gdb/SOURCES/gdb-rhbz1878810-bfd-suppress-loadable-section-outside-ELF-sections.patch
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From FEDORA_PATCHES Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Keith Seitz <keiths@redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2020 17:12:26 -0400
Subject:
gdb-rhbz1878810-bfd-suppress-loadable-section-outside-ELF-sections.patch
;; Backport "Stop the BFD library from issuing a warning message when
;; processing allocated sections in debuginfo files that lie outside of
;; Nick Clifton and Keith Seitz, RH BZ 1878810
Stop the BFD library from issuing a warning message when processing allocated sections in debuginfo files that lie outside of any loadable segment.
bfd/ChangeLog
PR 24717
* elf.c (is_debuginfo_file): New function.
(assign_file_positions_for_non_load_sections): Do not warn about
allocated sections outside of loadable segments if they are found
in a debuginfo file.
* elf-bfd.h (is_debuginfo_file): Prototype.
gdb/ChangeLog
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1553086
* elfread.c (elf_symfile_segments): Omit "Loadable section ...
outside of ELF segments" warning for debugin
diff --git a/bfd/elf-bfd.h b/bfd/elf-bfd.h
--- a/bfd/elf-bfd.h
+++ b/bfd/elf-bfd.h
@@ -2740,6 +2740,8 @@ extern bfd_vma elf64_r_sym (bfd_vma);
extern bfd_vma elf32_r_info (bfd_vma, bfd_vma);
extern bfd_vma elf32_r_sym (bfd_vma);
+extern bfd_boolean is_debuginfo_file (bfd *);
+
/* Large common section. */
extern asection _bfd_elf_large_com_section;
diff --git a/bfd/elf.c b/bfd/elf.c
--- a/bfd/elf.c
+++ b/bfd/elf.c
@@ -5725,6 +5725,35 @@ assign_file_positions_for_load_sections (bfd *abfd,
return TRUE;
}
+/* Determine if a bfd is a debuginfo file. Unfortunately there
+ is no defined method for detecting such files, so we have to
+ use heuristics instead. */
+
+bfd_boolean
+is_debuginfo_file (bfd *abfd)
+{
+ if (abfd == NULL || bfd_get_flavour (abfd) != bfd_target_elf_flavour)
+ return FALSE;
+
+ Elf_Internal_Shdr **start_headers = elf_elfsections (abfd);
+ Elf_Internal_Shdr **end_headers = start_headers + elf_numsections (abfd);
+ Elf_Internal_Shdr **headerp;
+
+ for (headerp = start_headers; headerp < end_headers; headerp ++)
+ {
+ Elf_Internal_Shdr *header = * headerp;
+
+ /* Debuginfo files do not have any allocated SHT_PROGBITS sections.
+ The only allocated sections are SHT_NOBITS or SHT_NOTES. */
+ if ((header->sh_flags & SHF_ALLOC) == SHF_ALLOC
+ && header->sh_type != SHT_NOBITS
+ && header->sh_type != SHT_NOTE)
+ return FALSE;
+ }
+
+ return TRUE;
+}
+
/* Assign file positions for the other sections. */
static bfd_boolean
@@ -5758,7 +5787,13 @@ assign_file_positions_for_non_load_sections (bfd *abfd,
BFD_ASSERT (hdr->sh_offset == hdr->bfd_section->filepos);
else if ((hdr->sh_flags & SHF_ALLOC) != 0)
{
- if (hdr->sh_size != 0)
+ if (hdr->sh_size != 0
+ /* PR 24717 - debuginfo files are known to be not strictly
+ compliant with the ELF standard. In particular they often
+ have .note.gnu.property sections that are outside of any
+ loadable segment. This is not a problem for such files,
+ so do not warn about them. */
+ && ! is_debuginfo_file (abfd))
_bfd_error_handler
/* xgettext:c-format */
(_("%pB: warning: allocated section `%s' not in segment"),
diff --git a/gdb/elfread.c b/gdb/elfread.c
--- a/gdb/elfread.c
+++ b/gdb/elfread.c
@@ -143,7 +143,12 @@ elf_symfile_segments (bfd *abfd)
RealView) use SHT_NOBITS for uninitialized data. Since it is
uninitialized, it doesn't need a program header. Such
binaries are not relocatable. */
- if (bfd_get_section_size (sect) > 0 && j == num_segments
+
+ /* Exclude debuginfo files from this warning, too, since those
+ are often not strictly compliant with the standard. See, e.g.,
+ ld/24717 for more discussion. */
+ if (!is_debuginfo_file (abfd)
+ && bfd_get_section_size (sect) > 0 && j == num_segments
&& (bfd_get_section_flags (abfd, sect) & SEC_LOAD) != 0)
warning (_("Loadable section \"%s\" outside of ELF segments"),
bfd_section_name (abfd, sect));