[PATCH] SEGV whilst placing sections

[H. J. Lu]

On Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 03:08:52PM +0100, Mark Shinwell wrote:
> The following C code, when compiled for an ARM target with -fexceptions
> and linked using the attached linker script, causes SEGV in
> lang_insert_orphan () when placing the .ARM.extab section.
> 
> int f(int *);
> 
> int g(void)
> {
>     int a;
>     return f(&a);
> }
> 
> In this case, the "after" parameter to lang_insert_orphan () corresponds
> to the .rodata section, the last in the linked list of "asection"s.
> The upshot is that place->section points at the "next" entry of the final
> section in the list, .rodata.  This "next" pointer is NULL, so "as" ends up
> NULL, and we fault when "as->prev" is computed.
> 

Can you provide a testcase in assembly so that people can check it
with a cross binutils?

H.J.