[PATCH] i386: Use "movl main@GOT(%ebx), %eax" in start.S

[H.J. Lu]

On 10/3/17, Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de> wrote:
> * H. J. Lu:
>
>> Don't use "leal main@GOTOFF(%ebx), %eax" since main may be in a
>> shared object.  Linker will convert "movl main@GOT(%ebx), %eax"
>> to "leal main@GOTOFF(%ebx), %eax" if main is defined locally.
>>
>> Any comments?
>
> Would it be worthwhile to add a test for this which is not
> architecture-specific?
>

Yes, a patch is here:

https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2017-10/msg00104.html


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H.J.