Bug 143385

Summary: Error with elf_update
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Reporter: Suganya T <sugan5>
Component: elfutilsAssignee: Jeff Johnson <jbj>
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Description Suganya T 2004-12-20 09:18:52 UTC 
Description of problem:
Elf_update function is not updating the ELF descriptor properly.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
elfutils-0.94

How reproducible:
A section can be added to the section header with data and necessary 
fields can be updated by using elf_update function. Check out with 
readelf command for the fields of new section added.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Write a program which adds a section to a object file with data and 
setting flags to headers,section and elf and then updating.
2.Use readlef command to check the corresponding added new section.
3.
  
Actual results:
Elf-update should update all the fields in the ELF descriptor.

Expected results:
elf_update updates wrong information on the newly added section.

Additional info:
Comment 1 Suganya T 2004-12-20 09:24:54 UTC 
Created attachment 108879 [details]
source program -test case

This is a source program which adds section to an object file with data of
section specified in the data file.
Comment 2 Jeff Johnson 2005-02-07 23:43:17 UTC 
I can't tell whether gelf_update is supposed to create
the additional information, or whether it's up to the
programmer.

No matter what, this change will happen UPSTREAM if desired.