Index: minsyms.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/minsyms.c,v
retrieving revision 1.47
diff -u -p -r1.47 minsyms.c
--- minsyms.c	17 Oct 2006 20:17:44 -0000	1.47
+++ minsyms.c	16 Nov 2006 23:16:22 -0000
@@ -679,6 +679,18 @@ prim_record_minimal_symbol_and_info (con
 
   SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (msymbol) = address;
   SYMBOL_SECTION (msymbol) = section;
+  if (bfd_section == NULL)
+    {
+      struct obj_section *osec;
+      ALL_OBJFILE_OSECTIONS (objfile, osec)
+        {
+          if (osec->the_bfd_section->index == section)
+            {
+              bfd_section = osec->the_bfd_section;
+              break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
   SYMBOL_BFD_SECTION (msymbol) = bfd_section;
 
   MSYMBOL_TYPE (msymbol) = ms_type;
Index: coffread.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/coffread.c,v
retrieving revision 1.63
diff -u -p -r1.63 coffread.c
--- coffread.c	17 Dec 2005 22:33:59 -0000	1.63
+++ coffread.c	16 Nov 2006 23:16:25 -0000
@@ -699,6 +699,9 @@ coff_symtab_read (long symtab_offset, un
   long fcn_line_ptr = 0;
   int val;
   CORE_ADDR tmpaddr;
+  /* Avoid unnecessary lookups.  */
+  int cached_sec = -1;
+  struct bfd_section* cached_bfd_section = NULL;
 
   /* Work around a stdio bug in SunOS4.1.1 (this makes me nervous....
      it's hard to know I've really worked around it.  The fix should be
@@ -926,9 +929,22 @@ coff_symtab_read (long symtab_offset, un
 	    if (cs->c_name[0] != '@' /* Skip tdesc symbols */ )
 	      {
 		struct minimal_symbol *msym;
+		if (cached_sec != sec)
+		  {
+		    struct obj_section *osec;
+		    cached_sec = sec;
+		    ALL_OBJFILE_OSECTIONS (objfile, osec)
+		      {
+		        if (osec->the_bfd_section->index == sec)
+		          {
+		            cached_bfd_section = osec->the_bfd_section;
+		            break;
+		          }
+		      }
+		  }
 		msym = prim_record_minimal_symbol_and_info
 		  (cs->c_name, tmpaddr, ms_type, NULL,
-		   sec, NULL, objfile);
+		   sec, cached_bfd_section, objfile);
 		if (msym)
 		  COFF_MAKE_MSYMBOL_SPECIAL (cs->c_sclass, msym);
 	      }