Re: Re: call_init in libc6 2.3.6.ds1-11

"Carlos O'Donell" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.ports.hppa
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 2/18/07, John David Anglin <[email protected]> wrote:
> Is elf_machine_runtime_setup adjusting DT_PLTGOT?

No.

> This search seems horrific.  Shouldn't we add DT values for the
> above?  There must be OS specific values that could be used.

In practice the relocs are sorted, so the search terminates
immediately on the first check. The function is only called once per
shared object that needs settup.

We could add a PROC or OS specific DT_* value to solve this problem.
IA64 uses PLT_RESERVE for this specific purpose.

Cheers,
Carlos.
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