nilSlice()
	}

	if ctxt.BuildMode == BuildModePlugin {
		addgostring(ctxt, ldr, moduledata, "go:link.thispluginpath", objabi.PathToPrefix(*flagPluginPath))

		pkghashes := ldr.CreateSymForUpdate("go:link.pkghashes", 0)
		pkghashes.SetLocal(true)
		pkghashes.SetType(sym.SRODATA)

		for i, l := range ctxt.Library {
			// pkghashes[i].name
			addgostring(ctxt, ldr, pkghashes, fmt.Sprintf("go:link.pkgname.%d", i), l.Pkg)

		}
	}
	for _, f := range p.Function {
		f.nameX = addString(strings, f.Name)
		f.systemNameX = addString(strings, f.SystemName)
		f.filenameX = addString(strings, f.Filename)
	}

	p.dropFramesX = addString(strings, p.DropFrames)
	p.keepFramesX = addString(strings, p.KeepFrames)

	if pt := p.PeriodType; pt != nil {
		pt.typeX = addString(strings, pt.Type)
		pt.unitX = addString(strings, pt.Unit)
	}

	}
	for _, f := range p.Function {
		f.nameX = addString(strings, f.Name)
		f.systemNameX = addString(strings, f.SystemName)
		f.filenameX = addString(strings, f.Filename)
	}

	p.dropFramesX = addString(strings, p.DropFrames)
	p.keepFramesX = addString(strings, p.KeepFrames)

	if pt := p.PeriodType; pt != nil {
		pt.typeX = addString(strings, pt.Type)
		pt.unitX = addString(strings, pt.Unit)
	}

	p.commentX = nil

		for _, lb := range ep.LbEndpoints {
			var addrString string
			switch lb.GetEndpoint().GetAddress().Address.(type) {
			case *core.Address_SocketAddress:
				addrString = fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d",
					lb.GetEndpoint().Address.GetSocketAddress().Address, lb.GetEndpoint().Address.GetSocketAddress().GetPortValue())
			case *core.Address_Pipe:
				addrString = lb.GetEndpoint().Address.GetPipe().Path

		ctxt.Diag("copy %s: unexpected length %d != %d", file.Name, written, file.Size)
	}
}

func (w *writer) StringTable() {
	w.AddString("")
	for _, p := range w.ctxt.Imports {
		w.AddString(p.Pkg)
	}
	for _, pkg := range w.pkglist {
		w.AddString(pkg)
	}
	w.ctxt.traverseSyms(traverseAll, func(s *LSym) {
		// Don't put names of builtins into the string table (to save
		// space).

		return
	}
	seenlib[lib] = true

	if ctxt.IsELF {
		dsu := ctxt.loader.MakeSymbolUpdater(ctxt.DynStr)
		if dsu.Size() == 0 {
			dsu.Addstring("")
		}
		du := ctxt.loader.MakeSymbolUpdater(ctxt.Dynamic)
		Elfwritedynent(ctxt.Arch, du, elf.DT_NEEDED, uint64(dsu.Addstring(lib)))
	} else {
		Errorf(nil, "adddynlib: unsupported binary format")
	}
}

				sb.AddUint8('b')
				sb.SetUint8(arch, 1, 'c')
				return s
			},
			expData: []byte{'a', 'c'},
			expKind: sym.SDATA,
		},
		{
			which: "AddString",
			addDataFunc: func(l *Loader, s Sym, _ Sym) Sym {
				sb := l.MakeSymbolUpdater(s)
				sb.Addstring("hello")
				return s
			},
			expData: []byte{'h', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o', 0},
			expKind: sym.SNOPTRDATA,
		},
		{
			which: "AddAddrPlus",

}

func (rd *reparseData) addString(s string) (offset, length uint16) {
	p := syscall.StringToUTF16(s)
	return rd.addUTF16s(p), uint16(len(p)-1) * 2 // do not include terminating NUL in the length (as per PrintNameLength and SubstituteNameLength documentation)
}

func (rd *reparseData) addSubstituteName(name string) {
	rd.substituteName.offset, rd.substituteName.length = rd.addString(name)
}

	if off+strLen+1 > int64(len(sb.data)) {
		panic("attempt to write past end of buffer")
	}
	copy(sb.data[off:off+strLen], str)
	sb.data[off+strLen] = 0
	return off + strLen + 1
}

func (sb *SymbolBuilder) Addstring(str string) int64 {
	if sb.kind == 0 {
		sb.kind = sym.SNOPTRDATA
	}
	r := sb.size
	sb.data = append(sb.data, str...)
	sb.data = append(sb.data, 0)
	sb.size = int64(len(sb.data))
	return r
}

		symstr.AddUint8('_')

		// replace "·" as ".", because DTrace cannot handle it.
		name := strings.Replace(ldr.SymExtname(s), "·", ".", -1)

		name = mangleABIName(ctxt, ldr, s, name)
		symstr.Addstring(name)

		if t := ldr.SymType(s); t == sym.SDYNIMPORT || t == sym.SHOSTOBJ || t == sym.SUNDEFEXT {
			symtab.AddUint8(0x01)                             // type N_EXT, external symbol