Re: [PATCH] readelf: Don't dump GOT section after seeing error
Project / Subsystem
binutils / readelf
Date
2026-08-06
Proposer
Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
Source type
public_inbox
Consensus
Proposed
Sentiment
—/10
Technical tradeoffs
- • Improves robustness by preventing `readelf` from producing potentially misleading output after encountering errors.
- • Generalizing the error handling could increase code complexity but enhance overall stability across various object file formats.
All attributes
- project
- binutils
- subsystem
- readelf
- patch_id
- —
- discussion_id
- a3a94cf9-2c06-49cd-8ab8-7a76a8c706e0@suse.com
- source_type
- public_inbox
- title
- Re: [PATCH] readelf: Don't dump GOT section after seeing error
- headline
- readelf: Don't dump GOT section after seeing error
- tldr
- Suggestion to generalize readelf error handling beyond just the GOT section.
- proposer
- Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
- consensus
- Proposed
- outcome
- proposed
- sentiment_score
- —
- technical_tradeoffs
-
- • Improves robustness by preventing `readelf` from producing potentially misleading output after encountering errors.
- • Generalizing the error handling could increase code complexity but enhance overall stability across various object file formats.
- series_id
- —
- series_role
- cover
- series_parts
- []
- tags
-
- • binutils
- • readelf
- • error handling
- • GOT
- • ELF
- bugzilla_url
- —
- date
- 2026-08-06T00:00:00.000Z
Re: [PATCH] readelf: Don't dump GOT section after seeing error
Jan Beulich reviews a patch for readelf that prevents dumping the GOT section after errors occur, acknowledging its usefulness for the specific case. He suggests that this error-handling model might be beneficial to generalize and apply to other sections or contexts within readelf as well, improving overall robustness.