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+/* Create new section group.
+   Copyright (C) 2002, 2016 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 <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include "libasmP.h"
+#include <system.h>
+
+
+
+AsmScnGrp_t *
+asm_newscngrp (AsmCtx_t *ctx, const char *grpname, AsmSym_t *signature,
+	       Elf32_Word flags)
+{
+  AsmScnGrp_t *result;
+  size_t grpname_len = strlen (grpname) + 1;
+
+  if (ctx == NULL)
+    return NULL;
+
+  if ((flags & ~GRP_COMDAT) != 0)
+    {
+      /* This is not a supported flag.  */
+      __libasm_seterrno (ASM_E_INVALID);
+      return NULL;
+    }
+
+  result = (AsmScnGrp_t *) malloc (sizeof (AsmScnGrp_t) + grpname_len);
+  if (result == NULL)
+    return NULL;
+
+  result->signature = signature;
+  result->members = NULL;
+  result->nmembers = 0;
+  result->flags = flags;
+
+  memcpy (result->name, grpname, grpname_len);
+  result->strent = dwelf_strtab_add_len (ctx->section_strtab, result->name,
+					 grpname_len);
+
+  if (unlikely (ctx->textp))
+    // XXX TBI.  What is the format?
+    abort ();
+  else
+    {
+      result->scn = elf_newscn (ctx->out.elf);
+      if (result->scn == NULL)
+	{
+	  /* Couldn't allocate a new section.  */
+	  __libasm_seterrno (ASM_E_LIBELF);
+	  free (result);
+	  return NULL;
+	}
+    }
+
+  /* Enqueue is the context data structure.  */
+  if (ctx->ngroups == 0)
+    {
+      assert (ctx->groups == NULL);
+      ctx->groups = result->next = result;
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      result->next = ctx->groups->next;
+      ctx->groups = ctx->groups->next = result;
+    }
+  ++ctx->ngroups;
+
+  return result;
+}