[PATCH 0/3] makedumpfile, elf: distinguish ELF note types by ELF note names

[Atsushi Kumagai]

Hello HATAYAMA-san,

On Mon, 04 Mar 2013 13:18:24 +0900
HATAYAMA Daisuke <d.hatayama at jp.fujitsu.com> wrote:

> In ELF, the same integers for two note type represent different
> meanings if the names they belong to are different. However,
> get_pt_note_info() doesn't distinguish note types by name space, due
> to which, for example, any new note type in "VMCOREINFO" name space is
> wrongly interpretted as NT_PRSTATUS or the unique note type in
> "VMCOREINFO" name space.
> 
> This patch series makes get_pt_note_info() distinguish ELF note types
> by ELF note names along with cleanups related to this change.

Reviewed and applied.


Thanks
Atsushi Kumagai.

> 
> For reference:
> 
>   Note Section
>   http://www.sco.com/developers/gabi/latest/ch5.pheader.html#note_section
> 
> type
> 
>     This word gives the interpretation of the descriptor. Each
>     originator controls its own types; multiple interpretations of a
>     single type value may exist. Thus, a program must recognize both
>     the name and the type to recognize a descriptor. Types currently
>     must be non-negative. The ABI does not define what descriptors
>     mean.
> 
> ---
> 
> HATAYAMA Daisuke (3):
>       elf: distinguish ELF note types by ELF note name space
>       elf: swap checking order of VMCOREINFO and VMCOREINFO_XEN
>       elf, sadump: move KEXEC macros from sadump_info.c to elf_info.h
> 
> 
>  elf_info.c    |   83 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
>  elf_info.h    |    3 ++
>  sadump_info.c |    4 +--
>  3 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 
> Thanks.
> HATAYAMA, Daisuke
> 
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