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authorDeyuan Guo ext:(%2C%20Nilay%20Vaish%20%3Cnilay%40cs.wisc.edu%3E) <guodeyuan@tsinghua.org.cn>2013-04-17 16:07:19 -0500
committerDeyuan Guo ext:(%2C%20Nilay%20Vaish%20%3Cnilay%40cs.wisc.edu%3E) <guodeyuan@tsinghua.org.cn>2013-04-17 16:07:19 -0500
commitb54e11862878cf88a427fa225407d1128abd21f2 (patch)
tree66f09330565822fd9123de93feebd3718a7fbd69 /src/base/loader/object_file.hh
parent3ff091bdf401113057c26cf1087cf0e872154265 (diff)
downloadgem5-b54e11862878cf88a427fa225407d1128abd21f2.tar.xz
base: load weak symbols from object file
Without loading weak symbols into gem5, some function names and the given PC cannot correspond correctly, because the binding attributes of unction names in an ELF file are not only STB_GLOBAL or STB_LOCAL, but also STB_WEAK. This patch adds a function for loading weak symbols. Committed by: Nilay Vaish <nilay@cs.wisc.edu>
Diffstat (limited to 'src/base/loader/object_file.hh')
-rw-r--r--src/base/loader/object_file.hh3
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/base/loader/object_file.hh b/src/base/loader/object_file.hh
index 4a789d321..bdc9a31a1 100644
--- a/src/base/loader/object_file.hh
+++ b/src/base/loader/object_file.hh
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ class ObjectFile
std::numeric_limits<Addr>::max()) = 0;
virtual bool loadLocalSymbols(SymbolTable *symtab, Addr addrMask =
std::numeric_limits<Addr>::max()) = 0;
+ virtual bool loadWeakSymbols(SymbolTable *symtab, Addr addrMask =
+ std::numeric_limits<Addr>::max())
+ { return false; }
virtual bool isDynamic() { return false; }
virtual bool hasTLS() { return false; }