[David Mosberger <davidm@hpl.hp.com>] problem with unwind info for .init/.fini sections

[H . J . Lu]

On Sat, Mar 02, 2002 at 02:07:49PM -0800, H . J . Lu wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 02, 2002 at 01:56:56PM -0800, David Mosberger wrote:
> > >>>>> On Sat, 2 Mar 2002 13:43:44 -0800, "H . J . Lu" <hjl@lucon.org> said:
> > 
> >   HJ> I noticed 2 problems:
> > 
> >   HJ> 1. glibc doesn't support .*_array in executales. elf/dl-init.c is not
> >   HJ> used on executables. However, sysdeps/generic/libc-start.c doesn't
> >   HJ> know how to do it. Glibc needs to be modified to call those functions
> >   HJ> with __*_array_start/__*_array_end.
> > 
> > Yes, I noticed that, too.  Wouldn't libc-start.c also have to call the
> > preinit array if the program is statically linked?
> 
> Yes.
> 

There is another problem. The preinit array is only allowed in
executables. ld should generate it for DSOs. We need to check
that.


H.J.