binutils/binutils-special-sections-in-groups.patch
2018-10-19 12:38:14 +01:00

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--- binutils.orig/bfd/elf.c 2018-10-19 11:42:10.107277490 +0100
+++ binutils-2.31.1/bfd/elf.c 2018-10-19 11:44:33.607105801 +0100
@@ -830,7 +830,13 @@ setup_group (bfd *abfd, Elf_Internal_Shd
}
}
- if (elf_group_name (newsect) == NULL)
+ if (elf_group_name (newsect) == NULL
+ /* OS specific sections might be in a group (eg ARM's ARM_EXIDX section)
+ but they will not have been added to the group because they do not
+ have contents that the ELF code in the BFD library knows how to
+ process. This is OK though - we rely upon the target backends to
+ handle these sections for us. */
+ && hdr->sh_type < SHT_LOOS)
{
/* xgettext:c-format */
_bfd_error_handler (_("%pB: no group info for section '%pA'"),
@@ -936,7 +942,8 @@ _bfd_elf_setup_sections (bfd *abfd)
else if (idx->shdr->bfd_section)
elf_sec_group (idx->shdr->bfd_section) = shdr->bfd_section;
else if (idx->shdr->sh_type != SHT_RELA
- && idx->shdr->sh_type != SHT_REL)
+ && idx->shdr->sh_type != SHT_REL
+ && idx->shdr->sh_type < SHT_LOOS)
{
/* There are some unknown sections in the group. */
_bfd_error_handler