Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 09:10:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> To: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Possible issue with in-kernel ELF loader. Message-ID: <200307211610.h6LGAxpk026805@apollo.backplane.com> References: <20030721055404.6EEB72A7EA@canning.wemm.org>
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:> It turns out that the kernel's internal ELF loader is misinterpreting
:> an ABS symbol (i.e. set with .SET in assembly) whos value is 0 as being
:> 'not found', and once that is fixed it was also confusing the absolute
:> symbol with a COMMON symbol.
:
:Thanks for the pointer. FWIW, We use -fno-common on 5.x to avoid common
:symbols even existing in the first place. There were a few missing
:externs that this turned up.
:
:Cheers,
:-Peter
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:Peter Wemm - peter@wemm.org; peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com
Hmm. Though you seem to override it for the linux and svr4 modules.
It's a little too hackish for my tastes but I'll keep it in mind.
There's something to be said for being able to clean up those kinds of
declarations.
-Matt
Matthew Dillon
<dillon@backplane.com>
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