+static bfd_boolean
+get_symtab (Filedata *filedata, Elf_Internal_Shdr *symsec,
+ Elf_Internal_Sym **symtab, unsigned long *nsyms,
+ char **strtab, unsigned long *strtablen)
+{
+ *strtab = NULL;
+ *strtablen = 0;
+ *symtab = GET_ELF_SYMBOLS (filedata, symsec, nsyms);
+
+ if (*symtab == NULL)
+ return FALSE;
+
+ if (symsec->sh_link != 0)
+ {
+ Elf_Internal_Shdr *strsec;
+
+ if (symsec->sh_link >= filedata->file_header.e_shnum)
+ {
+ error (_("Bad sh_link in symbol table section\n"));
+ free (*symtab);
+ *symtab = NULL;
+ *nsyms = 0;
+ return FALSE;
+ }
+
+ strsec = filedata->section_headers + symsec->sh_link;
+
+ *strtab = (char *) get_data (NULL, filedata, strsec->sh_offset,
+ 1, strsec->sh_size, _("string table"));
+ if (*strtab == NULL)
+ {
+ free (*symtab);
+ *symtab = NULL;
+ *nsyms = 0;
+ return FALSE;
+ }
+ *strtablen = strsec->sh_size;
+ }
+ return TRUE;
+}
+