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[RFC][PATCH v3 2/6] include/link.h: Update the link_map struct to allow proxies
We already have an l_real pointer, used for a similar purpose by
the linker for copies of ld.so in secondary namespaces. Update its
documentation and add a bitfield to indicate when link_map entry
is a proxy.
---
include/link.h | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/link.h b/include/link.h
index 5924594548..c07eb35237 100644
--- a/include/link.h
+++ b/include/link.h
@@ -104,8 +104,9 @@ struct link_map
They may change without notice. */
/* This is an element which is only ever different from a pointer to
- the very same copy of this type for ld.so when it is used in more
- than one namespace. */
+ the very same copy of this type when:
+ - A shallow copy of ld.so is placed in namespaces other than LM_ID_BASE.
+ - An object is proxied into a namespace by dlmopen with RTLD_SHARED. */
struct link_map *l_real;
/* Number of the namespace this link map belongs to. */
@@ -177,6 +178,7 @@ struct link_map
unsigned int l_relocated:1; /* Nonzero if object's relocations done. */
unsigned int l_init_called:1; /* Nonzero if DT_INIT function called. */
unsigned int l_global:1; /* Nonzero if object in _dl_global_scope. */
+ unsigned int l_proxy:1; /* Nonzero if object is a shallow copy. */
unsigned int l_reserved:2; /* Reserved for internal use. */
unsigned int l_phdr_allocated:1; /* Nonzero if the data structure pointed
to by `l_phdr' is allocated. */
--
2.11.0