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Re: COMMITTED: Add support for STT_IFUNC
On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 12:36 AM, Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> wrote:
> Hi Cary,
>
>>>> I am applying the patch below to add support for a new ELF symbol
>>>> type. It is currently under review by the ELF committee and I am
>>>> reliably informed that it will be added to the official
>>>> specification fairly soon now.
>
>>> What is meant by "the ELF committee" and "the official specification" in
>>> this regard? I see nothing recent at
>
> A good question. I do not have a simple answer. I was told by Ulrich
> Drepper - the glibc maintainer - that this feature was being reviewed by a
> subgroup of the "ELF stakeholders" and that they were in favour of it. (The
> word "committee" was a mistake in my original posting. I should have used
> "stakeholders"). But exactly who these stakeholders may be I do not know
> and what authority they may have is unknown to me. Still I am willing to
> believe that they exist and that they have the best interests of the ELF
> standard at heart.
>
Hi Nick,
Would you mind uploading whatever document for STT_IFUNC you have to
http://groups.google.com/group/generic-abi
Thanks.
--
H.J.