Re: [Bug ld/594] ld refuses to put data into PT_NOTE segment

[Nick Clifton]

Hi Paul,

  Please could you try out the attached small patch and see if this 
fixed things for you.

Cheers
  Nick



Index: bfd/elf.c
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RCS file: /cvs/src/src/bfd/elf.c,v
retrieving revision 1.264
diff -c -3 -p -r1.264 elf.c
*** bfd/elf.c   6 Feb 2005 23:21:44 -0000       1.264
--- bfd/elf.c   7 Feb 2005 17:53:16 -0000
*************** assign_file_positions_for_segments (bfd 
*** 4163,4168 ****
--- 4163,4169 ----
                  /* The section VMA must equal the file position
                     modulo the page size.  */
                  bfd_size_type page = align;
+ 
                  if ((abfd->flags & D_PAGED) != 0)
                    page = bed->maxpagesize;
                  adjust = vma_page_aligned_bias (sec->vma,
*************** assign_file_positions_for_segments (bfd 
*** 4222,4227 ****
--- 4223,4234 ----
                  p->p_filesz += sec->size;
                  p->p_memsz += sec->size;
                }
+             /* PR ld/594:  Sections in note segments which are not loaded
+                contribute to the file size but not the in-memory size.  */
+             else if (p->p_type == PT_NOTE
+                 && (flags & SEC_HAS_CONTENTS) != 0)
+               p->p_filesz += sec->size;
+ 
              /* .tbss is special.  It doesn't contribute to p_memsz of
                 normal segments.  */
              else if ((flags & SEC_THREAD_LOCAL) == 0