On Wed, Oct 23, 2024 at 02:31:28AM +0000, Matthew Maurer wrote: > Adds a new format for MODVERSIONS which stores each field in a separate > ELF section. This initially adds support for variable length names, but > could later be used to add additional fields to MODVERSIONS in a > backwards compatible way if needed. Any new fields will be ignored by > old user tooling, unlike the current format where user tooling cannot > tolerate adjustments to the format (for example making the name field > longer). > > Since PPC munges its version records to strip leading dots, we reproduce > the munging for the new format. Other architectures do not appear to > have architecture-specific usage of this information. > > Signed-off-by: Matthew Maurer <mmaurer@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@xxxxxxxxxx> Sami
