debug/elf: add comments explaining applyRelocations for amd64/arm64

LGTM=bradfitz
R=golang-codereviews, bradfitz
CC=golang-codereviews
https://golang.org/cl/155190043

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/debug/elf/file.go b/src/debug/elf/file.go
index c908e7a889..de8a3a24fe 100644
--- a/src/debug/elf/file.go
+++ b/src/debug/elf/file.go
@@ -564,6 +564,10 @@ func (f *File) applyRelocationsAMD64(dst []byte, rels []byte) error {
 			continue
 		}
 
+		// There are relocations, so this must be a normal
+		// object file, and we only look at section symbols,
+		// so we assume that the symbol value is 0.
+
 		switch t {
 		case R_X86_64_64:
 			if rela.Off+8 >= uint64(len(dst)) || rela.Addend < 0 {
@@ -646,6 +650,10 @@ func (f *File) applyRelocationsARM64(dst []byte, rels []byte) error {
 			continue
 		}
 
+		// There are relocations, so this must be a normal
+		// object file, and we only look at section symbols,
+		// so we assume that the symbol value is 0.
+
 		switch t {
 		case R_AARCH64_ABS64:
 			if rela.Off+8 >= uint64(len(dst)) || rela.Addend < 0 {