From 25f4c26276594b0afdb7709df668a90858e399fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Keith Seitz Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2020 09:31:49 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Exclude debuginfo files from "outside of ELF segments" warning When GDB loads an ELF file, it will warn when a section is not located in an ELF segment: $ ./gdb -q -iex "set build-id-verbose 0" --ex "b systemctl_main" -ex "r" -batch --args systemctl kexec Breakpoint 1 at 0xc24d: file ../src/systemctl/systemctl.c, line 8752. warning: Loadable section ".note.gnu.property" outside of ELF segments in .gnu_debugdata for /lib64/libgcc_s.so.1 [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Using host libthread_db library "/lib64/libthread_db.so.1". warning: Loadable section ".note.gnu.property" outside of ELF segments in .gnu_debugdata for /lib64/libcap.so.2 warning: Loadable section ".note.gnu.property" outside of ELF segments in .gnu_debugdata for /lib64/libacl.so.1 warning: Loadable section ".note.gnu.property" outside of ELF segments in .gnu_debugdata for /lib64/libcryptsetup.so.12 warning: Loadable section ".note.gnu.property" outside of ELF segments in .gnu_debugdata for /lib64/libgcrypt.so.20 warning: Loadable section ".note.gnu.property" outside of ELF segments in .gnu_debugdata for /lib64/libip4tc.so.2 [snip] This has feature has also been reported by various users, most notably the Fedora-EOL'd bug 1553086. Mark Wielaard explains the issue quite nicely in https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24717#c2 The short of it is, the ELF program headers for debuginfo files are not suited to this particular use case. Consequently, the warning generated above really is useless and should be ignored. This patch follows the same heuristic that BFD itself uses. gdb/ChangeLog 2020-11-13 Keith Seitz https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1553086 * elfread.c (elf_symfile_segments): Omit "Loadable section ... outside of ELF segments" warning for debugin --- gdb/ChangeLog | 6 ++++++ gdb/elfread.c | 7 ++++++- 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog index f8f6993a45c..652f20a5875 100644 --- a/gdb/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2020-11-13 Keith Seitz + + https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1553086 + * elfread.c (elf_symfile_segments): Omit "Loadable section ... + outside of ELF segments" warning for debugin + 2020-11-13 Keith Seitz PR gdb/23034 diff --git a/gdb/elfread.c b/gdb/elfread.c index 7915dcdcce9..ccd7ce50d51 100644 --- a/gdb/elfread.c +++ b/gdb/elfread.c @@ -147,7 +147,12 @@ elf_symfile_segments (bfd *abfd) RealView) use SHT_NOBITS for uninitialized data. Since it is uninitialized, it doesn't need a program header. Such binaries are not relocatable. */ - if (bfd_section_size (sect) > 0 && j == num_segments + + /* Exclude debuginfo files from this warning, too, since those + are often not strictly compliant with the standard. See, e.g., + ld/24717 for more discussion. */ + if (!is_debuginfo_file (abfd) + && bfd_section_size (sect) > 0 && j == num_segments && (bfd_section_flags (sect) & SEC_LOAD) != 0) warning (_("Loadable section \"%s\" outside of ELF segments\n in %s"), bfd_section_name (sect), bfd_get_filename (abfd)); -- 2.30.2