From: Ian Lance Taylor <ian@airs.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 02:58:00 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: add comment
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add comment
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diff --git a/bfd/cofflink.c b/bfd/cofflink.c
index 74d1a12ee7..0b492ae842 100644
--- a/bfd/cofflink.c
+++ b/bfd/cofflink.c
@@ -438,6 +438,11 @@ coff_link_add_symbols (abfd, info)
 	    (*sym_hash)->coff_link_hash_flags |=
 	      COFF_LINK_HASH_PE_SECTION_SYMBOL;
 
+	  /* Limit the alignment of a common symbol to the possible
+             alignment of a section.  There is no point to permitting
+             a higher alignment for a common symbol: we can not
+             guarantee it, and it may cause us to allocate extra space
+             in the common section.  */
 	  if (section == bfd_com_section_ptr
 	      && (*sym_hash)->root.type == bfd_link_hash_common
 	      && ((*sym_hash)->root.u.c.p->alignment_power