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Re: DL_HWCAP_MASK and static binaries
On 03/02/2017 01:44 AM, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote:
> On Thursday 02 March 2017 12:33 AM, Carlos O'Donell wrote:
>> I think you mean LD_HWCAP_MASK.
>
> Yes, I think the dyslexia bit in my brain has been set the last few days :/
>
>> Static binaries should be as close to dynamic binaries as possible.
>>
>> Please just fix the issue. I'm happy to review.
>
> Thanks, I'm thinking of moving this to tunables as glibc.tune.hwcap_mask
> (not glibc.ld.hwcap_mask since it is not necessarily an ld.so thing -
> hwcap mask can control far more than dynamic linker behaviour) so that
> will bring both static and dynamic binaries on par. Do you want me to
> fix the issue first and then do the tunable or is it fine to just add
> the tunable?
Your call. If you think people will want to backport this to several old
releases then split it into two so it can be backported. Otherwise just
one patch that fixes both issues is logically OK with me.
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Cheers,
Carlos.