[PATCH] elf: Update symbol versioning link and comments

H.J. Lu hjl.tools@gmail.com
Sat Nov 15 22:18:04 GMT 2025


On Sat, Nov 15, 2025 at 5:48 PM Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
>
> On Nov 15 2025, H.J. Lu wrote:
>
> > +/* Symbol is a global/weak defined/undefined base symbol.  */
>
> What is a base symbol?
>

A base symbol can be created with:

asm (".symver foo_base, foo@");

to provide an unversioned compatible symbol:

https://patchwork.sourceware.org/project/binutils/patch/CAMe9rOrn7nycxB77kFFwmvO7Ury89Y9mms8OUYUs7X9PN0baFw@mail.gmail.com/

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H.J.


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