Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] mkelf32: Correct sh_link

[Mark Williamson <mark.williamson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I am a newbie and I would like to know how to apply this patch.
> Can someone provide me with steps.

Save the patch xen-mkelf32.diff to your hard drive

Get a xen repository and change into it:

cd xen-unstable.hg (or whatever you called it)
patch -p0 < /path/to/xen-mkelf32.diff

Should work.

Cheers,
Mark

> Christoph Egger-2 wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > According to the ELF Spec, sh_link points to the String table.
> > The attached patch fixes this.
> >
> > Christoph
> >
> > diff -r 886f7312257e xen/arch/x86/boot/mkelf32.c
> > --- a/xen/arch/x86/boot/mkelf32.c   Tue Jan 02 14:19:47 2007 +0000
> > +++ b/xen/arch/x86/boot/mkelf32.c   Fri Dec 22 14:22:04 2006 +0100
> > @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ static Elf32_Shdr out_shdr[] = {
> >        DYNAMICALLY_FILLED,                    /* sh_addr */
> >        RAW_OFFSET,                            /* sh_offset */
> >        DYNAMICALLY_FILLED,                    /* sh_size */
> > -      0,                                     /* sh_link */
> > +      2,                                     /* sh_link */
> >        0,                                     /* sh_info */
> >        64,                                    /* sh_addralign */
> >        0                                      /* sh_entsize */
> >
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