From: Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2020 09:08:26 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Fix a use before initialization bug in the pdp11.c source file.
X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9c65eeacd88bc02aad537394930b48c50fb616d6;p=binutils-gdb.git

Fix a use before initialization bug in the pdp11.c source file.

	* pdp11.c (aout_link_add_symbols): Fix use before initialisation
	bug.
---

diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 0a34054da8c..011a49d5ecd 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2020-06-05  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+	* pdp11.c (aout_link_add_symbols): Fix use before initialisation
+	bug.
+
 2020-06-05  Nelson Chu  <nelson.chu@sifive.com>
 
 	* elfnn-riscv.c (riscv_merge_attributes): Add new boolean
diff --git a/bfd/pdp11.c b/bfd/pdp11.c
index 2eca67c4a7c..fecaa21ef5f 100644
--- a/bfd/pdp11.c
+++ b/bfd/pdp11.c
@@ -2925,14 +2925,15 @@ aout_link_add_symbols (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
 
       type = H_GET_8 (abfd, p->e_type);
 
-      /* Ignore debugging symbols.  */
-      if (is_stab(type, name))
-	continue;
-
       /* PR 19629: Corrupt binaries can contain illegal string offsets.  */
       if (GET_WORD (abfd, p->e_strx) >= obj_aout_external_string_size (abfd))
 	return FALSE;
       name = strings + GET_WORD (abfd, p->e_strx);
+
+      /* Ignore debugging symbols.  */
+      if (is_stab (type, name))
+	continue;
+
       value = GET_WORD (abfd, p->e_value);
       flags = BSF_GLOBAL;
       string = NULL;