Method MarkSectionUsed

IDEHelper/Backend/BeCOFFObject.cpp:2498–2543

}

void BeCOFFObject::MarkSectionUsed(BeCOFFSection& sect, bool getSectSymbol)
{
	if (sect.mSectionIdx == -1)
	{
		sect.mSectionIdx = (int)mUsedSections.size();
		mUsedSections.push_back(&sect);
	}

	if (getSectSymbol)
	{
		//TODO: We previously only did sectionDefs when we needed the SelectionNum value, but
		//  omitting this causes the MS linker to throw "multiple '<X>' sections found with different
		//  attributes (0000000000) errors.  This change could potentially break LIB creation in the
		//  linker.  Verify it still works.
		if (((sect.mCharacteristics & IMAGE_SCN_LNK_COMDAT) != 0) || (true))
		{
			if (sect.mSymbolIdx == -1)
			{
				BeMCSymbol* sym;
				sym = mSymbols.Alloc();
				sym->mSymKind = BeMCSymbolKind_SectionDef;
				sym->mName = sect.mSectName;
				sym->mIsStatic = false;
				sym->mSectionNum = sect.mSectionIdx + 1;
				sym->mIdx = (int)mSymbols.size() - 1;
				sect.mSymbolIdx = sym->mIdx;
				sym = mSymbols.Alloc();
				sym->mSymKind = BeMCSymbolKind_AuxPlaceholder;
			}
		}
		else
		{
			// It's important for the linker's import library output to include
			//  section refs and not section defs, even when they aren't an external
			//  reference
			BeMCSymbol* sym;
			sym = mSymbols.Alloc();
			sym->mSymKind = BeMCSymbolKind_SectionRef;
			sym->mName = sect.mSectName;
			sym->mIsStatic = false;
			sym->mSectionNum = sect.mSectionIdx + 1;
			sym->mIdx = (int)mSymbols.size() - 1;
			sect.mSymbolIdx = sym->mIdx;
		}
	}
}

BeMCSymbol* BeCOFFObject::GetCOMDAT(const StringImpl& name, void* data, int size, int align)
{