Bug 125875

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Description of problem:
Hi, I am trying to figure out why I get this error.
It occurs when I link to libSDL.so, or do nm libSDl.so

I am rather low on memory (128MB), but I should have enough, I think.
I don't think I should be getting this error.

I tried to track it down, but I can't follow the binutils codepath -
it gets too complicated.

It runs out of memory when it does: 

bfd_check_format_matches ->
...
temp = BFD_SEND_FMT (abfd, _bfd_check_format, (abfd));
...
      else if (err != bfd_error_wrong_format)
        {
          abfd->xvec = save_targ;
          abfd->format = bfd_unknown;
                                                                     
                                                       
          if (matching)
            free (matching_vector);
                                                                     
                                                       
          return FALSE;
        }

I also wrote prints at every place where bfd_error_no_memory is set,
and got this:

[root@cobra binutils]# ./nm-new /usr/lib/libSDL-1.2.so.0.7.0
DISPLAY FILE
OMEM6, size requested was: 706742538l
OMEM6, size requested was: 706742538l
NO MEMORY
./nm-new: /usr/lib/libSDL-1.2.so.0.7.0: Memory exhausted
EXIT DISPLAY_FILE
[root@cobra binutils]#

OMEM6 is at bfd/opncls.c:

void *
bfd_alloc (bfd *abfd, bfd_size_type size)
{
  void *ret;
                                                                     
                                                       
  if (size != (unsigned long) size)
    {
      fprintf(stderr, "OMEM5\n");
      bfd_set_error (bfd_error_no_memory);
      return NULL;
    }
                                                                     
                                                       
  ret = objalloc_alloc (abfd->memory, (unsigned long) size);
  if (ret == NULL) {
     fprintf(stderr, "OMEM6, size requested was: %ul\n", size);
    bfd_set_error (bfd_error_no_memory);
     }
  return ret;
}



Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
binutils-2.15.90.0.3-7

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Link/nm against libSDL.so
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Additional info: