COMMITTED: Add support for STT_IFUNC

[Andreas Schwab]

Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> writes:

> I see.  How about this rewording then:
>
>   "Mark the symbol as an indirect function.  This has the same
>    semantics as STT_FUNC except when the symbol is referenced by
>    a relocation.  In this case the symbol's value is not used in
>    the relocation but instead the symbol is invoked as a function
>    taking no arguments and the return value is used in the
>    relocation.  This also means that processing of the relocation
>    must be delayed until run-time".

Looks good to me.

Andreas.

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