Landing: 73323df07c7c
Project / Subsystem
binutils / readelf
Date
2026-08-14
Author
Jan Beulich <jbeulich@sourceware.org>
Commit
73323df07c7c10ffe91297712a96bcf7c59f6ca9
Source
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- Fold -bit ELF symbol parsing into a single function
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- Unified ELF symbol parsing in readelf, reducing code duplication.
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- Jan Beulich <jbeulich@sourceware.org>
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- • binutils
- • readelf
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- • optimization
- • refactoring
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- 2026-08-14T00:00:00.000Z
The readelf utility now uses a single function to parse both 32-bit and 64-bit ELF symbol tables. This is achieved by using conditional compilation within readelf-nn.c, effectively compiling the same code twice with different types to avoid duplicating the parsing logic, addressing PR binutils/34356.