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Diffstat (limited to 'lldb/source/Plugins/ObjectFile/ELF/ObjectFileELF.cpp')
| -rw-r--r-- | lldb/source/Plugins/ObjectFile/ELF/ObjectFileELF.cpp | 11 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/ObjectFile/ELF/ObjectFileELF.cpp b/lldb/source/Plugins/ObjectFile/ELF/ObjectFileELF.cpp index e1f08ffaa18..20e26f033d1 100644 --- a/lldb/source/Plugins/ObjectFile/ELF/ObjectFileELF.cpp +++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/ObjectFile/ELF/ObjectFileELF.cpp @@ -2644,11 +2644,12 @@ Symtab *ObjectFileELF::GetSymtab() { // Sharable objects and dynamic executables usually have 2 distinct symbol // tables, one named ".symtab", and the other ".dynsym". The dynsym is a - // smaller version of the symtab that only contains global symbols. - // Information in the dynsym section is *usually* also found in the symtab, - // but this is not required as symtab entries can be removed after linking. - // The minidebuginfo format makes use of this facility to create smaller - // symbol tables. + // smaller version of the symtab that only contains global symbols. The + // information found in the dynsym is therefore also found in the symtab, + // while the reverse is not necessarily true. + // One exception to the above rule is when we have minidebuginfo embedded + // into a compressed .gnu_debugdata section. This section contains a .symtab + // from which all symbols already contained in the .dynsym are stripped. Section *symtab = section_list->FindSectionByType(eSectionTypeELFSymbolTable, true).get(); if (symtab) { |
