[PATCH] Mark internal functions with attribute_hidden

[H.J. Lu]

On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 7:01 AM, Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Aug 2017, H.J. Lu wrote:
>
>> Yes, this is target independent.   It should benefit static PIE build for all
>> targets.  On x86, it bypasses GOT/PLT.
>
> Specifically, on x86 I'd consider this (making functions hidden if they
> are not exported from the shared library containing their definitions) to
> be part of the fix for bug 18822.
>

You are right.  Here is the same patch with libc.so size comparison on
i686 and x86-64.

OK for trunk?

Thanks.


-- 
H.J.
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