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Re: [PATCH] x86-64: Don't set GLRO(dl_platform) to NULL [BZ #22299]

From: "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>
To: Valery Reznic <valery_reznic at yahoo dot com>
Cc: GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 05:36:42 -0700
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86-64: Don't set GLRO(dl_platform) to NULL [BZ #22299]
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On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 11:28 PM, Valery Reznic <valery_reznic@yahoo.com> wrote:
>  I always thought that it was kernel responsibility to detect platform/hwcap
> and pass them to the application in the auxv vector.
>

X86 glibc doesn't use them.

-- 
H.J.

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References:
- [PATCH] x86-64: Don't set GLRO(dl_platform) to NULL [BZ #22299]
  - From: H.J. Lu
- Re: [PATCH] x86-64: Don't set GLRO(dl_platform) to NULL [BZ #22299]
  - From: Valery Reznic
- Re: [PATCH] x86-64: Don't set GLRO(dl_platform) to NULL [BZ #22299]
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