From: Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2016 19:36:20 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Warn if the sh_info field of a symbol table does not index the first non-local symbol... 
X-Git-Tag: users/ARM/embedded-binutils-master-2016q4~919
X-Git-Url: http://review.tizen.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=52c3c391f4a4a38ca921e5e7b5dce92e62079f34;p=external%2Fbinutils.git

Warn if the sh_info field of a symbol table does not index the first non-local symbol in the section.

	* readelf.c (process_symbol_table): Generate a warning if a local
	symbol is found at and offste greater than or equal to the sh_info
	field of it's section header.
---

diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index d21c299..5018e43 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2016-08-12  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+	* readelf.c (process_symbol_table): Generate a warning if a local
+	symbol is found at and offste greater than or equal to the sh_info
+	field of it's section header.
+
 2016-08-08  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
 	PR binutils/20440
diff --git a/binutils/readelf.c b/binutils/readelf.c
index e6674c2..586d13c 100644
--- a/binutils/readelf.c
+++ b/binutils/readelf.c
@@ -11114,6 +11114,11 @@ process_symbol_table (FILE * file)
 		}
 
 	      putchar ('\n');
+
+	      if (ELF_ST_BIND (psym->st_info) == STB_LOCAL
+		  && si >= section->sh_info)
+		warn (_("local symbol %u found at index >= %s's sh_info value of %u\n"),
+		      si, printable_section_name (section), section->sh_info);
 	    }
 
 	  free (symtab);