From 2820a0b7139f155aa33c7e094826d36606c1564a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ian Lance Taylor Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 02:58:00 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] add comment --- bfd/cofflink.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/bfd/cofflink.c b/bfd/cofflink.c index 74d1a12ee72..0b492ae8426 100644 --- a/bfd/cofflink.c +++ b/bfd/cofflink.c @@ -438,6 +438,11 @@ coff_link_add_symbols (abfd, info) (*sym_hash)->coff_link_hash_flags |= COFF_LINK_HASH_PE_SECTION_SYMBOL; + /* Limit the alignment of a common symbol to the possible + alignment of a section. There is no point to permitting + a higher alignment for a common symbol: we can not + guarantee it, and it may cause us to allocate extra space + in the common section. */ if (section == bfd_com_section_ptr && (*sym_hash)->root.type == bfd_link_hash_common && ((*sym_hash)->root.u.c.p->alignment_power -- 2.30.2