- perror_with_name (name);
-
- DBX_STRINGTAB_SIZE (objfile) = bfd_h_get_32 (sym_bfd, size_temp);
-
- if (DBX_STRINGTAB_SIZE (objfile) < sizeof (size_temp)
- || DBX_STRINGTAB_SIZE (objfile) > bfd_get_size (sym_bfd))
- error ("ridiculous string table size (%d bytes).",
- DBX_STRINGTAB_SIZE (objfile));
-
- DBX_STRINGTAB (objfile) =
- (char *) obstack_alloc (&objfile -> psymbol_obstack,
- DBX_STRINGTAB_SIZE (objfile));
-
- /* Now read in the string table in one big gulp. */
-
- val = bfd_seek (sym_bfd, STRING_TABLE_OFFSET, L_SET);
- if (val < 0)
- perror_with_name (name);
- val = bfd_read (DBX_STRINGTAB (objfile), DBX_STRINGTAB_SIZE (objfile), 1,
- sym_bfd);
- if (val != DBX_STRINGTAB_SIZE (objfile))
- perror_with_name (name);
+ {
+ perror_with_name (name);
+ }
+ else if (val == 0)
+ {
+ /* With the existing bfd code, STRING_TABLE_OFFSET will be set to
+ EOF if there is no string table, and attempting to read the size
+ from EOF will read zero bytes. */
+ DBX_STRINGTAB_SIZE (objfile) = 0;
+ DBX_STRINGTAB (objfile) = NULL;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ /* Read some data that would appear to be the string table size.
+ If there really is a string table, then it is probably the right
+ size. Byteswap if necessary and validate the size. Note that
+ the minimum is DBX_STRINGTAB_SIZE_SIZE. If we just read some
+ random data that happened to be at STRING_TABLE_OFFSET, because
+ bfd can't tell us there is no string table, the sanity checks may
+ or may not catch this. */
+ DBX_STRINGTAB_SIZE (objfile) = bfd_h_get_32 (sym_bfd, size_temp);
+
+ if (DBX_STRINGTAB_SIZE (objfile) < sizeof (size_temp)
+ || DBX_STRINGTAB_SIZE (objfile) > bfd_get_size (sym_bfd))
+ error ("ridiculous string table size (%d bytes).",
+ DBX_STRINGTAB_SIZE (objfile));
+
+ DBX_STRINGTAB (objfile) =
+ (char *) obstack_alloc (&objfile -> psymbol_obstack,
+ DBX_STRINGTAB_SIZE (objfile));
+
+ /* Now read in the string table in one big gulp. */
+
+ val = bfd_seek (sym_bfd, STRING_TABLE_OFFSET, L_SET);
+ if (val < 0)
+ perror_with_name (name);
+ val = bfd_read (DBX_STRINGTAB (objfile), DBX_STRINGTAB_SIZE (objfile), 1,
+ sym_bfd);
+ if (val != DBX_STRINGTAB_SIZE (objfile))
+ perror_with_name (name);
+ }