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Re: libc_hidden & weak_alias mechanism in vfork/clone/..
- From: Carlos O'Donell <carlos at redhat dot com>
- To: Waldemar Brodkorb <mail at waldemar-brodkorb dot de>, libc-help at sourceware dot org
- Date: Wed, 30 May 2018 23:39:57 -0400
- Subject: Re: libc_hidden & weak_alias mechanism in vfork/clone/..
- References: <20180530233015.GW2438@waldemar-brodkorb.de>
On 05/30/2018 07:30 PM, Waldemar Brodkorb wrote:
> Hello glibc hackers,
>
> I would like to understand why GNU C Library is using a lot of weak
> aliases for C library functions like vfork or clone.
>
> What is the reason for it?
>
> Or in this case the assembly function name is __libc_vfork and
> __vfork and vfork is somehow involved.
> https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/riscv/vfork.S;h=6c53e93a928d736be73161954fd83bdb0672fd4f;hb=HEAD
Does this answer your question?
https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/Style_and_Conventions#Double-underscore_names_for_public_API_functions
Cheers,
Carlos.