[llvm] r361506 - [Object] object::ELFObjectFile::symbol_begin(): skip symbol index 0

Fangrui Song via llvm-commits llvm-commits at lists.llvm.org
Thu May 23 09:01:59 PDT 2019


Author: maskray
Date: Thu May 23 09:01:59 2019
New Revision: 361506

URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project?rev=361506&view=rev
Log:
[Object] object::ELFObjectFile::symbol_begin(): skip symbol index 0

For clients iterating the symbol table, none expects to handle index 0
(STN_UNDEF). Skip it to improve consistency with other binary formats.
Clients that need STN_UNDEF (e.g. lld) can use
getSectionContentsAsArray(). A test will be added in D62148.

Reviewed By: mtrent

Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D62296

Modified:
    llvm/trunk/include/llvm/Object/ELFObjectFile.h
    llvm/trunk/tools/llvm-objdump/llvm-objdump.cpp

Modified: llvm/trunk/include/llvm/Object/ELFObjectFile.h
URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project/llvm/trunk/include/llvm/Object/ELFObjectFile.h?rev=361506&r1=361505&r2=361506&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- llvm/trunk/include/llvm/Object/ELFObjectFile.h (original)
+++ llvm/trunk/include/llvm/Object/ELFObjectFile.h Thu May 23 09:01:59 2019
@@ -982,7 +982,9 @@ ELFObjectFile<ELFT>::ELFObjectFile(ELFOb
 
 template <class ELFT>
 basic_symbol_iterator ELFObjectFile<ELFT>::symbol_begin() const {
-  DataRefImpl Sym = toDRI(DotSymtabSec, 0);
+  DataRefImpl Sym =
+      toDRI(DotSymtabSec,
+            DotSymtabSec && DotSymtabSec->sh_size >= sizeof(Elf_Sym) ? 1 : 0);
   return basic_symbol_iterator(SymbolRef(Sym, this));
 }
 

Modified: llvm/trunk/tools/llvm-objdump/llvm-objdump.cpp
URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project/llvm/trunk/tools/llvm-objdump/llvm-objdump.cpp?rev=361506&r1=361505&r2=361506&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- llvm/trunk/tools/llvm-objdump/llvm-objdump.cpp (original)
+++ llvm/trunk/tools/llvm-objdump/llvm-objdump.cpp Thu May 23 09:01:59 2019
@@ -1643,11 +1643,6 @@ void printSymbolTable(const ObjectFile *
 
   const StringRef FileName = O->getFileName();
   for (auto I = O->symbol_begin(), E = O->symbol_end(); I != E; ++I) {
-    // Skip printing the special zero symbol when dumping an ELF file.
-    // This makes the output consistent with the GNU objdump.
-    if (I == O->symbol_begin() && isa<ELFObjectFileBase>(O))
-      continue;
-
     const SymbolRef &Symbol = *I;
     uint64_t Address = unwrapOrError(Symbol.getAddress(), ArchiveName, FileName,
                                      ArchitectureName);




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