buildtools: allow string constant padding

[dpdk.git] / buildtools / pmdinfogen.py

diff --git a/buildtools/pmdinfogen.py b/buildtools/pmdinfogen.py
index 7a739ec7d442889a2f8dc7763aea99344f68a1b5..2a44f17bdad6461efafd09bcee9be78c7b7f52f6 100755 (executable)
--- a/buildtools/pmdinfogen.py
+++ b/buildtools/pmdinfogen.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class ELFSymbol:
     def string_value(self):
         size = self._symbol["st_size"]
         value = self.get_value(0, size)
-        return value[:-1].decode() if value else ""
+        return coff.decode_asciiz(value)  # not COFF-specific
 
     def get_value(self, offset, size):
         section = self._symbol["st_shndx"]