Add command line option to stop the assembler from padding the end of sections to...

[deliverable/binutils-gdb.git] / gas / write.c

diff --git a/gas/write.c b/gas/write.c
index 0dfca0c01c3b88d4b1201fd1be3b9bf0b4985a92..9af1f80f08fc4268bd86e9b22ed94537b8f383d4 100644 (file)
--- a/gas/write.c
+++ b/gas/write.c
@@ -579,7 +579,12 @@ size_seg (bfd *abfd, asection *sec, void *xxx ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
   x = bfd_set_section_flags (abfd, sec, flags);
   gas_assert (x);
 
-  newsize = md_section_align (sec, size);
+  /* If permitted, allow the backend to pad out the section
+     to some alignment boundary.  */
+  if (do_not_pad_sections_to_alignment)
+    newsize = size;
+  else
+    newsize = md_section_align (sec, size);
   x = bfd_set_section_size (abfd, sec, newsize);
   gas_assert (x);
 
@@ -1696,7 +1701,7 @@ set_symtab (void)
 }
 
 /* Finish the subsegments.  After every sub-segment, we fake an
-   ".align ...".  This conforms to BSD4.2 brane-damage.  We then fake
+   ".align ...".  This conforms to BSD4.2 brain-damage.  We then fake
    ".fill 0" because that is the kind of frag that requires least
    thought.  ".align" frags like to have a following frag since that
    makes calculating their intended length trivial.  */
@@ -1708,6 +1713,7 @@ set_symtab (void)
    code-bearing sections.  */
 #define SUB_SEGMENT_ALIGN(SEG, FRCHAIN)                                        \
   (!(FRCHAIN)->frch_next && subseg_text_p (SEG)                                \
+   && !do_not_pad_sections_to_alignment                                        \
    ? get_recorded_alignment (SEG)                                      \
    : 0)
 #else