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+/* Create new section, which is member of a group, in output file.
+   Copyright (C) 2002, 2005 Red Hat, Inc.
+   This file is part of elfutils.
+   Written by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>, 2002.
+
+   This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of either
+
+     * the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
+       Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+       your option) any later version
+
+   or
+
+     * the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+       Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
+       your option) any later version
+
+   or both in parallel, as here.
+
+   elfutils is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+   WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received copies of the GNU General Public License and
+   the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this program.  If
+   not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+# include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <assert.h>
+
+#include "libasmP.h"
+
+
+AsmScn_t *
+asm_newscn_ingrp (AsmCtx_t *ctx, const char *scnname, GElf_Word type,
+		  GElf_Xword flags, AsmScnGrp_t *grp)
+{
+  AsmScn_t *result = INTUSE (asm_newscn) (ctx, scnname, type, flags);
+
+  if (likely (result != NULL))
+    {
+      /* We managed to create a section group.  Add it to the section
+	 group.  */
+      if (grp->nmembers == 0)
+	{
+	  assert (grp->members == NULL);
+	  grp->members = result->data.main.next_in_group = result;
+	}
+      else
+	{
+	  result->data.main.next_in_group
+	    = grp->members->data.main.next_in_group;
+	  grp->members = grp->members->data.main.next_in_group = result;
+	}
+
+      ++grp->nmembers;
+
+      /* Set the SHF_GROUP flag.  */
+      if (likely (! ctx->textp))
+	{
+	  GElf_Shdr shdr_mem;
+	  GElf_Shdr *shdr = gelf_getshdr (result->data.main.scn, &shdr_mem);
+
+	  assert (shdr != NULL);
+	  shdr->sh_flags |= SHF_GROUP;
+
+	  (void) gelf_update_shdr (result->data.main.scn, shdr);
+	}
+    }
+
+  return result;
+}