[PATCH 1/3] Linux: Avoid conflicting types in ld.so --list-diagnostics

Florian Weimer fweimer@redhat.com
Fri Aug 4 18:16:22 GMT 2023


The path auxv[*].a_val could either be an integer or a string,
depending on the a_type value.  Use a separate field, a_val_string, to
simplify mechanical parsing of the --list-diagnostics output.
---
 sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/dl-diagnostics-kernel.c | 13 ++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/dl-diagnostics-kernel.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/dl-diagnostics-kernel.c
index e0cfa63da6..d522e2797e 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/dl-diagnostics-kernel.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/dl-diagnostics-kernel.c
@@ -30,16 +30,19 @@ print_auxv (void)
   for (ElfW(auxv_t) *av = GLRO(dl_auxv); av->a_type != AT_NULL; ++av)
     {
       _dl_printf ("auxv[0x%x].a_type=0x%lx\n"
-                  "auxv[0x%x].a_val=",
+                  "auxv[0x%x].a_val",
                   index, (unsigned long int) av->a_type, index);
       if (av->a_type == AT_EXECFN
           || av->a_type == AT_PLATFORM
           || av->a_type == AT_BASE_PLATFORM)
-        /* The address of the strings is not useful at all, so print
-           the strings themselves.  */
-        _dl_diagnostics_print_string ((const char *) av->a_un.a_val);
+        {
+          /* The address of the strings is not useful at all, so print
+             the strings themselves.  */
+          _dl_printf ("_string=");
+          _dl_diagnostics_print_string ((const char *) av->a_un.a_val);
+        }
       else
-        _dl_printf ("0x%lx", (unsigned long int) av->a_un.a_val);
+        _dl_printf ("=0x%lx", (unsigned long int) av->a_un.a_val);
       _dl_printf ("\n");
       ++index;
     }
-- 
2.41.0




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