From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 10596 invoked by alias); 3 Mar 2005 12:49:22 -0000 Mailing-List: contact binutils-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: binutils-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 10426 invoked from network); 3 Mar 2005 12:49:15 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO imta09sl.mx.bigpond.com) (144.140.92.194) by sourceware.org with SMTP; 3 Mar 2005 12:49:15 -0000 Received: from modra.org ([144.136.221.26]) by imta09sl.mx.bigpond.com with ESMTP id <20050303124913.EFHS24140.imta09sl.mx.bigpond.com@modra.org>; Thu, 3 Mar 2005 12:49:13 +0000 Received: by bubble.modra.org (Postfix, from userid 500) id 78B6019F7BB; Thu, 3 Mar 2005 23:19:13 +1030 (CST) Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2005 12:49:00 -0000 From: Alan Modra To: "H. J. Lu" Cc: binutils@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: RFC: -Bsymbolic, hidden and protected Message-ID: <20050303124913.GE376@bubble.modra.org> Mail-Followup-To: "H. J. Lu" , binutils@sources.redhat.com References: <20050303041459.GA31146@lucon.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050303041459.GA31146@lucon.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-SW-Source: 2005-03/txt/msg00099.txt.bz2 On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 08:14:59PM -0800, H. J. Lu wrote: > Protected visibility has almost everything, but requires > special handling at run-time. > > I was wondering if we could allow version script to overwrite > hidden symbols. That is if a symbol is global in version script, we > export it even if it is marked hidden. It may improve run-time > performance. How is this going to be different from using protected symbols? -- Alan Modra IBM OzLabs - Linux Technology Centre