--- a/hotspot/make/solaris/makefiles/saproc.make	Tue May 15 10:52:24 2012 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/make/solaris/makefiles/saproc.make	Thu May 24 12:03:42 2012 -0700
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 # when actually building on Nevada-B158 or earlier:
 #SOLARIS_11_B159_OR_LATER=-DSOLARIS_11_B159_OR_LATER
 
-$(LIBSAPROC): $(SASRCFILES) $(SAMAPFILE)
+$(LIBSAPROC): $(ADD_GNU_DEBUGLINK) $(FIX_EMPTY_SEC_HDR_FLAGS) $(SASRCFILES) $(SAMAPFILE)
 	$(QUIETLY) if [ "$(BOOT_JAVA_HOME)" = "" ]; then \
 	  echo "ALT_BOOTDIR, BOOTDIR or JAVA_HOME needs to be defined to build SA"; \
 	  exit 1; \
@@ -109,8 +109,17 @@
 	           -ldl -ldemangle -lthread -lc
 	[ -f $(LIBSAPROC_G) ] || { ln -s $@ $(LIBSAPROC_G); }
 ifeq ($(ENABLE_FULL_DEBUG_SYMBOLS),1)
+# gobjcopy crashes on "empty" section headers with the SHF_ALLOC flag set.
+# Clear the SHF_ALLOC flag (if set) from empty section headers.
+# An empty section header has sh_addr == 0 and sh_size == 0.
+# This problem has only been seen on Solaris X64, but we call this tool
+# on all Solaris builds just in case.
+	$(QUIETLY) $(FIX_EMPTY_SEC_HDR_FLAGS) $@
 	$(QUIETLY) $(OBJCOPY) --only-keep-debug $@ $(LIBSAPROC_DEBUGINFO)
-	$(QUIETLY) $(OBJCOPY) --add-gnu-debuglink=$(LIBSAPROC_DEBUGINFO) $@
+# $(OBJCOPY) --add-gnu-debuglink=... corrupts SUNW_* sections.
+# Use $(ADD_GNU_DEBUGLINK) until a fixed $(OBJCOPY) is available.
+#	$(QUIETLY) $(OBJCOPY) --add-gnu-debuglink=$(LIBSAPROC_DEBUGINFO) $@
+	$(QUIETLY) $(ADD_GNU_DEBUGLINK) $(LIBSAPROC_DEBUGINFO) $@
   ifeq ($(STRIP_POLICY),all_strip)
 	$(QUIETLY) $(STRIP) $@
   else