patches/binutils/2.35/binutils-ppc64le-note-merge.patch

   1 --- binutils.orig/binutils/objcopy.c    2021-02-18 11:35:48.062479490 +0000
   2 +++ binutils-2.30/binutils/objcopy.c    2021-02-18 11:36:52.207071148 +0000
   3 @@ -2224,6 +2224,11 @@ merge_gnu_build_notes (bfd *          ab
   4           goto done;
   5         }
   6
   7 +      if (start > end)
   8 +       /* This can happen with PPC64LE binaries where empty notes are
   9 +          encoded as start = end + 4.  */
  10 +       start = end;
  11 +
  12        if (is_open_note (pnote))
  13         {
  14           if (start)
  15 --- binutils.orig/binutils/objcopy.c    2021-02-22 10:44:20.107263089 +0000
  16 +++ binutils-2.35.1/binutils/objcopy.c  2021-02-22 16:07:12.134344229 +0000
  17 @@ -2243,23 +2243,8 @@ merge_gnu_build_notes (bfd *          ab
  18           break;
  19
  20         case 8:
  21 -         if (! is_64bit (abfd))
  22 -           {
  23 -             start = bfd_get_32 (abfd, pnote->note.descdata);
  24 -             end = bfd_get_32 (abfd, pnote->note.descdata + 4);
  25 -           }
  26 -         else
  27 -           {
  28 -             start = bfd_get_64 (abfd, pnote->note.descdata);
  29 -             /* FIXME: For version 1 and 2 notes we should try to
  30 -                calculate the end address by finding a symbol whose
  31 -                value is START, and then adding in its size.
  32 -
  33 -                For now though, since v1 and v2 was not intended to
  34 -                handle gaps, we chose an artificially large end
  35 -                address.  */
  36 -             end = (bfd_vma) -1;
  37 -           }
  38 +         start = bfd_get_32 (abfd, pnote->note.descdata);
  39 +         end = bfd_get_32 (abfd, pnote->note.descdata + 4);
  40           break;
  41
  42         case 16: