[rfc] Use auxillary vector to retrieve .dynamic/.interp sections
Joel Brobecker
brobecker@adacore.com
Mon Aug 18 11:41:00 GMT 2008
> ChangeLog:
>
> * solib-svr4.c (read_program_header): New function.
> (scan_dyntag_auxv): New function.
> (elf_locate_base): Use it if scan_dyntag fails.
> (find_program_interpreter): New function.
> (enable_break): Use it instead of .interp section.
[...]
> Does this seem useful / reasonble for mainline?
I only loosely reviewed the patch itself, but the idea seems reasonable
to me, particularly since it only tries the auxv iff the traditional
method didn't work.
--
Joel
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