Re: [PATCH 2/8] x86/EFI: sections may not live at VA 0 in PE binaries

[Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

On 21.04.2021 14:57, Roger Pau Monné wrote:
> So from a bit of searching I just did it seems like stab sections
> where used during the 90s with ELF, but that this has long been
> superseded by DWARF 2 becoming the default in the late 90s, hence I
> think it would be fine to just remove those sections even in the ELF
> case?

Well, maybe. Even up-to-date gcc still supports -gstabs. Plus I seem
to have a vague recollection that Andrew objected to their removal
at some (not overly distant) point. I can't find any reference there
though, so Andrew: Do you have any specific thoughts here?

Of course with the stabs sections gone, .comment would remain. I'm
very firm in not wanting to leave any statements there putting
sections at VA zero. Irrespective of .comment (to take this example)
being listed under /DISCARD/ for PE. This would only be acceptable
(to me) if ld would always have at least warned about such sections.

Jan