Re: [PATCH v2] ld: Align the PDB DBI source-info substream
Project / Subsystem
binutils / ld
Date
2026-09-27
Proposer
Oleg Tolmatcev <oleg.tolmatcev@gmail.com>
Source type
public_inbox
Consensus
Committed
Sentiment
—/10
Technical tradeoffs
- • Ensures adherence to PDB format specifications.
- • Minor increase in substream size due to padding, if necessary.
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- Re: [PATCH v2] ld: Align the PDB DBI source-info substream
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- ld: Align PDB DBI source-info substream and zero padding
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- A patch aligning the PDB DBI source-info substream size to a multiple of 4 and zeroing padding has been committed.
- proposer
- Oleg Tolmatcev <oleg.tolmatcev@gmail.com>
- consensus
- Committed
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- committed
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- • Ensures adherence to PDB format specifications.
- • Minor increase in substream size due to padding, if necessary.
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- CACcXsZgsfTHQwsBoBp655jzVUpyXSx_0D_jsenvwgH6bRqvS1g@mail.gmail.com
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- • linker
- • pdb
- • debugging
- • windows
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- 2026-09-27T00:00:00.000Z
Re: [PATCH v2] ld: Align the PDB DBI source-info substream
This discussion confirms the commitment of a patch that aligns the PDB DBI source-info substream size to a multiple of four bytes and ensures any padding bytes are zeroed. This change adheres to specifications from the Microsoft pdb-rs project. The author thanks Jan Beulich for committing the patch and subsequently requests the closure of a related Bugzilla issue (PR ld/34605).