bfd_byte *esym_end;
bfd_size_type amt;
+ symcount = obj_raw_syment_count (abfd);
+
+ if (symcount == 0)
+ return TRUE; /* Nothing to do. */
+
/* Keep the symbols during this function, in case the linker needs
to read the generic symbols in order to report an error message. */
keep_syms = obj_coff_keep_syms (abfd);
else
default_copy = TRUE;
- symcount = obj_raw_syment_count (abfd);
-
/* We keep a list of the linker hash table entries that correspond
to particular symbols. */
amt = symcount * sizeof (struct coff_link_hash_entry *);
sym_hash = bfd_zalloc (abfd, amt);
- if (sym_hash == NULL && symcount != 0)
+ if (sym_hash == NULL)
goto error_return;
obj_coff_sym_hashes (abfd) = sym_hash;