RFC: Add PT_GNU_PROPERTY to cover .note.gnu.property section

[H.J. Lu]

On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 3:59 PM H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 11:25 AM H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 9:56 AM Cary Coutant <ccoutant@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > > > PT_GNU_PROPERTY isn't compatible with existing loaders.  This needs
> > > > > > to be both forward and backward compatible.
> > > > >
> > > > > Which loaders?  The kernel?
> > > >
> > > > Kernel, glibc, gdb, .....
> > >
> > > How is that any different from using PT_NOTE? Existing loaders don't
> > > handle that either.
> > >
> > > If you're claiming that a new PT_ value in the program header table
> > > will be rejected by existing loaders, that's a bug. It should be
> > > fixed. The whole principle of ELF extensibility relies on that.
> >
> > Add PT_GNU_PROPERTY to cover .note.gnu.property section?
>
> Like:
>
> 1. Add PT_GNU_PROPERTY segment type.
>
>  # define PT_GNU_PROPERTY (PT_LOOS + 0x474e553)
>
> which covers .note.gnu.property section.
> 2. Remove GNU_PROPERTY_X86_UINT32_VALID.
>

Here is a patch.  The updated pdf is at

https://github.com/hjl-tools/linux-abi/wiki/linux-abi-draft.pdf

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H.J.
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