* section.c (bfd_section_init): Remove unnecessary initialisations.

	(bfd_section_list_clear): New function.
	(bfd_section_list_remove, bfd_section_list_insert): New macros.
	(_bfd_strip_section_from_output): Use them.
	* coffcode.h (coff_set_alignment_hook): Likewise.
	* elf32-mips.c (_bfd_mips_elf_final_link): Likewise.
	* elf64-mips.c (mips_elf64_final_link): Likewise.
	* elf64-mmix.c (mmix_elf_final_link): Likewise.
	* sunos.c (sunos_add_dynamic_symbols): Likewise.
	* xcofflink.c (_bfd_xcoff_bfd_final_link): Likewise.
	* bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.

	* netbsd-core.c (netbsd_core_file_p): Use bfd_make_section_anyway
	rather than doing our own section handling.  Clean up after errors
	with bfd_release and bfd_section_list_clear.  Handle unexpected
	flags.
	* aoutf1.h (sunos4_core_file_p): Likewise.
	* aix386-core.c (aix386_core_file_p): Likewise.
	* cisco-core.c (cisco_core_file_validate): Likewise.
	* ptrace-core.c (ptrace_unix_core_file_p): Likewise.
	* trad-core.c (trad_unix_core_file_p): Likewise.

	* hppabsd-core.c (hppabsd_core_core_file_p):  Clean up after errors
	with bfd_release and bfd_section_list_clear.
	* hpux-core.c (hpux_core_core_file_p): Likewise.
	* irix-core.c (irix_core_core_file_p): Likewise.
	* lynx-core.c (lynx_core_file_p): Likewise.
	* osf-core.c (osf_core_core_file_p): Likewise.
	* rs6000-core.c (rs6000coff_core_p): Likewise.
	* sco5-core.c (sco5_core_file_p): Likewise.

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/bfd/ptrace-core.c b/bfd/ptrace-core.c
index 998b1b487f1..f8db927ea86 100644
--- a/bfd/ptrace-core.c
+++ b/bfd/ptrace-core.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* BFD backend for core files which use the ptrace_user structure
-   Copyright 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001
+   Copyright 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002
    Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    The structure of this file is based on trad-core.c written by John Gilmore
    of Cygnus Support.
@@ -89,23 +89,17 @@ ptrace_unix_core_file_p (abfd)
 
   rawptr->u = u; /*Copy the uarea into the tdata part of the bfd */
 
-  /* Create the sections.  This is raunchy, but bfd_close wants to free
-     them separately.  */
+  /* Create the sections.  */
 
-  amt = sizeof (asection);
-  core_stacksec (abfd) = (asection *) bfd_zalloc (abfd, amt);
+  core_stacksec (abfd) = bfd_make_section_anyway (abfd, ".stack");
   if (core_stacksec (abfd) == NULL)
-    return NULL;
-  core_datasec (abfd) = (asection *) bfd_zalloc (abfd, amt);
+    goto fail;
+  core_datasec (abfd) = bfd_make_section_anyway (abfd, ".data");
   if (core_datasec (abfd) == NULL)
-    return NULL;
-  core_regsec (abfd) = (asection *) bfd_zalloc (abfd, amt);
+    goto fail;
+  core_regsec (abfd) = bfd_make_section_anyway (abfd, ".reg");
   if (core_regsec (abfd) == NULL)
-    return NULL;
-
-  core_stacksec (abfd)->name = ".stack";
-  core_datasec (abfd)->name = ".data";
-  core_regsec (abfd)->name = ".reg";
+    goto fail;
 
   /* FIXME:  Need to worry about shared memory, library data, and library
      text.  I don't think that any of these things are supported on the
@@ -132,12 +126,13 @@ ptrace_unix_core_file_p (abfd)
   core_datasec (abfd)->alignment_power = 2;
   core_regsec (abfd)->alignment_power = 2;
 
-  abfd->sections = core_stacksec (abfd);
-  core_stacksec (abfd)->next = core_datasec (abfd);
-  core_datasec (abfd)->next = core_regsec (abfd);
-  abfd->section_count = 3;
-
   return abfd->xvec;
+
+ fail:
+  bfd_release (abfd, abfd->tdata.any);
+  abfd->tdata.any = NULL;
+  bfd_section_list_clear (abfd);
+  return NULL;
 }
 
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