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-rw-r--r--binutils/readelf.c13
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/binutils/readelf.c b/binutils/readelf.c
index 8a31ebbd07..c6070f276d 100644
--- a/binutils/readelf.c
+++ b/binutils/readelf.c
@@ -6268,12 +6268,15 @@ process_section_headers (Filedata * filedata)
&& filedata->section_headers[section->sh_info].sh_type < SHT_LOOS))
{
if (section->sh_info == 0
- && (streq (SECTION_NAME (section), ".rel.dyn")
+ && (filedata->file_header.e_type == ET_EXEC
+ || filedata->file_header.e_type == ET_DYN
+ /* These next two tests may be redundant, but
+ they have been left in for paranoia's sake. */
+ || streq (SECTION_NAME (section), ".rel.dyn")
|| streq (SECTION_NAME (section), ".rela.dyn")))
- /* The .rel.dyn and .rela.dyn sections have an sh_info field
- of zero. The relocations in these sections may apply
- to many different sections. */
- ;
+ /* Dynamic relocations apply to segments, not sections, so
+ they do not need an sh_info value. */
+ ;
else
warn (_("[%2u]: Info field (%u) should index a relocatable section.\n"),
i, section->sh_info);