_DYNAMIC and _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_

[Alan Modra]

Can anyone comment on the history of the following code in elf32-i386.c?

  /* Mark _DYNAMIC and _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_ as absolute.  */
  if (strcmp (h->root.root.string, "_DYNAMIC") == 0
      || strcmp (h->root.root.string, "_GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_") == 0)
    sym->st_shndx = SHN_ABS;

It's particularly curious given that absolute symbols are relocated
by current glibc ld.so.

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Alan Modra
IBM OzLabs - Linux Technology Centre