From f4226ac22878628b43e2e8907092f64462b06263 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ian <ian>
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 02:58:00 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] add comment

---
 bfd/cofflink.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

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
-- 
2.11.0