Compiler: cl6x and clpru produce object files with invalid ELF header

Tool/software: TI C/C++ Compiler

Using the 'readelf' utility on any .obj file produced by cl6x or clpru produces a warning:

~/tmp$ echo >empty.c
~/tmp$ cl6x empty.c
~/tmp$ readelf --file-header empty.obj | grep program
readelf: Warning: possibly corrupt ELF header - it has a non-zero program header offset, but no program headers
Start of program headers: 2484 (bytes into file)
Size of program headers: 32 (bytes)
Number of program headers: 0

As shown, the file header indeed contains a non-zero program header table offset (e_phoff), even though it doesn't have a program header table. The ELF specification says:

e_phoff

This member holds the program header table's file offset in bytes. If the file has no program header table, this member holds zero.