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Re: A testcase anad a patch for the __gmon_start__ problem on PPC.

To: Franz Sirl <Franz dot Sirl-kernel at lauterbach dot com>
Subject: Re: A testcase anad a patch for the __gmon_start__ problem on PPC.
From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at redhat dot com>
Date: 14 Oct 2000 15:10:01 -0700
Cc: Geoff Keating <geoffk at cygnus dot com>, hjl at lucon dot org, howarth at fuse dot net, libc-alpha at sourceware dot cygnus dot com, aj at suse dot de
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Reply-To: drepper at cygnus dot com (Ulrich Drepper)

Franz Sirl <Franz.Sirl-kernel@lauterbach.com> writes:

> 	* sysdeps/generic/initfini.c (GMON_START_COMPAT): New macro.
> 	(call_gmon_start): Use it.

Looks good (module Andreas' comment, I'll handle this when I check the
patch in).  Just to stress this once more: the old way of doing this
is *wrong*.  We cannot define __gmon_start__ since this can and does
introduce relocation dependencies which can prevent unloading.

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References:
- Re: A testcase anad a patch for the __gmon_start__ problem on PPC.
  - From: Franz Sirl
- Re: A testcase anad a patch for the __gmon_start__ problem on PPC.
  - From: Franz Sirl
- Re: A testcase anad a patch for the __gmon_start__ problem on PPC.
  - From: Franz Sirl

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