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Re: [PATCH] Add a way to bypass the PLT when calling getauxval
- From: Joseph Myers <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
- To: Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho <tuliom at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com>
- Cc: <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>, <pc at us dot ibm dot com>
- Date: Wed, 24 May 2017 19:51:54 +0000
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add a way to bypass the PLT when calling getauxval
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On Wed, 24 May 2017, Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho wrote:
> Add __libc_getauxval as an internal libc symbol allowing internal libc
> calls to bypass the PLT.
Why add this alias instead of simply doing libc_hidden_proto (__getauxval)
/ libc_hidden_def (__getauxval)?
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Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com