[parisc-linux] Re: call_init in libc6 2.3.6.ds1-11

[John David Anglin]

> On 2/18/07, Carlos O'Donell <carlos at systemhalted.org> wrote:
> > To be truthful I don't understand why we rummage around the relocs in
> > elf_machine_runtime_setup, we have the linkmap for the object we are
> > loading, there should be no need to do this.
> 
> I realized later, that DT_PLTGOT is the LTP, and we have no way to ask
> the linkmap the following questions:
> 
> 1. Where is the end of that objects PLT?
> 2. Where is the start of that objects GOT?
> 
> The only way to answer those questions is to look for the last reloc
> in the PLT and match the stub signature.

Is elf_machine_runtime_setup adjusting DT_PLTGOT?

This search seems horrific.  Shouldn't we add DT values for the
above?  There must be OS specific values that could be used.

Dave
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