[PATCH] ldso - removing unused warning and warning

Joakim Tjernlund Joakim.Tjernlund at transmode.se
Tue Jan 27 07:46:33 UTC 2009


> olsajiri at gmail.com wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > found those while browsing the code.
> > 
> > I'm not sure if reloc_type variable should be removed,
> > or similar check as in other platforms should be added.
> > eg for i386, smth like:
> > 
> > if (unlikely(reloc_type != R_386_JMP_SLOT)) {
> >    _dl_dprintf(2, "%s: Incorrect relocation type in jump 
relocations\n",
> >          _dl_progname);
> >    _dl_exit(1);
> > }
> > 
> > regards,
> > jirka
> > 
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <olsajiri at gmail.com>
> > 
> > Index: ldso/ldso/i386/elfinterp.c
> > ===================================================================
> > --- ldso/ldso/i386/elfinterp.c   (revision 25005)
> > +++ ldso/ldso/i386/elfinterp.c   (working copy)
> > @@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
> >  unsigned long
> >  _dl_linux_resolver(struct elf_resolve *tpnt, int reloc_entry)
> >  {
> > -   int reloc_type;
> >     ELF_RELOC *this_reloc;
> >     char *strtab;
> >     Elf32_Sym *symtab;
> > @@ -60,7 +59,6 @@
> > 
> >     rel_addr = (char *)tpnt->dynamic_info[DT_JMPREL];
> >     this_reloc = (ELF_RELOC *)(intptr_t)(rel_addr + reloc_entry);
> > -   reloc_type = ELF32_R_TYPE(this_reloc->r_info);
> >     symtab_index = ELF32_R_SYM(this_reloc->r_info);
> > 
> >     symtab = (Elf32_Sym *)(intptr_t)tpnt->dynamic_info[DT_SYMTAB];
> > Index: ldso/ldso/mips/elfinterp.c
> > ===================================================================
> > --- ldso/ldso/mips/elfinterp.c   (revision 25005)
> > +++ ldso/ldso/mips/elfinterp.c   (working copy)
> > @@ -87,7 +87,6 @@
> >  unsigned long
> >  __dl_runtime_pltresolve(struct elf_resolve *tpnt, int reloc_entry)
> >  {
> > -   int reloc_type;
> >     ELF_RELOC *this_reloc;
> >     char *strtab;
> >     Elf32_Sym *symtab;
> > @@ -100,7 +99,6 @@
> > 
> >     rel_addr = (char *)tpnt->dynamic_info[DT_JMPREL];
> >     this_reloc = (ELF_RELOC *)(intptr_t)(rel_addr + reloc_entry);
> > -   reloc_type = ELF32_R_TYPE(this_reloc->r_info);
> >     symtab_index = ELF32_R_SYM(this_reloc->r_info);
> > 
> >     symtab = (Elf32_Sym *)(intptr_t)tpnt->dynamic_info[DT_SYMTAB];
> > Index: ldso/libdl/libdl.c
> > ===================================================================
> > --- ldso/libdl/libdl.c   (revision 25005)
> > +++ ldso/libdl/libdl.c   (working copy)
> > @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
> >  char *_dl_debug_detail    = NULL;
> >  char *_dl_debug_nofixups  = NULL;
> >  char *_dl_debug_bindings  = NULL;
> > -int   _dl_debug_file      = NULL;
> > +int   _dl_debug_file      = 0;
> >  #endif
> >  const char *_dl_progname       = "";        /* Program name */
> >  void *(*_dl_malloc_function)(size_t);
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> > 
> 
> Hi,
> this check was explicitely removed by Jock in rev 12122 in 2005 (4 years
> ago)
> http://sources.busybox.net/index.py?view=rev&revision=12122
> 
> If this extra check if definitely pointless, I'd prefer to remove this
> from all other archs, instead of re-adding againg to i386.
> Is there someone else that think we should keep the check ?

I think this check has played its role, it was good to
have in the early days but now it is just bloat. It has
never triggered for me so I am fine with removing it on all archs.

 Jocke


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