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kldxref: Simplify handling of ELF object files
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Authored by jhb on Dec 19 2023, 8:15 PM.
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Unlike the backend for ELF DSOs, the object file backend allocated an
aligned chunk of memory and read all of the in-memory sections from
the file into this memory even though most of the file contents were
never used. Instead, just track a set of virtual addresses (based at
0) that each loaded section would be loaded at and only read the
necessary bits from the backing file when needed.

Sponsored by: DARPA

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