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| author | H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com> | 2017-08-21 05:47:10 -0700 |
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| committer | H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com> | 2017-08-21 05:47:27 -0700 |
| commit | 7c41b4a1315fc4415e468bbac94f77ecdb74f4c8 (patch) | |
| tree | 87604a3ee6aa519b03f852d549e5b2706358f305 /ChangeLog | |
| parent | 483d70687919ab42c3c6498a99e51b210e5f45ca (diff) | |
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Enable hidden visibility in libc.a compiled with PIE
When building libc.a with PIE, enable hidden visibility to allow direct
access to definitions within libc.a without using GOT.
Size comparison of elf/ldconfig when the compiler defaults to -fPIE:
On x86-64:
text data bss dec hex
Before: 619206 20132 5488 644826 9d6da
After : 619062 20132 5488 644682 9d64a
On i686:
text data bss dec hex
Before: 556305 10816 3056 570177 8b341
After : 553688 10756 3056 567500 8a8cc
* include/libc-symbols.h (attribute_hidden): Enable hidden
visibility in libc.a compiled with PIE.
Diffstat (limited to 'ChangeLog')
| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@ 2017-08-21 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com> + * include/libc-symbols.h (attribute_hidden): Enable hidden + visibility in libc.a compiled with PIE. + +2017-08-21 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com> + [BZ #18822] * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86/libc-vdso.h (VDSO_SYMBOL(getcpu)): Add attribute_hidden. |