[PATCH] ld/ld.texinfo: Do not constrain dynamic linker lazy binding behaviour.

Nick Clifton nickc@redhat.com
Thu Jul 7 16:21:00 GMT 2016


Hi Carlos,

> 2016-07-07  Carlos O'Donell  <carlos@redhat.com>
> 
> 	* ld.texinfo (Command Line Options,lazy): Lazy binding can
> 	happen at any time between load and function call.

Approved - please apply.

> Florian wrote:
> Maybe also mention that binding per relocation can happen multiple times?
> 
> I think this is true even today because the PLT update is racy, and it's observable through IFUNC resolvers.

Is this a feature of lazy binding, or can it happen with non-lazy binding as well ?

If this is an artefact of lazy binding then it would be worth mentioning.

Cheers
  Nick



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