PR 1004

bfd/
	* elf-bfd.h (struct elf_backend_data): Add get_sec_type_attr.  Delete
	special_sections.
	(_bfd_elf_get_special_section): Declare.
	(bfd_elf_special_section): Update prototype.
	* elf.c (special_sections): Remove unused outer entries.
	(get_special_section): Delete.
	(_bfd_elf_get_special_section): New function.
	(_bfd_elf_get_sec_type_attr): Replace "name" arg with "sec".  Update
	special_sections indexing.
	(_bfd_elf_new_section_hook): Call backend get_sec_type_attr.
	* elf32-arm.c (symbian_special_sections_d): Delete.
	(symbian_special_sections_g, symbian_special_sections_h): Delete.
	(symbian_special_sections_i, symbian_special_sections_f): Delete.
	(symbian_special_sections_p): Delete.
	(elf32_arm_symbian_special_sections): Merge above to here.
	(elf32_arm_symbian_get_sec_type_attr): New function.
	(elf_backend_special_sections): Don't define.
	(elf_backend_get_sec_type_attr): Define.
	* elf32-m32r.c: Similarly to elf32-arm.c.
	* elf32-m68hc11.c: Likewise.
	* elf32-m68hc12.c: Likewise.
	* elf32-mcore.c: Likewise.
	* elf32-sh64.c: Likewise.
	* elf32-v850.c: Likewise.
	* elf32-xtensa.c: Likewise.
	* elf64-alpha.c: Likewise.
	* elf64-hppa.c: Likewise.
	* elf64-ppc.c: Likewise.
	* elf64-sh64.c: Likewise.
	* elfxx-ia64.c: Likewise.
	* elfxx-mips.c: Likewise.
	* elf32-ppc.c: Likewise.
	(bfd_elf_special_section ppc_alt_plt): New.  Use it if .plt loadable.
	* elfxx-mips.h (_bfd_mips_elf_get_sec_type_attr): Declare.
	(_bfd_mips_elf_special_sections, elf_backend_special_sections): Delete.
	(elf_backend_get_sec_type_attr): Define.
	* elfxx-target.h (elf_backend_get_sec_type_attr): Define.
	(elf_backend_special_sections): Don't define.
	(elfNN_bed): Update.

binutils/
	* objcopy.c (copy_object): Use bfd_make_section_with_flags.
	(write_debugging_info): Likewise.
	(setup_section): Use bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags.
gas/
	* config/obj-elf.c (obj_elf_change_section): Use backend
	get_sec_type_attr.

bfd/elf32-mcore.c

@@ -635,51 +635,30 @@ mcore_elf_check_relocs (bfd * abfd,
   return TRUE;
 }
 
-static struct bfd_elf_special_section const
-  mcore_special_sections_c [] =
+static struct bfd_elf_special_section const mcore_elf_special_sections[]=
 {
   { ".ctors",   6, -2, SHT_PROGBITS, SHF_ALLOC + SHF_WRITE },
-  { NULL,        0, 0, 0,            0 }
-};
-
-static struct bfd_elf_special_section const
-  mcore_special_sections_d[]=
-{
   { ".dtors",   6, -2, SHT_PROGBITS, SHF_ALLOC + SHF_WRITE },
   { NULL,       0,  0, 0,            0 }
 };
 
-static struct bfd_elf_special_section const *
-  mcore_elf_special_sections[27]=
+static const struct bfd_elf_special_section *
+mcore_elf_get_sec_type_attr (bfd *abfd, asection *sec)
 {
-  NULL,				/* 'a' */
-  NULL,				/* 'b' */
-  mcore_special_sections_c,	/* 'c' */
-  mcore_special_sections_d,	/* 'd' */
-  NULL,				/* 'e' */
-  NULL,				/* 'f' */
-  NULL,				/* 'g' */
-  NULL,				/* 'h' */
-  NULL,				/* 'i' */
-  NULL,				/* 'j' */
-  NULL,				/* 'k' */
-  NULL,				/* 'l' */
-  NULL,				/* 'm' */
-  NULL,				/* 'n' */
-  NULL,				/* 'o' */
-  NULL,				/* 'p' */
-  NULL,				/* 'q' */
-  NULL,				/* 'r' */
-  NULL,				/* 's' */
-  NULL,				/* 't' */
-  NULL,				/* 'u' */
-  NULL,				/* 'v' */
-  NULL,				/* 'w' */
-  NULL,				/* 'x' */
-  NULL,				/* 'y' */
-  NULL,				/* 'z' */
-  NULL				/* other */
-};
+  const struct bfd_elf_special_section const *ssect;
+
+  /* See if this is one of the special sections.  */
+  if (sec->name == NULL)
+    return NULL;
+
+  ssect = _bfd_elf_get_special_section (sec->name,
+					mcore_elf_special_sections,
+					sec->use_rela_p);
+  if (ssect != NULL)
+    return ssect;
+
+  return _bfd_elf_get_sec_type_attr (abfd, sec);
+}
 
 #define TARGET_BIG_SYM		bfd_elf32_mcore_big_vec
 #define TARGET_BIG_NAME		"elf32-mcore-big"
@@ -699,7 +678,7 @@ static struct bfd_elf_special_section const *
 #define elf_backend_gc_mark_hook		mcore_elf_gc_mark_hook
 #define elf_backend_gc_sweep_hook		mcore_elf_gc_sweep_hook
 #define elf_backend_check_relocs                mcore_elf_check_relocs
-#define elf_backend_special_sections		mcore_elf_special_sections
+#define elf_backend_get_sec_type_attr		mcore_elf_get_sec_type_attr
 
 #define elf_backend_can_gc_sections		1
 #define elf_backend_rela_normal			1