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-rw-r--r--binutils/ChangeLog5
-rw-r--r--binutils/objcopy.c21
2 files changed, 24 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index 66f2ec1..82b8eae 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-05-16 Jon Turney <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk>
+
+ * objcopy.c (is_nondebug_keep_contents_section): New function.
+ (setup_section): Use it.
+
2014-05-16 Kaushik Phata <Kaushik.Phatak@kpit.com>
* readelf.c (get_machine_flags): Handle RL78 64-bit doubles flag.
diff --git a/binutils/objcopy.c b/binutils/objcopy.c
index 873908c..46fd8bc 100644
--- a/binutils/objcopy.c
+++ b/binutils/objcopy.c
@@ -1141,6 +1141,24 @@ is_strip_section (bfd *abfd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, asection *sec)
return FALSE;
}
+static bfd_boolean
+is_nondebug_keep_contents_section (bfd *ibfd, asection *isection)
+{
+ /* Always keep ELF note sections. */
+ if (ibfd->xvec->flavour == bfd_target_elf_flavour)
+ return (elf_section_type (isection) == SHT_NOTE);
+
+ /* Always keep the .build-id section for PE/COFF.
+
+ Strictly, this should be written "always keep the section storing the debug
+ directory", but that may be the .text section for objects produced by some
+ tools, which it is not sensible to keep. */
+ if (ibfd->xvec->flavour == bfd_target_coff_flavour)
+ return (strcmp (bfd_get_section_name (ibfd, isection), ".build-id") == 0);
+
+ return FALSE;
+}
+
/* Return true if SYM is a hidden symbol. */
static bfd_boolean
@@ -2695,8 +2713,7 @@ setup_section (bfd *ibfd, sec_ptr isection, void *obfdarg)
flags = p->flags | (flags & (SEC_HAS_CONTENTS | SEC_RELOC));
else if (strip_symbols == STRIP_NONDEBUG
&& (flags & (SEC_ALLOC | SEC_GROUP)) != 0
- && !(ibfd->xvec->flavour == bfd_target_elf_flavour
- && elf_section_type (isection) == SHT_NOTE))
+ && !is_nondebug_keep_contents_section (ibfd, isection))
{
flags &= ~(SEC_HAS_CONTENTS | SEC_LOAD | SEC_GROUP);
if (obfd->xvec->flavour == bfd_target_elf_flavour)