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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 13/23] XENVER_build_id: Provide ld-embedded build-ids (v10)



On 12/02/16 13:05, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
The mechanism to get this is via the XENVER hypercall and
we add a new sub-command to retrieve the binary build-id
called XENVER_build_id. The sub-hypercall parameter
allows an arbitrary size (the buffer and len is provided
to the hypervisor). A NULL parameter will probe the hypervisor
for the length of the build-id.

One can also retrieve the value of the build-id by doing
'readelf -n xen-syms'.

For EFI builds we re-use the same build-id that the xen-syms
was built with.

The version of ld that first implemented --build-id is v2.18.
Hence we check for that or later version - if older version
found we do not build the hypervisor with the build-id
(and the return code is -ENODATA for that case).

For x86 we have two binaries - the xen-syms and the xen - an
smaller version with lots of sections removed. To make it possible
for readelf -n xen we also modify mkelf32 and xen.lds.S to include
the PT_NOTE ELF section.

The EFI binary is more complicated. Having any non-recognizable
sections (.note, .data.note, etc) causes the boot to hang.
Moving the .note in the .data section makes it work. It is also
worth noting that the PE/COFF does not have any "comment"
sections to the author.

Suggested-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Martin Pohlack <mpohlack@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Daniel De Graaf <dgdegra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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