PR 3182

	* objcopy.c (copy_object): Load symbols earlier.
	(setup_section): Mark group signature symbols with BSF_KEEP.

diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index b711b7e1c81a1872733c196106abc254865eb7d6..08ea5c352ffa38a94b3f6c9410af5fd3bc42c8c7 100644 (file)
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2006-09-14  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+       PR 3182
+       * objcopy.c (copy_object): Load symbols earlier.
+       (setup_section): Mark group signature symbols with BSF_KEEP.
+
 2006-09-09  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
        PR binutils/3110

diff --git a/binutils/objcopy.c b/binutils/objcopy.c
index 2e2ccef6e5ddaef0c165f22c9a4cebb3a12c590a..1510ac4685d68ebef31aac191ae589eff75619bb 100644 (file)
--- a/binutils/objcopy.c
+++ b/binutils/objcopy.c
@@ -1325,6 +1325,21 @@ copy_object (bfd *ibfd, bfd *obfd)
   isympp = NULL;
   osympp = NULL;
 
+  symsize = bfd_get_symtab_upper_bound (ibfd);
+  if (symsize < 0)
+    {
+      bfd_nonfatal (bfd_get_archive_filename (ibfd));
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+
+  osympp = isympp = xmalloc (symsize);
+  symcount = bfd_canonicalize_symtab (ibfd, isympp);
+  if (symcount < 0)
+    {
+      bfd_nonfatal (bfd_get_filename (ibfd));
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+
   /* BFD mandates that all output sections be created and sizes set before
      any output is done.  Thus, we traverse all sections multiple times.  */
   bfd_map_over_sections (ibfd, setup_section, obfd);
@@ -1544,21 +1559,6 @@ copy_object (bfd *ibfd, bfd *obfd)
   /* Symbol filtering must happen after the output sections
      have been created, but before their contents are set.  */
   dhandle = NULL;
-  symsize = bfd_get_symtab_upper_bound (ibfd);
-  if (symsize < 0)
-    {
-      bfd_nonfatal (bfd_get_archive_filename (ibfd));
-      return FALSE;
-    }
-
-  osympp = isympp = xmalloc (symsize);
-  symcount = bfd_canonicalize_symtab (ibfd, isympp);
-  if (symcount < 0)
-    {
-      bfd_nonfatal (bfd_get_filename (ibfd));
-      return FALSE;
-    }
-
   if (convert_debugging)
     dhandle = read_debugging_info (ibfd, isympp, symcount);
 
@@ -2214,6 +2214,22 @@ setup_section (bfd *ibfd, sec_ptr isection, void *obfdarg)
       err = _("private data");
       goto loser;
     }
+  else if ((isection->flags & SEC_GROUP) != 0
+          && bfd_get_flavour (ibfd) == bfd_target_elf_flavour)
+    {
+      Elf_Internal_Shdr *ghdr;
+
+      ghdr = &elf_section_data (isection)->this_hdr;
+      if (ghdr->sh_link < elf_numsections (ibfd))
+       {
+         const struct elf_backend_data *bed = get_elf_backend_data (ibfd);
+         Elf_Internal_Shdr *symhdr = elf_elfsections (ibfd) [ghdr->sh_link];
+
+         if (symhdr->sh_type == SHT_SYMTAB
+             && ghdr->sh_info < symhdr->sh_size / bed->s->sizeof_sym)
+           isympp[ghdr->sh_info]->flags |= BSF_KEEP;
+       }
+    }
 
   /* All went well.  */
   return;