[PATCH] D21552: [llvm-readobj] - Teach llvm-readobj to print dependencies of SHT_GNU_verdef and refactor dumping method.

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Higuoxing added inline comments.


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Comment at: llvm/trunk/tools/llvm-readobj/ELFDumper.cpp:569
+      report_fatal_error("at least one definition string must exist");
+    if (VD->vd_cnt > 2)
+      report_fatal_error("more than one predecessor is not expected");
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Higuoxing wrote:
> Hi, I am curious about why the Parents/Predecessor more than one. According to https://akkadia.org/drepper/symbol-versioning 
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> >  `vda_next` byte offset to the next Elfxx_Verdaux entry.  The first entry (pointed to by the Elfxx_Verdef entry, contains the actual defined name.  The second and all later entries name predecessor versions.
> 
> Feel free to ignore me :) just out of curiosity
Besides, `gnu-readelf` could print multiple parents


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