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From: Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] elf: Implement indirect external access marker
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* H. J. Lu:

> On Wed, Jul 7, 2021 at 7:01 AM Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com> wrote:
>>
>> * H. J. Lu:
>>
>> > I am checking in this patch by the end of this week.
>>
>> Shouldn't the ABI specification be finalized first?  (Sorry.)
>>
>
> Did you mean adding GNU_PROPERTY_1_NEEDED_INDIRECT_EXTERN_ACCESS?
> I have submitted linker, GCC and glibc patches to show how it is used.
>
> To see how it works, we need to start with a working linker.  That is
> why I want to add it to the linker now.

Hmm, I see.  I guess it's up to the binutils maintainers to decide.

Thanks,
Florian