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* libgcc_s.so "Use the shared library..."
@ 2021-11-12 14:04 Christer Solskogen
  2021-11-12 15:03 ` Florian Weimer
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Christer Solskogen @ 2021-11-12 14:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
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"but some functions are only in the static library."

How come? Are there functions that can only exist in a static library?

-- 
chs


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* Re: libgcc_s.so "Use the shared library..."
  2021-11-12 14:04 libgcc_s.so "Use the shared library..." Christer Solskogen
@ 2021-11-12 15:03 ` Florian Weimer
  2021-11-12 15:26   ` Christer Solskogen
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Florian Weimer @ 2021-11-12 15:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Christer Solskogen via Gcc-help; +Cc: Christer Solskogen

* Christer Solskogen via Gcc-help:

> "but some functions are only in the static library."
>
> How come? Are there functions that can only exist in a static library?

Yes, some functions are always called through local calls, e.g. the
outline atomics helpers on AArch64.  In these cases, the definition
cannot reside in a different object.

Thanks,
Florian


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* Re: libgcc_s.so "Use the shared library..."
  2021-11-12 15:03 ` Florian Weimer
@ 2021-11-12 15:26   ` Christer Solskogen
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Christer Solskogen @ 2021-11-12 15:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: gcc-help

On 12.11.2021 16:03, Florian Weimer via Gcc-help wrote:
> * Christer Solskogen via Gcc-help:
> 
>> "but some functions are only in the static library."
>>
>> How come? Are there functions that can only exist in a static library?
> 
> Yes, some functions are always called through local calls, e.g. the
> outline atomics helpers on AArch64.  In these cases, the definition
> cannot reside in a different object.
> 

Thanks for the explanation!

-- 
chs


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