From: H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 14:00:16 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: 2005-05-02  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a31501e943401ca0a9af945cf73e78bc105de6bb;p=binutils-gdb.git

2005-05-02  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

	* elf.c (_bfd_elf_new_section_hook): Don't call
	_bfd_elf_get_sec_type_attr on sections from input files.
---

diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index e9925a67635..f4c8450d56f 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-05-02  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+	* elf.c (_bfd_elf_new_section_hook): Don't call
+	_bfd_elf_get_sec_type_attr on sections from input files.
+
 2005-05-02  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
 	* merge.c (sec_merge_init): Call bfd_hash_table_init_n with
diff --git a/bfd/elf.c b/bfd/elf.c
index ba66cd48f31..2af5a8964b6 100644
--- a/bfd/elf.c
+++ b/bfd/elf.c
@@ -2245,12 +2245,17 @@ _bfd_elf_new_section_hook (bfd *abfd, asection *sec)
       sec->used_by_bfd = sdata;
     }
 
-  elf_section_type (sec) = SHT_NULL;
-  ssect = _bfd_elf_get_sec_type_attr (abfd, sec->name);
-  if (ssect != NULL)
+  /* When we read a file, we don't need section type and flags.
+     They will be overridden in _bfd_elf_make_section_from_shdr
+     anyway.  */
+  if (abfd->direction != read_direction)
     {
-      elf_section_type (sec) = ssect->type;
-      elf_section_flags (sec) = ssect->attr;
+      ssect = _bfd_elf_get_sec_type_attr (abfd, sec->name);
+      if (ssect != NULL)
+	{
+	  elf_section_type (sec) = ssect->type;
+	  elf_section_flags (sec) = ssect->attr;
+	}
     }
 
   /* Indicate whether or not this section should use RELA relocations.  */