public inbox for gcc-cvs@sourceware.org
help / color / mirror / Atom feed
* [gcc r11-8133] docs: update symver attribute description
@ 2021-04-12 13:32 Martin Liska
  0 siblings, 0 replies; only message in thread
From: Martin Liska @ 2021-04-12 13:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: gcc-cvs

https://gcc.gnu.org/g:bb8f2c32306445979be10a91bd4a3febf34c554e

commit r11-8133-gbb8f2c32306445979be10a91bd4a3febf34c554e
Author: Martin Liska <mliska@suse.cz>
Date:   Mon Apr 12 13:42:33 2021 +0200

    docs: update symver attribute description
    
    gcc/ChangeLog:
    
            * doc/extend.texi: Be more precise in documentation
            of symver attribute.

Diff:
---
 gcc/doc/extend.texi | 28 +++++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gcc/doc/extend.texi b/gcc/doc/extend.texi
index e28e1860990..6542ada6583 100644
--- a/gcc/doc/extend.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/extend.texi
@@ -3848,23 +3848,33 @@ foo_v1 (void)
 Will produce a @code{.symver foo_v1, foo@@VERS_1} directive in the assembler
 output. 
 
-One can also define multiple version for a given symbol.
+One can also define multiple version for a given symbol
+(starting from binutils 2.35).
 
 @smallexample
 __attribute__ ((__symver__ ("foo@@VERS_2"), __symver__ ("foo@@VERS_3")))
 int symver_foo_v1 (void)
 @{
 @}
-
-__attribute__ ((__symver__ ("bar@@VERS_2")))
-__attribute__ ((__symver__ ("bar@@VERS_3")))
-int symver_bar_v1 (void)
-@{
-@}
 @end smallexample
 
-This example creates an alias of @code{foo_v1} with symbol name
-@code{symver_foo_v1} which will be version @code{VERS_2} of @code{foo}.
+This example creates a symbol name @code{symver_foo_v1}
+which will be version @code{VERS_2} and @code{VERS_3} of @code{foo}.
+
+If you have an older release of binutils, then symbol alias needs to
+be used:
+
+@smallexample
+__attribute__ ((__symver__ ("foo@@VERS_2")))
+int foo_v1 (void)
+{
+  return 0;
+}
+
+__attribute__ ((__symver__ ("foo@VERS_3")))
+__attribute__ ((alias ("foo_v1")))
+int symver_foo_v1 (void);
+@end smallexample
 
 Finally if the parameter is @code{"@var{name2}@@@@@var{nodename}"} then in
 addition to creating a symbol version (as if


^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] only message in thread

only message in thread, other threads:[~2021-04-12 13:32 UTC | newest]

Thread overview: (only message) (download: mbox.gz / follow: Atom feed)
-- links below jump to the message on this page --
2021-04-12 13:32 [gcc r11-8133] docs: update symver attribute description Martin Liska

This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox;
as well as URLs for read-only IMAP folder(s) and NNTP newsgroup(s).