3653,6 +3712,25 @@ copy_main (int argc, char *argv[])
}
break;
+ case OPTION_DUMP_SECTION:
+ {
+ const char *s;
+ struct section_add *pa;
+
+ s = strchr (optarg, '=');
+
+ if (s == NULL)
+ fatal (_("bad format for %s"), "--dump-section");
+
+ pa = (struct section_add *) xmalloc (sizeof * pa);
+ pa->name = xstrndup (optarg, s - optarg);
+ pa->filename = s + 1;
+ pa->next = dump_sections;
+ pa->contents = NULL;
+ dump_sections = pa;
+ }
+ break;
+
case OPTION_CHANGE_START:
change_start = parse_vma (optarg, "--change-start");
break;