On 22.04.2025 16:42, Andrew Cooper wrote: > On 22/04/2025 1:13 pm, Jan Beulich wrote: >> On 22.04.2025 13:32, Andrew Cooper wrote: >>> --- a/xen/include/xen/xen.lds.h >>> +++ b/xen/include/xen/xen.lds.h >>> @@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ >>> DECL_DEBUG2(.debug_info, .gnu.linkonce.wi.*, 1) \ >>> DECL_DEBUG(.debug_types, 1) \ >>> DECL_DEBUG(.debug_str, 1) \ >>> + DECL_DEBUG(.debug_str_offsets, 1) \ >> The alignment wants to be at least 4. > > I checked before making this patch, and Clang uses alignment 1 on the > section: > >> [8134] .debug_str_offsets PROGBITS 0000000000000000 16fe11d >> 21c868 00 0 0 1
Oh, I'm surprised. The table holding 4- (or 8-) byte values, it should have better alignment already in object files, I would think. Feels like a bug / oversight in Clang. >> [8135] .rela.debug_str_offsets RELA 0000000000000000 2089e08 >> ca6b60 18 I 8136 8134 8 > > Is there an official spec on the matter? I did look through the Dwarf5 spec, but could find any detail of this kind there. Jan
