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-rw-r--r--binutils/objcopy.c29
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/binutils/objcopy.c b/binutils/objcopy.c
index 6489fbe..8f74beb 100644
--- a/binutils/objcopy.c
+++ b/binutils/objcopy.c
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ copy_usage (FILE *stream, int exit_status)
--set-section-flags <name>=<flags>\n\
Set section <name>'s properties to <flags>\n\
--set-section-alignment <name>=<align>\n\
- Set section <name>'s alignment to 2^<align> bytes\n\
+ Set section <name>'s alignment to <align> bytes\n\
--add-section <name>=<file> Add section <name> found in <file> to output\n\
--update-section <name>=<file>\n\
Update contents of section <name> with\n\
@@ -5280,24 +5280,37 @@ copy_main (int argc, char *argv[])
const char *s;
int len;
char *name;
- int align;
+ int palign, align;
s = strchr (optarg, '=');
if (s == NULL)
- fatal (_("bad format for %s"), "--set-section-alignment");
+ fatal (_("bad format for --set-section-alignment: argument needed"));
- align = atoi(s+1);
- if (align < 0)
- fatal (_("bad format for %s"), "--set-section-alignment");
+ align = atoi (s + 1);
+ if (align <= 0)
+ fatal (_("bad format for --set-section-alignment: numeric argument needed"));
+ /* Convert integer alignment into a power-of-two alignment. */
+ palign = 0;
+ while ((align & 1) == 0)
+ {
+ align >>= 1;
+ ++palign;
+ }
+
+ if (align != 1)
+ /* Number has more than on 1, i.e. wasn't a power of 2. */
+ fatal (_("bad format for --set-section-alignment: alignment is not a power of two"));
+
+ /* Add the alignment setting to the section list. */
len = s - optarg;
name = (char *) xmalloc (len + 1);
strncpy (name, optarg, len);
name[len] = '\0';
p = find_section_list (name, TRUE, SECTION_CONTEXT_SET_ALIGNMENT);
-
- p->alignment = align;
+ if (p)
+ p->alignment = palign;
}
break;