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1 /* Stabs in sections linking support.
2    Copyright 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
3    2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4    Written by Ian Lance Taylor, Cygnus Support.
5 
6    This file is part of BFD, the Binary File Descriptor library.
7 
8    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
9    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
10    the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
11    (at your option) any later version.
12 
13    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
14    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
15    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
16    GNU General Public License for more details.
17 
18    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
19    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
20    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street - Fifth Floor, Boston,
21    MA 02110-1301, USA.  */
22 
23 
24 /* This file contains support for linking stabs in sections, as used
25    on COFF and ELF.  */
26 
27 #include "sysdep.h"
28 #include "bfd.h"
29 #include "libbfd.h"
30 #include "aout/stab_gnu.h"
31 #include "safe-ctype.h"
32 
33 /* Stabs entries use a 12 byte format:
34      4 byte string table index
35      1 byte stab type
36      1 byte stab other field
37      2 byte stab desc field
38      4 byte stab value
39    FIXME: This will have to change for a 64 bit object format.
40 
41    The stabs symbols are divided into compilation units.  For the
42    first entry in each unit, the type of 0, the value is the length of
43    the string table for this unit, and the desc field is the number of
44    stabs symbols for this unit.  */
45 
46 #define STRDXOFF  0
47 #define TYPEOFF   4
48 #define OTHEROFF  5
49 #define DESCOFF   6
50 #define VALOFF    8
51 #define STABSIZE  12
52 
53 /* A linked list of totals that we have found for a particular header
54    file.  A total is a unique identifier for a particular BINCL...EINCL
55    sequence of STABs that can be used to identify duplicate sequences.
56    It consists of three fields, 'sum_chars' which is the sum of all the
57    STABS characters; 'num_chars' which is the number of these charactes
58    and 'symb' which is a buffer of all the symbols in the sequence.  This
59    buffer is only checked as a last resort.  */
60 
61 struct stab_link_includes_totals
62 {
63   struct stab_link_includes_totals *next;
64   bfd_vma sum_chars;  /* Accumulated sum of STABS characters.  */
65   bfd_vma num_chars;  /* Number of STABS characters.  */
66   const char* symb;   /* The STABS characters themselves.  */
67 };
68 
69 /* An entry in the header file hash table.  */
70 
71 struct stab_link_includes_entry
72 {
73   struct bfd_hash_entry root;
74   /* List of totals we have found for this file.  */
75   struct stab_link_includes_totals *totals;
76 };
77 
78 /* This structure is used to hold a list of N_BINCL symbols, some of
79    which might be converted into N_EXCL symbols.  */
80 
81 struct stab_excl_list
82 {
83   /* The next symbol to convert.  */
84   struct stab_excl_list *next;
85   /* The offset to this symbol in the section contents.  */
86   bfd_size_type offset;
87   /* The value to use for the symbol.  */
88   bfd_vma val;
89   /* The type of this symbol (N_BINCL or N_EXCL).  */
90   int type;
91 };
92 
93 /* This structure is stored with each .stab section.  */
94 
95 struct stab_section_info
96 {
97   /* This is a linked list of N_BINCL symbols which should be
98      converted into N_EXCL symbols.  */
99   struct stab_excl_list *excls;
100 
101   /* This is used to map input stab offsets within their sections
102      to output stab offsets, to take into account stabs that have
103      been deleted.  If it is NULL, the output offsets are the same
104      as the input offsets, because no stabs have been deleted from
105      this section.  Otherwise the i'th entry is the number of
106      bytes of stabs that have been deleted prior to the i'th
107      stab.  */
108   bfd_size_type *cumulative_skips;
109 
110   /* This is an array of string indices.  For each stab symbol, we
111      store the string index here.  If a stab symbol should not be
112      included in the final output, the string index is -1.  */
113   bfd_size_type stridxs[1];
114 };
115 
116 
117 /* The function to create a new entry in the header file hash table.  */
118 
119 static struct bfd_hash_entry *
120 stab_link_includes_newfunc (struct bfd_hash_entry *entry,
121 			    struct bfd_hash_table *table,
122 			    const char *string)
123 {
124   struct stab_link_includes_entry *ret =
125     (struct stab_link_includes_entry *) entry;
126 
127   /* Allocate the structure if it has not already been allocated by a
128      subclass.  */
129   if (ret == NULL)
130     ret = bfd_hash_allocate (table,
131 			     sizeof (struct stab_link_includes_entry));
132   if (ret == NULL)
133     return NULL;
134 
135   /* Call the allocation method of the superclass.  */
136   ret = ((struct stab_link_includes_entry *)
137 	 bfd_hash_newfunc ((struct bfd_hash_entry *) ret, table, string));
138   if (ret)
139     /* Set local fields.  */
140     ret->totals = NULL;
141 
142   return (struct bfd_hash_entry *) ret;
143 }
144 
145 /* This function is called for each input file from the add_symbols
146    pass of the linker.  */
147 
148 bfd_boolean
149 _bfd_link_section_stabs (bfd *abfd,
150 			 struct stab_info *sinfo,
151 			 asection *stabsec,
152 			 asection *stabstrsec,
153 			 void * *psecinfo,
154 			 bfd_size_type *pstring_offset)
155 {
156   bfd_boolean first;
157   bfd_size_type count, amt;
158   struct stab_section_info *secinfo;
159   bfd_byte *stabbuf = NULL;
160   bfd_byte *stabstrbuf = NULL;
161   bfd_byte *sym, *symend;
162   bfd_size_type stroff, next_stroff, skip;
163   bfd_size_type *pstridx;
164 
165   if (stabsec->size == 0
166       || stabstrsec->size == 0)
167     /* This file does not contain stabs debugging information.  */
168     return TRUE;
169 
170   if (stabsec->size % STABSIZE != 0)
171     /* Something is wrong with the format of these stab symbols.
172        Don't try to optimize them.  */
173     return TRUE;
174 
175   if ((stabstrsec->flags & SEC_RELOC) != 0)
176     /* We shouldn't see relocations in the strings, and we aren't
177        prepared to handle them.  */
178     return TRUE;
179 
180   if (bfd_is_abs_section (stabsec->output_section)
181       || bfd_is_abs_section (stabstrsec->output_section))
182     /* At least one of the sections is being discarded from the
183        link, so we should just ignore them.  */
184     return TRUE;
185 
186   first = FALSE;
187 
188   if (sinfo->stabstr == NULL)
189     {
190       flagword flags;
191 
192       /* Initialize the stabs information we need to keep track of.  */
193       first = TRUE;
194       sinfo->strings = _bfd_stringtab_init ();
195       if (sinfo->strings == NULL)
196 	goto error_return;
197       /* Make sure the first byte is zero.  */
198       (void) _bfd_stringtab_add (sinfo->strings, "", TRUE, TRUE);
199       if (! bfd_hash_table_init (&sinfo->includes,
200 				 stab_link_includes_newfunc,
201 				 sizeof (struct stab_link_includes_entry)))
202 	goto error_return;
203       flags = (SEC_HAS_CONTENTS | SEC_READONLY | SEC_DEBUGGING
204 	       | SEC_LINKER_CREATED);
205       sinfo->stabstr = bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (abfd, ".stabstr",
206 							   flags);
207       if (sinfo->stabstr == NULL)
208 	goto error_return;
209     }
210 
211   /* Initialize the information we are going to store for this .stab
212      section.  */
213   count = stabsec->size / STABSIZE;
214 
215   amt = sizeof (struct stab_section_info);
216   amt += (count - 1) * sizeof (bfd_size_type);
217   *psecinfo = bfd_alloc (abfd, amt);
218   if (*psecinfo == NULL)
219     goto error_return;
220 
221   secinfo = (struct stab_section_info *) *psecinfo;
222   secinfo->excls = NULL;
223   stabsec->rawsize = stabsec->size;
224   secinfo->cumulative_skips = NULL;
225   memset (secinfo->stridxs, 0, (size_t) count * sizeof (bfd_size_type));
226 
227   /* Read the stabs information from abfd.  */
228   if (!bfd_malloc_and_get_section (abfd, stabsec, &stabbuf)
229       || !bfd_malloc_and_get_section (abfd, stabstrsec, &stabstrbuf))
230     goto error_return;
231 
232   /* Look through the stabs symbols, work out the new string indices,
233      and identify N_BINCL symbols which can be eliminated.  */
234   stroff = 0;
235   /* The stabs sections can be split when
236      -split-by-reloc/-split-by-file is used.  We must keep track of
237      each stab section's place in the single concatenated string
238      table.  */
239   next_stroff = pstring_offset ? *pstring_offset : 0;
240   skip = 0;
241 
242   symend = stabbuf + stabsec->size;
243   for (sym = stabbuf, pstridx = secinfo->stridxs;
244        sym < symend;
245        sym += STABSIZE, ++pstridx)
246     {
247       bfd_size_type symstroff;
248       int type;
249       const char *string;
250 
251       if (*pstridx != 0)
252 	/* This symbol has already been handled by an N_BINCL pass.  */
253 	continue;
254 
255       type = sym[TYPEOFF];
256 
257       if (type == 0)
258 	{
259 	  /* Special type 0 stabs indicate the offset to the next
260 	     string table.  We only copy the very first one.  */
261 	  stroff = next_stroff;
262 	  next_stroff += bfd_get_32 (abfd, sym + 8);
263 	  if (pstring_offset)
264 	    *pstring_offset = next_stroff;
265 	  if (! first)
266 	    {
267 	      *pstridx = (bfd_size_type) -1;
268 	      ++skip;
269 	      continue;
270 	    }
271 	  first = FALSE;
272 	}
273 
274       /* Store the string in the hash table, and record the index.  */
275       symstroff = stroff + bfd_get_32 (abfd, sym + STRDXOFF);
276       if (symstroff >= stabstrsec->size)
277 	{
278 	  (*_bfd_error_handler)
279 	    (_("%B(%A+0x%lx): Stabs entry has invalid string index."),
280 	     abfd, stabsec, (long) (sym - stabbuf));
281 	  bfd_set_error (bfd_error_bad_value);
282 	  goto error_return;
283 	}
284       string = (char *) stabstrbuf + symstroff;
285       *pstridx = _bfd_stringtab_add (sinfo->strings, string, TRUE, TRUE);
286 
287       /* An N_BINCL symbol indicates the start of the stabs entries
288 	 for a header file.  We need to scan ahead to the next N_EINCL
289 	 symbol, ignoring nesting, adding up all the characters in the
290 	 symbol names, not including the file numbers in types (the
291 	 first number after an open parenthesis).  */
292       if (type == (int) N_BINCL)
293 	{
294 	  bfd_vma sum_chars;
295 	  bfd_vma num_chars;
296 	  bfd_vma buf_len = 0;
297 	  char * symb;
298 	  char * symb_rover;
299 	  int nest;
300 	  bfd_byte * incl_sym;
301 	  struct stab_link_includes_entry * incl_entry;
302 	  struct stab_link_includes_totals * t;
303 	  struct stab_excl_list * ne;
304 
305 	  symb = symb_rover = NULL;
306 	  sum_chars = num_chars = 0;
307 	  nest = 0;
308 
309 	  for (incl_sym = sym + STABSIZE;
310 	       incl_sym < symend;
311 	       incl_sym += STABSIZE)
312 	    {
313 	      int incl_type;
314 
315 	      incl_type = incl_sym[TYPEOFF];
316 	      if (incl_type == 0)
317 		break;
318 	      else if (incl_type == (int) N_EXCL)
319 		continue;
320 	      else if (incl_type == (int) N_EINCL)
321 		{
322 		  if (nest == 0)
323 		    break;
324 		  --nest;
325 		}
326 	      else if (incl_type == (int) N_BINCL)
327 		++nest;
328 	      else if (nest == 0)
329 		{
330 		  const char *str;
331 
332 		  str = ((char *) stabstrbuf
333 			 + stroff
334 			 + bfd_get_32 (abfd, incl_sym + STRDXOFF));
335 		  for (; *str != '\0'; str++)
336 		    {
337 		      if (num_chars >= buf_len)
338 			{
339 			  buf_len += 32 * 1024;
340 			  symb = bfd_realloc_or_free (symb, buf_len);
341 			  if (symb == NULL)
342 			    goto error_return;
343 			  symb_rover = symb + num_chars;
344 			}
345 		      * symb_rover ++ = * str;
346 		      sum_chars += *str;
347 		      num_chars ++;
348 		      if (*str == '(')
349 			{
350 			  /* Skip the file number.  */
351 			  ++str;
352 			  while (ISDIGIT (*str))
353 			    ++str;
354 			  --str;
355 			}
356 		    }
357 		}
358 	    }
359 
360 	  BFD_ASSERT (num_chars == (bfd_vma) (symb_rover - symb));
361 
362 	  /* If we have already included a header file with the same
363 	     value, then replaced this one with an N_EXCL symbol.  */
364 	  incl_entry = (struct stab_link_includes_entry * )
365 	    bfd_hash_lookup (&sinfo->includes, string, TRUE, TRUE);
366 	  if (incl_entry == NULL)
367 	    goto error_return;
368 
369 	  for (t = incl_entry->totals; t != NULL; t = t->next)
370 	    if (t->sum_chars == sum_chars
371 		&& t->num_chars == num_chars
372 		&& memcmp (t->symb, symb, num_chars) == 0)
373 	      break;
374 
375 	  /* Record this symbol, so that we can set the value
376 	     correctly.  */
377 	  amt = sizeof *ne;
378 	  ne = bfd_alloc (abfd, amt);
379 	  if (ne == NULL)
380 	    goto error_return;
381 	  ne->offset = sym - stabbuf;
382 	  ne->val = sum_chars;
383 	  ne->type = (int) N_BINCL;
384 	  ne->next = secinfo->excls;
385 	  secinfo->excls = ne;
386 
387 	  if (t == NULL)
388 	    {
389 	      /* This is the first time we have seen this header file
390 		 with this set of stabs strings.  */
391 	      t = bfd_hash_allocate (&sinfo->includes, sizeof *t);
392 	      if (t == NULL)
393 		goto error_return;
394 	      t->sum_chars = sum_chars;
395 	      t->num_chars = num_chars;
396 	      t->symb = symb = bfd_realloc_or_free (symb, num_chars); /* Trim data down.  */
397 	      t->next = incl_entry->totals;
398 	      incl_entry->totals = t;
399 	    }
400 	  else
401 	    {
402 	      bfd_size_type *incl_pstridx;
403 
404 	      /* We have seen this header file before.  Tell the final
405 		 pass to change the type to N_EXCL.  */
406 	      ne->type = (int) N_EXCL;
407 
408 	      /* Free off superfluous symbols.  */
409 	      free (symb);
410 
411 	      /* Mark the skipped symbols.  */
412 
413 	      nest = 0;
414 	      for (incl_sym = sym + STABSIZE, incl_pstridx = pstridx + 1;
415 		   incl_sym < symend;
416 		   incl_sym += STABSIZE, ++incl_pstridx)
417 		{
418 		  int incl_type;
419 
420 		  incl_type = incl_sym[TYPEOFF];
421 
422 		  if (incl_type == (int) N_EINCL)
423 		    {
424 		      if (nest == 0)
425 			{
426 			  *incl_pstridx = (bfd_size_type) -1;
427 			  ++skip;
428 			  break;
429 			}
430 		      --nest;
431 		    }
432 		  else if (incl_type == (int) N_BINCL)
433 		    ++nest;
434 		  else if (incl_type == (int) N_EXCL)
435 		    /* Keep existing exclusion marks.  */
436 		    continue;
437 		  else if (nest == 0)
438 		    {
439 		      *incl_pstridx = (bfd_size_type) -1;
440 		      ++skip;
441 		    }
442 		}
443 	    }
444 	}
445     }
446 
447   free (stabbuf);
448   stabbuf = NULL;
449   free (stabstrbuf);
450   stabstrbuf = NULL;
451 
452   /* We need to set the section sizes such that the linker will
453      compute the output section sizes correctly.  We set the .stab
454      size to not include the entries we don't want.  We set
455      SEC_EXCLUDE for the .stabstr section, so that it will be dropped
456      from the link.  We record the size of the strtab in the first
457      .stabstr section we saw, and make sure we don't set SEC_EXCLUDE
458      for that section.  */
459   stabsec->size = (count - skip) * STABSIZE;
460   if (stabsec->size == 0)
461     stabsec->flags |= SEC_EXCLUDE | SEC_KEEP;
462   stabstrsec->flags |= SEC_EXCLUDE | SEC_KEEP;
463   sinfo->stabstr->size = _bfd_stringtab_size (sinfo->strings);
464 
465   /* Calculate the `cumulative_skips' array now that stabs have been
466      deleted for this section.  */
467 
468   if (skip != 0)
469     {
470       bfd_size_type i, offset;
471       bfd_size_type *pskips;
472 
473       amt = count * sizeof (bfd_size_type);
474       secinfo->cumulative_skips = bfd_alloc (abfd, amt);
475       if (secinfo->cumulative_skips == NULL)
476 	goto error_return;
477 
478       pskips = secinfo->cumulative_skips;
479       pstridx = secinfo->stridxs;
480       offset = 0;
481 
482       for (i = 0; i < count; i++, pskips++, pstridx++)
483 	{
484 	  *pskips = offset;
485 	  if (*pstridx == (bfd_size_type) -1)
486 	    offset += STABSIZE;
487 	}
488 
489       BFD_ASSERT (offset != 0);
490     }
491 
492   return TRUE;
493 
494  error_return:
495   if (stabbuf != NULL)
496     free (stabbuf);
497   if (stabstrbuf != NULL)
498     free (stabstrbuf);
499   return FALSE;
500 }
501 
502 /* This function is called for each input file before the stab
503    section is relocated.  It discards stab entries for discarded
504    functions and variables.  The function returns TRUE iff
505    any entries have been deleted.
506 */
507 
508 bfd_boolean
509 _bfd_discard_section_stabs (bfd *abfd,
510 			    asection *stabsec,
511 			    void * psecinfo,
512 			    bfd_boolean (*reloc_symbol_deleted_p) (bfd_vma, void *),
513 			    void * cookie)
514 {
515   bfd_size_type count, amt;
516   struct stab_section_info *secinfo;
517   bfd_byte *stabbuf = NULL;
518   bfd_byte *sym, *symend;
519   bfd_size_type skip;
520   bfd_size_type *pstridx;
521   int deleting;
522 
523   if (stabsec->size == 0)
524     /* This file does not contain stabs debugging information.  */
525     return FALSE;
526 
527   if (stabsec->size % STABSIZE != 0)
528     /* Something is wrong with the format of these stab symbols.
529        Don't try to optimize them.  */
530     return FALSE;
531 
532   if ((stabsec->output_section != NULL
533        && bfd_is_abs_section (stabsec->output_section)))
534     /* At least one of the sections is being discarded from the
535        link, so we should just ignore them.  */
536     return FALSE;
537 
538   /* We should have initialized our data in _bfd_link_stab_sections.
539      If there was some bizarre error reading the string sections, though,
540      we might not have.  Bail rather than asserting.  */
541   if (psecinfo == NULL)
542     return FALSE;
543 
544   count = stabsec->rawsize / STABSIZE;
545   secinfo = (struct stab_section_info *) psecinfo;
546 
547   /* Read the stabs information from abfd.  */
548   if (!bfd_malloc_and_get_section (abfd, stabsec, &stabbuf))
549     goto error_return;
550 
551   /* Look through the stabs symbols and discard any information for
552      discarded functions.  */
553   skip = 0;
554   deleting = -1;
555 
556   symend = stabbuf + stabsec->rawsize;
557   for (sym = stabbuf, pstridx = secinfo->stridxs;
558        sym < symend;
559        sym += STABSIZE, ++pstridx)
560     {
561       int type;
562 
563       if (*pstridx == (bfd_size_type) -1)
564 	/* This stab was deleted in a previous pass.  */
565 	continue;
566 
567       type = sym[TYPEOFF];
568 
569       if (type == (int) N_FUN)
570 	{
571 	  int strx = bfd_get_32 (abfd, sym + STRDXOFF);
572 
573 	  if (strx == 0)
574 	    {
575 	      if (deleting)
576 		{
577 		  skip++;
578 		  *pstridx = -1;
579 		}
580 	      deleting = -1;
581 	      continue;
582 	    }
583 	  deleting = 0;
584 	  if ((*reloc_symbol_deleted_p) (sym + VALOFF - stabbuf, cookie))
585 	    deleting = 1;
586 	}
587 
588       if (deleting == 1)
589 	{
590 	  *pstridx = -1;
591 	  skip++;
592 	}
593       else if (deleting == -1)
594 	{
595 	  /* Outside of a function.  Check for deleted variables.  */
596 	  if (type == (int) N_STSYM || type == (int) N_LCSYM)
597 	    if ((*reloc_symbol_deleted_p) (sym + VALOFF - stabbuf, cookie))
598 	      {
599 		*pstridx = -1;
600 		skip ++;
601 	      }
602 	  /* We should also check for N_GSYM entries which reference a
603 	     deleted global, but those are less harmful to debuggers
604 	     and would require parsing the stab strings.  */
605 	}
606     }
607 
608   free (stabbuf);
609   stabbuf = NULL;
610 
611   /* Shrink the stabsec as needed.  */
612   stabsec->size -= skip * STABSIZE;
613   if (stabsec->size == 0)
614     stabsec->flags |= SEC_EXCLUDE | SEC_KEEP;
615 
616   /* Recalculate the `cumulative_skips' array now that stabs have been
617      deleted for this section.  */
618 
619   if (skip != 0)
620     {
621       bfd_size_type i, offset;
622       bfd_size_type *pskips;
623 
624       if (secinfo->cumulative_skips == NULL)
625 	{
626 	  amt = count * sizeof (bfd_size_type);
627 	  secinfo->cumulative_skips = bfd_alloc (abfd, amt);
628 	  if (secinfo->cumulative_skips == NULL)
629 	    goto error_return;
630 	}
631 
632       pskips = secinfo->cumulative_skips;
633       pstridx = secinfo->stridxs;
634       offset = 0;
635 
636       for (i = 0; i < count; i++, pskips++, pstridx++)
637 	{
638 	  *pskips = offset;
639 	  if (*pstridx == (bfd_size_type) -1)
640 	    offset += STABSIZE;
641 	}
642 
643       BFD_ASSERT (offset != 0);
644     }
645 
646   return skip > 0;
647 
648  error_return:
649   if (stabbuf != NULL)
650     free (stabbuf);
651   return FALSE;
652 }
653 
654 /* Write out the stab section.  This is called with the relocated
655    contents.  */
656 
657 bfd_boolean
658 _bfd_write_section_stabs (bfd *output_bfd,
659 			  struct stab_info *sinfo,
660 			  asection *stabsec,
661 			  void * *psecinfo,
662 			  bfd_byte *contents)
663 {
664   struct stab_section_info *secinfo;
665   struct stab_excl_list *e;
666   bfd_byte *sym, *tosym, *symend;
667   bfd_size_type *pstridx;
668 
669   secinfo = (struct stab_section_info *) *psecinfo;
670 
671   if (secinfo == NULL)
672     return bfd_set_section_contents (output_bfd, stabsec->output_section,
673 				     contents, stabsec->output_offset,
674 				     stabsec->size);
675 
676   /* Handle each N_BINCL entry.  */
677   for (e = secinfo->excls; e != NULL; e = e->next)
678     {
679       bfd_byte *excl_sym;
680 
681       BFD_ASSERT (e->offset < stabsec->rawsize);
682       excl_sym = contents + e->offset;
683       bfd_put_32 (output_bfd, e->val, excl_sym + VALOFF);
684       excl_sym[TYPEOFF] = e->type;
685     }
686 
687   /* Copy over all the stabs symbols, omitting the ones we don't want,
688      and correcting the string indices for those we do want.  */
689   tosym = contents;
690   symend = contents + stabsec->rawsize;
691   for (sym = contents, pstridx = secinfo->stridxs;
692        sym < symend;
693        sym += STABSIZE, ++pstridx)
694     {
695       if (*pstridx != (bfd_size_type) -1)
696 	{
697 	  if (tosym != sym)
698 	    memcpy (tosym, sym, STABSIZE);
699 	  bfd_put_32 (output_bfd, *pstridx, tosym + STRDXOFF);
700 
701 	  if (sym[TYPEOFF] == 0)
702 	    {
703 	      /* This is the header symbol for the stabs section.  We
704 		 don't really need one, since we have merged all the
705 		 input stabs sections into one, but we generate one
706 		 for the benefit of readers which expect to see one.  */
707 	      BFD_ASSERT (sym == contents);
708 	      bfd_put_32 (output_bfd, _bfd_stringtab_size (sinfo->strings),
709 			  tosym + VALOFF);
710 	      bfd_put_16 (output_bfd,
711 			  stabsec->output_section->size / STABSIZE - 1,
712 			  tosym + DESCOFF);
713 	    }
714 
715 	  tosym += STABSIZE;
716 	}
717     }
718 
719   BFD_ASSERT ((bfd_size_type) (tosym - contents) == stabsec->size);
720 
721   return bfd_set_section_contents (output_bfd, stabsec->output_section,
722 				   contents, (file_ptr) stabsec->output_offset,
723 				   stabsec->size);
724 }
725 
726 /* Write out the .stabstr section.  */
727 
728 bfd_boolean
729 _bfd_write_stab_strings (bfd *output_bfd, struct stab_info *sinfo)
730 {
731   if (bfd_is_abs_section (sinfo->stabstr->output_section))
732     /* The section was discarded from the link.  */
733     return TRUE;
734 
735   BFD_ASSERT ((sinfo->stabstr->output_offset
736 	       + _bfd_stringtab_size (sinfo->strings))
737 	      <= sinfo->stabstr->output_section->size);
738 
739   if (bfd_seek (output_bfd,
740 		(file_ptr) (sinfo->stabstr->output_section->filepos
741 			    + sinfo->stabstr->output_offset),
742 		SEEK_SET) != 0)
743     return FALSE;
744 
745   if (! _bfd_stringtab_emit (output_bfd, sinfo->strings))
746     return FALSE;
747 
748   /* We no longer need the stabs information.  */
749   _bfd_stringtab_free (sinfo->strings);
750   bfd_hash_table_free (&sinfo->includes);
751 
752   return TRUE;
753 }
754 
755 /* Adjust an address in the .stab section.  Given OFFSET within
756    STABSEC, this returns the new offset in the adjusted stab section,
757    or -1 if the address refers to a stab which has been removed.  */
758 
759 bfd_vma
760 _bfd_stab_section_offset (asection *stabsec,
761 			  void * psecinfo,
762 			  bfd_vma offset)
763 {
764   struct stab_section_info *secinfo;
765 
766   secinfo = (struct stab_section_info *) psecinfo;
767 
768   if (secinfo == NULL)
769     return offset;
770 
771   if (offset >= stabsec->rawsize)
772     return offset - stabsec->rawsize + stabsec->size;
773 
774   if (secinfo->cumulative_skips)
775     {
776       bfd_vma i;
777 
778       i = offset / STABSIZE;
779 
780       if (secinfo->stridxs [i] == (bfd_size_type) -1)
781 	return (bfd_vma) -1;
782 
783       return offset - secinfo->cumulative_skips [i];
784     }
785 
786   return offset;
787 }
788