[PATCH RFC 5/5] readelf: move code around
Project / Subsystem
binutils / readelf
Date
2026-07-27
Proposer
Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
Source type
public_inbox
Consensus
Proposed
Sentiment
—/10
Technical tradeoffs
- • Code rearrangement can improve readability but may introduce regressions if not done carefully.
- • Reducing `#ifdef` complexity is desirable but can be challenging in codebases with multiple format variants.
All attributes
- project
- binutils
- subsystem
- readelf
- patch_id
- —
- discussion_id
- b76972ea-76da-4e40-ae59-2d6342f4cde1@suse.com
- source_type
- public_inbox
- title
- [PATCH RFC 5/5] readelf: move code around
- headline
- readelf: Code rearrangement for readability
- tldr
- Refactors readelf.c to reduce `#ifdef` complexity and potentially improve code structure.
- proposer
- Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
- consensus
- Proposed
- outcome
- proposed
- sentiment_score
- —
- technical_tradeoffs
-
- • Code rearrangement can improve readability but may introduce regressions if not done carefully.
- • Reducing `#ifdef` complexity is desirable but can be challenging in codebases with multiple format variants.
- series_id
- —
- series_role
- standalone
- series_parts
- []
- tags
-
- • readelf
- • binutils
- • elf
- • refactoring
- • code readability
- bugzilla_url
- —
- date
- 2026-07-27T00:00:00.000Z
[PATCH RFC 5/5] readelf: move code around
This patch attempts to reduce the amount of conditional compilation (#ifdef) in binutils/readelf.c by rearranging code. The goal is to improve readability and maintainability, though the author notes that a more extensive change like using function pointers for header reading was considered but deemed too complex to yield significant overall benefit.