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Re: PATCH: Store ELF section index for input file


On Thu, Mar 17, 2005 at 12:58:27PM -0800, H. J. Lu wrote:
> @@ -4823,9 +4830,16 @@ _bfd_elf_section_from_bfd_section (bfd *
>    const struct elf_backend_data *bed;
>    int index;
>  
> -  if (elf_section_data (asect) != NULL
> -      && elf_section_data (asect)->this_idx != 0)
> -    return elf_section_data (asect)->this_idx;
> +  if (elf_section_data (asect) != NULL)
> +    {
> +      index = elf_section_data (asect)->this_idx;
> +      if (index != 0)
> +	{
> +	  Elf_Internal_Shdr **i_shdrp = elf_elfsections (abfd);
> +	  if (!i_shdrp || i_shdrp [index]->bfd_section == asect)
> +	    return index;
> +	}
> +    }

Please explain why this change is necessary.

-- 
Alan Modra
IBM OzLabs - Linux Technology Centre


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