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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
To: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com>
Cc: binutils@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: elfcpp patch committed: Add comment for STT_GNU_IFUNC
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:37:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m27h0cfcj4.fsf@igel.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <mcry5ssmyjw.fsf@dhcp-172-18-216-180.mtv.corp.google.com> (Ian	Lance Taylor's message of "Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:00:03 -0800")

Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com> writes:

> @@ -513,8 +514,12 @@
>    STT_FILE = 4,
>    STT_COMMON = 5,
>    STT_TLS = 6,
> -  STT_LOOS = 10,
> +
> +  // GNU extension: symbol value points to a function which is called
> +  // at runtime to determine the final value of the symbol.
>    STT_GNU_IFUNC = 10,
> +
> +  STT_LOOS = 10,
>    STT_HIOS = 12,

STT_LOOS/STT_HIOS are marking the OS-specific value region, and
STT_GNU_IFUNC is part of it.

Andreas.

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      reply	other threads:[~2012-01-28  8:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-01-28  1:00 Ian Lance Taylor
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