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Re: PATCH: objdump: Skip linker created section


On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 11:15:29AM -0700, James E Wilson wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-04-17 at 07:37, H. J. Lu wrote:
> > Should objdump skip
> > linker created section? Readelf doesn't display it.
> 
> readelf does not display the section because it doesn't exist in the
> object file.  Objdump displays the section because we create it always
> when bfd initializes, even if not linking.  readelf is correct here. 
> Objdump shouldn't be claiming the section exists.
> 
> Perhaps there is a linker hook we can use instead of the elf_object_p
> hook?  That would fix objdump.
> 
> Alternatively, if it is always the case that a section with
> SEC_LINKER_CREATED is not in the object file, then your objdump.c patch
> looks OK to me.  This does appear to be the case, as there is no section
> header flag for SEC_LINKER_CREATED, so I think this can only happen for
> your fake section group.

I believe that a SEC_LINKER_CREATED section never exists in the input
file. Otherwise, it is a bug.


H.J.


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