--- binutils-2.23.1/gold/output.cc 2012-11-09 01:21:28.000000000 -0700

+++ binutils-2.23.1/gold/output.cc 2013-01-01 01:45:50.721203685 -0700

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@

#include "gold.h"

+#include <cstdio>

#include <cstdlib>

#include <cstring>

#include <cerrno>

@@ -127,9 +128,15 @@

static int

gold_fallocate(int o, off_t offset, off_t len)

{

-#ifdef HAVE_POSIX_FALLOCATE

- if (parameters->options().posix_fallocate())

- return ::posix_fallocate(o, offset, len);

+#if defined(HAVE_POSIX_FALLOCATE)

+ if (parameters->options().posix_fallocate()) {

+ // posix_fallocate on Solaris will fail if len == 0

+ int ret = ::posix_fallocate(o, offset, len);

+ // try ::ftruncate(3C) is posix_fallocate(3C) failed.

+ if (ret != 0)

+ ret = ::ftruncate(o, offset + len);

+ return ret;

+ }

#endif // defined(HAVE_POSIX_FALLOCATE)

#ifdef HAVE_FALLOCATE

if (::fallocate(o, 0, offset, len) == 0)