PATCH: binutils/2467: "ar q" / ranlib has large memory use (linear in archive size)

[Nick Clifton]

Hi H. J.

> bfd/
> 
> 2006-04-06  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
> 
> 	PR binutils/2467
> 	* elf.c (_bfd_elf_close_and_cleanup): Check elf_tdata (abfd)
> 	is NULL first.
> 
> 	* elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_close_and_cleanup): Check if
> 	abfd->sections is NULL.
> 	(elf32_arm_bfd_free_cached_info): New.
> 	(bfd_elf32_bfd_free_cached_info): Defined.
> 
> 	* elfxx-target.h (bfd_elfNN_bfd_free_cached_info): Default it
> 	to _bfd_free_cached_info.
> 
> 	* libbfd-in.h (_bfd_free_cached_info): New.
> 	* libbfd: Regenerated.
> 
> 	* opncls.c (_bfd_delete_bfd): Check if abfd->memory is NULL.
> 	(_bfd_free_cached_info): New.
> 
> binutils/testsuite/
> 
> 2006-04-06  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
> 
> 	PR binutils/2467
> 	* binutils-all/objcopy.exp (strip_test): Also test "strip -g"
> 	on archive.

This version of the patch is approved - please apply.

Cheers
   Nick