NetBSD/libexec/ld.elf_so
christos fc18ea2931 avoid nested extern 2001-02-04 22:11:12 +00:00
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arch Define VARPSZ so dynamic binaries work on both 4K and 8K page size machines. 2000-12-21 09:12:54 +00:00
Makefile back out previous commit; I found a better way of handling the missing 2001-01-14 09:39:26 +00:00
README
debug.c
debug.h
headers.c Catch up with type changes. Also: 2000-07-26 02:07:34 +00:00
load.c Make ldd(1) build again. 2000-11-10 23:53:04 +00:00
malloc.c
map_object.c Return an error when there are too many segments rather than abort()ing. 2000-11-26 05:22:15 +00:00
paths.c Fix linked-list botch with sysctl-based library selection that meant 2000-11-10 18:19:06 +00:00
reloc.c avoid nested extern 2001-02-04 22:11:12 +00:00
rtld.c Avoid the use of a `switch(){}' statement before _rtld_init() is called. 2001-02-03 13:25:00 +00:00
rtld.h When dlopen()ing with RTLD_GLOBAL, also make dependent libraries RTLD_GLOBAL. 2000-11-10 21:31:30 +00:00
rtldenv.h
search.c Adjust a comment after the Great Renaming. 2000-07-27 10:44:39 +00:00
symbol.c format warning fixes from he, after testing on 64-bit elf (alpha) 2000-10-11 20:46:07 +00:00
sysident.h More cruft. 2000-12-15 06:49:19 +00:00
xmalloc.c
xprintf.c Treat short and byte print formats as and cast to the right size. 2000-07-03 03:32:57 +00:00

README

$NetBSD: README,v 1.6 1999/08/20 21:12:47 christos Exp $

BUGS/PROBLEMS:

* rtld.c around line 184:

	#iffdef __alpha__
	/* XXX XXX XXX */
	_rtld_objself.pltgot = NULL;
	#endif

  It's a workaround for a linker bug, and will go away when the linker is
  fixed.

* Formerly, _DYNAMIC was _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_[0], but that isn't true with
  newer snapshots of gas/binutils (at least on the Alpha), which support
  multiple GOTs.  That's what the OLD_GOT #ifdefs are about.
  
* The method used to relocate ld.so is shoddy and fragile.  Currently it's
  something like:

  alpha, powerpc:
	(1) assembly code relocates RELATIVE relocations in the GOT
	    (on some ports, all relative relocations; this will probably
	    have to be #ifdef'd in reloc.c), assuming that everything
	    in the GOT is a RELATIVE relocation.

	(2) C code relocates the rest of the loader, excluding those
	    RELATIVE relocations already done (via an ... iffy heuristic).

  i386, m68k, sparc:
	(1) C code relocates RELATIVE relocations in _rtld_init() carefully
	    so that it does not touch any globals.

	(2) C code relocates the rest of the loader, excluding those
	    RELATIVE relocations already done (via an ... iffy heuristic).

  mips:
	(1) loads ld.elf_so at 0, so no relocating is necessary.

  Something better (like that the glibc ELF ld.so does) should be done
  eventually, where a single set of C code is compiled twice, once for
  normal use, and once to be used to relocate the shared linker.  No
  relocations should be processed in assembly language.

* On the Alpha, this code Really needs to be checked to be sure that
  it doesn't make calls that could use FP, while doing lazy binding.

TO DO:

* Support for other platforms

* Support for coexistance of 32-bit and 64-bit ELF on platforms that can
  do that.

* Possible support for ldd (standalone operation) and program loading
  a la the glibc shared loader.

* Support for relocating ld.elf_so on mips