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Re: Wrong address for static function in linux module
On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 04:31:32PM +0200, Jean-Rene Peulve wrote:
> Hi Daniel,
>
> At 15:38 11/04/06, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> >On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 03:33:32PM +0200, Jean-Rene Peulve wrote:
> >> Relocation section '.rela.stab' at offset 0x2039c contains 41 entries:
> >> Offset Info Type Sym.Value Sym. Name + Addend
> >
> >...
> >
> >> 000032e4 00000201 R_68K_32 00000000 .text + 136
> >
> >> Output of m68k-elf-readelf -s horloge.o:
> >> Symbol table '.symtab' contains 47 entries:
> >> ..
> >> 12: 00000136 62 FUNC LOCAL DEFAULT 1 horloge_read
> >
> >There's your relocation of debug info.
> >
> >It is entirely likely that the problem only happens because you're
> >using stabs. It's supposed to work, but I've never tried it. Try
> >taking a look at the contents of the .stab section at that offset
> >(0x32e4) in the file. Then breakpoint after the call to
> >symfile_relocate_debug_section in elfstab_build_psymtabs, and see
> >what's at offset 0x32e4 now. It should be a bit relocated.
>
> In bfd_perform_relocation for the .stab section I see that at line 633
> relocation is 0 for the static function horloge_read when it is 0x37a for
> the non static function HorlogeCheck.
That is not a problem. That's just the symbol value, relative to the
start of .text. Look down at line 645, and you'll see the addend
applied.
> What do you recommend to use rather than stabs ?
DWARF-2.
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Daniel Jacobowitz
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