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Re: PATCH: PR ld/5789: Linker doesn't check weak and hidden symbols
On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 6:55 PM, Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 06:28:56PM -0800, H.J. Lu wrote:
> > It isn't easy to resolve it to 0 at link-time for shared library since the
> > load address of shared library isn't fixed. For x86, I will need to edit
> > addressing mode of instructions. I don't know how reliable it will be.
>
> That has nothing to do with it being hidden. IMO weak should take
> priority; GCC should not generate instructions that can't resolve
> to zero for a weak symbol.
>
That is a good question. I think we should discuss it in the psABI group.
H.J.