* elflink.c (bfd_elf_discard_info): Handle multiple .eh_frame

	sections attached to a BFD.
	* section.c (bfd_get_section_by_name): Rewrite description.
	(bfd_get_next_section_by_name): New function.
	* bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.

1 files changed, 37 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/bfd/section.c b/bfd/section.c
index 3a70ccf994..0a7908e1f6 100644
--- a/bfd/section.c
+++ b/bfd/section.c
@@ -845,14 +845,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
 	asection *bfd_get_section_by_name (bfd *abfd, const char *name);
 
 DESCRIPTION
-	Run through @var{abfd} and return the one of the
-	<<asection>>s whose name matches @var{name}, otherwise <<NULL>>.
-	@xref{Sections}, for more information.
-
-	This should only be used in special cases; the normal way to process
-	all sections of a given name is to use <<bfd_map_over_sections>> and
-	<<strcmp>> on the name (or better yet, base it on the section flags
-	or something else) for each section.
+	Return the most recently created section attached to @var{abfd}
+	named @var{name}.  Return NULL if no such section exists.
 */
 
 asection *
@@ -869,6 +863,41 @@ bfd_get_section_by_name (bfd *abfd, const char *name)
 
 /*
 FUNCTION
+       bfd_get_next_section_by_name
+
+SYNOPSIS
+       asection *bfd_get_next_section_by_name (asection *sec);
+
+DESCRIPTION
+       Given @var{sec} is a section returned by @code{bfd_get_section_by_name},
+       return the next most recently created section attached to the same
+       BFD with the same name.  Return NULL if no such section exists.
+*/
+
+asection *
+bfd_get_next_section_by_name (asection *sec)
+{
+  struct section_hash_entry *sh;
+  const char *name;
+  unsigned long hash;
+
+  sh = ((struct section_hash_entry *)
+	((char *) sec - offsetof (struct section_hash_entry, section)));
+
+  hash = sh->root.hash;
+  name = sec->name;
+  for (sh = (struct section_hash_entry *) sh->root.next;
+       sh != NULL;
+       sh = (struct section_hash_entry *) sh->root.next)
+    if (sh->root.hash == hash
+       && strcmp (sh->root.string, name) == 0)
+      return &sh->section;
+
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+/*
+FUNCTION
 	bfd_get_section_by_name_if
 
 SYNOPSIS