NetBSD/libexec/ld.elf_so
nathanw ed485c7ad5 Correct spelling in a comment. 2001-05-28 06:10:20 +00:00
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arch Correct spelling in a comment. 2001-05-28 06:10:20 +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 reflect reality 1999-08-20 21:12:47 +00:00
debug.c KNF 1999-03-01 16:40:07 +00:00
debug.h KNF 1999-03-01 16:40:07 +00:00
headers.c Sync with <sys/exec_elf.h> rev. 1.45: ElfNN_RelA -> ElfNN_Rela. 2001-04-25 12:24:50 +00:00
load.c s/warn/xwarnx/ cuts down size by 50% by not pulling in stdio. 2001-05-27 23:26:47 +00:00
malloc.c MAP_COPY -> MAP_PRIVATE 1999-06-17 21:09:47 +00:00
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 Don't include <uvm/uvm_param.h>. It does not appear to be needed by anything. 2001-05-24 17:41:42 +00:00
reloc.c Sync with <sys/exec_elf.h> rev. 1.45: ElfNN_RelA -> ElfNN_Rela. 2001-04-25 12:24:50 +00:00
rtld.c Unloading objects, can cause other objects whose reference count becomes 2001-05-10 20:19:25 +00:00
rtld.h Sync with <sys/exec_elf.h> rev. 1.45: ElfNN_RelA -> ElfNN_Rela. 2001-04-25 12:24:50 +00:00
rtldenv.h KNF 1999-03-01 16:40:07 +00:00
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 Provide compatibility for the NetBSD-1.5 branch. Note that I used 2001-05-24 17:42:48 +00:00
xmalloc.c KNF 1999-03-01 16:40:07 +00:00
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