[syslinux] [PATCH 3/4] efi: Useless relocations in PE file

Matt Fleming matt at console-pimps.org
Fri Nov 29 04:57:08 PST 2013


On Wed, 27 Nov, at 02:38:30PM, Celelibi wrote:
> There is no need to have a relocation section that nothing points at.
> The image is still seen as relocatable as long as the Characteristics of
> the FileHeader do not say otherwise.
> 
> Moreover, the field base_relocation_table wasn't initialized properly
> leading to unpredictable bugs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Celelibi <celelibi at gmail.com>
> ---
> 
> I'm not 100% positive about the uselessness of the relocation section.
> However:

The fix looks pretty straight forward. I'll try it out on my hardware
here.

-- 
Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center


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