cmd/link: don't generate .gosymtab section

Since Go 1.2 the section is always empty.

Also remove the code looking for .gosymtab in cmd/internal/objfile.

For #76038

Change-Id: Icd34c870ed0c6da8001e8d32305f79905ee2b066
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/717200
LUCI-TryBot-Result: Go LUCI <golang-scoped@luci-project-accounts.iam.gserviceaccount.com>
Reviewed-by: Cherry Mui <cherryyz@google.com>
Auto-Submit: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>
Commit-Queue: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: Michael Pratt <mpratt@google.com>
This commit is contained in:
Ian Lance Taylor 2025-11-02 13:54:22 -08:00 committed by Gopher Robot
parent 6914dd11c0
commit 7347b54727
15 changed files with 76 additions and 128 deletions

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@ -64,40 +64,26 @@ func (f *elfFile) symbols() ([]Sym, error) {
return syms, nil
}
func (f *elfFile) pcln() (textStart uint64, symtab, pclntab []byte, err error) {
func (f *elfFile) pcln() (textStart uint64, pclntab []byte, err error) {
if sect := f.elf.Section(".text"); sect != nil {
textStart = sect.Addr
}
sect := f.elf.Section(".gosymtab")
if sect == nil {
// try .data.rel.ro.gosymtab, for PIE binaries
sect = f.elf.Section(".data.rel.ro.gosymtab")
}
if sect != nil {
if symtab, err = sect.Data(); err != nil {
return 0, nil, nil, err
}
} else {
// if both sections failed, try the symbol
symtab = f.symbolData("runtime.symtab", "runtime.esymtab")
}
sect = f.elf.Section(".gopclntab")
sect := f.elf.Section(".gopclntab")
if sect == nil {
// try .data.rel.ro.gopclntab, for PIE binaries
sect = f.elf.Section(".data.rel.ro.gopclntab")
}
if sect != nil {
if pclntab, err = sect.Data(); err != nil {
return 0, nil, nil, err
return 0, nil, err
}
} else {
// if both sections failed, try the symbol
pclntab = f.symbolData("runtime.pclntab", "runtime.epclntab")
}
return textStart, symtab, pclntab, nil
return textStart, pclntab, nil
}
func (f *elfFile) text() (textStart uint64, text []byte, err error) {

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@ -221,10 +221,10 @@ func (f *goobjFile) symbols() ([]Sym, error) {
return syms, nil
}
func (f *goobjFile) pcln() (textStart uint64, symtab, pclntab []byte, err error) {
func (f *goobjFile) pcln() (textStart uint64, pclntab []byte, err error) {
// Should never be called. We implement Liner below, callers
// should use that instead.
return 0, nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("pcln not available in go object file")
return 0, nil, fmt.Errorf("pcln not available in go object file")
}
// PCToLine returns the file name, line, and function data for the given pc.

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@ -79,21 +79,16 @@ func (f *machoFile) symbols() ([]Sym, error) {
return syms, nil
}
func (f *machoFile) pcln() (textStart uint64, symtab, pclntab []byte, err error) {
func (f *machoFile) pcln() (textStart uint64, pclntab []byte, err error) {
if sect := f.macho.Section("__text"); sect != nil {
textStart = sect.Addr
}
if sect := f.macho.Section("__gosymtab"); sect != nil {
if symtab, err = sect.Data(); err != nil {
return 0, nil, nil, err
}
}
if sect := f.macho.Section("__gopclntab"); sect != nil {
if pclntab, err = sect.Data(); err != nil {
return 0, nil, nil, err
return 0, nil, err
}
}
return textStart, symtab, pclntab, nil
return textStart, pclntab, nil
}
func (f *machoFile) text() (textStart uint64, text []byte, err error) {

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@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import (
type rawFile interface {
symbols() (syms []Sym, err error)
pcln() (textStart uint64, symtab, pclntab []byte, err error)
pcln() (textStart uint64, pclntab []byte, err error)
text() (textStart uint64, text []byte, err error)
goarch() string
loadAddress() (uint64, error)
@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ func (e *Entry) PCLineTable() (Liner, error) {
return pcln, nil
}
// Otherwise, read the pcln tables and build a Liner out of that.
textStart, symtab, pclntab, err := e.raw.pcln()
textStart, pclntab, err := e.raw.pcln()
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ func (e *Entry) PCLineTable() (Liner, error) {
}
}
}
return gosym.NewTable(symtab, gosym.NewLineTable(pclntab, textStart))
return gosym.NewTable(nil, gosym.NewLineTable(pclntab, textStart))
}
func (e *Entry) Text() (uint64, []byte, error) {

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@ -90,10 +90,10 @@ func (f *peFile) symbols() ([]Sym, error) {
return syms, nil
}
func (f *peFile) pcln() (textStart uint64, symtab, pclntab []byte, err error) {
func (f *peFile) pcln() (textStart uint64, pclntab []byte, err error) {
imageBase, err := f.imageBase()
if err != nil {
return 0, nil, nil, err
return 0, nil, err
}
if sect := f.pe.Section(".text"); sect != nil {
@ -104,17 +104,10 @@ func (f *peFile) pcln() (textStart uint64, symtab, pclntab []byte, err error) {
// TODO: Remove code looking for the old symbols when we no longer care about 1.3.
var err2 error
if pclntab, err2 = loadPETable(f.pe, "pclntab", "epclntab"); err2 != nil {
return 0, nil, nil, err
return 0, nil, err
}
}
if symtab, err = loadPETable(f.pe, "runtime.symtab", "runtime.esymtab"); err != nil {
// Same as above.
var err2 error
if symtab, err2 = loadPETable(f.pe, "symtab", "esymtab"); err2 != nil {
return 0, nil, nil, err
}
}
return textStart, symtab, pclntab, nil
return textStart, pclntab, nil
}
func (f *peFile) text() (textStart uint64, text []byte, err error) {

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@ -71,24 +71,17 @@ func (f *plan9File) symbols() ([]Sym, error) {
return syms, nil
}
func (f *plan9File) pcln() (textStart uint64, symtab, pclntab []byte, err error) {
func (f *plan9File) pcln() (textStart uint64, pclntab []byte, err error) {
textStart = f.plan9.LoadAddress + f.plan9.HdrSize
if pclntab, err = loadPlan9Table(f.plan9, "runtime.pclntab", "runtime.epclntab"); err != nil {
// We didn't find the symbols, so look for the names used in 1.3 and earlier.
// TODO: Remove code looking for the old symbols when we no longer care about 1.3.
var err2 error
if pclntab, err2 = loadPlan9Table(f.plan9, "pclntab", "epclntab"); err2 != nil {
return 0, nil, nil, err
return 0, nil, err
}
}
if symtab, err = loadPlan9Table(f.plan9, "runtime.symtab", "runtime.esymtab"); err != nil {
// Same as above.
var err2 error
if symtab, err2 = loadPlan9Table(f.plan9, "symtab", "esymtab"); err2 != nil {
return 0, nil, nil, err
}
}
return textStart, symtab, pclntab, nil
return textStart, pclntab, nil
}
func (f *plan9File) text() (textStart uint64, text []byte, err error) {

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@ -87,15 +87,14 @@ func (f *xcoffFile) symbols() ([]Sym, error) {
return syms, nil
}
func (f *xcoffFile) pcln() (textStart uint64, symtab, pclntab []byte, err error) {
func (f *xcoffFile) pcln() (textStart uint64, pclntab []byte, err error) {
if sect := f.xcoff.Section(".text"); sect != nil {
textStart = sect.VirtualAddress
}
if pclntab, err = loadXCOFFTable(f.xcoff, "runtime.pclntab", "runtime.epclntab"); err != nil {
return 0, nil, nil, err
return 0, nil, err
}
symtab, _ = loadXCOFFTable(f.xcoff, "runtime.symtab", "runtime.esymtab") // ignore error, this symbol is not useful anyway
return textStart, symtab, pclntab, nil
return textStart, pclntab, nil
}
func (f *xcoffFile) text() (textStart uint64, text []byte, err error) {

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@ -2238,11 +2238,6 @@ func (state *dodataState) allocateDataSections(ctxt *Link) {
state.checkdatsize(sym.SITABLINK)
sect.Length = uint64(state.datsize) - sect.Vaddr
/* gosymtab */
sect = state.allocateNamedSectionAndAssignSyms(seg, genrelrosecname(".gosymtab"), sym.SSYMTAB, sym.SRODATA, relroSecPerm)
ldr.SetSymSect(ldr.LookupOrCreateSym("runtime.symtab", 0), sect)
ldr.SetSymSect(ldr.LookupOrCreateSym("runtime.esymtab", 0), sect)
/* gopclntab */
sect = state.allocateNamedSectionAndAssignSyms(seg, genrelrosecname(".gopclntab"), sym.SPCLNTAB, sym.SRODATA, relroSecPerm)
ldr.SetSymSect(ldr.LookupOrCreateSym("runtime.pclntab", 0), sect)
@ -2985,7 +2980,6 @@ func (ctxt *Link) address() []*sym.Segment {
ldr := ctxt.loader
var (
rodata = ldr.SymSect(ldr.LookupOrCreateSym("runtime.rodata", 0))
symtab = ldr.SymSect(ldr.LookupOrCreateSym("runtime.symtab", 0))
pclntab = ldr.SymSect(ldr.LookupOrCreateSym("runtime.pclntab", 0))
types = ldr.SymSect(ldr.LookupOrCreateSym("runtime.types", 0))
)
@ -3065,8 +3059,6 @@ func (ctxt *Link) address() []*sym.Segment {
ctxt.xdefine("runtime.egcbss", sym.SRODATA, ldr.SymAddr(s)+ldr.SymSize(s))
ldr.SetSymSect(ldr.LookupOrCreateSym("runtime.egcbss", 0), ldr.SymSect(s))
ctxt.xdefine("runtime.symtab", sym.SRODATA, int64(symtab.Vaddr))
ctxt.xdefine("runtime.esymtab", sym.SRODATA, int64(symtab.Vaddr+symtab.Length))
ctxt.xdefine("runtime.pclntab", sym.SRODATA, int64(pclntab.Vaddr))
ctxt.defineInternal("runtime.pcheader", sym.SRODATA)
ctxt.defineInternal("runtime.funcnametab", sym.SRODATA)

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@ -1477,7 +1477,6 @@ func (ctxt *Link) doelf() {
}
shstrtabAddstring(relro_prefix + ".typelink")
shstrtabAddstring(relro_prefix + ".itablink")
shstrtabAddstring(relro_prefix + ".gosymtab")
shstrtabAddstring(relro_prefix + ".gopclntab")
if ctxt.IsExternal() {
@ -1487,7 +1486,6 @@ func (ctxt *Link) doelf() {
shstrtabAddstring(elfRelType + ".rodata")
shstrtabAddstring(elfRelType + relro_prefix + ".typelink")
shstrtabAddstring(elfRelType + relro_prefix + ".itablink")
shstrtabAddstring(elfRelType + relro_prefix + ".gosymtab")
shstrtabAddstring(elfRelType + relro_prefix + ".gopclntab")
shstrtabAddstring(elfRelType + ".noptrdata")
shstrtabAddstring(elfRelType + ".data")

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@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func TestMachoSectionsReadOnly(t *testing.T) {
args: []string{"-ldflags", "-linkmode=internal"},
prog: prog,
mustInternalLink: true,
wantSecsRO: []string{"__got", "__rodata", "__itablink", "__typelink", "__gosymtab", "__gopclntab"},
wantSecsRO: []string{"__got", "__rodata", "__itablink", "__typelink", "__gopclntab"},
},
{
name: "linkmode-external",

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@ -446,7 +446,6 @@ func (ctxt *Link) symtab(pcln *pclntab) []sym.SymKind {
ctxt.xdefine("runtime.ecovctrs", sym.SNOPTRBSS, 0)
ctxt.xdefine("runtime.end", sym.SBSS, 0)
ctxt.xdefine("runtime.epclntab", sym.SRODATA, 0)
ctxt.xdefine("runtime.esymtab", sym.SRODATA, 0)
// garbage collection symbols
s := ldr.CreateSymForUpdate("runtime.gcdata", 0)
@ -506,11 +505,6 @@ func (ctxt *Link) symtab(pcln *pclntab) []sym.SymKind {
symgofuncrel = groupSym("go:funcrel.*", sym.SGOFUNCRELRO)
}
symt := ldr.CreateSymForUpdate("runtime.symtab", 0)
symt.SetType(sym.SSYMTAB)
symt.SetSize(0)
symt.SetLocal(true)
// assign specific types so that they sort together.
// within a type they sort by size, so the .* symbols
// just defined above will be first.

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@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ const (
STYPELINK // Type links.
SITABLINK // Itab links.
SSYMTAB // Used for runtime.symtab, which is always empty.
SPCLNTAB // Pclntab data.
// Allocated writable segment.

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@ -39,61 +39,60 @@ func _() {
_ = x[SMACHORELROSECT-28]
_ = x[STYPELINK-29]
_ = x[SITABLINK-30]
_ = x[SSYMTAB-31]
_ = x[SPCLNTAB-32]
_ = x[SFirstWritable-33]
_ = x[SBUILDINFO-34]
_ = x[SFIPSINFO-35]
_ = x[SELFSECT-36]
_ = x[SMACHO-37]
_ = x[SMACHOGOT-38]
_ = x[SWINDOWS-39]
_ = x[SELFGOT-40]
_ = x[SNOPTRDATA-41]
_ = x[SNOPTRDATAFIPSSTART-42]
_ = x[SNOPTRDATAFIPS-43]
_ = x[SNOPTRDATAFIPSEND-44]
_ = x[SNOPTRDATAEND-45]
_ = x[SINITARR-46]
_ = x[SDATA-47]
_ = x[SDATAFIPSSTART-48]
_ = x[SDATAFIPS-49]
_ = x[SDATAFIPSEND-50]
_ = x[SDATAEND-51]
_ = x[SXCOFFTOC-52]
_ = x[SBSS-53]
_ = x[SNOPTRBSS-54]
_ = x[SLIBFUZZER_8BIT_COUNTER-55]
_ = x[SCOVERAGE_COUNTER-56]
_ = x[SCOVERAGE_AUXVAR-57]
_ = x[STLSBSS-58]
_ = x[SFirstUnallocated-59]
_ = x[SXREF-60]
_ = x[SMACHOSYMSTR-61]
_ = x[SMACHOSYMTAB-62]
_ = x[SMACHOINDIRECTPLT-63]
_ = x[SMACHOINDIRECTGOT-64]
_ = x[SDYNIMPORT-65]
_ = x[SHOSTOBJ-66]
_ = x[SUNDEFEXT-67]
_ = x[SDWARFSECT-68]
_ = x[SDWARFCUINFO-69]
_ = x[SDWARFCONST-70]
_ = x[SDWARFFCN-71]
_ = x[SDWARFABSFCN-72]
_ = x[SDWARFTYPE-73]
_ = x[SDWARFVAR-74]
_ = x[SDWARFRANGE-75]
_ = x[SDWARFLOC-76]
_ = x[SDWARFLINES-77]
_ = x[SDWARFADDR-78]
_ = x[SSEHUNWINDINFO-79]
_ = x[SSEHSECT-80]
_ = x[SPCLNTAB-31]
_ = x[SFirstWritable-32]
_ = x[SBUILDINFO-33]
_ = x[SFIPSINFO-34]
_ = x[SELFSECT-35]
_ = x[SMACHO-36]
_ = x[SMACHOGOT-37]
_ = x[SWINDOWS-38]
_ = x[SELFGOT-39]
_ = x[SNOPTRDATA-40]
_ = x[SNOPTRDATAFIPSSTART-41]
_ = x[SNOPTRDATAFIPS-42]
_ = x[SNOPTRDATAFIPSEND-43]
_ = x[SNOPTRDATAEND-44]
_ = x[SINITARR-45]
_ = x[SDATA-46]
_ = x[SDATAFIPSSTART-47]
_ = x[SDATAFIPS-48]
_ = x[SDATAFIPSEND-49]
_ = x[SDATAEND-50]
_ = x[SXCOFFTOC-51]
_ = x[SBSS-52]
_ = x[SNOPTRBSS-53]
_ = x[SLIBFUZZER_8BIT_COUNTER-54]
_ = x[SCOVERAGE_COUNTER-55]
_ = x[SCOVERAGE_AUXVAR-56]
_ = x[STLSBSS-57]
_ = x[SFirstUnallocated-58]
_ = x[SXREF-59]
_ = x[SMACHOSYMSTR-60]
_ = x[SMACHOSYMTAB-61]
_ = x[SMACHOINDIRECTPLT-62]
_ = x[SMACHOINDIRECTGOT-63]
_ = x[SDYNIMPORT-64]
_ = x[SHOSTOBJ-65]
_ = x[SUNDEFEXT-66]
_ = x[SDWARFSECT-67]
_ = x[SDWARFCUINFO-68]
_ = x[SDWARFCONST-69]
_ = x[SDWARFFCN-70]
_ = x[SDWARFABSFCN-71]
_ = x[SDWARFTYPE-72]
_ = x[SDWARFVAR-73]
_ = x[SDWARFRANGE-74]
_ = x[SDWARFLOC-75]
_ = x[SDWARFLINES-76]
_ = x[SDWARFADDR-77]
_ = x[SSEHUNWINDINFO-78]
_ = x[SSEHSECT-79]
}
const _SymKind_name = "SxxxSTEXTSTEXTFIPSSTARTSTEXTFIPSSTEXTFIPSENDSTEXTENDSELFRXSECTSMACHOPLTSTYPESSTRINGSGOSTRINGSGOFUNCSGCBITSSRODATASRODATAFIPSSTARTSRODATAFIPSSRODATAFIPSENDSRODATAENDSFUNCTABSELFROSECTSTYPERELROSSTRINGRELROSGOSTRINGRELROSGOFUNCRELROSGCBITSRELROSRODATARELROSFUNCTABRELROSELFRELROSECTSMACHORELROSECTSTYPELINKSITABLINKSSYMTABSPCLNTABSFirstWritableSBUILDINFOSFIPSINFOSELFSECTSMACHOSMACHOGOTSWINDOWSSELFGOTSNOPTRDATASNOPTRDATAFIPSSTARTSNOPTRDATAFIPSSNOPTRDATAFIPSENDSNOPTRDATAENDSINITARRSDATASDATAFIPSSTARTSDATAFIPSSDATAFIPSENDSDATAENDSXCOFFTOCSBSSSNOPTRBSSSLIBFUZZER_8BIT_COUNTERSCOVERAGE_COUNTERSCOVERAGE_AUXVARSTLSBSSSFirstUnallocatedSXREFSMACHOSYMSTRSMACHOSYMTABSMACHOINDIRECTPLTSMACHOINDIRECTGOTSDYNIMPORTSHOSTOBJSUNDEFEXTSDWARFSECTSDWARFCUINFOSDWARFCONSTSDWARFFCNSDWARFABSFCNSDWARFTYPESDWARFVARSDWARFRANGESDWARFLOCSDWARFLINESSDWARFADDRSSEHUNWINDINFOSSEHSECT"
const _SymKind_name = "SxxxSTEXTSTEXTFIPSSTARTSTEXTFIPSSTEXTFIPSENDSTEXTENDSELFRXSECTSMACHOPLTSTYPESSTRINGSGOSTRINGSGOFUNCSGCBITSSRODATASRODATAFIPSSTARTSRODATAFIPSSRODATAFIPSENDSRODATAENDSFUNCTABSELFROSECTSTYPERELROSSTRINGRELROSGOSTRINGRELROSGOFUNCRELROSGCBITSRELROSRODATARELROSFUNCTABRELROSELFRELROSECTSMACHORELROSECTSTYPELINKSITABLINKSPCLNTABSFirstWritableSBUILDINFOSFIPSINFOSELFSECTSMACHOSMACHOGOTSWINDOWSSELFGOTSNOPTRDATASNOPTRDATAFIPSSTARTSNOPTRDATAFIPSSNOPTRDATAFIPSENDSNOPTRDATAENDSINITARRSDATASDATAFIPSSTARTSDATAFIPSSDATAFIPSENDSDATAENDSXCOFFTOCSBSSSNOPTRBSSSLIBFUZZER_8BIT_COUNTERSCOVERAGE_COUNTERSCOVERAGE_AUXVARSTLSBSSSFirstUnallocatedSXREFSMACHOSYMSTRSMACHOSYMTABSMACHOINDIRECTPLTSMACHOINDIRECTGOTSDYNIMPORTSHOSTOBJSUNDEFEXTSDWARFSECTSDWARFCUINFOSDWARFCONSTSDWARFFCNSDWARFABSFCNSDWARFTYPESDWARFVARSDWARFRANGESDWARFLOCSDWARFLINESSDWARFADDRSSEHUNWINDINFOSSEHSECT"
var _SymKind_index = [...]uint16{0, 4, 9, 23, 32, 44, 52, 62, 71, 76, 83, 92, 99, 106, 113, 129, 140, 154, 164, 172, 182, 192, 204, 218, 230, 242, 254, 267, 280, 295, 304, 313, 320, 328, 342, 352, 361, 369, 375, 384, 392, 399, 409, 428, 442, 459, 472, 480, 485, 499, 508, 520, 528, 537, 541, 550, 573, 590, 606, 613, 630, 635, 647, 659, 676, 693, 703, 711, 720, 730, 742, 753, 762, 774, 784, 793, 804, 813, 824, 834, 848, 856}
var _SymKind_index = [...]uint16{0, 4, 9, 23, 32, 44, 52, 62, 71, 76, 83, 92, 99, 106, 113, 129, 140, 154, 164, 172, 182, 192, 204, 218, 230, 242, 254, 267, 280, 295, 304, 313, 321, 335, 345, 354, 362, 368, 377, 385, 392, 402, 421, 435, 452, 465, 473, 478, 492, 501, 513, 521, 530, 534, 543, 566, 583, 599, 606, 623, 628, 640, 652, 669, 686, 696, 704, 713, 723, 735, 746, 755, 767, 777, 786, 797, 806, 817, 827, 841, 849}
func (i SymKind) String() string {
if i >= SymKind(len(_SymKind_index)-1) {

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@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ func asmb(ctxt *ld.Link, ldr *loader.Loader) {
ldr.SymSect(ldr.Lookup("runtime.rodata", 0)),
ldr.SymSect(ldr.Lookup("runtime.typelink", 0)),
ldr.SymSect(ldr.Lookup("runtime.itablink", 0)),
ldr.SymSect(ldr.Lookup("runtime.symtab", 0)),
ldr.SymSect(ldr.Lookup("runtime.pclntab", 0)),
ldr.SymSect(ldr.Lookup("runtime.noptrdata", 0)),
ldr.SymSect(ldr.Lookup("runtime.data", 0)),

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@ -332,7 +332,8 @@ func walksymtab(data []byte, fn func(sym) error) error {
// NewTable decodes the Go symbol table (the ".gosymtab" section in ELF),
// returning an in-memory representation.
// Starting with Go 1.3, the Go symbol table no longer includes symbol data.
// Starting with Go 1.3, the Go symbol table no longer includes symbol data;
// callers should pass nil for the symtab parameter.
func NewTable(symtab []byte, pcln *LineTable) (*Table, error) {
var n int
err := walksymtab(symtab, func(s sym) error {