elfcpp patch committed: Add comment for STT_GNU_IFUNC
Andreas Schwab
schwab@linux-m68k.org
Sat Jan 28 08:37:00 GMT 2012
Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com> writes:
> @@ -513,8 +514,12 @@
> STT_FILE = 4,
> STT_COMMON = 5,
> STT_TLS = 6,
> - STT_LOOS = 10,
> +
> + // GNU extension: symbol value points to a function which is called
> + // at runtime to determine the final value of the symbol.
> STT_GNU_IFUNC = 10,
> +
> + STT_LOOS = 10,
> STT_HIOS = 12,
STT_LOOS/STT_HIOS are marking the OS-specific value region, and
STT_GNU_IFUNC is part of it.
Andreas.
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