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Re: [patch] Verify file vs. core build-id, when both available
- From: Mark Wielaard <mjw at redhat dot com>
- To: elfutils-devel at lists dot fedorahosted dot org
- Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 14:56:56 +0100
- Subject: Re: [patch] Verify file vs. core build-id, when both available
On Wed, 2013-11-20 at 20:32 +0100, Jan Kratochvil wrote:
> The problem is that:
> * elfutils will find a completely different version of file with the same name
> * the file has build-id
> * as the file is different the computed memory address of the build-id is bogus
> * bogus address is sure not available from the core file
> * elfutils thinks just that the core file was dumped without first ELF page
> therefore elfutils approves the file matching as valid.
Nice explanation. Thanks.
> But as elfutils scans the memory space and finds there files by their build-id
> it can verify build-id of the found disk file vs. that in-memory file.
>
> This will make all the tests of the initial patch PASSing again.
> Verify file vs. core build-id, when both available
>
> libdwfl/
> 2013-11-20 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
>
> * dwfl_segment_report_module.c (dwfl_segment_report_module): New
> variable close_elf. Call __libdwfl_find_elf_build_id and compare the
> content, if possible.
Yes, looks good.
Thanks,
Mark