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Re: PATCH: Add STO_COPY

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H. J. Lu wrote:

> Protected symbol is added to gABI for people to use. People are using
> it.

I haven't seen anybody using it.  And if somebody is using it they
better reconsider it.


> I have a problem for ld to knowingly create DSOs which won't work
> right. We should either support protected symbol with copy relocation
> or refuse to generate such DSOs.

It's people who knowingly create DSOs which don't work, not ld.  ld
doesn't introduce protected symbols silently.  And people better know
what they are doing.

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