On 11/27/2016 07:15 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote: > here's some updates. i thought i'd done the core parts already, but i > guess i forgot in the interim. > -mike Thanks, Mike. Applied! Cheers, Michael > --- a/man5/elf.5 > +++ b/man5/elf.5 > @@ -1846,11 +1846,11 @@ This is automatically populated by the linker. > ELF notes allow for appending arbitrary information for the system to use. > They are largely used by core files > .RI ( e_type > -o f > +of > .BR ET_CORE ), > but many projects define their own set of extensions. > For example, > -the GNU tool chain uses ELF notes to information from > +the GNU tool chain uses ELF notes to pass information from > the linker to the C library. > > Note sections contain a series of notes (see the > @@ -1893,7 +1893,12 @@ Keep in mind that the interpretation of > depends on the namespace defined by the > .I n_namesz > field. > -After, of course, having determined whether the ELF image is a core file. > +If the > +.I n_namesz > +field is not set (e.g., is 0), then there are two sets of notes: > +one for core files and one for all other ELF types. > +If the namespace is unknown, then tools will usually fallback to these sets > +of notes as well. > .in +4n > .nf > > @@ -1936,6 +1941,9 @@ following values: > Notes used by all core files. > These are highly operating system or architecture specific and often require > close coordination with kernels, C libraries, and debuggers. > +These are used when the namespace is the default (i.e., > +.B n_namesz > +will be set to 0), or a fallback when the namespace is unknown. > .RS > .TP 21 > .PD 0 > @@ -2109,11 +2117,10 @@ The desc consists of any nonzero number of bytes. > The desc contains the GNU Gold linker version used. > .RE > .TP > -.B Unknown system > -The fallback set of note types when the namespace is unknown. > -Usually the name field will be omitted (i.e., > +.B Default/unknown namespace (e_type != ET_CORE) > +These are used when the namespace is the default (i.e., > .B n_namesz > -will be set to 0). > +will be set to 0), or a fallback when the namespace is unknown. > .RS > .TP 21 > .PD 0 > -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
