[PATCH] PR binutils/18218: bad handling of .debug_str_offsets section

[H.J. Lu]

On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 11:31 AM, Doug Evans <dje@google.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 1:29 PM, H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 12:35 PM, Doug Evans <dje@google.com> wrote:
>>> H.J. Lu writes:
>>>  > On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 11:03 AM, Doug Evans <dje@google.com> wrote:
>>>  > > On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 10:41 AM, H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>  > >>> Even better, treat the "sec" argument to load_specific_debug_section
>>>  > >>> as "const Elf_Internal_Shdr * sec".
>>>  > >>> Modifying sec->sh_size to be the size of the now-uncompressed section
>>>  > >>> is fragile and what led to this bug. Leave this data be the
>>>  > >>> representation of what's actually on disk, and build on it, not modify
>>>  > >>> it.
>>>  > >>
>>>  > >> We need to update sh_size to get readelf to work right.
>>>  > >
>>>  > > I don't understand.
>>>  > > There are lots of ways to make readelf work right.
>>>  > > Some better than others.
>>>  >
>>>  > Patches are welcome.
>>>
>>> I would have expected a more technical explanation of why
>>> the proposed patch is ok.
>>>
>>> How about this?
>>>
>>> [I can imagine there's more work to do along these lines.
>>> At least this headed in a good direction.
>>>
>>> Ultimately, I can imagine adding a backlink from
>>> dwarf_section to Elf_Internal_Shdr, though a more sound
>>> proposal would need more research.]
>>>
>>> 2015-04-09  Doug Evans  <dje@google.com>
>>>
>>>         PR binutils/18218
>>>         * readelf.c (printable_section_name): Constify sec argument.
>>>         (apply_relocations): Ditto.  New arg "size".  All callers updated.
>>>         (load_specific_debug_section): Constify sec argument.
>>>         Remove side-effect of modifying sec->sh_size.
>>>
>>
>> It looks good to me.  Does it pass "make check"?
>
> On amd64-linux, yes.

I would say check it in.


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H.J.