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Re: RFC: Add SHT_GNU_PHDRS

From: Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com>
To: Szabolcs Nagy <nsz at port70 dot net>
Cc: Jan Beulich <JBeulich at suse dot com>, "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>, Rich Felker <dalias at libc dot org>, binutils at sourceware dot org, gnu-gabi at sourceware dot org
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2018 12:50:45 +0200
Subject: Re: RFC: Add SHT_GNU_PHDRS
References: <CAMe9rOoqcxZxPKgJn1JwG+ux4YRVbfWQBR=d9BOR3cfQgRn9QA@mail.gmail.com> <CAMe9rOoqcxZxPKgJn1JwG+ux4YRVbfWQBR=d9BOR3cfQgRn9QA@mail.gmail.com> <87tvmbv8hp.fsf@oldenburg.str.redhat.com> <5BAC7D6802000078001EC6D1@prv1-mh.provo.novell.com> <87pnwzuz8r.fsf@oldenburg.str.redhat.com> <20180927103539.GJ10209@port70.net>

* Szabolcs Nagy:

> without containing any sections, however elf says
> "An object file segment contains one or more sections".

Interesting.  This indeed suggests that a covering section for the
program header is needed, and a new section type for it makes sense.

Thanks,
Florian

Follow-Ups:
- Re: RFC: Add SHT_GNU_PHDRS
  - From: Cary Coutant

References:
- RFC: Add SHT_GNU_PHDRS
  - From: H.J. Lu
- Re: RFC: Add SHT_GNU_PHDRS
  - From: Florian Weimer
- Re: RFC: Add SHT_GNU_PHDRS
  - From: Jan Beulich
- Re: RFC: Add SHT_GNU_PHDRS
  - From: Florian Weimer
- Re: RFC: Add SHT_GNU_PHDRS
  - From: Szabolcs Nagy

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