[GLIBC][AARCH64]Rewrite elf_machine_load_address using _DYNAMIC symbol
Roland McGrath
roland@hack.frob.com
Fri Nov 4 21:24:00 GMT 2016
On many or perhaps all machines, elf_machine_load_address could now be
implemented purely in C by using a link-time trick.
In C, just:
static inline ElfW(Addr) __attribute__ ((unused))
elf_machine_load_address (void)
{
extern const char _BASE[] __attribute__ ((visibility ("hidden")));
return (ElfW(Addr)) _BASE;
}
Then add a trivial input linker script to the ld.so link:
PROVIDE_HIDDEN(_BASE = 0);
I know this works for x86_64 and aarch64, and does not require a load.
(On x86_64 it's a single lea; on aarch64 it's a single adr+add pair.)
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