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On 1/7/21 7:55 PM, Szabolcs Nagy via Libc-alpha wrote:
> it still sounds like a big hack that relies on where
> IRELATIVE is placed with current linkers and that there
> are no other relocs we need to care about in static pie.
> i can create a patch to see if it works.

This is probably a safe assumption for pointer based architectures but 
not for those with capabilities.  I have a feeling you might care about 
the latter ;)

Siddhesh