From 5547f9acd7431a52efab1ec299b9d05391c7de8e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mads Marquart <mads@marquart.dk>
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2026 22:17:16 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Assert that Mach-O section_flags_mut is 0

To ensure we don't unintentionally overwrite default flags.
---
 cranelift/object/src/backend.rs | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/cranelift/object/src/backend.rs b/cranelift/object/src/backend.rs
index 5d221f7b41f6..c25369d90283 100644
--- a/cranelift/object/src/backend.rs
+++ b/cranelift/object/src/backend.rs
@@ -518,6 +518,13 @@ impl Module for ObjectModule {
 
             match self.object.section_flags_mut(section) {
                 SectionFlags::MachO { flags } => {
+                    // There are no default flags for the `SectionKind`s that
+                    // we've specified above, so it's fine to override.
+                    //
+                    // (If we don't want to override, we'll have to be careful
+                    // with how we set these, to ensure we set the section
+                    // type properly).
+                    assert_eq!(*flags, 0);
                     *flags = *macho_flags;
                 }
                 _ => {