RFR: 8248876: LoadObject with bad base address created for exec file on linux

[Kevin Walls]

On Tue, 2 Feb 2021 23:37:21 GMT, Yasumasa Suenaga <ysuenaga at openjdk.org> wrote:

> We could see NPE on `LinuxCDebugger::loadObjectContainingPC` which is used mainly by the clhsdb `findpc` command. (See [JDK-8248876](https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8248876) for more details)
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> It is caused by PIE executable handling.
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> Currently we use virtual address of top of PT_LOAD in executable as base address - it is valid for ET_EXEC binary.
> However, in case of ET_DYN binary (PIE binary), we should handle it like a shared library.
> In GDB, base address of executable would be calculated by dynamic section. SA should also do so.

Looks good, I made a suggestions elsewhere in the PR about the comments at line 510...

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Marked as reviewed by kevinw (Committer).

PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/2366