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Re: relocation entries for absolute symbols
From: |
Ian Lance Taylor |
Subject: |
Re: relocation entries for absolute symbols |
Date: |
26 Jun 2006 15:20:53 -0700 |
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Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 |
Amit Gud <address@hidden> writes:
> I'm compiling the GNU/Linux kernel as a shared library and I've found
> that relocation entries are created even for absolute symbols. Is
> there any work-around for this, or is it a known bug?
That is correct behaviour if the symbol is globally visible. In a
shared library, by default, any symbol may be overridden by the main
executable. That means that a relocation entry is required.
One fix would be to force the symbol to be hidden using an attribute
or a linker script.
Ian