Re: [PATCH v2 00/19] Implement DWARF modversions
From: Jonathan Corbet
Date: Thu Aug 22 2024 - 12:44:05 EST
Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> The first 16 patches of this series add a small tool for computing
> symbol versions from DWARF, called gendwarfksyms. When passed a
> list of exported symbols and an object file, the tool generates
> an expanded type string for each symbol, and computes symbol CRCs
> similarly to genksyms.
Potentially silly question but: how similarly? Specifically, do the two
tools generate the same CRCs for the same symbols? It seems that might
be important for users transitioning to the new DWARF world order.
Thanks,
jon