Tidy pe_ILF_build_a_bfd a little

	* peicode.h (ILF section, pe_ILF_object_p): Correct comments
	and update the reference to Microsoft's docs.
	(pe_ILF_build_a_bfd): Move all symbol creation before flipping
	the bfd over to in-memory.

1 files changed, 31 insertions, 33 deletions

diff --git a/bfd/peicode.h b/bfd/peicode.h
index 43226caf00e..b7b4f4abbb9 100644
--- a/bfd/peicode.h
+++ b/bfd/peicode.h
@@ -401,11 +401,11 @@ pe_bfd_copy_private_bfd_data (bfd *ibfd, bfd *obfd)
 
 #ifdef COFF_IMAGE_WITH_PE
 
-/* Code to handle Microsoft's Image Library Format.
+/* Code to handle Microsoft's Import Library Format.
    Also known as LINK6 format.
    Documentation about this format can be found at:
 
-   http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/specs/pecoff_section8.htm  */
+   https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/debug/pe-format#import-library-format  */
 
 /* The following constants specify the sizes of the various data
    structures that we have to create in order to build a bfd describing
@@ -1074,6 +1074,32 @@ pe_ILF_build_a_bfd (bfd *	    abfd,
       abort ();
     }
 
+  /* Now create a symbol describing the imported value.  */
+  switch (import_type)
+    {
+    case IMPORT_CODE:
+      pe_ILF_make_a_symbol (& vars, "", symbol_name, text,
+			    BSF_NOT_AT_END | BSF_FUNCTION);
+
+      break;
+
+    case IMPORT_DATA:
+      /* Nothing to do here.  */
+      break;
+
+    default:
+      /* XXX code not yet written.  */
+      abort ();
+    }
+
+  /* Create an import symbol for the DLL, without the .dll suffix.  */
+  ptr = (bfd_byte *) strrchr (source_dll, '.');
+  if (ptr)
+    * ptr = 0;
+  pe_ILF_make_a_symbol (& vars, "__IMPORT_DESCRIPTOR_", source_dll, NULL, 0);
+  if (ptr)
+    * ptr = '.';
+
   /* Initialise the bfd.  */
   memset (& internal_f, 0, sizeof (internal_f));
 
@@ -1100,39 +1126,13 @@ pe_ILF_build_a_bfd (bfd *	    abfd,
   bfd_cache_close (abfd);
 
   abfd->iostream = (void *) vars.bim;
-  abfd->flags |= BFD_IN_MEMORY /* | HAS_LOCALS */;
+  abfd->flags |= BFD_IN_MEMORY | HAS_SYMS;
   abfd->iovec = &_bfd_memory_iovec;
   abfd->where = 0;
   abfd->origin = 0;
   abfd->size = 0;
   obj_sym_filepos (abfd) = 0;
 
-  /* Now create a symbol describing the imported value.  */
-  switch (import_type)
-    {
-    case IMPORT_CODE:
-      pe_ILF_make_a_symbol (& vars, "", symbol_name, text,
-			    BSF_NOT_AT_END | BSF_FUNCTION);
-
-      break;
-
-    case IMPORT_DATA:
-      /* Nothing to do here.  */
-      break;
-
-    default:
-      /* XXX code not yet written.  */
-      abort ();
-    }
-
-  /* Create an import symbol for the DLL, without the .dll suffix.  */
-  ptr = (bfd_byte *) strrchr (source_dll, '.');
-  if (ptr)
-    * ptr = 0;
-  pe_ILF_make_a_symbol (& vars, "__IMPORT_DESCRIPTOR_", source_dll, NULL, 0);
-  if (ptr)
-    * ptr = '.';
-
   /* Point the bfd at the symbol table.  */
   obj_symbols (abfd) = vars.sym_cache;
   abfd->symcount = vars.sym_index;
@@ -1149,8 +1149,6 @@ pe_ILF_build_a_bfd (bfd *	    abfd,
   obj_coff_strings (abfd) = vars.string_table;
   obj_coff_keep_strings (abfd) = true;
 
-  abfd->flags |= HAS_SYMS;
-
   return true;
 
  error_return:
@@ -1159,7 +1157,7 @@ pe_ILF_build_a_bfd (bfd *	    abfd,
   return false;
 }
 
-/* We have detected a Image Library Format archive element.
+/* We have detected an Import Library Format archive element.
    Decode the element and return the appropriate target.  */
 
 static bfd_cleanup
@@ -1176,7 +1174,7 @@ pe_ILF_object_p (bfd * abfd)
   unsigned int	  magic;
 
   /* Upon entry the first six bytes of the ILF header have
-      already been read.  Now read the rest of the header.  */
+     already been read.  Now read the rest of the header.  */
   if (bfd_bread (buffer, (bfd_size_type) 14, abfd) != 14)
     return NULL;