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Re: [PATCH] Don't check ABI for _nl_default_dirname

Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> writes:

> The only way in C to know the size of a extern symbol is to hardcode 
> the size in a header declaration. But:
> - there is no header for _nl_default_dirname
> - even if there was the size in the header would not change because
> the size is already compiled into the program

The size is copied into the program by the COPY relocation.

Andreas.

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