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authorH. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>2012-05-18 20:52:01 +0400
committerH. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>2012-05-19 06:50:02 +0400
commit24ab82bd9bf18f3efc69a131d73577940941e1b7 (patch)
treefaa36566df66c2273fa202c28c46d6ea41c9c82f /arch/x86/tools
parenta3e854d95a76862cd37937e0b0438f540536771a (diff)
downloadlinux-24ab82bd9bf18f3efc69a131d73577940941e1b7.tar.xz
x86, relocs: When printing an error, say relative or absolute
When the relocs tool throws an error, let the error message say if it is an absolute or relative symbol. This should make it a lot more clear what action the programmer needs to take and should help us find the reason if additional symbol bugs show up. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/tools')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/tools/relocs.c11
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c b/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c
index c3cfbb2d4a1d..b43cfcd9bf40 100644
--- a/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c
@@ -563,10 +563,14 @@ static void walk_relocs(void (*visit)(Elf32_Rel *rel, Elf32_Sym *sym),
Elf32_Sym *sym;
unsigned r_type;
const char *symname;
+ int shn_abs;
+
rel = &sec->reltab[j];
sym = &sh_symtab[ELF32_R_SYM(rel->r_info)];
r_type = ELF32_R_TYPE(rel->r_info);
+ shn_abs = sym->st_shndx == SHN_ABS;
+
switch (r_type) {
case R_386_NONE:
case R_386_PC32:
@@ -582,7 +586,7 @@ static void walk_relocs(void (*visit)(Elf32_Rel *rel, Elf32_Sym *sym),
symname = sym_name(sym_strtab, sym);
if (!use_real_mode)
goto bad;
- if (sym->st_shndx == SHN_ABS) {
+ if (shn_abs) {
if (is_reloc(S_ABS, symname))
break;
else if (!is_reloc(S_SEG, symname))
@@ -598,7 +602,7 @@ static void walk_relocs(void (*visit)(Elf32_Rel *rel, Elf32_Sym *sym),
case R_386_32:
symname = sym_name(sym_strtab, sym);
- if (sym->st_shndx == SHN_ABS) {
+ if (shn_abs) {
if (is_reloc(S_ABS, symname))
break;
else if (!is_reloc(S_REL, symname))
@@ -616,7 +620,8 @@ static void walk_relocs(void (*visit)(Elf32_Rel *rel, Elf32_Sym *sym),
break;
bad:
symname = sym_name(sym_strtab, sym);
- die("Invalid %s relocation: %s\n",
+ die("Invalid %s %s relocation: %s\n",
+ shn_abs ? "absolute" : "relative",
rel_type(r_type), symname);
}
}