Hi, I got a problem with QEMU refusing to load an ELF binary with 0-length sections, while the kernel has no issue doing this.
This patch adds a check that has been in kernel since 2008 at least. Cheers, Alex ---------------- commit a42e5231c1be5f09caeb6c73e34933cd7efa7023 Author: Alexandru DAMIAN <alexandru.dam...@intel.com> Date: Tue Feb 21 12:34:36 2012 +0200 Do not attempt to map 0-length sections Mmap will return an invalid argument, but 0-length sections are valid in any case. The kernel as a similar check when loading elf binaries courtesy of jkos...@suse.cz. Signed-off-by: Alexandru Damian <alexandru.dam...@intel.com> diff --git a/linux-user/elfload.c b/linux-user/elfload.c index ea61d0d..71d0ae3 100644 --- a/linux-user/elfload.c +++ b/linux-user/elfload.c @@ -918,9 +918,9 @@ static inline void init_thread(struct target_pt_regs *regs, #define elf_check_arch(x) ( (x) == ELF_ARCH ) -#define ELF_CLASS ELFCLASS64 -#define ELF_DATA ELFDATA2MSB -#define ELF_ARCH EM_S390 +#define ELF_CLASS ELFCLASS64 +#define ELF_DATA ELFDATA2MSB +#define ELF_ARCH EM_S390 static inline void init_thread(struct target_pt_regs *regs, struct image_info *infop) { @@ -1565,11 +1565,16 @@ static void load_elf_image(const char *image_name, int image_fd, vaddr_po = TARGET_ELF_PAGEOFFSET(vaddr); vaddr_ps = TARGET_ELF_PAGESTART(vaddr); - error = target_mmap(vaddr_ps, eppnt->p_filesz + vaddr_po, - elf_prot, MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_FIXED, - image_fd, eppnt->p_offset - vaddr_po); - if (error == -1) { - goto exit_perror; + /* Don't attempt to map 0 bytes len sections. + Kernel also has this check. + */ + if (eppnt->p_filesz + vaddr_po != 0) { + error = target_mmap(vaddr_ps, eppnt->p_filesz + vaddr_po, + elf_prot, MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_FIXED, + image_fd, eppnt->p_offset - vaddr_po); + if (error == -1) { + goto exit_perror; + } } vaddr_ef = vaddr + eppnt->p_filesz;