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Re: Proposal for STT_GNU_IFUNC and R_*_IRELATIVE
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Alan Modra wrote:
> Is it true that the new IRELATIVE relocation should only appear in
> .plt, and the .plt entries involved are all the size size? If so, ld
> can ensure that all such .plt entries are adjacent and emit two new
> tags giving the array location and size.
Once again with the special handling. This isn't faster.
Aside from that, unknown DT_* flags are no fatal errors at program
loading time. Unknown relocations are. The result is that with your
proposal people running new binaries on old systems will see mysterious
crashes or worse, strange results. With new relocations they will see a
useful error message and predictable behavior.
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â Ulrich Drepper â Red Hat, Inc. â 444 Castro St â Mountain View, CA â
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