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authorJan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>2013-02-02 10:29:17 +0100
committerJan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>2013-02-02 10:29:17 +0100
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Improve link_map.l_addr comment.
-rw-r--r--ChangeLog5
-rw-r--r--elf/link.h3
-rw-r--r--include/link.h3
3 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6125b47bac..74b9a59f64 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-02-02  Jan Kratochvil  <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
+
+	* elf/link.h (struct link_map): Extend the l_addr comment.
+	* include/link.h (struct link_map): Likewise.
+
 2013-02-01  Joseph Myers  <joseph@codesourcery.com>
 
 	[BZ #13550]
diff --git a/elf/link.h b/elf/link.h
index 500871f451..a50ba83662 100644
--- a/elf/link.h
+++ b/elf/link.h
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ struct link_map
     /* These first few members are part of the protocol with the debugger.
        This is the same format used in SVR4.  */
 
-    ElfW(Addr) l_addr;		/* Base address shared object is loaded at.  */
+    ElfW(Addr) l_addr;		/* Difference between the address in the ELF
+				   file and the addresses in memory.  */
     char *l_name;		/* Absolute file name object was found in.  */
     ElfW(Dyn) *l_ld;		/* Dynamic section of the shared object.  */
     struct link_map *l_next, *l_prev; /* Chain of loaded objects.  */
diff --git a/include/link.h b/include/link.h
index 12dcf038d3..230e95d6c8 100644
--- a/include/link.h
+++ b/include/link.h
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ struct link_map
     /* These first few members are part of the protocol with the debugger.
        This is the same format used in SVR4.  */
 
-    ElfW(Addr) l_addr;		/* Base address shared object is loaded at.  */
+    ElfW(Addr) l_addr;		/* Difference between the address in the ELF
+				   file and the addresses in memory.  */
     char *l_name;		/* Absolute file name object was found in.  */
     ElfW(Dyn) *l_ld;		/* Dynamic section of the shared object.  */
     struct link_map *l_next, *l_prev; /* Chain of loaded objects.  */