Zero out the dynamic allocated content space. Add a comment to remind us that

one day this ought to be fixed.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/bfd/elf64-hppa.c b/bfd/elf64-hppa.c
index b5edaf14578..fc102aa96f1 100644
--- a/bfd/elf64-hppa.c
+++ b/bfd/elf64-hppa.c
@@ -1740,7 +1740,12 @@ elf64_hppa_size_dynamic_sections (output_bfd, info)
 	 been allocated already.  */
       if (s->contents == NULL)
 	{
-	  s->contents = (bfd_byte *) bfd_alloc (dynobj, s->_raw_size);
+	  /* FIXME: This should be a call to bfd_alloc not bfd_zalloc.
+	     Unused entries should be reclaimed before the section's contents
+	     are written out, but at the moment this does not happen.  Thus in
+	     order to prevent writing out garbage, we initialise the section's
+	     contents to zero.  */
+	  s->contents = (bfd_byte *) bfd_zalloc (dynobj, s->_raw_size);
 	  if (s->contents == NULL && s->_raw_size != 0)
 	    return false;
 	}