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Stop objcopy from creating null filled note sections when merging notes.

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Nick Clifton 2019-11-06 22:04:18 +00:00
parent b0bbc38aef
commit 18a3e8b612
2 changed files with 70 additions and 1 deletions
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binutils-improved-note-merging.patch
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@ -1894,3 +1894,69 @@ diff -rupN binutils.orig/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/objcopy.exp binutils-2.
if (formats_info)
{
display_info ();
--- binutils.orig/binutils/objcopy.c 2019-11-06 21:57:19.772862679 +0000
+++ binutils-2.33.1/binutils/objcopy.c 2019-11-06 22:00:00.206626724 +0000
@@ -2869,6 +2869,11 @@ copy_object (bfd *ibfd, bfd *obfd, const
if (! is_mergeable_note_section (ibfd, osec))
continue;
+ /* If the section is going to be completly deleted then
+ do not bother to merge it. */
+ if (osec->output_section == NULL)
+ continue;
+
bfd_size_type size = bfd_section_size (ibfd, osec);
if (size == 0)
{
@@ -2883,25 +2888,19 @@ copy_object (bfd *ibfd, bfd *obfd, const
{
bfd_nonfatal_message (NULL, ibfd, osec,
_("warning: could not load note section"));
- free (merged->contents);
free (merged);
continue;
}
merged->size = merge_gnu_build_notes (ibfd, osec, size,
merged->contents);
- if (merged->size == size)
- {
- /* Merging achieves nothing. */
- merge_debug ("Merge of section %s achieved nothing - skipping\n",
- bfd_section_name (obfd, osec));
- free (merged->contents);
- free (merged);
- continue;
- }
- if (osec->output_section == NULL
- || !bfd_set_section_size (obfd, osec->output_section, merged->size))
+ /* FIXME: Once we have read the contents in, we must write
+ them out again. So even if the mergeing has achieved
+ nothing we still add this entry to the merge list. */
+
+ if (size != merged->size
+ && !bfd_set_section_size (obfd, osec->output_section, merged->size))
{
bfd_nonfatal_message (NULL, obfd, osec,
_("warning: failed to set merged notes size"));
@@ -3268,16 +3267,16 @@ copy_object (bfd *ibfd, bfd *obfd, const
{
bfd_nonfatal_message
(NULL, obfd, osec,
- _("error: failed to copy merged notes into output"));
+ _("error: failed to locate merged notes"));
continue;
}
}
- if (! is_mergeable_note_section (obfd, osec))
+ if (merged->contents == NULL)
{
bfd_nonfatal_message
(NULL, obfd, osec,
- _("error: failed to copy merged notes into output"));
+ _("error: failed to merge notes"));
continue;
}

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binutils.spec
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@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
Summary: A GNU collection of binary utilities
Name: %{?cross}binutils%{?_with_debug:-debug}
Version: 2.33.1
Release: 5%{?dist}
Release: 6%{?dist}
License: GPLv3+
URL: https://sourceware.org/binutils
@ -765,6 +765,9 @@ exit 0
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
%changelog
* Wed Nov 06 2019 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> - 2.33-6
- Stop objcopy from creating null filled note sections when merging notes.
* Wed Nov 06 2019 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> - 2.33-5
- Strip: Do not merge notes unless explicitly requested to do so.