Subject: [PATCHv2 0/3] dwarves,libbpf: Add support to use optional extended section index table

From: Jiri Olsa <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2021 21:22:00 +0100

hi,
kpatch guys hit an issue with pahole over their vmlinux, which
contains many (over 100000) sections, pahole crashes.

With so many sections, ELF is using extended section index table,
which is used to hold values for some of the indexes and extra
code is needed to retrieve them.

This patchset adds the support for pahole to properly read string
table index and symbol's section index, which are used in btf_encoder.

This patchset also adds support for libbpf to properly parse .BTF
section on such object.

This patchset is based on previously posted fix [1].

v2 changes:
  - many variables renames [Andrii]
  - use elf_getshdrstrndx() unconditionally [Andrii]
  - add elf_symtab__for_each_symbol_index macro [Andrii]
  - add more comments [Andrii]
  - verify that extended symtab section type is SHT_SYMTAB_SHNDX [Andrii]
  - fix Joe's crash in dwarves build, wrong sym.st_shndx assignment

thanks,
jirka

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/[email-masked]/
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dwarves:

Jiri Olsa (2):
      elf_symtab: Add support for SHN_XINDEX index to elf_section_by_name
      bpf_encoder: Translate SHN_XINDEX in symbol's st_shndx values

 btf_encoder.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 dutil.c       |  8 ++++++--
 elf_symtab.c  | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 elf_symtab.h  |  2 ++
 4 files changed, 78 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

libbpf:

Jiri Olsa (1):
      libbpf: Use string table index from index table if needed

 tools/lib/bpf/btf.c | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)