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Re: elfxx-ia64.c question

From: Alan Modra <amodra at bigpond dot net dot au>
To: Jim Wilson <wilson at redhat dot com>
Cc: davidm at hpl dot hp dot com, binutils at sources dot redhat dot com, davidm at napali dot hpl dot hp dot com
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 15:34:37 +1030
Subject: Re: elfxx-ia64.c question
References: <200301240129.h0O1Tp44028223@napali.hpl.hp.com> <xwud6mn2lyu.fsf@tonopah.toronto.redhat.com>

On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 11:47:05PM -0500, Jim Wilson wrote:
> I don't see how you can get negative values unless something funny is going
> on, and if something funny is going on, then ignoring the relocation seems
> like a reasonable thing to do.

Undefined weak syms or symbols defined in shared libs will hit the
code in question with value == 0 (well, really with value == addend).
I don't know enough about ia64 to say whether either of these
conditions will happen in practice.

-- 
Alan Modra
IBM OzLabs - Linux Technology Centre

References:
- elfxx-ia64.c question
  - From: David Mosberger
- Re: elfxx-ia64.c question
  - From: Jim Wilson

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