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Multiple relocation in ELF

Ian Lance Taylor iant@google.com
Mon Jul 24 19:07:00 GMT 2006 
Michael Eager <eager@eagercon.com> writes:

> Can you give an example of how this might be done?  I don't think that
> it is possible to apply two relocations to a single location in ELF.

You need to write the relocation semantics so that it will work.  It
won't work in general.

The 64-bit MIPS ABI is an example of a processor supplement which
applies multiple relocations to a single address.  However, it does it
in a different way, by changing the reloc format.

In general it's very odd to want to add two relocatable symbols.  The
result is unlikely to be useful.

Ian
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