[Bug ld/12921] sh_offset for SHT_NOBITS sections

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http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12921

H.J. Lu <hjl.tools at gmail dot com> changed:

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--- Comment #4 from H.J. Lu <hjl.tools at gmail dot com> 2011-06-23 13:41:29 
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(In reply to comment #3)
> The intention of prelink --undo is that it reverts the binary/shared library 
> to
> the original, bitwise, content.  During prelinking the binary/shared library
> usually grows, and on undo prelink feeds the saved ElfXX_Shdr/ElfXX_Phdr etc.
> content to libelf to restore the file.  And, apparently sh_offset beyond end 
> of
> file mean at least for elfutils libelf that it pads with zeros up to that 
> spot.
> 

It is too bad that we didn't have a testcase binutils so that we would
have prevented it from happening.  When this bug is fixed, we should also
add a testcase.

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