From: Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 16:17:04 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (elf_core_file_p): Move the call to elf_backend_object_p to allow the correct
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(elf_core_file_p): Move the call to elf_backend_object_p to allow the correct
machine to be set before processing the program headers.
---

diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 5cf3e346b28..38920f681ba 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2005-02-14 Orjan Friberg <orjanf@axis.com>
+
+	* elfcore.h (elf_core_file_p): Move the call to
+	elf_backend_object_p to allow the correct machine to be set before
+	processing the program headers.
+
 2005-02-14  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
 	PR binutils/716
diff --git a/bfd/elfcore.h b/bfd/elfcore.h
index 81c4cff1139..198c4c63c11 100644
--- a/bfd/elfcore.h
+++ b/bfd/elfcore.h
@@ -207,12 +207,19 @@ elf_core_file_p (bfd *abfd)
   /* Set the machine architecture.  Do this before processing the
      program headers since we need to know the architecture type
      when processing the notes of some systems' core files.  */
-  if (! bfd_default_set_arch_mach (abfd, ebd->arch, 0))
-    {
+  if (! bfd_default_set_arch_mach (abfd, ebd->arch, 0)
       /* It's OK if this fails for the generic target.  */
-      if (ebd->elf_machine_code != EM_NONE)
-	goto fail;
-    }
+      && ebd->elf_machine_code != EM_NONE)
+    goto fail;
+
+  /* Let the backend double check the format and override global
+     information.  We do this before processing the program headers
+     to allow the correct machine (as opposed to just the default
+     machine) to be set, making it possible for grok_prstatus and
+     grok_psinfo to rely on the mach setting.  */
+  if (ebd->elf_backend_object_p != NULL
+      && ! ebd->elf_backend_object_p (abfd))
+    goto wrong;
 
   /* Process each program header.  */
   for (phindex = 0; phindex < i_ehdrp->e_phnum; ++phindex)
@@ -222,12 +229,6 @@ elf_core_file_p (bfd *abfd)
   /* Save the entry point from the ELF header.  */
   bfd_get_start_address (abfd) = i_ehdrp->e_entry;
 
-  /* Let the backend double check the format and override global
-     information.  */
-  if (ebd->elf_backend_object_p
-      && (! (*ebd->elf_backend_object_p) (abfd)))
-    goto wrong;
-
   bfd_preserve_finish (abfd, &preserve);
   return abfd->xvec;