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Diffstat (limited to 'gas/symbols.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | gas/symbols.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gas/symbols.c b/gas/symbols.c index 761a020..136227d 100644 --- a/gas/symbols.c +++ b/gas/symbols.c @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ /* symbols.c -symbol table- Copyright 1987, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, - 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 + 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This file is part of GAS, the GNU Assembler. @@ -2260,7 +2260,16 @@ symbol_set_bfdsym (symbolS *s, asymbol *bsym) { if (LOCAL_SYMBOL_CHECK (s)) s = local_symbol_convert ((struct local_symbol *) s); - s->bsym = bsym; + /* Usually, it is harmless to reset a symbol to a BFD section + symbol. For example, obj_elf_change_section sets the BFD symbol + of an old symbol with the newly created section symbol. But when + we have multiple sections with the same name, the newly created + section may have the same name as an old section. We check if the + old symbol has been already marked as a section symbol before + resetting it. */ + if ((s->bsym->flags & BSF_SECTION_SYM) == 0) + s->bsym = bsym; + /* else XXX - What do we do now ? */ } #endif /* BFD_ASSEMBLER */ |