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Re: COMMITTED: Add support for STT_IFUNC
Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> writes:
> I see. How about this rewording then:
>
> "Mark the symbol as an indirect function. This has the same
> semantics as STT_FUNC except when the symbol is referenced by
> a relocation. In this case the symbol's value is not used in
> the relocation but instead the symbol is invoked as a function
> taking no arguments and the return value is used in the
> relocation. This also means that processing of the relocation
> must be delayed until run-time".
Looks good to me.
Andreas.
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