Older gcc might create small .debug_pubtype. If such a section is compressed then strip should use ELF_CHF_FORCE to return it to compressed state after it is done with the section. Found by the run-strip-reloc.sh testcase on rhel6.
Signed-off-by: Mark Wielaard mjw@redhat.com --- src/ChangeLog | 4 ++++ src/strip.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog index 835888d..e5b3b20 100644 --- a/src/ChangeLog +++ b/src/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2016-08-25 Mark Wielaard mjw@redhat.com + + * strip.c (handle_elf): Recompress with ELF_CHF_FORCE. + 2016-08-06 Mark Wielaard mjw@redhat.com
* strip.c (handle_elf): Uncompress and recompress relocation target diff --git a/src/strip.c b/src/strip.c index f56554f..da093e9 100644 --- a/src/strip.c +++ b/src/strip.c @@ -1986,7 +1986,7 @@ handle_elf (int fd, Elf *elf, const char *prefix, const char *fname, gelf_update_shdr (scn, shdr);
if (tcompress_type != 0) - if (elf_compress (tscn, tcompress_type, 0) != 1) + if (elf_compress (tscn, tcompress_type, ELF_CHF_FORCE) != 1) INTERNAL_ERROR (fname); } }