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-rw-r--r--bfd/ChangeLog5
-rw-r--r--bfd/merge.c4
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index cfe91d979b..9a52165d79 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2010-08-20 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+ * merge.c (sec_merge_emit): Do not zero pad sections that do not
+ have an alignment.
+
2010-08-18 Pedro Alves <pedro@codesourcery.com>
PR corefile/8210
diff --git a/bfd/merge.c b/bfd/merge.c
index 7aa088ff94..180af267a2 100644
--- a/bfd/merge.c
+++ b/bfd/merge.c
@@ -307,6 +307,9 @@ sec_merge_emit (bfd *abfd, struct sec_merge_hash_entry *entry)
len = -off & (entry->alignment - 1);
if (len != 0)
{
+ /* We should never have an entry with an alignment
+ greater than the section's alignment. */
+ BFD_ASSERT (len <= (bfd_size_type) (1 << alignment_power));
if (bfd_bwrite (pad, len, abfd) != len)
goto err;
off += len;
@@ -324,6 +327,7 @@ sec_merge_emit (bfd *abfd, struct sec_merge_hash_entry *entry)
/* Trailing alignment needed? */
off = sec->size - off;
if (off != 0
+ && alignment_power
&& bfd_bwrite (pad, off, abfd) != off)
goto err;
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