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Re: [PATCH] Fix sparc build

From: Jakub Jelinek <jakub at redhat dot com>
To: Roland McGrath <roland at redhat dot com>
Cc: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at redhat dot com>, Glibc hackers <libc-hacker at sources dot redhat dot com>
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 12:12:52 +0200
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix sparc build
References: <20041014094345.GV30497@sunsite.ms.mff.cuni.cz> <200410141003.i9EA36cQ002537@magilla.sf.frob.com>
Reply-to: Jakub Jelinek <jakub at redhat dot com>

On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 03:03:06AM -0700, Roland McGrath wrote:
> > 3) on SPARC, the sequence to set up load address of rtld_errno is IMHO too
> >    long to be included in INLINE_SYSCALL, so this patch makes
> >    __errno_location () hidden within ld.so if RTLD_PRIVATE_ERRNO and
> >    return &rtld_errno.
> 
> If you're going to have a call, why not just have it be
> 
> 	call cerror
> 	mov %o7,%g1
> 
> or suchlike, and have sysdep.S define one spot that does it all?

Ok, sure, will work on it.  Still, making __errno_location available IMHO
doesn't hurt (and is not linked in on arches that don't needed it).

	Jakub

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