Re: [PATCH v2] elf: Make string tunables startup-only

On Jul 29 2026, Adhemerval Zanella wrote:

> +/* Set by __tunable_seal_strings once the values of the string tunables are
> +   no longer valid.  */
> +static bool tunables_strings_sealed attribute_relro;
> +
> +static void __attribute__ ((noreturn))
> +tunable_sealed_error (const tunable_t *cur, const char *action)
> +{
> +  _dl_fatal_printf ("Fatal glibc error: %s: string tunable %s after "
> +		    "process initialization\n", cur->name, action);

I think this should be presented as an internal error, ie. it is not due
to some kind of resource constraint, but a glibc programming error.

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