From ff5c0466486ba8d07ab2700380e8fd6d5344b4e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pankaj Raghav Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2025 12:03:58 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] scripts/faddr2line: Fix "Argument list too long" error The run_readelf() function reads the entire output of readelf into a single shell variable. For large object files with extensive debug information, the size of this variable can exceed the system's command-line argument length limit. When this variable is subsequently passed to sed via `echo "${out}"`, it triggers an "Argument list too long" error, causing the script to fail. Fix this by redirecting the output of readelf to a temporary file instead of a variable. The sed commands are then modified to read from this file, avoiding the argument length limitation entirely. Signed-off-by: Pankaj Raghav Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf --- scripts/faddr2line | 13 +++++++++---- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/faddr2line b/scripts/faddr2line index 7746d4ad0bfa0..622875396bcfc 100755 --- a/scripts/faddr2line +++ b/scripts/faddr2line @@ -111,14 +111,19 @@ find_dir_prefix() { run_readelf() { local objfile=$1 - local out=$(${READELF} --file-header --section-headers --symbols --wide $objfile) + local tmpfile + tmpfile=$(mktemp) + + ${READELF} --file-header --section-headers --symbols --wide "$objfile" > "$tmpfile" # This assumes that readelf first prints the file header, then the section headers, then the symbols. # Note: It seems that GNU readelf does not prefix section headers with the "There are X section headers" # line when multiple options are given, so let's also match with the "Section Headers:" line. - ELF_FILEHEADER=$(echo "${out}" | sed -n '/There are [0-9]* section headers, starting at offset\|Section Headers:/q;p') - ELF_SECHEADERS=$(echo "${out}" | sed -n '/There are [0-9]* section headers, starting at offset\|Section Headers:/,$p' | sed -n '/Symbol table .* contains [0-9]* entries:/q;p') - ELF_SYMS=$(echo "${out}" | sed -n '/Symbol table .* contains [0-9]* entries:/,$p') + ELF_FILEHEADER=$(sed -n '/There are [0-9]* section headers, starting at offset\|Section Headers:/q;p' "$tmpfile") + ELF_SECHEADERS=$(sed -n '/There are [0-9]* section headers, starting at offset\|Section Headers:/,$p' "$tmpfile" | sed -n '/Symbol table .* contains [0-9]* entries:/q;p') + ELF_SYMS=$(sed -n '/Symbol table .* contains [0-9]* entries:/,$p' "$tmpfile") + + rm -f -- "$tmpfile" } check_vmlinux() { -- 2.47.3