[PATCH] minor ELF addition

[PATCH] minor ELF addition

[Jan Beulich]

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A trivial addition to the ELF definitions.

From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com>

(actual patch attached)

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A trivial addition to the ELF definitions.

From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com>

--- 2.6.14/include/linux/elf.h	2005-10-28 02:02:08.000000000 +0200
+++ 2.6.14-elf/include/linux/elf.h	2005-11-04 16:19:34.000000000 +0100
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ typedef __s64	Elf64_Sxword;
 #define STT_FUNC    2
 #define STT_SECTION 3
 #define STT_FILE    4
+#define STT_COMMON  5
+#define STT_TLS     6
 
 #define ELF_ST_BIND(x)		((x) >> 4)
 #define ELF_ST_TYPE(x)		(((unsigned int) x) & 0xf)

Re: [PATCH] minor ELF addition

[Andrew Morton]

"Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@novell.com> wrote:
>
> A trivial addition to the ELF definitions.
> 
> ...
>  #define STT_FILE    4
> +#define STT_COMMON  5
> +#define STT_TLS     6

Is there any particular reason for adding these, or is it just a
completeness thing?

Re: [PATCH] minor ELF addition

[Jan Beulich]

>>> Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> 08.11.05 23:56:56 >>>
>"Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@novell.com> wrote:
>>
>> A trivial addition to the ELF definitions.
>> 
>> ...
>>  #define STT_FILE    4
>> +#define STT_COMMON  5
>> +#define STT_TLS     6
>
>Is there any particular reason for adding these, or is it just a
>completeness thing?

NLKD needs STT_COMMON. STT_TLS is just for completeness (and probably
not of much use in the kernel, though Andi seemed to have at least
considered using TLS for x86-64's per-CPU data).