From 9f269a7285fd80b4c191305994b0af006c3fa1f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nick Clifton Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 06:57:41 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Do not allow symbols to be created in the absolute section. --- gas/ChangeLog | 5 +++++ gas/symbols.c | 8 +++++++- 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog index ab054abdb07..9b4fb4be93c 100644 --- a/gas/ChangeLog +++ b/gas/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2002-09-20 Nick Clifton + + * symbols.c (colon): Do not allow symbols to be created in the + absolute section. + 2002-09-20 Alan Modra * expr.c (expr): Simplify foo-foo here. diff --git a/gas/symbols.c b/gas/symbols.c index 6d8147ce84a..c84b5b3a00e 100644 --- a/gas/symbols.c +++ b/gas/symbols.c @@ -287,7 +287,13 @@ colon (sym_name) /* Just seen "x:" - rattle symbols & frags. */ { register symbolS *symbolP; /* Symbol we are working with. */ - /* Sun local labels go out of scope whenever a non-local symbol is + if (now_seg == absolute_section) + { + as_bad (_("cannot define symbol `%s' in absolute section"), sym_name); + return NULL; + } + + /* Sun local labels go out of scope whenever a non-local symbol is defined. */ if (LOCAL_LABELS_DOLLAR) {