[PATCH 2/2] LD/testsuite: Expand STB_GNU_UNIQUE test coverage

Nick Clifton nickc@redhat.com
Fri May 6 16:43:00 GMT 2016


Hi Maciej,

> So does anybody actually know why the current per-architecture approach 
> was accepted in the review?

No.  My guess is that it was not thought through properly.  Possibly a
developer wanted it for their architecture, but did not consider the impact
on other architectures.  So their patch went in for their architecture and
the feature proved to be useful.  Then users for other architectures (probably
kernel and library builders) decided that they wanted it too, and so a
piecemeal set of hacks were added to accommodate them.  Just a guess mind...



>  If not then I'll post a proposal separately to gather all the bits 
> scattered across target `*_add_symbol_hook' handlers and handle this 
> feature in `elf_link_add_object_symbols'.

Please do.

Cheers
  Nick



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