Problem of execution order of entries in .fini_array

Thu Apr 16 16:21:00 GMT 2009

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(Long analysis cut short)
> Should we change the access order or fini_array?

I'd suggest correcting the access order, as opposed to hacking
the linker.  See for example glibc.

(Note that there are *three* files in newlib doing the access in
the wrong order.  And I'm not counting the misguided
newlib/libc/sys/arm/crt0.S in which fini_array is treated like a
synonym for _fini!)

brgds, H-P