* syms.c (_bfd_generic_read_minisymbols): Early return for

        no symbols.  Patch from FreeBSD folk; exact origin unknown.

diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index f7b0efa69c8fc5f0327a2fab349cedd6b3e1d5bf..46dd9b76cbb436582e285dabca5ddfebc9f0a434 100644 (file)
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-12-12  Richard Henderson  <rth@redhat.com>
+
+       * syms.c (_bfd_generic_read_minisymbols): Early return for
+       no symbols.  Patch from FreeBSD folk; exact origin unknown.
+
 2001-12-11  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
 
        * elfcode.h (elf_swap_ehdr_out): Adjust value written for e_shnum

diff --git a/bfd/syms.c b/bfd/syms.c
index b334c11c2e5e3ef20a1b66de24472a88b0652d14..03c41a5286220cb0aa7f0cbb2af8e3d7a9abc3c4 100644 (file)
--- a/bfd/syms.c
+++ b/bfd/syms.c
@@ -715,6 +715,8 @@ _bfd_generic_read_minisymbols (abfd, dynamic, minisymsp, sizep)
     storage = bfd_get_symtab_upper_bound (abfd);
   if (storage < 0)
     goto error_return;
+  if (storage == 0)
+    return 0;
 
   syms = (asymbol **) bfd_malloc ((bfd_size_type) storage);
   if (syms == NULL)