From b612301b7225951a3821d094901d7d1422a63e61 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Chodor, Jaroslaw" <jaroslaw.chodor@intel.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2025 15:01:46 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] feature: Adding support for empty .text section

If .text section is empty then ignore it.

Related-To: NEO-12229

Signed-off-by: Chodor, Jaroslaw <jaroslaw.chodor@intel.com>
---
 .../zebin/zebin_decoder.cpp                   |  4 +++-
 .../zebin_decoder_tests.cpp                   | 20 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/shared/source/device_binary_format/zebin/zebin_decoder.cpp b/shared/source/device_binary_format/zebin/zebin_decoder.cpp
index bc1ef03b6e..be44e24f91 100644
--- a/shared/source/device_binary_format/zebin/zebin_decoder.cpp
+++ b/shared/source/device_binary_format/zebin/zebin_decoder.cpp
@@ -249,7 +249,9 @@ DecodeError extractZebinSections(NEO::Elf::Elf<numBits> &elf, ZebinSections<numB
             if (sectionName.startsWith(Elf::SectionNames::textPrefix.data())) {
                 out.textKernelSections.push_back(&elfSectionHeader);
             } else if (sectionName == Elf::SectionNames::text) {
-                out.textSections.push_back(&elfSectionHeader);
+                if (false == elfSectionHeader.data.empty()) {
+                    out.textSections.push_back(&elfSectionHeader);
+                }
             } else if (sectionName == Elf::SectionNames::dataConst) {
                 out.constDataSections.push_back(&elfSectionHeader);
             } else if (sectionName == Elf::SectionNames::dataGlobalConst) {
diff --git a/shared/test/unit_test/device_binary_format/zebin_decoder_tests.cpp b/shared/test/unit_test/device_binary_format/zebin_decoder_tests.cpp
index ab1e5d80c2..62a2711833 100644
--- a/shared/test/unit_test/device_binary_format/zebin_decoder_tests.cpp
+++ b/shared/test/unit_test/device_binary_format/zebin_decoder_tests.cpp
@@ -222,6 +222,26 @@ TEST(ExtractZebinSections, GivenKnownSectionsThenCapturesThemProperly) {
     EXPECT_STREQ(NEO::Zebin::Elf::SectionNames::dataGlobalZeroInit.data(), strings + sections.globalZeroInitDataSections[0]->header->name);
 }
 
+TEST(ExtractZebinSections, GivenEmptyTextSectionThenIgnoresIt) {
+    NEO::Elf::ElfEncoder<> elfEncoder;
+    elfEncoder.appendSection(NEO::Elf::SHT_PROGBITS, NEO::Zebin::Elf::SectionNames::text, ArrayRef<const uint8_t>{});
+
+    auto encodedElf = elfEncoder.encode();
+    std::string elferrors;
+    std::string elfwarnings;
+    auto decodedElf = NEO::Elf::decodeElf(encodedElf, elferrors, elfwarnings);
+
+    ZebinSections sections;
+    std::string errors;
+    std::string warnings;
+    auto decodeError = extractZebinSections(decodedElf, sections, errors, warnings);
+    EXPECT_EQ(NEO::DecodeError::success, decodeError);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(warnings.empty()) << warnings;
+    EXPECT_TRUE(errors.empty()) << errors;
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(0U, sections.textSections.size());
+}
+
 TEST(ExtractZebinSections, GivenMispelledConstDataSectionThenAllowItButEmitWarning) {
     NEO::Elf::ElfEncoder<> elfEncoder;
     elfEncoder.appendSection(NEO::Elf::SHT_PROGBITS, ".data.global_const", std::string{});