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diff --git a/bits/dlfcn.h b/bits/dlfcn.h
index f5983d7..99d5448 100644
--- a/bits/dlfcn.h
+++ b/bits/dlfcn.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* System dependent definitions for run-time dynamic loading.
- Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of the GNU C Library.
The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -35,3 +35,21 @@
The implementation does this by default and so we can define the
value to zero. */
#define RTLD_LOCAL 0
+
+#ifdef __USE_GNU
+/* To support profiling of shared objects it is a good idea to call
+ the function found using `dlsym' using the following macro since
+ these calls do not use the PLT. But this would mean the dynamic
+ loader has no chance to find out when the function is called. The
+ macro applies the necessary magic so that profiling is possible.
+ Rewrite
+ foo = (*fctp) (arg1, arg2);
+ into
+ foo = DL_CALL_FCT (fctp, (arg1, arg2));
+*/
+# define DL_CALL_FCT(fctp, args) \
+ (_dl_mcount_wrapper_check (fctp), (*(fctp)) args)
+
+/* This function calls the profiling functions. */
+extern void _dl_mcount_wrapper_check (void *__selfpc) __THROW;
+#endif