Re: build failure after commit eb0481bbc4ce ("objtool: Fix reloc_hash size")

[Josh Poimboeuf]

On Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 07:26:59PM +0200, Michal Kubecek wrote:
> I digged some more and my guess is that the problem is that
> elf_open_read() does
> 
> 	memset(elf, 0, offsetof(struct elf, sections));
> 
> but commit eb0481bbc4ce ("objtool: Fix reloc_hash size") added
> num_relocs after sections so that it is not zeroed (0xbabababababababa
> is probably some kind of poison).

Argh, that memset() is subtle as heck.  Peter, why?!?

-- 
Josh