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Re: PATCH: PR ld/5789: Linker doesn't check weak and hidden symbols
I reopened the gcc bug:
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32219
H.J.
On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 12:31 AM, H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 6:55 PM, Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org> wrote:
> > On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 06:28:56PM -0800, H.J. Lu wrote:
> > > It isn't easy to resolve it to 0 at link-time for shared library since the
> > > load address of shared library isn't fixed. For x86, I will need to edit
> > > addressing mode of instructions. I don't know how reliable it will be.
> >
> > That has nothing to do with it being hidden. IMO weak should take
> > priority; GCC should not generate instructions that can't resolve
> > to zero for a weak symbol.
> >
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> That is a good question. I think we should discuss it in the psABI group.
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> H.J.
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