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[1/2] elf_symtab: Add support for SHN_XINDEX index to elf_section_by_name

Message ID 20210124221519.219750-2-jolsa@kernel.org (mailing list archive)
State Not Applicable
Delegated to: BPF
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Series libbpf: Add support to use optional extended section index table | expand

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Jiri Olsa Jan. 24, 2021, 10:15 p.m. UTC 
In case the elf's header e_shstrndx contains SHN_XINDEX,
we need to call elf_getshdrstrndx to get the proper
string table index.

Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
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 dutil.c | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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diff --git a/dutil.c b/dutil.c
index 7b667647420f..11fb7202049c 100644
--- a/dutil.c
+++ b/dutil.c
@@ -179,12 +179,18 @@  Elf_Scn *elf_section_by_name(Elf *elf, GElf_Ehdr *ep,
 {
 	Elf_Scn *sec = NULL;
 	size_t cnt = 1;
+	size_t str_idx;
+
+	if (elf_getshdrstrndx(elf, &str_idx))
+		return NULL;
 
 	while ((sec = elf_nextscn(elf, sec)) != NULL) {
 		char *str;
 
 		gelf_getshdr(sec, shp);
-		str = elf_strptr(elf, ep->e_shstrndx, shp->sh_name);
+		str = elf_strptr(elf, str_idx, shp->sh_name);
+		if (!str)
+			return NULL;
 		if (!strcmp(name, str)) {
 			if (index)
 				*index = cnt;