Re: [PATCH] Introduce ELF_INITFINI for all architectures

[Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com>]

On 08/14/2018 12:06 PM, Florian Weimer wrote:
> Subject: [PATCH] Introduce ELF_INITFINI for all architectures
> To:libc-alpha@sourceware.org
>
> This supersedes the init_array sysdeps directory.  It allows us to
> check for ELF_INITFINI in both C and assembler code, and skip DT_INIT
> and DT_FINI processing completely on RISC-V.
>
> A new header file is needed because <dl-machine.h> is incompatible
> with assembler code.  <sysdep.h> is compatible with assembler code,
> but it cannot be included in all assembler files because on some
> architectures, it redefines register names, and some assembler files
> conflict with that.

Do we have consensus that this is the way to proceed?  I would like to 
commit this.

Thanks,
Florian