[PATCH 00/58] Hide internal functions in libc.so

[Florian Weimer]

On 09/01/2017 07:59 PM, H.J. Lu wrote:
> On x86,
> 
> # readelf -rW libc_pic.a | grep " __" | grep PLT32  | awk '{ print $5 }' | sort | uniq
> 
> shows that many internal functions are called via PLT in libc.so.  This
> series of patches hides internal functions to allow direct access within
> libc.so and libc.a without using GOT nor PLT.

I think we need to automate the generation of hidden attributes (or the
hidden aliases).

Any ideas how we can do this?

Thanks,
Florian