diff --git a/lldb/lit/Modules/ELF/load-from-dynsym-alone.test b/lldb/lit/Modules/ELF/load-from-dynsym-alone.test index 74560abcc721..8647c521e4a6 100644 --- a/lldb/lit/Modules/ELF/load-from-dynsym-alone.test +++ b/lldb/lit/Modules/ELF/load-from-dynsym-alone.test @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ # 2: 0000000000000000 0 NOTYPE WEAK DEFAULT UND __gmon_start__ # 3: 0000000000401110 13 FUNC GLOBAL DEFAULT 10 functionInDynsym -# We want to keep the symbol "functionInDynsym" in the .dynamic section and not +# We want to keep the symbol "functionInDynsym" in the .dynsym section and not # have it put the default .symtab section. # RUN: echo "{functionInDynsym;};" > %T/dynmic-symbols.txt # RUN: %clang -Wl,--dynamic-list=%T/dynmic-symbols.txt -g -o %t.binary %p/Inputs/load-from-dynsym-alone.c diff --git a/lldb/lit/Modules/ELF/load-symtab-and-dynsym.test b/lldb/lit/Modules/ELF/load-symtab-and-dynsym.test index ff2ef86b24a5..3700211763bd 100644 --- a/lldb/lit/Modules/ELF/load-symtab-and-dynsym.test +++ b/lldb/lit/Modules/ELF/load-symtab-and-dynsym.test @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ # 0: 0000000000000000 0 NOTYPE LOCAL DEFAULT UND # 1: 0000000000401110 15 FUNC GLOBAL DEFAULT 10 functionInSymtab -# We want to keep the symbol "functionInDynsym" in the .dynamic section and not +# We want to keep the symbol "functionInDynsym" in the .dynsym section and not # have it put the default .symtab section. # RUN: echo "{functionInDynsym;};" > %T/dynmic-symbols.txt # RUN: %clang -Wl,--dynamic-list=%T/dynmic-symbols.txt -g -o %t.binary %p/Inputs/load-symtab-and-dynsym.c diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/ObjectFile/ELF/ObjectFileELF.cpp b/lldb/source/Plugins/ObjectFile/ELF/ObjectFileELF.cpp index 20e26f033d1e..e1f08ffaa181 100644 --- a/lldb/source/Plugins/ObjectFile/ELF/ObjectFileELF.cpp +++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/ObjectFile/ELF/ObjectFileELF.cpp @@ -2644,12 +2644,11 @@ Symtab *ObjectFileELF::GetSymtab() { // Sharable objects and dynamic executables usually have 2 distinct symbol // tables, one named ".symtab", and the other ".dynsym". The dynsym is a - // smaller version of the symtab that only contains global symbols. The - // information found in the dynsym is therefore also found in the symtab, - // while the reverse is not necessarily true. - // One exception to the above rule is when we have minidebuginfo embedded - // into a compressed .gnu_debugdata section. This section contains a .symtab - // from which all symbols already contained in the .dynsym are stripped. + // smaller version of the symtab that only contains global symbols. + // Information in the dynsym section is *usually* also found in the symtab, + // but this is not required as symtab entries can be removed after linking. + // The minidebuginfo format makes use of this facility to create smaller + // symbol tables. Section *symtab = section_list->FindSectionByType(eSectionTypeELFSymbolTable, true).get(); if (symtab) {