[PATCH] Implement x86 SIZE32/SIZE64 relocations

H.J. Lu hjl.tools@gmail.com
Thu Jan 17 18:03:00 GMT 2013


On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 9:59 AM, Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 09:57:21AM -0800, H.J. Lu wrote:
>> > They were added for a different OS.  If they are in psABI, they can be kept
>> > in elf.h, but there is no point to slow down the dynamic linker to handle
>> > something that won't be ever used.
>>
>> I disagree.  Address sanitizer doesn't use it doesn't mean it isn't useful.
>
> So what you want to use it for then?
>

There are other memory checking tools which will use it.

-- 
H.J.



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