[PATCH 1/5] readelf: Consolidate get_[32|64]bit_section_headers
Project / Subsystem
binutils / readelf
Date
2026-07-09
Proposer
H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com>
Source type
public_inbox
Consensus
Proposed
Sentiment
—/10
Technical tradeoffs
- • Reduces code duplication by merging 32-bit and 64-bit parsing logic.
- • Improves maintainability of the `readelf` tool.
All attributes
- project
- binutils
- subsystem
- readelf
- patch_id
- —
- discussion_id
- 20260709124052.680684-2-hjl.tools@gmail.com
- source_type
- public_inbox
- title
- [PATCH 1/5] readelf: Consolidate get_[32|64]bit_section_headers
- headline
- readelf: Consolidate get_[32|64]bit_section_headers
- tldr
- Consolidates 32-bit and 64-bit section header reading functions into one in readelf.
- proposer
- H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com>
- consensus
- Proposed
- outcome
- proposed
- sentiment_score
- —
- technical_tradeoffs
-
- • Reduces code duplication by merging 32-bit and 64-bit parsing logic.
- • Improves maintainability of the `readelf` tool.
- series_id
- binutils:readelf: consolidate get_[32|64]bit_section_headers
- series_role
- reply
- series_parts
- []
- tags
-
- • readelf
- • elf
- • section headers
- • refactoring
- • code consolidation
- bugzilla_url
- —
- date
- 2026-07-09T00:00:00.000Z
[PATCH 1/5] readelf: Consolidate get_[32|64]bit_section_headers
This patch consolidates the get_32bit_section_headers and get_64bit_section_headers functions in readelf.c into a single get_section_headers function. The new function handles both 32-bit and 64-bit ELF section headers, utilizing the BYTE_GET_SIZE macro for reading external ELF section header fields. This consolidation aims to reduce code duplication and enhance maintainability within the readelf utility, addressing PR binutils/34356.