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Re: PATCH: PR ld/5789: Linker doesn't check weak and hidden symbols


On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 04:11:11PM -0800, H.J. Lu wrote:
> Hidden symbol must be defined locally. A weak symbol may not
> be defined locally. A weak hidden symbol isn't a problem for 
> normal executable since linker can resolve it to 0. But for shared
> library and PIE, it isn't easy to make sure that a weak hidden
> symbol wil be 0 at run-time. It doesn't make senses to have a
> weak hidden symbol in shared library and PIE. This patch checks
> for it. If it is OK, I will update linker testsuite.

Why doesn't it make sense?  If it is defined in the library, it should
be nonzero.  If it is not defined _in the library_, it should resolve
to zero at link time.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery


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