Re: [Bug binutils/3146] BUG: readelf fails on ALPHA 2.16 and 2.17 due to NULL pointer

[Nick Clifton]

Hi Tom,

  I believe that H.J.'s point is that the problem can only arise if the 
ALPHA-targeted binary file contains a reloc that is not known to 
binutils.  Therefore it is in our interests to discover what this reloc 
is and find out whether we should be supporting it, or at least 
recognizing it in readelf.

  So, please could you supply a binary file that triggers this bug ? 
Then we can investigate it further.

  In the meantime I have applied a variant of your patch, since it is 
always good programming practice to check for NULL pointers before 
performing an indirection.  This version of the patch (uploaded to the 
testcase) includes a second check for a NULL rtype further on in the 
dump_relocations function.

Cheers
  Nick