1/*
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3 *
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5 * Common Development and Distribution License, Version 1.0 only
6 * (the "License").  You may not use this file except in compliance
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10 * or http://www.opensolaris.org/os/licensing.
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16 * If applicable, add the following below this CDDL HEADER, with the
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21 */
22/*
23 * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
24 * Use is subject to license terms.
25 */
26
27#pragma ident	"%Z%%M%	%I%	%E% SMI"
28
29#include <sys/types.h>
30#include <string.h>
31
32#include "symbol.h"
33
34int
35ignore_symbol(GElf_Sym *sym, const char *name)
36{
37	uchar_t type = GELF_ST_TYPE(sym->st_info);
38
39	/*
40	 * As an optimization, we do not output function or data object
41	 * records for undefined or anonymous symbols.
42	 */
43	if (sym->st_shndx == SHN_UNDEF || sym->st_name == 0)
44		return (1);
45
46	/*
47	 * _START_ and _END_ are added to the symbol table by the
48	 * linker, and will never have associated type information.
49	 */
50	if (strcmp(name, "_START_") == 0 || strcmp(name, "_END_") == 0)
51		return (1);
52
53	/*
54	 * Do not output records for absolute-valued object symbols
55	 * that have value zero.  The compiler insists on generating
56	 * things like this for __fsr_init_value settings, etc.
57	 */
58	if (type == STT_OBJECT && sym->st_shndx == SHN_ABS &&
59	    sym->st_value == 0)
60		return (1);
61	return (0);
62}
63