[binutils-gdb] Stop strip from complaining about empty note sections when stripping a binary for a second time.

[binutils-gdb] Stop strip from complaining about empty note sections when stripping a binary for a second time.

[Nick Clifton]

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=1588d98babe46881783a40d70d8b8baa91c156b8

commit 1588d98babe46881783a40d70d8b8baa91c156b8
Author: Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
Date:   Tue Sep 20 11:46:32 2022 +0100

    Stop strip from complaining about empty note sections when stripping a binary for a second time.
    
            * objcopy.c (copy_object): Do not issue a warning message when
            encountering empty .gnu.build.attribute sections.

Diff:
---
 binutils/ChangeLog | 5 +++++
 binutils/objcopy.c | 8 +++-----
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index 19f76653dac..c1450155e0d 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2022-09-20  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+	* objcopy.c (copy_object): Do not issue a warning message when
+	encountering empty .gnu.build.attribute sections.
+
 2022-09-14  Rupesh Potharla  <Rupesh.Potharla@amd.com>
 
 	* testsuite/binutils-all/readelf.exp (readelf_wi_test): Extend
diff --git a/binutils/objcopy.c b/binutils/objcopy.c
index 75992e8a3f7..43261756a42 100644
--- a/binutils/objcopy.c
+++ b/binutils/objcopy.c
@@ -2968,11 +2968,9 @@ copy_object (bfd *ibfd, bfd *obfd, const bfd_arch_info_type *input_arch)
 	  bfd_size_type size = bfd_section_size (osec);
 
 	  if (size == 0)
-	    {
-	      bfd_nonfatal_message (NULL, ibfd, osec,
-				    _("warning: note section is empty"));
-	      continue;
-	    }
+	    /* This can happen, eg when stripping a binary for a second
+	       time.  See BZ 2121365 for an example.  */
+	    continue;
 
 	  merged_note_section * merged = xmalloc (sizeof * merged);
 	  merged->contents = NULL;