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Date:   Fri, 11 Jan 2019 14:09:26 -0500
From:   Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com>
To:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Cc:     Artem Savkov <asavkov@redhat.com>, x86@kernel.org,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
        "Eric W . Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>,
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] x86/tools/relocs: fix big section header tables
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On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 09:57:50AM -0600, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 04:56:15PM +0100, Artem Savkov wrote:
> > In case when the number of entries in the section header table is larger
> > then or equal to SHN_LORESERVE the size of the table is held in the sh_size
> > member of the initial entry in section header table instead of e_shnum.
> > Same with the string table index which is located in sh_link instead of
> > e_shstrndx.
> > 
> > This case is easily reproducible with KCFLAGS="-ffunction-sections",
> > bzImage build fails with "String table index out of bounds" error.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Artem Savkov <asavkov@redhat.com>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
> 

Gentle ping to nudge this patch along (I didn't see it in anyone's tree).

Thanks,

--- Joe