[PATCH] ld/pdb: Report failures to write the PDB file
Project / Subsystem
binutils / ld/pdb
Date
2026-09-30
Proposer
Oleg Tolmatcev <oleg.tolmatcev@gmail.com>
Source type
public_inbox
Consensus
Proposed
Sentiment
—/10
All attributes
- project
- binutils
- subsystem
- ld/pdb
- patch_id
- —
- discussion_id
- 20260930193657.733-10-oleg.tolmatcev@gmail.com
- source_type
- public_inbox
- title
- [PATCH] ld/pdb: Report failures to write the PDB file
- headline
- ld/pdb: Report PDB write failures
- tldr
- Ensures linker reports errors when writing PDB files, preventing silent failures.
- proposer
- Oleg Tolmatcev <oleg.tolmatcev@gmail.com>
- consensus
- Proposed
- outcome
- proposed
- sentiment_score
- —
- technical_tradeoffs
- []
- series_id
- —
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- standalone
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- []
- tags
-
- • pdb
- • linker
- • debugging
- • error handling
- • bugfix
- bugzilla_url
- —
- date
- 2026-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
[PATCH] ld/pdb: Report failures to write the PDB file
This patch modifies the linker’s PDB writing process to check the return value of bfd_close. Previously, errors during the closing and writing of PDB streams were ignored, leading to truncated files and successful exits. The change adds a warning message when bfd_close fails, ensuring that write errors are reported to the user.