---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Abel Bernabeu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 08-feb-2008 18:54 Subject: Re: Elf loader crash while zero-filling .bss To: Andreas Schwab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
2008/2/8, Andreas Schwab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > "Abel Bernabeu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > The offset of some sections fall in the middle of the .bss section. In > > instance, look at the sections 12 (.comment) and 13 (.ARM.atributes). > > Both sections are overlapping with 11 (.bss): > > > > [11] .bss NOBITS 0001143c 00143c 000048 0 WA 0 > > 0 4 > > [12] .comment PROGBITS 00000000 00143c 000094 0 0 > > 0 1 > > [13] .ARM.attributes SHT_LOPROC+3 00000000 0014d0 000010 0 0 > > 0 1 > > [14] .shstrtab STRTAB 00000000 0014e0 00007b 0 0 > > 0 1 > > [15] .symtab SYMTAB 00000000 001804 000c70 16 16 > > 92 4 > > [16] .strtab STRTAB 00000000 002474 000840 0 0 > > 0 1 > > > > Is this fact meaningful?? > > The fifth column is the file offset. Since the .bss section does not > occupy any file space the other sections can be put directly behind it > in the file. > The standar says literally that sections cannot overlap... but your interpretation is rigth anyway. I have a lot of binaries in my host Linux system with some section overlapping with .bss wich are correctly loaded (so this should not be the problem). Well, let's follow searching... I already tested the filesystem (in order to discard a flash corruption). Yours, Abel. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
