From cb84f0284f77531a312e788742d06928d880820b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ian Lance Taylor Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 17:50:38 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] * elf.c (_bfd_elf_symbol_from_bfd_symbol): Print a useful error message rather than calling BFD_ASSERT. * elfcode.h (write_relocs): Check return value of _bfd_elf_symbol_from_bfd_symbol. --- bfd/ChangeLog | 7 +++++++ bfd/elf.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++---- 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog index dbf13281458..8b3543b97c5 100644 --- a/bfd/ChangeLog +++ b/bfd/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +Mon Mar 4 12:49:16 1996 Ian Lance Taylor + + * elf.c (_bfd_elf_symbol_from_bfd_symbol): Print a useful error + message rather than calling BFD_ASSERT. + * elfcode.h (write_relocs): Check return value of + _bfd_elf_symbol_from_bfd_symbol. + Fri Mar 1 09:42:59 1996 Michael Meissner * elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_add_symbol_hook): Don't set SEC_LOAD flag diff --git a/bfd/elf.c b/bfd/elf.c index 8221561d862..fdc16d9091e 100644 --- a/bfd/elf.c +++ b/bfd/elf.c @@ -2583,8 +2583,10 @@ _bfd_elf_section_from_bfd_section (abfd, asect) return -1; } -/* given a symbol, return the bfd index for that symbol. */ - int +/* Given a BFD symbol, return the index in the ELF symbol table, or -1 + on error. */ + +int _bfd_elf_symbol_from_bfd_symbol (abfd, asym_ptr_ptr) bfd *abfd; struct symbol_cache_entry **asym_ptr_ptr; @@ -2613,13 +2615,24 @@ _bfd_elf_symbol_from_bfd_symbol (abfd, asym_ptr_ptr) } idx = asym_ptr->udata.i; - BFD_ASSERT (idx != 0); + + if (idx == 0) + { + /* This case can occur when using --strip-symbol on a symbol + which is used in a relocation entry. */ + (*_bfd_error_handler) + ("%s: symbol `%s' required but not present", + bfd_get_filename (abfd), bfd_asymbol_name (asym_ptr)); + bfd_set_error (bfd_error_no_symbols); + return -1; + } #if DEBUG & 4 { fprintf (stderr, "elf_symbol_from_bfd_symbol 0x%.8lx, name = %s, sym num = %d, flags = 0x%.8lx%s\n", - (long) asym_ptr, asym_ptr->name, idx, flags, elf_symbol_flags (flags)); + (long) asym_ptr, asym_ptr->name, idx, flags, + elf_symbol_flags (flags)); fflush (stderr); } #endif -- 2.30.2