Re: PATCH: PR ld/10433: Latest ld fails to link ldconfig properly

[David Daney <ddaney at caviumnetworks dot com>]

H.J. Lu wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Alan Modra<amodra@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 02:32:27PM -0700, H.J. Lu wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > A STT_GNU_IFUNC symbol goes through PLT only if it is ever referenced.
> > > I checked in this patch to fix it.
> > You don't have global authority to commit patches.  I'd normally let
> > this sort of patch pass, but I quite clearly explained why I removed
> > your test of ref_regular before.  Please revert this patch and instead
> > fix it in your target finish_dynamic_symbol.
>
> I disagree. If ref_regular isn't set properly, IFUNC may not work
> properly at all. I will revert my patch and move it to the Linux
> binutils instead.

Granted all GNU/Linux systems use your binutils fork, but
could you explain why the issue is important enough to fix in your 
binutils fork, but doesn't merit fixing in the sourceware.org version?

Thanks,
David Daney