Misinterpreted FILE note for 32bit core files in readelf

Petr Machata pmachata at redhat.com
Mon Apr 14 12:57:26 UTC 2014


Mark Wielaard <mjw at redhat.com> writes:

> The trouble is indeed that buf_read_ulong passes 8 as size to convert
> while the size of a long in the core file is 4. The attached patch
> fixes this and adds an explicit testcase for a i686 core file. CCed
> Petr who originally added the support to double check I didn't
> misinterpret the intention of buf_read_ulong calling convert.

I don't have any particular memories of that code anymore, but after
looking into it anew, your patch looks reasonable.  Please apply.

Thanks,
PM


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