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Subject: kern/110995: loader wastes space worth symtab size in load_elf_obj.c
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>Number:         110995
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       loader wastes space worth symtab size in load_elf_obj.c
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
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>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Mar 29 03:20:02 GMT 2007
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Neel Natu
>Release:        6.0
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
When loader loads relocatable object in load_elf_obj.c it wastes space worth
symbol table section size.

The diff below fixes it:

==== //depot/prod/freebsd/Rtricky_freebsd6.0/usr/src/sys/boot/common/load_elf_obj.c#1 - /u/neelnatu/p4/tricky/freebsd/usr/src/sys/boot/common/load_elf_obj.c ====
241,242d240
<                       shdr[i].sh_addr = (Elf_Addr)lastaddr;
<                       lastaddr += shdr[i].sh_size;


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