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| author | H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com> | 2020-05-25 11:26:48 -0700 |
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| committer | H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com> | 2020-05-25 11:26:48 -0700 |
| commit | 68dc60e6a7cf8924a97a23d3c8a73703c2ff79d5 (patch) | |
| tree | 29dd2cb8d6c9734e4ef1a98bd9749727ed2a30d7 | |
| parent | 043e2e02c0f4af920edca74247ff8e743126d723 (diff) | |
| download | binutils-gdb-68dc60e6a7cf8924a97a23d3c8a73703c2ff79d5.tar.gz | |
ELF: Updated comments for ET_EXEC and ET_DYN
include/elf/common.h has
#define ET_EXEC 2 /* Executable file */
#define ET_DYN 3 /* Shared object file */
These predate PIE:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/generic-abi/mBKlSNldFW4
Updated comments to
#define ET_EXEC 2 /* Position-dependent executable file */
#define ET_DYN 3 /* Position-independent executable or
shared object file */
* elf/common.h: Update comments for ET_EXEC and ET_DYN.
| -rw-r--r-- | include/ChangeLog | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/elf/common.h | 5 |
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/ChangeLog b/include/ChangeLog index c309780544e..53f50e513f4 100644 --- a/include/ChangeLog +++ b/include/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2020-05-25 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com> + + * elf/common.h: Update comments for ET_EXEC and ET_DYN. + 2020-05-20 Nelson Chu <nelson.chu@sifive.com> * opcode/riscv.h: Include "bfd.h" to support bfd_boolean. diff --git a/include/elf/common.h b/include/elf/common.h index 26e6fbc8e68..4d94c4fd5b3 100644 --- a/include/elf/common.h +++ b/include/elf/common.h @@ -91,8 +91,9 @@ #define ET_NONE 0 /* No file type */ #define ET_REL 1 /* Relocatable file */ -#define ET_EXEC 2 /* Executable file */ -#define ET_DYN 3 /* Shared object file */ +#define ET_EXEC 2 /* Position-dependent executable file */ +#define ET_DYN 3 /* Position-independent executable or + shared object file */ #define ET_CORE 4 /* Core file */ #define ET_LOOS 0xFE00 /* Operating system-specific */ #define ET_HIOS 0xFEFF /* Operating system-specific */ |