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Diffstat (limited to 'lld/ELF/InputFiles.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | lld/ELF/InputFiles.h | 14 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lld/ELF/InputFiles.h b/lld/ELF/InputFiles.h index 05bc82fc5f7..1b9de7183c1 100644 --- a/lld/ELF/InputFiles.h +++ b/lld/ELF/InputFiles.h @@ -253,7 +253,19 @@ private: bool shouldMerge(const Elf_Shdr &Sec); Symbol *createSymbol(const Elf_Sym *Sym); - ArrayRef<Elf_Word> SymtabSHNDX; + // Each ELF symbol contains a section index which the symbol belongs to. + // However, because the number of bits dedicated for that is limited, a + // symbol can directly point to a section only when the section index is + // equal to or smaller than 65280. + // + // If an object file contains more than 65280 sections, the file must + // contain .symtab_shndxr section. The section contains an array of + // 32-bit integers whose size is the same as the number of symbols. + // Nth symbol's section index is in the Nth entry of .symtab_shndxr. + // + // The following variable contains the contents of .symtab_shndxr. + // If the section does not exist (which is common), the array is empty. + ArrayRef<Elf_Word> ShndxTable; // .shstrtab contents. StringRef SectionStringTable; |

