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[PATCH] clarify comment for section rawsize
Alan Modra wrote:
I think that this is the right way to go. You might like to update
the rawsize comment while you're at it.
How's this?
2007-10-16 Bob Wilson <bob.wilson@acm.org>
* section.c (struct bfd_section): Clarify comment for rawsize field.
* bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
Index: section.c
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RCS file: /cvs/src/src/bfd/section.c,v
retrieving revision 1.95
diff -u -r1.95 section.c
--- section.c 3 Jul 2007 14:26:42 -0000 1.95
+++ section.c 16 Oct 2007 17:18:37 -0000
@@ -413,13 +413,13 @@
. bfd_size_type size;
.
. {* For input sections, the original size on disk of the section, in
-. octets. This field is used by the linker relaxation code. It is
-. currently only set for sections where the linker relaxation scheme
-. doesn't cache altered section and reloc contents (stabs, eh_frame,
-. SEC_MERGE, some coff relaxing targets), and thus the original size
-. needs to be kept to read the section multiple times.
-. For output sections, rawsize holds the section size calculated on
-. a previous linker relaxation pass. *}
+. octets. This field should be set for any section whose size is
+. changed by linker relaxation. It is required for sections where
+. the linker relaxation scheme doesn't cache altered section and
+. reloc contents (stabs, eh_frame, SEC_MERGE, some coff relaxing
+. targets), and thus the original size needs to be kept to read the
+. section multiple times. For output sections, rawsize holds the
+. section size calculated on a previous linker relaxation pass. *}
. bfd_size_type rawsize;
.
. {* If this section is going to be output, then this value is the