* section.c (bfd_get_linker_section): New function.

	* elf32-arm.c: When retrieving SEC_LINKER_CREATED sections, use
	the above throughout rather than bfd_get_section_by_name.  Use
	bfd_make_section_anyway rather than bfd_make_section when creating
	them.
	* elf32-bfin.c: Likewise.
	* elf32-cr16.c: Likewise.
	* elf32-cris.c: Likewise.
	* elf32-frv.c: Likewise.
	* elf32-hppa.c: Likewise.
	* elf32-i370.c: Likewise.
	* elf32-i386.c: Likewise.
	* elf32-lm32.c: Likewise.
	* elf32-m32c.c: Likewise.
	* elf32-m32r.c: Likewise.
	* elf32-m68k.c: Likewise.
	* elf32-microblaze.c: Likewise.
	* elf32-ppc.c: Likewise.
	* elf32-rl78.c: Likewise.
	* elf32-s390.c: Likewise.
	* elf32-score.c: Likewise.
	* elf32-score7.c: Likewise.
	* elf32-sh.c: Likewise.
	* elf32-tic6x.c: Likewise.
	* elf32-tilepro.c: Likewise.
	* elf32-vax.c: Likewise.
	* elf32-xstormy16.c: Likewise.
	* elf32-xtensa.c: Likewise.
	* elf64-alpha.c: Likewise.
	* elf64-hppa.c: Likewise.
	* elf64-ia64-vms.c: Likewise.
	* elf64-ppc.c: Likewise.
	* elf64-s390.c: Likewise.
	* elf64-sh64.c: Likewise.
	* elf64-sparc.c: Likewise.
	* elf64-x86-64.c: Likewise.
	* elfnn-ia64.c: Likewise.
	* elfxx-mips.c: Likewise.
	* elfxx-sparc.c: Likewise.
	* elfxx-tilegx.c: Likewise.
	* elflink.c: Likewise.
	* elf-vxworks.c: Likewise.
	* elf-m10300.c: Likewise.  Also make use of htab plt, got and
	gotplt shortcuts.
	* bfd-in2.h: Regenerate.
	* elf32-lm32.c (lm32_elf_check_relocs): Use the correct bfd when
	calling create_rofixup_section.
	* elflink.c (bfd_elf_final_link): Simplify test for .dynstr.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/bfd/elf32-rl78.c b/bfd/elf32-rl78.c
index c454e5f8412..62b1371dc08 100644
--- a/bfd/elf32-rl78.c
+++ b/bfd/elf32-rl78.c
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ rl78_elf_relocate_section
   dynobj = elf_hash_table (info)->dynobj;
   splt = NULL;
   if (dynobj != NULL)
-    splt = bfd_get_section_by_name (dynobj, ".plt");
+    splt = bfd_get_linker_section (dynobj, ".plt");
 
   for (rel = relocs; rel < relend; rel ++)
     {
@@ -1208,13 +1208,14 @@ rl78_elf_check_relocs
 	    elf_hash_table (info)->dynobj = dynobj = abfd;
 	  if (splt == NULL)
 	    {
-	      splt = bfd_get_section_by_name (dynobj, ".plt");
+	      splt = bfd_get_linker_section (dynobj, ".plt");
 	      if (splt == NULL)
 		{
 		  flagword flags = (SEC_ALLOC | SEC_LOAD | SEC_HAS_CONTENTS
 				    | SEC_IN_MEMORY | SEC_LINKER_CREATED
 				    | SEC_READONLY | SEC_CODE);
-		  splt = bfd_make_section_with_flags (dynobj, ".plt", flags);
+		  splt = bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (dynobj, ".plt",
+							     flags);
 		  if (splt == NULL
 		      || ! bfd_set_section_alignment (dynobj, splt, 1))
 		    return FALSE;
@@ -1272,7 +1273,7 @@ rl78_elf_finish_dynamic_sections (bfd *abfd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
   if (info->relax_trip > 0)
     {
       if ((dynobj = elf_hash_table (info)->dynobj) != NULL
-	  && (splt = bfd_get_section_by_name (dynobj, ".plt")) != NULL)
+	  && (splt = bfd_get_linker_section (dynobj, ".plt")) != NULL)
 	{
 	  bfd_byte *contents = splt->contents;
 	  unsigned int i, size = splt->size;
@@ -1301,7 +1302,7 @@ rl78_elf_always_size_sections (bfd *output_bfd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
   if (dynobj == NULL)
     return TRUE;
 
-  splt = bfd_get_section_by_name (dynobj, ".plt");
+  splt = bfd_get_linker_section (dynobj, ".plt");
   BFD_ASSERT (splt != NULL);
 
   splt->contents = (bfd_byte *) bfd_zalloc (dynobj, splt->size);