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Re: [PATCH] fix dlclose() that does not unload all depended libraries


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GOTO Masanori wrote:
> This patch fixes dlclose() that does not unload all depended libraries
> currently.
> [...]

The unloading code is extremely complicated.  In the cases where a DSO
is not unloaded so far this often happens by design.  I will need quite
some time to look at the patch and nobody else please check this in.

The biggest problem I have is people calling this a "bug".  It is not.
Unloading *always* is optional.  Programs depending on actual unloading
are broken.

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â Ulrich Drepper â Red Hat, Inc. â 444 Castro St â Mountain View, CA â
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