[PATCH] powerpc64: Remove strcspn ifunc from the loader

Paul E Murphy murphyp@linux.ibm.com
Fri Jul 2 19:56:53 GMT 2021



On 7/2/21 2:32 PM, Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho via Libc-alpha wrote:
> 5 years ago, commit 8f1b841e452dbb083112fd036033b7f4af506ba0
> unintentionally added an ifunc to the loader.
> That modification has not caused any harm so far, but it doesn't add any
> value either, because the hwcap information is available later during
> libc initialization.

Oh, oops. Thanks for fixing this!

> Suggested-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@ozlabs.org>
> ---
>   .../powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/rtld-strcspn.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
>   sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/strcspn.c  |  2 ++
>   2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)
>   create mode 100644 sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/rtld-strcspn.c
> 
> diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/rtld-strcspn.c b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/rtld-strcspn.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..fcb9682e58
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/rtld-strcspn.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
> +/* Copyright (C) 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> +   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
> +
> +   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
> +   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
> +   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
> +   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
> +
> +   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> +   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> +   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
> +   Lesser General Public License for more details.
> +
> +   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
> +   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
> +   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
> +
> +#include <string/strcspn.c>
> diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/strcspn.c b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/strcspn.c
> index 683aa104d7..bb4d54620f 100644
> --- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/strcspn.c
> +++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/multiarch/strcspn.c
> @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
>      License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
>      <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
> 
> +#if IS_IN (libc)
>   #include <string.h>
>   #include <shlib-compat.h>
>   #include "init-arch.h"
> @@ -33,3 +34,4 @@ libc_ifunc (__libc_strcspn,
> 
>   weak_alias (__libc_strcspn, strcspn)
>   libc_hidden_builtin_def (strcspn)
> +#endif

Is the macro guard needed if you're directly bypassing via 
rtld-strcspn.c above? Otherwise, LGTM either way.


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