Fix problem in metadata writer

It was creating non-multiple-of-four section sizes, which, for some
reason, presumably by LLVM, were clipped, rather than padded, to be a
multiple of four.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/comp/middle/metadata.rs b/src/comp/middle/metadata.rs
index c3b78662..4c46a307 100644
--- a/src/comp/middle/metadata.rs
+++ b/src/comp/middle/metadata.rs
@@ -589,6 +589,10 @@ impure fn encode_metadata(@trans.crate_ctxt cx, @ast.crate crate)
     encode_index[int](ebml_w, items_buckets, int_writer);
     ebml.end_tag(ebml_w);
 
+    // Pad this, since something (LLVM, presumably) is cutting off the
+    // remaining % 4 bytes.
+    buf_w.write(vec(0u8, 0u8, 0u8, 0u8));
+
     ret C_postr(string_w.get_str());
 }