From: Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 14:28:57 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: 	* emultempl/elf32.em: For SEC_EXCLUDE sections, ensure that
X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=22af9fd35cb3a598f2bb2021c42cc1bd1424270f;p=binutils-gdb.git

	* emultempl/elf32.em: For SEC_EXCLUDE sections, ensure that
	output_section is set non-NULL.
---

diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index 45cb574e3e0..aa042b3768e 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2001-08-13  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
 
+	* emultempl/elf32.em: For SEC_EXCLUDE sections, ensure that
+	output_section is set non-NULL.
+
 	* emultempl/elf32.em (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_place_orphan): Return
 	`true' for SEC_EXCLUDE sections so that the generic code doesn't
 	needlessly create an output_section_statement.  Treat a correctly
@@ -229,7 +232,7 @@
 
 2001-07-14  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cambridge.redhat.com>
 
-	* Makefile.am (em32relf.c): Chnage dependencu from generic.em to
+	* Makefile.am (em32relf.c): Change dependency from generic.em to
 	elf32.em.
 	* Makefile.in: Regenerate.
 
@@ -346,7 +349,7 @@
 	* ldlang.c (walk_wild): Only call walk_wild_file if
 	lookup_name returns something.
 	(lookup_name): If load_symbols fails, return NULL.
-	(load_symbols): Chnage to a boolean function.
+	(load_symbols): Change to a boolean function.
 	(open_input_bfds): If load_symbols fails then do not make the
 	executable.
 
diff --git a/ld/emultempl/elf32.em b/ld/emultempl/elf32.em
index d6d472928e4..ce06310fc41 100644
--- a/ld/emultempl/elf32.em
+++ b/ld/emultempl/elf32.em
@@ -1084,7 +1084,7 @@ gld${EMULATION_NAME}_place_orphan (file, s)
 		  & (SEC_LOAD | SEC_ALLOC)) == 0))
 	{
 	  /* We already have an output section statement with this
-	     name, and its bfd section has compatible flags.  */
+	     name, and its bfd section, if any, has compatible flags.  */
 	  wild_doit (&os->children, s, os, file);
 	  return true;
 	}
@@ -1113,7 +1113,11 @@ gld${EMULATION_NAME}_place_orphan (file, s)
 (hold.os != NULL || (hold.os = lang_output_section_find (name)) != NULL)
 
   if (s->flags & SEC_EXCLUDE)
-    return true;
+    {
+      if (s->output_section == NULL)
+	s->output_section = bfd_abs_section_ptr;
+      return true;
+    }
 
   place = NULL;
   if ((s->flags & SEC_ALLOC) == 0)