64-bit ELF note padding handled incorrectly

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#472 64-bit ELF note padding handled incorrectly

Milestone: RELEASE_1_0

Status: closed

Owner: Kai Wang

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Updated: 2015-01-03

Created: 2015-01-02

Creator: Ed Maste

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Despite what various specs claim, 64-bit ELF notes actually use 4-byte padding, not 8, for namesz and descsz.

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Ed Maste - 2015-01-02

Fixed in my branch:
https://github.com/emaste/elftoolchain/commit/1c2ed3dc482620c1360c1ea39657fbbcee00c30f

Patch:
https://github.com/emaste/elftoolchain/commit/1c2ed3dc482620c1360c1ea39657fbbcee00c30f.patch

VMS on ia64 appears to be the exception to this, and actually uses 8-byte fields in the header and 8-byte padding.

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Kai Wang - 2015-01-03

status: new --> closed

assigned_to: Kai Wang

Milestone: 1.0 --> RELEASE_1_0
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Kai Wang - 2015-01-03

Patch committed in [r3138]. Thanks!

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Commit: [r3138]

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