stapstd elf note flags

Nick Clifton nickc@redhat.com
Mon Jan 12 13:02:12 GMT 2026


Hi Jiri,

> We failed to squeeze/hack it in the current stapstd format.

I take it that you cannot just have a new argument type using a non-power-of-2
argument size ?  eg "5@nop" ?


> Do we need
> to define new note type (like NT_STAPSDT + 1) for that, or is there
> another way?

Sticking with ELF notes is probably the best way forward.  At least in
my opinion.  So if you do need a new note type then using NT_STAPSDT + 1
would make the most sense.

Cheers
   Nick



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