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Re: [PATCH] Include .interp section only for libc.so

From: "Dmitry V. Levin" <ldv at altlinux dot org>
To: Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh at redhat dot com>
Cc: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org, Roland McGrath <roland at hack dot frob dot com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2015 21:02:58 +0300
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Include .interp section only for libc.so
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On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 01:49:09PM +0530, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote:
> Barring libc.so and libdl.so, none of the libraries have any entry
> points, so it is pointless to add a .interp section for them.  The
> libdl.so entry point (in dlfcn/eval.c) is also defunct, so remove that
> file as well.

Actually, libpthread has an entry point since 2003,
so this commit introduced a regression:

$ /lib64/libpthread.so.0 
Native POSIX Threads Library by Ulrich Drepper et al
Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Forced unwind support included.
Segmentation fault

A patch will follow shortly.

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ldv

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