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Re: [PATCH] Implement x86 SIZE32/SIZE64 relocations

From: David Miller <davem at davemloft dot net>
To: jakub at redhat dot com
Cc: hjl dot tools at gmail dot com, carlos at systemhalted dot org, roland at hack dot frob dot com,aj at suse dot com, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:00:36 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Implement x86 SIZE32/SIZE64 relocations
References: <50F76E66.10005@systemhalted.org><CAMe9rOpkL-PFeAr8u_RuWxSYEK+rfAbYFzf75QsOGpRFMVNZmQ@mail.gmail.com><20130117165310.GG26036@sunsite.ms.mff.cuni.cz>

From: Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:53:10 +0100

> On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 08:32:54PM -0800, H.J. Lu wrote:
>> I checked x86 size relocation support into binutils and
>> pushed it to master branch in glibc.
> 
> Please revert it, this should have never been a dynamic relocation.

So much push back for such a small amount of code that provides
useful functionality, unbelievable.

This can be used for tracing tools and access size validators,
which very much will result in these relocations ending up in
dynamic objects.

I do not think HJ should revert his changes at all.

References:
- Re: [PATCH] Implement x86 SIZE32/SIZE64 relocations
  - From: Carlos O'Donell
- Re: [PATCH] Implement x86 SIZE32/SIZE64 relocations
  - From: H.J. Lu
- Re: [PATCH] Implement x86 SIZE32/SIZE64 relocations
  - From: Jakub Jelinek

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