[committed, PATCH] Pass %E to einfo when bfd_section == NULL

H.J. Lu hongjiu.lu@intel.com
Thu May 5 02:45:00 GMT 2016


When ld runs out of memory, I get

output format XXX cannot represent section called

I checked in this patch to report BFD error.

H.J.
----
Report BFD error When bfd_section == NULL in init_os.

	* ldlang.c (init_os): Pass %E to einfo when bfd_section == NULL.
---
 ld/ChangeLog | 4 ++++
 ld/ldlang.c  | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index 5fae3c0..f1a38c3 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2016-05-04  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+	* ldlang.c (init_os): Pass %E to einfo when bfd_section == NULL.
+
 2016-05-04  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
 
 	* testsuite/ld-unique/unique.d: New test.
diff --git a/ld/ldlang.c b/ld/ldlang.c
index 96947da..1cbba39 100644
--- a/ld/ldlang.c
+++ b/ld/ldlang.c
@@ -2204,7 +2204,7 @@ init_os (lang_output_section_statement_type *s, flagword flags)
 							 s->name, flags);
   if (s->bfd_section == NULL)
     {
-      einfo (_("%P%F: output format %s cannot represent section called %s\n"),
+      einfo (_("%P%F: output format %s cannot represent section called %s: %E\n"),
 	     link_info.output_bfd->xvec->name, s->name);
     }
   s->bfd_section->output_section = s->bfd_section;
-- 
2.5.5



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