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Re: [rfc] Use auxillary vector to retrieve .dynamic/.interp sections
- From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker at adacore dot com>
- To: Ulrich Weigand <uweigand at de dot ibm dot com>
- Cc: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:40:50 +0400
- Subject: Re: [rfc] Use auxillary vector to retrieve .dynamic/.interp sections
- References: <200808131955.m7DJtEgo010454@d12av02.megacenter.de.ibm.com>
> 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