From 4d7ce4dd486816139276a2c5cf90e0213fb47b21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 15:23:38 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] * section.c (bfd_make_section_anyway): Release newsect ptr
 when newsect->symbol fails to alloc.  Use bfd_release instead of free.

---
 bfd/ChangeLog | 5 +++++
 bfd/section.c | 7 +++++--
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 249a4bf..5ab46c3 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2000-10-10  Tom Rix <trix@redhat.com>
+
+	* section.c (bfd_make_section_anyway): Release newsect ptr when 
+	newsect->symbol fails to alloc.  Use bfd_release instead of free.
+
 2000-10-09  Richard Henderson  <rth@cygnus.com
 
 	* elf64-ia64.c (elf64_ia64_unwind_entry_compare_bfd): New.
diff --git a/bfd/section.c b/bfd/section.c
index 4c858f6..fc64b20 100644
--- a/bfd/section.c
+++ b/bfd/section.c
@@ -795,7 +795,10 @@ bfd_make_section_anyway (abfd, name)
      section.  */
   newsect->symbol = bfd_make_empty_symbol (abfd);
   if (newsect->symbol == NULL)
-    return NULL;
+    {
+      bfd_release (abfd, newsect);
+      return NULL;
+    }
   newsect->symbol->name = name;
   newsect->symbol->value = 0;
   newsect->symbol->section = newsect;
@@ -805,7 +808,7 @@ bfd_make_section_anyway (abfd, name)
 
   if (BFD_SEND (abfd, _new_section_hook, (abfd, newsect)) != true)
     {
-      free (newsect);
+      bfd_release (abfd, newsect);
       return NULL;
     }
 
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2.7.4