git: c18512056301 - main - readelf: Add support for ELF package metadata note
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Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2026 14:58:34 UTC
The branch main has been updated by emaste:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=c18512056301fa97dd31c4cc9a78e18f1aa8b2d5
commit c18512056301fa97dd31c4cc9a78e18f1aa8b2d5
Author: Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2022-04-20 14:12:06 +0000
Commit: Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2026-07-10 14:58:15 +0000
readelf: Add support for ELF package metadata note
We don't use this note type today, but as a general purpose ELF
diagnostic tool readelf(1) ought to decode it.
References:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Package_information_on_ELF_objects
https://systemd.io/ELF_PACKAGE_METADATA/
Reviewed by: fuz
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D47524
---
contrib/elftoolchain/readelf/readelf.c | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/contrib/elftoolchain/readelf/readelf.c b/contrib/elftoolchain/readelf/readelf.c
index 43585459d82e..d49505756fef 100644
--- a/contrib/elftoolchain/readelf/readelf.c
+++ b/contrib/elftoolchain/readelf/readelf.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
#include <string.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <unistd.h>
+#include <vis.h>
#include <zlib.h>
#include <libcasper.h>
@@ -371,6 +372,7 @@ static int loc_at_comparator(const void *la1, const void *la2);
static const char *mips_abi_fp(uint64_t fp);
static const char *note_type(const char *note_name, unsigned int et,
unsigned int nt);
+static const char *note_type_fdo(unsigned int nt);
static const char *note_type_freebsd(unsigned int nt);
static const char *note_type_freebsd_core(unsigned int nt);
static const char *note_type_go(unsigned int nt);
@@ -1150,6 +1152,8 @@ note_type(const char *name, unsigned int et, unsigned int nt)
return note_type_freebsd_core(nt);
else
return note_type_freebsd(nt);
+ else if (strcmp(name, "FDO") == 0 && et != ET_CORE)
+ return note_type_fdo(nt);
else if (strcmp(name, "GNU") == 0 && et != ET_CORE)
return note_type_gnu(nt);
else if (strcmp(name, "Go") == 0 && et != ET_CORE)
@@ -1163,6 +1167,15 @@ note_type(const char *name, unsigned int et, unsigned int nt)
return note_type_unknown(nt);
}
+static const char *
+note_type_fdo(unsigned int nt)
+{
+ switch (nt) {
+ case NT_FDO_PACKAGING_METADATA: return "NT_FDO_PACKAGING_METADATA";
+ default: return (note_type_unknown(nt));
+ }
+}
+
static const char *
note_type_freebsd(unsigned int nt)
{
@@ -3819,7 +3832,30 @@ dump_notes_data(struct readelf *re, const char *name, uint32_t type,
}
ubuf = (const uint32_t *)(const void *)buf;
- if (strcmp(name, "FreeBSD") == 0) {
+ if (strcmp(name, "FDO") == 0) {
+ switch (type) {
+ case NT_FDO_PACKAGING_METADATA:
+ {
+ char *visbuf;
+
+ if (sz > SIZE_MAX / 4 - 1) {
+ warnx("invalid note data");
+ return;
+ }
+ /* Ignore trailing NULs. */
+ while (sz > 0 && buf[sz - 1] == '\0') {
+ sz--;
+ }
+ if ((visbuf = malloc(sz * 4 + 1)) == NULL) {
+ err(1, "malloc");
+ }
+ (void)strvisx(visbuf, buf, sz, VIS_CSTYLE);
+ printf(" Package metadata: %s\n", visbuf);
+ free(visbuf);
+ return;
+ }
+ }
+ } else if (strcmp(name, "FreeBSD") == 0) {
switch (type) {
case NT_FREEBSD_ABI_TAG:
if (sz != 4)