Remove hack for GDB which sets the section size to 0

[deliverable/binutils-gdb.git] / bfd / elf.c

diff --git a/bfd/elf.c b/bfd/elf.c
index 9ca42e10d8e5b28090d6ce73cc65fbd456210123..991a71ca32a5107fff2b6f3863cdd2ad9b9d256d 100644 (file)
--- a/bfd/elf.c
+++ b/bfd/elf.c
@@ -3026,14 +3026,6 @@ _bfd_elf_make_section_from_phdr (bfd *abfd,
       newsect->alignment_power = bfd_log2 (align);
       if (hdr->p_type == PT_LOAD)
        {
-         /* Hack for gdb.  Segments that have not been modified do
-            not have their contents written to a core file, on the
-            assumption that a debugger can find the contents in the
-            executable.  We flag this case by setting the fake
-            section size to zero.  Note that "real" bss sections will
-            always have their contents dumped to the core file.  */
-         if (bfd_get_format (abfd) == bfd_core)
-           newsect->size = 0;
          newsect->flags |= SEC_ALLOC;
          if (hdr->p_flags & PF_X)
            newsect->flags |= SEC_CODE;