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-rw-r--r--tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c13
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
index 184ce1684dcd..2e8ac13de6a0 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ struct elf_state {
size_t shstrndx; /* section index for section name strings */
size_t strtabidx;
struct elf_sec_desc *secs;
- int sec_cnt;
+ size_t sec_cnt;
int btf_maps_shndx;
__u32 btf_maps_sec_btf_id;
int text_shndx;
@@ -3312,10 +3312,15 @@ static int bpf_object__elf_collect(struct bpf_object *obj)
Elf64_Shdr *sh;
/* ELF section indices are 0-based, but sec #0 is special "invalid"
- * section. e_shnum does include sec #0, so e_shnum is the necessary
- * size of an array to keep all the sections.
+ * section. Since section count retrieved by elf_getshdrnum() does
+ * include sec #0, it is already the necessary size of an array to keep
+ * all the sections.
*/
- obj->efile.sec_cnt = obj->efile.ehdr->e_shnum;
+ if (elf_getshdrnum(obj->efile.elf, &obj->efile.sec_cnt)) {
+ pr_warn("elf: failed to get the number of sections for %s: %s\n",
+ obj->path, elf_errmsg(-1));
+ return -LIBBPF_ERRNO__FORMAT;
+ }
obj->efile.secs = calloc(obj->efile.sec_cnt, sizeof(*obj->efile.secs));
if (!obj->efile.secs)
return -ENOMEM;