+
+/* Change the class of a coff symbol held by BFD. */
+bfd_boolean
+bfd_coff_set_symbol_class (abfd, symbol, class)
+ bfd * abfd;
+ asymbol * symbol;
+ unsigned int class;
+{
+ coff_symbol_type * csym;
+
+ csym = coff_symbol_from (abfd, symbol);
+ if (csym == NULL)
+ {
+ bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
+ return FALSE;
+ }
+ else if (csym->native == NULL)
+ {
+ /* This is an alien symbol which no native coff backend data.
+ We cheat here by creating a fake native entry for it and
+ then filling in the class. This code is based on that in
+ coff_write_alien_symbol(). */
+
+ combined_entry_type * native;
+ bfd_size_type amt = sizeof (* native);
+
+ native = (combined_entry_type *) bfd_zalloc (abfd, amt);
+ if (native == NULL)
+ return FALSE;
+
+ native->u.syment.n_type = T_NULL;
+ native->u.syment.n_sclass = class;
+
+ if (bfd_is_und_section (symbol->section))
+ {
+ native->u.syment.n_scnum = N_UNDEF;
+ native->u.syment.n_value = symbol->value;
+ }
+ else if (bfd_is_com_section (symbol->section))
+ {
+ native->u.syment.n_scnum = N_UNDEF;
+ native->u.syment.n_value = symbol->value;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ native->u.syment.n_scnum =
+ symbol->section->output_section->target_index;
+ native->u.syment.n_value = (symbol->value
+ + symbol->section->output_offset);
+ if (! obj_pe (abfd))
+ native->u.syment.n_value += symbol->section->output_section->vma;
+
+ /* Copy the any flags from the file header into the symbol.
+ FIXME: Why? */
+ native->u.syment.n_flags = bfd_asymbol_bfd (& csym->symbol)->flags;
+ }
+
+ csym->native = native;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ csym->native->u.syment.n_sclass = class;
+ }
+
+ return TRUE;
+}