From 2203f786c8976ce32d97fda1610b598b41c7d38e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Gilmore <gnu@cygnus>
Date: Thu, 9 May 1991 23:48:26 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add bfd_generic_get_section_contents.

---
 bfd/libbfd.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++------
 bfd/libbfd.h |  6 +++++-
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bfd/libbfd.c b/bfd/libbfd.c
index f278a9cb63d..ec6a22365dc 100644
--- a/bfd/libbfd.c
+++ b/bfd/libbfd.c
@@ -325,10 +325,22 @@ _do_putllong (data, addr)
 	addr[2] = (bfd_byte)(data >> 16);
 	addr[3] = (bfd_byte)(data >> 24);
 }
+
+/* Default implementation */
 
-
-
-
-
-
-
+boolean
+bfd_generic_get_section_contents (abfd, section, location, offset, count)
+     bfd *abfd;
+     sec_ptr section;
+     PTR location;
+     file_ptr offset;
+     int count;
+{
+    if (count == 0)
+	return true;
+    if (offset >= section->size
+	|| bfd_seek(abfd, section->filepos + offset, SEEK_SET) == -1
+	|| bfd_read(location, 1, count, abfd) != count)
+	return (false); /* on error */
+    return (true);
+}
diff --git a/bfd/libbfd.h b/bfd/libbfd.h
index ad75ac2f0cd..19589c8ef55 100644
--- a/bfd/libbfd.h
+++ b/bfd/libbfd.h
@@ -125,10 +125,14 @@ PROTO (boolean, bsd_write_armap, (bfd *arch, unsigned int elength,
 PROTO (boolean, coff_write_armap, (bfd *arch, unsigned int elength,
 				   struct orl *map, int orl_count, int stridx));
 
-PROTO ( bfd *,bfd_generic_openr_next_archived_file, (bfd *archive, bfd *last_file));
+PROTO (bfd *, bfd_generic_openr_next_archived_file, (bfd *archive,
+						     bfd *last_file));
 
 PROTO(int, bfd_generic_stat_arch_elt, (bfd *, struct stat *));
 
+PROTO(boolean, bfd_generic_get_section_contents,
+      (bfd *abfd, sec_ptr section, PTR location, file_ptr offset, int count));
+
 /* Macros to tell if bfds are read or write enabled.
 
    Note that bfds open for read may be scribbled into if the fd passed
-- 
2.30.2