_GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_ and visibility (with conceptual patch)

Alan Modra amodra@bigpond.net.au
Tue Apr 8 00:49:00 GMT 2003


On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 07:13:48PM +0200, Hans-Peter Nilsson wrote:
> Any reason to not set STV_HIDDEN (or perhaps STV_INTERNAL) for
> _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_, besides compatibility with old ld.so:s?

FWIW, I can't think of a reason.  In fact, I wouldn't bother
making the change target dependent.

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Alan Modra
IBM OzLabs - Linux Technology Centre



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