[PATCH] debugedit: Add support for .debug_str_offsets (DW_FORM_strx)

Mark Wielaard mark@klomp.org
Mon Dec 11 13:58:24 GMT 2023


Hi,

On Mon, 2023-12-04 at 23:31 +0100, Mark Wielaard wrote:
> In theory supporting strx .debug_str_offsets is easy, the strings in
> .debug_str are just read through an indirection table. When the
> strings are updated in .debug_str we just need to rewrite the
> indirection table.
> 
> The tricky part is the ET_REL (object files or kernel modules)
> support. Relocation reading is "global" per section and we expect to
> read a relocation only once. But we need to read the
> DW_AT_str_offsets_base before reading any strx form attributes. So we
> read that first, then reset the relptr. And when we read from the
> .debug_str_offsets section we need to save and restore the .debug_info
> relptr.
> 
> 	* tools/debugedit.c (do_read_24): New function.
> 	(str_offsets_base): New static variable.
> 	(buf_read_ule24): New function.
> 	(buf_read_ube24): Likewise.
> 	(setup_relbuf): Handle .debug_str_offsets.
> 	(do_read_uleb128): New function.
> 	(do_read_str_form_relocated): Likewise.
> 	(read_abbrev): Handle DW_FORM_strx[1234].
> 	(edit_strp): Take the actual string form as argument.
> 	Use do_read_str_form_relocated.
> 	(read_dwarf5_line_entries): Pass form to edit_strp.
> 	(edit_attributes_str_comp_dir): Take the actual string
> 	form as argument. Use do_read_str_form_relocated.
> 	(edit_attributes): Handle DW_FORM_strx[1234].
> 	(edit_info): Read DW_AT_str_offsets_base first.
> 	(update_str_offsets): New function.
> 	(edit_dwarf2): Setup do_read_24. Call update_str_offsets.
> 
> https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28728

This seems to work as expected. Pushed.

Cheers,

Mark


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