[PATCH] Mark internal functions with attribute_hidden

Florian Weimer fweimer@redhat.com
Thu Aug 17 12:37:00 GMT 2017


On 08/17/2017 02:25 PM, H.J. Lu wrote:
> Mark internal functions with attribute_hidden to allow direct access to
> internal functions within libc.a without using GOT when the compiler
> defaults to -fPIE.

This explanation is a bit confusing.  I think this benefits other
architectures, too.

I have an internal_function removal patch which conflicts with this, but
I can adjust it.

Thanks,
Florian



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