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Re: RFC: Add STB_GNU_SECONDARY


On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com> wrote:
> "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 3:59 PM, Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com> wrote:
>>> "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 3:10 PM, Cary Coutant <ccoutant@google.com> wrote:
>>>>>> We only have very few bits to in STB_XXX field.
>>>>>
>>>>> This is exactly why I'm not in favor of this extension. The feature
>>>>> doesn't seem compelling enough to use up one of these precious
>>>>> reserved values (in fact, you're using the next-to-last one that's
>>>>> reserved for OS use).
>>>>>
>>>>> You want a backup definition? Put a weak def at the end of the link line.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It doesn't work for us since the backup definition is
>>>> always used even if there is a normal definition in
>>>> a shared library or an archive.
>>>
>>> Can you expand on that? ?How can you refer to the backup definition if
>>> there is a normal definition?
>>>
>>
>> We need a definition for symbol, foo. ?Since we don't know if there
>> is a definition of foo at the final link time. ?We provide the backup
>> definition for foo. ?The backup one is ignored if there is a normal one in
>> an archive or DSO at link time.
>
> That use case would be satisfied by Cary's suggestion of adding a weak
> definition of the symbol in an object included at the end of the link
> line.

In our usage, the backup definition may not be at the end of
command line since it may reference library symbols.



-- 
H.J.


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