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Diffstat (limited to 'src/strip.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/strip.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/strip.c b/src/strip.c index 8b08d72d..41169eda 100644 --- a/src/strip.c +++ b/src/strip.c @@ -644,10 +644,12 @@ handle_elf (int fd, Elf *elf, const char *prefix, const char *fname, goto illformed; /* Sections in files other than relocatable object files which - don't contain any file content or are not loaded can be freely - moved by us. In relocatable object files everything can be moved. */ + not loaded can be freely moved by us. In theory we can also + freely move around allocated nobits sections. But we don't + to keep the layout of all allocated sections as similar as + possible to the original file. In relocatable object files + everything can be moved. */ if (ehdr->e_type == ET_REL - || shdr_info[cnt].shdr.sh_type == SHT_NOBITS || (shdr_info[cnt].shdr.sh_flags & SHF_ALLOC) == 0) shdr_info[cnt].shdr.sh_offset = 0; @@ -1035,9 +1037,10 @@ handle_elf (int fd, Elf *elf, const char *prefix, const char *fname, } } - /* Mark the section header string table as unused, we will create - a new one. */ - shdr_info[shstrndx].idx = 0; + /* Although we always create a new section header string table we + don't explicitly mark the existing one as unused. It can still + be used through a symbol table section we are keeping. If not it + will already be marked as unused. */ /* We need a string table for the section headers. */ shst = ebl_strtabinit (true); |