package binutils
tags 274544 + patch
thanks
I have found what looks like a solution to this problem. Please see
attached patch. The error is actually quite obvious when spotted; the
function bfd_demangle, according to its documentation, is perfectly able
to return NULL.
I think it might be a good idea to send the bug upstream; I am a little
concerned that this might not be the best solution, mainly because this
solution would not work in the 2.16.1cvs20060413-1 version, where a
different variant of this problem occurred.
But the fix does seem to solve both the original problem (garbage output)
and the new variant of the problem (segmentation fault).
best regards
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any consequences thereof.--- binutils-2.17cvs20070426.orig/ld/ldcref.c
+++ binutils-2.17cvs20070426/ld/ldcref.c
@@ -327,7 +327,10 @@
ASSERT (h->demangled == NULL);
h->demangled = bfd_demangle (output_bfd, h->root.string,
DMGL_ANSI | DMGL_PARAMS);
-
+ if (h->demangled == NULL)
+ {
+ h->demangled = xstrdup (h->root.string);
+ }
**pph = h;
++*pph;
