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Re: PATCH: Add type to __data_start
- From: "H. J. Lu" <hjl at lucon dot org>
- To: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at redhat dot com>
- Cc: GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 15:22:20 -0800
- Subject: Re: PATCH: Add type to __data_start
- References: <20030204143821.A3560@lucon.org> <3E4492FC.7030003@redhat.com>
On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 09:17:48PM -0800, Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> H. J. Lu wrote:
> > This patch adds type to __data_start.
>
> Any specific reason why? I always thought __data_start makes one
> example where NOTYPE makes sense. I can be convinced to apply the patch
Who is using __data_start? How are you going to access it?
> but give me a reason.
>
I am working on weak symbol handling changes. One change I made leads
to a linker warning on symbols without type nor size. I will
investigate it further.
H.J.