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Re: PATCH: Fix ia64 ld bootstrap test


On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 01:55:13PM -0800, H. J. Lu wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 10:45:49PM +0100, Jakub Jelinek wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 12:09:19PM -0800, H. J. Lu wrote:
> > > This patch seems to fix ia64 ld bootstrap test.
> > 
> > That bfd_malloc/free is unnecessary IMHO.
> 
> Can we use
> 
> 	char addr_name [sizeof (...) ...];
> 
> I know gcc supports it. But I don't know others. We can always use
> alloca :-).

Older gcc's accepted this in -traditional mode, but that doesn't say
anything. An HPUX owner is needed here.
Worst case we can just use char addr_name [34]; which will be enough even if
both int and long are 64-bit.

> > len is constant expression and thus a local array can be used instead.
> > Don't understand why there is no sizeof (bfd_vma)*2 instead of
> > sizeof (bfd_vma)*4. I thought binutils only support host arches
> > with 8 bit char.
> 
> I was wondering the same thing. Shouldn't 
> 
>   len = sizeof (sec->id)*2 + 1 + sizeof (bfd_vma)*2 + 1;
> 
> be enough for
> 
>   sprintf (addr_name, "%x:%lx",

Shouldn't that be actually sizeof (int)*2 + 1 + sizeof (long)*2 + 1?
Those are the types used in there.

	Jakub


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