Re: [to-be-committed v2] PR ld/24600: BFD: Fix use-after-free from `_bfd_load_armap'

"Maciej W. Rozycki" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.binutils
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Mon, 17 Aug 2026, Alan Modra wrote:

> > I was happy with v1, but this is good too.
> 
> I'm going to commit this revision instead.  I'd started looking at
> removing the struct orl name indirection before you posted your v1
> patch.  When I saw that patch appear I decided to leave it to you, but
> then had some spare time and finished the struct orl change.

 FWIW, again I think that code cleanups should be separate from bug fixes, 
so as to make the changes easier for people to digest, perhaps many years 
later.  So I'd rather the `struct orl' name indirection removal was made 
with a preparatory change.  I did not consider such an update, I have to 
admit; I did not analyse whether there was any real justification for the 
indirection to be there in the first place.

 Since you have already pushed your fix as a combined change, it has been 
cast in the repo and I think it may not be terribly productive to go back 
and revert the fix, split it into two patches, and reapply them in that 
form.  So I can only thank you for your extra effort.

  Maciej
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