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Re: Objdump crash on prelinked ARM binaries

From: Jakub Jelinek <jakub at redhat dot com>
To: Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com>, binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 16:57:38 +0200
Subject: Re: Objdump crash on prelinked ARM binaries
References: <20030605134709.GA30351@nevyn.them.org> <m3brxca8nz.fsf@redhat.com> <20030605145553.GA31875@nevyn.them.org>
Reply-to: Jakub Jelinek <jakub at redhat dot com>

On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 10:55:53AM -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 03:41:36PM +0100, Nick Clifton wrote:
> > Hi Daniel,
> > 
> > > arm-linux targets only provide elf_info_to_howto_rel.  Then, when
> > > objdump finds Rela relocations in a prelinked object file, it
> > > dereferences a NULL pointer trying to call ebd->elf_info_to_howto.
> > > Will it break anything to always provide both elf_info_to_howto
> > > functions?
> > 
> > Probably.  Why are Rela relocations being encountered anyway ?
> 
> The prelinking process converts REL sections to RELA.

Not always, only if relocations which make use of the addend are used.

	Jakub

References:
- Objdump crash on prelinked ARM binaries
  - From: Daniel Jacobowitz
- Re: Objdump crash on prelinked ARM binaries
  - From: Nick Clifton
- Re: Objdump crash on prelinked ARM binaries
  - From: Daniel Jacobowitz

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