[PATCH dwarves 0/1] LLD .BTF section patch

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This patch is an attempted fix for the issue discussed in [1]. I believe it's
actually caused by pahole generating a corrupted ELF file.

LLD generates a zero-sized .BTF section, while BFD doesn't. When pahole goes to
add the .BTF data to an LLD-generated file, the section exists, but is too
small. The ELF calls don't appear to adjust following sections' addresses in
this case.

To avoid this, the patch does some magic with objcopy to generate a separate
.BTF section and perform some renaming.

NOTE: This patch resembles a hack. If it's possible to adjust a section's size
with ELF calls we should do it that way.

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/dwarves/20210317232657.mdnsuoqx6nbddjgt@xxxxxxxxxx/

Bill Wendling (1):
  btf_encoder: Generate a new .BTF section even if one exists

 btf_encoder.c | 88 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
 1 file changed, 54 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

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2.38.1.584.g0f3c55d4c2-goog




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