From c93ec1f091ec0d114e7a33cb1156e2745162eb4a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Carlos O'Donell Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:09:12 -0800 Subject: Warn about unsupported DT_FLAGS_1 flags. The dynamic loader will now warn about unsupported DT_FLAGS_1 flags when run with LD_DEBUG=files or LD_DEBUG=all. --- elf/get-dynamic-info.h | 12 ++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'elf') diff --git a/elf/get-dynamic-info.h b/elf/get-dynamic-info.h index 9e018de6d2..026f246238 100644 --- a/elf/get-dynamic-info.h +++ b/elf/get-dynamic-info.h @@ -151,8 +151,16 @@ elf_get_dynamic_info (struct link_map *l, ElfW(Dyn) *temp) { l->l_flags_1 = info[VERSYMIDX (DT_FLAGS_1)]->d_un.d_val; - /* Only DT_1_SUPPORTED_MASK bits are allowed. */ - assert ((l->l_flags_1 & ~DT_1_SUPPORTED_MASK) == 0); + /* Only DT_1_SUPPORTED_MASK bits are supported, and we would like + to assert this, but we can't. Users have been setting + unsupported DF_1_* flags for a long time and glibc has ignored + them. Therefore to avoid breaking existing applications the + best we can do is add a warning during debugging with the + intent of notifying the user of the problem. */ + if (__builtin_expect (GLRO(dl_debug_mask) & DL_DEBUG_FILES, 0) + && l->l_flags_1 & ~DT_1_SUPPORTED_MASK) + _dl_debug_printf ("\nWARNING: Unsupported flag value(s) of 0x%x in DT_FLAGS_1.\n", + l->l_flags_1 & ~DT_1_SUPPORTED_MASK); if (l->l_flags_1 & DF_1_NOW) info[DT_BIND_NOW] = info[VERSYMIDX (DT_FLAGS_1)]; -- cgit 1.4.1