[PATCH] Add hidden visibility to internal function prototypes

[H.J. Lu]

On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 11:25 AM, H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 5:40 AM, H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 5:34 AM, Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com> wrote:
>>> On 08/17/2017 02:22 PM, H.J. Lu wrote:
>>>> Add hidden visibility to internal function prototypes to allow direct
>>>> access to internal functions within libc.a without using GOT when the
>>>> compiler defaults to -fPIE.
>>>>
>>>> Size comparison of elf/ldconfig when the compiler defaults to -fPIE:
>>>
>>> This is for static linking, right?
>>>
>>> Is there a reason to restrict this to PIE builds?  Why not use hidden
>>> visibility unconditionally?
>>>
>>
>> Yes, there is only used for static PIE build and we can replace
>> BUILD_PIE_DEFAULT with !defined SHARED.  But it makes
>> no difference for non-PIE static build.
>>
>
> Here is the updated patch to add hidden visibility to internal function
> prototypes used within libc.a.
>
> Tested on x86-64 and i686 with and without GCC defaulting to PIE.
>
> OK for master?
>

I will check it in tomorrow.


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H.J.