* bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
+2007-10-16 Bob Wilson <bob.wilson@acm.org>
+
+ * section.c (struct bfd_section): Clarify comment for rawsize field.
+ * bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
+
2007-10-16 Bob Wilson <bob.wilson@acm.org>
* elflink.c (_bfd_elf_check_kept_section): Use the section rawsize
bfd_size_type size;
/* For input sections, the original size on disk of the section, in
- octets. This field is used by the linker relaxation code. It is
- currently only set for sections where the linker relaxation scheme
- doesn't cache altered section and reloc contents (stabs, eh_frame,
- SEC_MERGE, some coff relaxing targets), and thus the original size
- needs to be kept to read the section multiple times.
- For output sections, rawsize holds the section size calculated on
- a previous linker relaxation pass. */
+ octets. This field should be set for any section whose size is
+ changed by linker relaxation. It is required for sections where
+ the linker relaxation scheme doesn't cache altered section and
+ reloc contents (stabs, eh_frame, SEC_MERGE, some coff relaxing
+ targets), and thus the original size needs to be kept to read the
+ section multiple times. For output sections, rawsize holds the
+ section size calculated on a previous linker relaxation pass. */
bfd_size_type rawsize;
/* If this section is going to be output, then this value is the
. bfd_size_type size;
.
. {* For input sections, the original size on disk of the section, in
-. octets. This field is used by the linker relaxation code. It is
-. currently only set for sections where the linker relaxation scheme
-. doesn't cache altered section and reloc contents (stabs, eh_frame,
-. SEC_MERGE, some coff relaxing targets), and thus the original size
-. needs to be kept to read the section multiple times.
-. For output sections, rawsize holds the section size calculated on
-. a previous linker relaxation pass. *}
+. octets. This field should be set for any section whose size is
+. changed by linker relaxation. It is required for sections where
+. the linker relaxation scheme doesn't cache altered section and
+. reloc contents (stabs, eh_frame, SEC_MERGE, some coff relaxing
+. targets), and thus the original size needs to be kept to read the
+. section multiple times. For output sections, rawsize holds the
+. section size calculated on a previous linker relaxation pass. *}
. bfd_size_type rawsize;
.
. {* If this section is going to be output, then this value is the